Investigation of Concentration of Economic Power: Monograph No. 1[-43]

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Organization Chart American Standards Association facing
212
Outline of standardization procedure of the American Society
214
professional societies
225
CHAPTER IV
235
Summary of State fertilizer control laws regulations
238
Sanitation and labeling requirements for new bedding and uphol
243
CHAPTER V
255
Procurement methods and procedures of the United States Navy
266
Extent of centralized purchasing in States
274
Status of State purchasing agencies
275
Bureaus departments commissions and institutions for which pur chases are made by the State purchasing agency
276
How specifications are formulated by State purchasing agencies
277
Use of tests to determine compliance with specifications by State pur chasing agencies
280
Types of tests made and commodities tested in the laboratories of 13
281
Growth of centralized purchasing in 118 cities of over 30000 popula tion
289
Extent of centralized purchasing in cities over 30000 as of December 1 1939
290
Coverage and returns of questionnaire relating to use of standards by municipalities
291
Extent to which municipalities use written specifications in purchasing supplies and equipment
292
How specifications are formulated by municipalities
293
Extent to which municipalities use specifications of Federal Govern ment and of national trade or technical associations
294
Use of tests by municipalities to determine compliance with specifica tions
295
Ownership of testing laboratories used by municipalities
296
CHAPTER VI
301
Distribution of families and single individuals by income levels 193536_
336
Contract deliveries of meats graded by Federal graders
344
Dairy products graded by Federal and FederalState graders
345

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Page 81 - WHEREAS, A struggle is going on in all the nations of the civilized world between the oppressors and the oppressed of all countries, a struggle between the capitalist and the laborer, which grows in intensity from year to year, and will work disastrous results to the toiling millions if they are not combined for mutual protection and benefit.
Page 21 - First. If any substance has been mixed and packed with it so as to reduce or lower or injuriously affect its quality or strength.
Page 267 - It shall be the duty of the Secretary of War, of the Secretary of the Navy, and of the Secretary of the Interior, to cause and require every contract made by them severally on behalf of the government, or by their officers under them appointed to make such contracts, to be reduced to writing, and signed by the contracting parties with their names at the end thereof...
Page 133 - States, and such guaranty shall be expressed on the face thereof, and such bonds shall be lawful investments, and may be accepted as security, for all fiduciary, trust, and public funds, the investment or deposit of which shall be under the authority or control of the United States or any officer or officers thereof.
Page 21 - That for the purpose of this Act an article shall be deemed to be adulterated: In case of drugs: First. If, when a drug is sold under or by a name recognized in the United States Pharmacopoeia...
Page 253 - A manufacturer is a person who owns, operates, or maintains a factory or establishment that produces on the premises the materials, supplies, articles, or equipment required under the contract and of the general character described by the specifications.
Page 21 - Fourth, If any substances have been mixed and packed with it so as to reduce, lower, or injuriously affect its quality or strength : Provided, however, That extra water may be added to lead arsenate (as described in this paragraph) if the resulting mixture is labeled lead arsenate and water, the percentage of extra Avater being plainly and correctly stated on the label.
Page 36 - The Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, United States Department of Agriculture, is not responsible for administering any of the various acts dealing with standards. Its basic research work, ""Report of the Chief of the Bureau of Dairy Industry, 1939,'

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