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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... further to present to the committee , Mr. Chief 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 ...
... further to present to the committee , Mr. Chief 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 ...
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... further . Your are the legisla- tive body , and if you can do it the matter should receive attention as soon as may be . Everything is cumulative , and it is getting at the point where it can not well go on and be efficient . It will ...
... further . Your are the legisla- tive body , and if you can do it the matter should receive attention as soon as may be . Everything is cumulative , and it is getting at the point where it can not well go on and be efficient . It will ...
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... further from the mind of the Chief Justice or anybody else concerned on our side than to detract from the status and dignity of the Architect of the Capitol and make him subservient in a mere clerical way to anybody else . I am quite ...
... further from the mind of the Chief Justice or anybody else concerned on our side than to detract from the status and dignity of the Architect of the Capitol and make him subservient in a mere clerical way to anybody else . I am quite ...
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... further need for the property ? Mr. O'CONNOR . That is correct . ( On motion , the bill was ordered favorably reported . ) ( Thereupon , the committee proceeded to the consideration of other business . ) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ...
... further need for the property ? Mr. O'CONNOR . That is correct . ( On motion , the bill was ordered favorably reported . ) ( Thereupon , the committee proceeded to the consideration of other business . ) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ...
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... further , That no work shall be commenced on said building or buildings until the said National Conservatory of Music of America shall present satis- factory evidence to the said Director of Public Buildings and PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND ...
... further , That no work shall be commenced on said building or buildings until the said National Conservatory of Music of America shall present satis- factory evidence to the said Director of Public Buildings and PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND ...
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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...