Alleged Irregularities in the Department of Commerce: Hearings Before the Committee on Commerce, United States Senate, Seventy-fourth Congress, First Session, on the Alleged Irregularities in the Department of Commerce, June 19, 20, and 21, 1935 |
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... approved the withdrawal of the Leviathan on the following terms : " 1. All further obligations to keep the Leviathan in operation for trips during the seasons of 1935 and 1936 to be extinguished . " Senator FLETCHER . 1936 ? Mr ...
... approved the withdrawal of the Leviathan on the following terms : " 1. All further obligations to keep the Leviathan in operation for trips during the seasons of 1935 and 1936 to be extinguished . " Senator FLETCHER . 1936 ? Mr ...
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... approved it ? Mr. MITCHELL . No ; I am not . Senator VANDENBERG . Did the President direct the contract in any fashion other than indicated ? Mr. MITCHELL . I am relying on the statement made to me by Assistant Secretary John Dickinson ...
... approved it ? Mr. MITCHELL . No ; I am not . Senator VANDENBERG . Did the President direct the contract in any fashion other than indicated ? Mr. MITCHELL . I am relying on the statement made to me by Assistant Secretary John Dickinson ...
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... approval of this contract , if you did approve it , must have been obtained through misrepresentation or the withholding from you of vital facts in the case . If your confidence has been betrayed , as I fear it must have been , it is my ...
... approval of this contract , if you did approve it , must have been obtained through misrepresentation or the withholding from you of vital facts in the case . If your confidence has been betrayed , as I fear it must have been , it is my ...
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... approved the acceptance of the said three vessels as payment for notes due and agreed to credit American West African's account with $ 426,000 , less $ 11,966 estimated to be required for repairs in order to place the vessels in equally ...
... approved the acceptance of the said three vessels as payment for notes due and agreed to credit American West African's account with $ 426,000 , less $ 11,966 estimated to be required for repairs in order to place the vessels in equally ...
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... approved this second increase . The compensation for voyages on the Far East service was likewise increased from $ 8,000 to $ 38,000 per voyage , upon Crowley's recommendation , in September 1931 . From July 1930 to September 1931 these ...
... approved this second increase . The compensation for voyages on the Far East service was likewise increased from $ 8,000 to $ 38,000 per voyage , upon Crowley's recommendation , in September 1931 . From July 1930 to September 1931 these ...
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