Surplus Property Act of 1944: Hearings Before the Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Department, House of Representatives, Seventy-eighth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 5125, a Bill to Provide for the Disposal of Surplus Government Property and Plants, August 7,8, and 9, 1944 |
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... thing and consider any clarifying amendments that are necessary with reference to it , but I do think the idea is fundamentally sound . The CHAIRMAN . My feeling , Mr. Colmer , with respect to that provision is that we might have some ...
... thing and consider any clarifying amendments that are necessary with reference to it , but I do think the idea is fundamentally sound . The CHAIRMAN . My feeling , Mr. Colmer , with respect to that provision is that we might have some ...
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... thing . Perhaps it was public opinion that once led up to the scrapping our Navy , and some influence might arise that would result in declaring a lot of ships as surplus . Some of us are going to be very certain that we keep a big Navy ...
... thing . Perhaps it was public opinion that once led up to the scrapping our Navy , and some influence might arise that would result in declaring a lot of ships as surplus . Some of us are going to be very certain that we keep a big Navy ...
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... things involved that will not find their way into commercial channels . About half of the supplies will be aircraft and ships , and about one- fourth ordnance , and guns , tanks , and various things of that sort . So that those three ...
... things involved that will not find their way into commercial channels . About half of the supplies will be aircraft and ships , and about one- fourth ordnance , and guns , tanks , and various things of that sort . So that those three ...
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... thing . That is the reason I asked the question whether the suggestions made before the joint committee were embodied in this bill . You say the only new item in the bill that was not contained in Mr. Clayton's testimony is the question ...
... thing . That is the reason I asked the question whether the suggestions made before the joint committee were embodied in this bill . You say the only new item in the bill that was not contained in Mr. Clayton's testimony is the question ...
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... things which have recently occurred , or have been suggested , to us . Section 7 ( a ) : We recommend the deletion of the second sentence , which was not included in our recommendations . I will be brief as to the reasons , since the ...
... things which have recently occurred , or have been suggested , to us . Section 7 ( a ) : We recommend the deletion of the second sentence , which was not included in our recommendations . I will be brief as to the reasons , since the ...
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Page 8 - Act, or the application of such provision to any . person or circumstance, shall be held invalid, the remainder of this Act, or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby. SEC. 16. This Act may be cited as the "National Labor Relations Act.
Page 20 - The CHAIRMAN. The question is on the motion of the gentleman from Mississippi (Mr.
Page 175 - I should like to have the committee's view, so we will go into executive session. (Thereupon, the committee proceeded to the consideration of executive business, after which it adjourned...
Page 34 - THEREFORE, under and by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and statutes of the United States...
Page 58 - AFTERNOON SESSION (The committee reassembled, pursuant to the taking of recess, at 2 pm, Hon.
Page 2 - contractor inventory" means (1) any property related to a terminated contract of any type with a Government agency or to a subcontract thereunder; and (2) any property acquired under a contract pursuant to the terms of which title is vested in the Government, and in excess of the amounts needed to complete performance thereunder; and (3) any property which the Government is obligated to take over under any type of contract as a result of any change in the specifications or plans thereunder. (g) The...
Page 5 - ... (p) to foster the development of new independent enterprise; (q) to prevent insofar as possible unusual and excessive profits being made out of surplus property; (r) to dispose of surplus property as promptly as feasible without fostering monopoly or restraint of trade...
Page 7 - The authority conferred by this Act is in addition to any authority conferred by any other law and shall not be subject to the provisions of any law inconsistent herewith.
Page 52 - Market value is the highest price estimated in terms of money which the land will bring if exposed for sale in the open market, with a reasonable time allowed to find a purchaser, buying with full knowledge of all the uses and purposes to which it is adapted, and for which it is capable of being used" * * * "the highest sum which the property is worth to persons generally * * *
Page 184 - Act of 1923, as amended, and may, without regard to the provisions of the civilservice laws and the Classification Act...