37-7-1

37-7-1

L-R: CR Pennington (Abiline), TH Davis (Austin), Roy Fry (Burnet), Cong. Lyndon B. Johnson (Austin), James Roosevelt (FDR's secretary), Clarence McDonough, AJ Wirtz, AJ Reinhard, Fritz Engelhard, Tex Norman.

July, 1937

Acme Photo

Delegation of Texans urge James Roosevelt to win the President's approval of releif grant funding completion of Marshall Ford Dam on the Colorado River near Austin, Texas.

White House, Washington, DC

Indoor (flash). The group is posing for photograph. Roosevelt is handing paper to LBJ which is Pres. FDR's order granting $5 million for completion of MF Dam. Back of print stamped: Acme Newspictures, Inc. 230 E. 42nd St, NYC, credit: "Acme Photo" Another print of identical image is stamped: "Harris & Ewing, Washington, DC" & signed by James Roosevelt.