Testifies before House Patents Committee. Washington, D.C., Feb. 7. Burgess Meredith, star of 'Winterset' and Acting President of the Actors Equity Association, was one of the group of prominent actors, musicians, and writers who testified before the House Patents Committee today in behalf of the pr

Urges permanent Federal Bureau of Fine Arts. Washington, D.C., Feb. 28. A militant campaign will shortly be waged for creation of a permanent Federal Bureau of Fine Arts, Burgess Meredith, acting President of Actors Equity, today told the Senate Education and Labor Subcommittee. Actors, producers an

Hinckley of American Youth Congress before Dies Committee. Washington, D.C., Nov. 30. William W. Hinckley, former Chairman of the American Youth Congress, denied today before the Dies Committee that the Congress had been 'penetrated by communists.' He also stated that his organization was conducting

Television inventor tells Economic Committee of difficulties in getting patents. Washington, D.C., Jan. 19. Philo T. Farnsworth, who conceived the principle of television when 14 years old came before the Temporary National Economic Committee today and told them that his firm, Farnsworth Television

Before Dies Committee. Washington, D.C., Dec. 1. The Dies Committee Investigating un-American activities today questioned Joseph P. Lash, Executive Secretary of the American Students' Union, and Miss Agnes Reynolds, College Secretary of the Union. Lash testified that he was a member of the Socialist

Small purchasing power of workers cause of business recession. Washington, D.C., Jan. 7. Testifying before the Senate Committee studying unemployment, Homer Martin, President of the United Automobile Workers, today said it was his impression that the present business situation has resulted from the

Final witness before profit sharing committee. Washington, D.C., Dec. 14. George P. McNear, Jr., President of the Toledo, Peoria and Western Railroad system, who was the final witness before the finance subcommittee studying profit sharing. The president of the 300-mile road told Senators Herring an

Against all "isms" except Americanism. Washington, D.C., March 10. Urging passage of the National Youth Act before the Senate Education and Labor Subcommittee today, Rexford Holmes of the National Patriotic Council, declared he is against all "isms" except Americanism. He added he is backed in his s

Murphy tells his side of strike controversy. Washington, D.C., Jan. 13. Attorney General Frank Murphy sat before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary this afternoon and in a voice almost inaudible to those nearby, read his statement regarding his side of the sit-down strikes in Detroit's motor indu