jpmorgan, jr. testified in this room. at got huge amount of attention because jpmorgan was a private banker. and it was here, in may 1933, the weakening of ma -- the beginning of may that morgan was testifying. barnum & bailey circus happened to be in washington. circus promoter brought along a little person who identified herself as the circus midget. and during a break, the senators withdrew to a back room to talk. morgan was sitting at the witness stand and the circus promoter dropped the midget into morgan's lap. he thought it was a little girl. he said, i have a granddaughter bigger than you. she said, yes, but i'm older. he dropped her. but every press photographer had a picture. when the committee came back, they were chagrined. they asked the press not to print the picture. it was on the front page the next day. it was a symbolic picture of these once olympian bankers being humbled in congress. it had nothing to do with the circus midget, but it showed the attention was being given to his committee and the effectiv

jpmorgan jr. testified in this room. he was a very private banker. no banker had gone into the morgan bank at that point. it was here and in may of 1933 the beginning of may, that morgan was testifying. barnum a barnum sand bailey circus happened to be in washington. a circus promoter brought a little person who identified herself as a circus midget. during a break, morgan was sitting at the witness stand, and the circus promoter dropped the midget into morgan's lap. he thought it was a little girl at first. he said i have a granddaughter who's bigger than you. she said yes, but i'm older. then he realized that it wasn't a little girl. he quickly dropped her out of his lap. every press photographer had a picture of it. the committee came back. they asked the press not to print this picture. of course it was on the front page of pretty much every newspaper the next day. it was a symbolic picture of bankers being humbled by what was going on in congress. he had nothing to do with the circus midget, but it showed the attention that was being given to hi