1938 Press Photo Dr. Francis E. Townsend Holding Pardon at Court in Washington
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Description
A pardon by President Roosevelt April 18 saved Dr. Francis E. Townsend, old age pension leader, from going to jail for 30 days for contempt of a congressional committee. Here he waves the pardon aloft as he left district court in Washington April 18.
