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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... asked me to resign in September , but I assume that that was just an inadvertence , unless you assume that when a man takes another place , he naturally resigns . But he did not use the word " resign . " He said , " I would like to have ...
... asked me to resign in September , but I assume that that was just an inadvertence , unless you assume that when a man takes another place , he naturally resigns . But he did not use the word " resign . " He said , " I would like to have ...
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... asking for an extension of time . They gave him none , but with the new company , no payments of the principal were to be made for 3 years , and no interest was to be charged for 3 years . Senator CLARK . That was under the Hoover ...
... asking for an extension of time . They gave him none , but with the new company , no payments of the principal were to be made for 3 years , and no interest was to be charged for 3 years . Senator CLARK . That was under the Hoover ...
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... asked for ? Mr. MITCHELL . No ; I call attention to that to show the character of contract that this was , to show the undue influence which the International Mercantile Marine crowd had not only on the old board , but has today on ...
... asked for ? Mr. MITCHELL . No ; I call attention to that to show the character of contract that this was , to show the undue influence which the International Mercantile Marine crowd had not only on the old board , but has today on ...
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... asked the Acting Secretary what provision should be made relative to collec- tion of the penalty for the two voyages which were not performed in the 1934 season and also as to the customary requirement that the borrower pay the first 25 ...
... asked the Acting Secretary what provision should be made relative to collec- tion of the penalty for the two voyages which were not performed in the 1934 season and also as to the customary requirement that the borrower pay the first 25 ...
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... asked me two questions there . The CHAIRMAN . I want to ask you this : If you were in charge of the Shipping Board for a long time , was there ever a question in your mind as to the wisdom regarding the safety of operating the Leviathan ...
... asked me two questions there . The CHAIRMAN . I want to ask you this : If you were in charge of the Shipping Board for a long time , was there ever a question in your mind as to the wisdom regarding the safety of operating the Leviathan ...
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