Wendell Willkie testifying - May 17 1939
Wendell Wilkie, President of the Commonwealth & Southern Corporation appearing before House Military Affairs Subcommittee, urging approval (with modifications) of the Senator Norris Bill (later named the Tennessee Valley Authority Act) so that the securities of the Tennessee Electric & Power Co. "will not be totally destroyed." on publication.
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- 1939-05-17
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- Harris & Ewing
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- Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
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- photograph
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- 8,967 × 7,577 pixels
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