National Resources Policy. January 31, February 1, 2, 3, 4, and 7, 1949 |
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... tion of Europe has been inspired by their conviction that we would weaken , that the system of individual economic and political freedom would be unequal to the strain , and that by withdrawing from the struggle to maintain the economic ...
... tion of Europe has been inspired by their conviction that we would weaken , that the system of individual economic and political freedom would be unequal to the strain , and that by withdrawing from the struggle to maintain the economic ...
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... tion and development elsewhere in the world and make every effort to stimulate world trade and production . Our own western develop- ment programs have proved , as in a laboratory , the fact that as stable economies are achieved by a ...
... tion and development elsewhere in the world and make every effort to stimulate world trade and production . Our own western develop- ment programs have proved , as in a laboratory , the fact that as stable economies are achieved by a ...
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... tion and many other Federal agencies . The proper performance of these duties requires a great deal of preparatory work , the gathering of materials and their analysis . The character of work involved is seldom of the sort which can be ...
... tion and many other Federal agencies . The proper performance of these duties requires a great deal of preparatory work , the gathering of materials and their analysis . The character of work involved is seldom of the sort which can be ...
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... tion . These committees consist of a permanent chairman , and representatives of each bureau with responsibilities in the region . A small full - time staff performs the staff work necessary for the discharge of each committee's ...
... tion . These committees consist of a permanent chairman , and representatives of each bureau with responsibilities in the region . A small full - time staff performs the staff work necessary for the discharge of each committee's ...
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... tion Board . Secretary KRUG . Yes , sir . The CHAIRMAN . Then you are perfectly familiar with the fact that during the war it was the Government that had to expand the indus- trial plants of this country to attain the production ...
... tion Board . Secretary KRUG . Yes , sir . The CHAIRMAN . Then you are perfectly familiar with the fact that during the war it was the Government that had to expand the indus- trial plants of this country to attain the production ...
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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
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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...