Transamerican Counsel institute court action in effort to restrict S.E.C. inquiry. Washington, D.C., Jan. 16. Just before appearing at a Securities and Exchange Commission hearing today, counsel for the Transamerican Corporation, headed by former NRA Administrator Donald Richberg and William Stanley

Attorney General accompanies Douglas to Judiciary committee hearing. Washington, D.C., March 24. Attorney General Frank Murphy was a surprise visitor with William O. Douglas to the Senate Judiciary Sub-committee which met this afternoon and in executive session quickly approved the former S.E.C. Cha

New SEC members pay call on President. Washington, D.C., Jan. 25. John W. Hanes (left) and Jerome Frank (right) new members of the Security and Exchange Commission, today paid their first call on President Roosevelt since assuming their new posts. They were accompanied by William O. Douglas, Chairma

Extension of ICC power is urged by rail labor. Washington, D.C., Jan. 12. Railroad labor recommended today that regulatory power of the Interstate Commerce Commission be extended to domestic water and air transportation and that railroad freight and passenger rates be increased, contingent on earmar

Wall Streeter and occassional Administration Advisor opens new monopoly phase. Washington, D.C., Dec. 12. W. Averill Harriman, Wall Street Financier and often an advisor to the Administration, together with his partner, J.P. Ripley, spent the morning before the TNEC's newest investigation into banki

F.C.C. Chairman and Senator Wheeler frame legislation to reduce membership of F.C.C. Washington, D.C., Jan. 25. Frank McNinch, Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission today met with Senator Burton K. Wheeler to lay plans for new legislation to reorganize the FCC. They decided that the pres

S.E.C. reports to White House. Washington, D.C., April 13. The Securities and Exchange Commission held an informal conference this morning before leaving for the White House where Chairman James M. Landis told President Roosevelt that the Commission hopes to complete its corporate reorganization stu

Fact finding board vetoes 15 percent rail wage cut. Washington, D.C., Oct. 29. Reporting to President Roosevelt today, the emergency fact-finding board announced they had rejected the demand of Railway Management for a 15 percent wage cut affecting 960,000 workers. Left to right - Dean James M. Land

Profit sharing necessary to stabilize business and employment senators told. Washington, D.C., Nov. 29. Following their testimony before the Senate Finance Subcommittee today in which they endorsed incentive taxation as a means of stabilizing business and employment, George T. Trundle Jr., president