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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... transaction . In 1929 Paul W. Chapman , and associates , bought the United States Lines from the Shipping Board and later obtained a construc- tion loan to build two new liners . In the spring of 1931 it became evident that Mr. Chapman ...
... transaction . In 1929 Paul W. Chapman , and associates , bought the United States Lines from the Shipping Board and later obtained a construc- tion loan to build two new liners . In the spring of 1931 it became evident that Mr. Chapman ...
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... transaction in a couple of pages . I can do that if you want me to do that , but I have the entire document here . Do you prefer that I do that ? Senator McNARY . NO . Mr. MITCHELL . This is going to be a little drawn out , but it is a ...
... transaction in a couple of pages . I can do that if you want me to do that , but I have the entire document here . Do you prefer that I do that ? Senator McNARY . NO . Mr. MITCHELL . This is going to be a little drawn out , but it is a ...
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... transaction before the committee . After presistent questioning had been pursued by Congressman Sirovich , who wished to know how Chapman's stockholders had been protected , he developed from Admiral Cone that the 4,700 investors who ...
... transaction before the committee . After presistent questioning had been pursued by Congressman Sirovich , who wished to know how Chapman's stockholders had been protected , he developed from Admiral Cone that the 4,700 investors who ...
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... transaction , you have got to know the picture . Senator BACHMAN . We are supposed to be more or less familiar with what has gone on heretofore . Mr. MITCHELL . I think what I had better do 14 ALLEGED IRREGULARITIES IN DEPARTMENT OF ...
... transaction , you have got to know the picture . Senator BACHMAN . We are supposed to be more or less familiar with what has gone on heretofore . Mr. MITCHELL . I think what I had better do 14 ALLEGED IRREGULARITIES IN DEPARTMENT OF ...
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... transaction that recently has been consummated by Secretary Roper which I feel in duty bound to bring to your notice . I refer to the execution on March 19 , 1935 , of the contract with United States Lines Co. ( Nevada ) providing for ...
... transaction that recently has been consummated by Secretary Roper which I feel in duty bound to bring to your notice . I refer to the execution on March 19 , 1935 , of the contract with United States Lines Co. ( Nevada ) providing for ...
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action Admiral Cone Aeronautics agreed agreement of October Air Commerce Airways Division amount appointment approved Assistant Secretary Attorney Black committee Bureau of Lighthouses Bureau of Navigation CHAIRMAN Chapman charge Colonel HENDERSON Comptroller contractor cost default Department of Commerce Department of Justice Director F. C. Hingsburg fact Government gratuities Heimann inspectors interest International Mercantile Marine June June 30 Kermit Roosevelt letter liquidated damages lump-sum mail contract March March 18 matter McCabe memorandum ment Merchant Fleet Corporation Merchant Marine Act MITCHELL Morro Castle mortgage Navigation and Steamboat October 30 operation payment PEACOCK port Postmaster purchase recommendation referred Roosevelt route Secretary of Commerce Secretary Roper Senator BAILEY Senator FLETCHER Senator VANDENBERG Senator WHITE shipowner Shipping Board Bureau Solicitor South Trimble statement Steamboat Inspection Steamboat Inspection Service steamship Leviathan thereof tion transaction Trimble United States Lines United States Shipping voyages Washington WEAVER
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