1951 Press Photo Senator Clyde Hoey and committee investigators - noo32736

Charges that federal jobs were peddled in Mississippi in return for political contributions are being probed at a hearing in Jackson by a Senate investigating committee, of which Senator Clyde Hoey (center) of North Carolina is chairman. Shown with him as the hearing prepare to get underway are Colonel Howell Hatches (left), one of the committee's investigators, and chief investigator Francis Flanagan.

Photo is dated 1951.

Photo measures 10 x 8.25 inches.