Navy Department Appropriation Bill for 1946: Hearings Before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, Seventy-ninth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 2907, a Bill Making Appropriations for the Navy Department and the Naval Service for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1946, and for Other Purposes, [May 3, 4, 1945]. |
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Page 101 - A promise which the promisor should reasonably expect to induce action or forbearance of a definite and substantial character on the part of the promisee and which does induce such action or forbearance is binding if injustice can be avoided only by enforcement of the promise.
Page 32 - Provided further, That no part of this or any other appropriation contained in this Act shall be available for the procurement of any article of food...
Page 23 - For the fiscal year 1940 occupancy of emerg.mcy housing facilities under the jurisdiction of the Navy Department or the National Housing Agency, on a rental basis, by personnel of the services mentioned in the title of the Pay Readjustment Act of 1942, or by their dependents, shall not deprive such personnel of money allowances for rental of quarters.
Page 23 - June 10, 1922, while on active duty, including duty for training purposes, shall receive the allowances prescribed for officers and warrant officers of the Regular...
Page 10 - Guard, $400,000,000 — or more than $7,000,000,000 simply for pay. Subsistence, transportation, training, and medical care of personnel account for the balance of the $8,500,000,000. Second, we have another group of items totaling another one-third of the bill, which provide the supplies and equipment necessary to maintain and operate the fleet. They also add up to about $8,500,000,000, including $3,000,000,000 for 'ordnance, exclusive of the ordnance for new ships...
Page 19 - E" ; advice on labor relations aspects of plants seized under Executive order; maintenance of statistical records of strikes and slow-downs in plants of Navy suppliers ; liaison with the National War Labor Board, the National Labor Relations Board, and the Labor Department at both national and regional levels.
Page 10 - King has said from time to time, \ve must always keep in mind that the Navy is not the Navy Department here in Washington ; it is the fleet at sea and the men that fight in that fleet and fight in the planes that support it. Therefore, expenses on account of military personnel make up the largest category in the bill, amounting to...
Page 10 - ... largest part of the bill is for the pay and care of the men and women of the Navy. Despite the mechanization we have achieved, war still is fought by men, and as Admiral King has said from time to time, we must always keep in mind that the Navy is not the Navy Department here in Washington ; it is...
Page 10 - Navy as a going concern — $2,800,000,000 for maintenance and repair of ships; $1,700.000,000 for maintenance and repair of aircraft; $550,000,000 for transportation of things; $250,000,000 for fuel ; and $150,000,000 for maintenance of our shore establishments. These two classifications — personnel and operational maintenance — account for two-thirds of the total which we are requesting. A third category, which can be called new construction, accounts for another 25 percent of the bill. These...
Page 101 - ... amend or modify contracts heretofore or hereafter made for the purpose of (a) obtaining continued operations by contractors engaged in war production, (b) encouraging greater diligence on the part of contractors, (c) protecting contractors from the consequences of unforeseen or unexpected events, (d) adjusting contracts to new conditions and circumstances.