National Resources Policy. January 31, February 1, 2, 3, 4, and 7, 1949 |
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... means of winning a permanent basis for world peace . Modern warfare is an appallingly wasteful and destructive method of applying industrial and scientific skills to the gifts of nature . A fraction of the energy and ability which we ...
... means of winning a permanent basis for world peace . Modern warfare is an appallingly wasteful and destructive method of applying industrial and scientific skills to the gifts of nature . A fraction of the energy and ability which we ...
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... mean on the lower line ? Senator BUTLER . Yes . Secretary KRUG . But you see , we have two separate power adminis- trations so designated plus the Bureau of Reclamation which is also a power agency , operating in various parts of the ...
... mean on the lower line ? Senator BUTLER . Yes . Secretary KRUG . But you see , we have two separate power adminis- trations so designated plus the Bureau of Reclamation which is also a power agency , operating in various parts of the ...
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... means for continuous review of the program requirements of the respective regions , and for making recommendations thereon to the Department . In this way , the Department is able to discharge its over - all responsibilities to these ...
... means for continuous review of the program requirements of the respective regions , and for making recommendations thereon to the Department . In this way , the Department is able to discharge its over - all responsibilities to these ...
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... mean that you are 100 years old today as a department ? Secretary KRUG . In March of this year . The CHAIRMAN . March what ? Secretary KRUG . March 3. Just 100 years ago on March 3 , 1949 . The CHAIRMAN . I was getting the newspaper ...
... mean that you are 100 years old today as a department ? Secretary KRUG . In March of this year . The CHAIRMAN . March what ? Secretary KRUG . March 3. Just 100 years ago on March 3 , 1949 . The CHAIRMAN . I was getting the newspaper ...
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... means of knowing how long the session will go , and in view of the fact that the House members are absent , we shall take a recess at this time . I wish to thank the Secretary of the Interior for his presentation and his readiness to ...
... means of knowing how long the session will go , and in view of the fact that the House members are absent , we shall take a recess at this time . I wish to thank the Secretary of the Interior for his presentation and his readiness to ...
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acres agencies Alaska Alaska Railroad appropriations areas Basin Bonneville Bonneville Power Administration Bureau of Mines Bureau of Reclamation CHAIRMAN CHAPMAN chart CLAWSON coal Columbia Columbia River committee Company Congress conservation construction contract cooperation cost D'EWART dams DAVIS Department Division economic facilities Federal Government field fiscal Fish and Wildlife forest fuels Geological Survey going important increase Indian industry Interior investment irrigation kilowatts leases mapping ment mineral National Park Service Navajo oil shale operation Pacific Northwest percent petroleum plants population present problems production projects public lands Puerto Rico question region reserves responsibility revenues River roads Røros sealskins Secretary KRUG Senator ANDERSON Senator BUTLER Senator CORDON Senator ECTON Senator MCFARLAND Senator MILLER Senator WATKINS SHANKLIN soil staff statement STRAUS supply synthetic fuels Territory timber tion United utilization Virgin Islands WARNE WRATHER ZIMMERMAN zinc
Popular passages
Page 97 - States, or if articles, materials, or supplies of the class or kind to be used or the articles, materials, or supplies from which they are manufactured are not mined, produced, or manufactured, as the case may be, in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available commercial quantities and of a satisfactory quality.
Page 97 - The contractor warrants that he has not employed any person to solicit or secure this contract upon any agreement for a commission, percentage, brokerage, or contingent fee. Breach of this warranty shall give the Government the right to annul the contract, or, in its discretion, to deduct from the contract price or consideration the amount of such commission, percentage, brokerage, or contingent fees.
Page 97 - The wages of every laborer and mechanic employed by the Contractor or any subcontractor engaged in the performance of this contract shall be computed on a basic day rate of eight hours per day; and work in excess of eight hours...
Page 97 - District, which may require or involve the employment of laborers or mechanics shall contain a provision that no laborer or mechanic doing any part of the work contemplated by the contract in the employ of the contractor or any subcontractor contracting for any part of said work contemplated shall be required or permitted to work more than eight hours in any one calendar day...
Page 50 - That indicates that the National Park Service, the Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Bureau of Land Management and the Bureau of Indian Affairs...
Page 96 - Contractor, including, but not restricted to, acts of God, or of the public enemy, acts of the Government, in either its sovereign or contractual capacity, acts of another contractor in the performance of a contract with the Government, fires, floods, epidemics, quarantine restrictions, strikes, freight embargoes, and unusually severe weather, or delays of subcontractors or suppliers due to such causes...
Page 268 - ... to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild life therein and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations.
Page 97 - No Member of or Delegate to Congress, or Resident Commissioner, shall be admitted to any share or part of this contract or to any benefit that may arise therefrom, but this provision shall not be construed to extend to this contract if made with a corporation for its general benefit.
Page 326 - In truth, the ultimate point of rest and happiness for them is to let our settlements and theirs meet and blend together, to intermix, and become one people.
Page 97 - ... a penalty of five dollars shall be imposed upon the contractor for each laborer or mechanic for every calendar day in which such employee is required or permitted to labor more than eight hours upon said work without receiving compensation computed in accordance with this article, and all penalties thus imposed shall be withheld for the use and benefit of the Government...