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Black and white photograph showing 17 members and counsel of the House Rules Committee seating and standing around a large table with large blotters or blank sheets of paper spread out/tiles/collection/4/49318.xml
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Reverse of photograph with handwritten text reading, “Group photo of Sherman L. Whipple and the House Rules Committee, investigating Wall St. Taken Jan 23 1917.”/tiles/collection/4/49317.xml
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Black and white photograph showing 17 members and counsel of the House Rules Committee seating and standing around a large table with large blotters or blank sheets of paper spread out
Reverse of photograph with handwritten text reading, “Group photo of Sherman L. Whipple and the House Rules Committee, investigating Wall St. Taken Jan 23 1917.”
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Date

1917-01-23

Dimensions

7 1/2 x 10 in. (19.1 x 25.4 cm)

Accession Number

PA2011.09.0123

Credit Line

Collection of the U.S. House of Representatives

Object Details

The Rules Committee and its counsel, Sherman Whipple (seated far right), met in January 1917 to investigate allegations of insider trading on Wall Street. Throughout the month, the Committee met in both Washington and New York to determine if investors made financial gains based on advance knowledge of President Wilson’s attempt to broker peace between the Allies and Germany during World War I. Whipple zealously questioned witnesses on the mechanics of the stock market, particularly the practice of short selling.

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