Public Buildings and Grounds: Hearings Before the United States House Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, Seventieth Congress, First Session, on May 16, 18, 1928Committee Serial No. 7. Considers legislation on Supreme Court site selection and construction, and miscellaneous building projects and land conveyances. |
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... Justice Van Devanter and I draft some changes in the original bill . We thought we ought to have a member of the commission pro- vided for in the bill additional to the chief justice , and as you had provided for but six , and as the ...
... Justice Van Devanter and I draft some changes in the original bill . We thought we ought to have a member of the commission pro- vided for in the bill additional to the chief justice , and as you had provided for but six , and as the ...
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... Justice ? Chief Justice TAFT . I will be glad if you will give Mr. Justice Van Devanter an opportunity to make a statement to the committee . He may differ from me ; he sometimes does . Mr. KERR . Before Justice Van Devanter makes his ...
... Justice ? Chief Justice TAFT . I will be glad if you will give Mr. Justice Van Devanter an opportunity to make a statement to the committee . He may differ from me ; he sometimes does . Mr. KERR . Before Justice Van Devanter makes his ...
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... Justice TAFT . Do you not think you can trust the Supreme Court not to interfere in such a way ? I think the Supreme ... Van Devanter . STATEMENT OF HON . WILLIS VAN DEVANTER , ASSOCIATE JUS- TICE , SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES ...
... Justice TAFT . Do you not think you can trust the Supreme Court not to interfere in such a way ? I think the Supreme ... Van Devanter . STATEMENT OF HON . WILLIS VAN DEVANTER , ASSOCIATE JUS- TICE , SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES ...
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... Justice TAFT . I think you might call attention to the fact that when we are ... VAN DEVANTER . Yes , and that is a place that was origi- nally a closet and ... Justice VAN DEVANTER . I had been , Mr. PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 13 .
... Justice TAFT . I think you might call attention to the fact that when we are ... VAN DEVANTER . Yes , and that is a place that was origi- nally a closet and ... Justice VAN DEVANTER . I had been , Mr. PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 13 .
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... Justice VAN DEVANTER . I had been , Mr. Chairman , as it so hap- pens , a member of four or five courts before I came to this one , and our quarters have never been as crowded in any of the places where I have been as they are right ...
... Justice VAN DEVANTER . I had been , Mr. Chairman , as it so hap- pens , a member of four or five courts before I came to this one , and our quarters have never been as crowded in any of the places where I have been as they are right ...
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AGRICULTURE BE DIRECTED America in Congress appointed appropriation approval Architect Arlington Memorial Bridge asked AVENUE BETWEEN SEVENTH bill H. R. BILL TO DESIGNATE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS Capitol Power Plant CEASE TO MAINTAIN Chief Justice TAFT city of Hartford COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC Congress assembled Congressional Library Conservatory of Music CRAIL DALLINGER Department of Justice DESIGNATE A BUILDING DIRECTED TO GIVE EDWARDS Elliott chairman equipment executive officer FENN give notice GOVERNMENT WILL CEASE hereby House of Representatives Justice VAN DEVANTER KERR LANHAM legislation Lincoln Memorial LYNN MAGRADY MAINTAIN A PUBLIC MARKET ON PENNSYLVANIA matter Mississippi River Music of America National Conservatory NINTH STREETS O'CONNOR original bill PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE PRESENT FEDERAL BUILDING provide a building PUBLIC BUILDINGS PUBLIC MARKET question quitclaim deed ranking minority member RELIEF OF ROBERT resolution Richard N Robert Michael White Secretary of Agriculture SEVENTH AND NINTH Supreme Court Building thereon thing tion WOODRUM
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Page 18 - by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of Agriculture be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to collect and publish statistics of the quantity of leaf tobacco in all forms in the United States, in the possession of dealers, manufacturers, growers' cooperative associations, warehousemen, brokers, holders, or owners, other than the original growers of tobacco.
Page 19 - Edwards the resolution was ordered favorably reported.) (Thereupon, the committee proceeded to the consideration of other business.) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS, Friday, May 18, 1928.
Page 17 - Lanham, the bill was ordered favorably reported.) (Thereupon, the committee proceeded to the consideration of other business.) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS, Wednesday, April 18, 1928.
Page 19 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital...
Page 19 - General of the United States. SEC. 2. Jurisdiction and control of the lands referred to in paragraphs (2) , (3) , (4), and (5) of section 1 is hereby transferred to the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital...