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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... authority . The Shipping Board was taken away from me in January 1934. I was put on a committee , or rather a revised personnel committee . We had a personnel committee , but it did not function , and the Secretary reorganized it in ...
... authority . The Shipping Board was taken away from me in January 1934. I was put on a committee , or rather a revised personnel committee . We had a personnel committee , but it did not function , and the Secretary reorganized it in ...
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... authority of law . Mr. MITCHELL . Well , probably not . But in these transactions , they are also attempting to dispose of millions of dollars of Government money without adequate consideration and probably without author- ity of law ...
... authority of law . Mr. MITCHELL . Well , probably not . But in these transactions , they are also attempting to dispose of millions of dollars of Government money without adequate consideration and probably without author- ity of law ...
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... authorities in the executive branch of the Government have shown that some American shipping companies have engaged in practices and abuses which should and must be ended . Some of these have to do with the improper operating of subsidy ...
... authorities in the executive branch of the Government have shown that some American shipping companies have engaged in practices and abuses which should and must be ended . Some of these have to do with the improper operating of subsidy ...
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... authority , and will report to the Secretary . The advisory committee will also advise the Secretary , if he so desires , as to the assignment of any matter to examiners for investigation and report . DANIEL C. ROPER , Secretary of ...
... authority , and will report to the Secretary . The advisory committee will also advise the Secretary , if he so desires , as to the assignment of any matter to examiners for investigation and report . DANIEL C. ROPER , Secretary of ...
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... authority , I would fire Mr. Barnett immediately because his record showed he was more interested in serving the shipping companies than in the Government's welfare . A few days later , I was informed by a mutual friend that Mr ...
... authority , I would fire Mr. Barnett immediately because his record showed he was more interested in serving the shipping companies than in the Government's welfare . A few days later , I was informed by a mutual friend that Mr ...
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