Post-war Planning, No. 2: Hearings Before the Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, House of Representatives, Seventy-eighth Congress, Second Session, on Post-war Planning. November 23, December 1, 2, and 7, 1943, January 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, and 27, February 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 16, 17, and 23, March 1, and 2, 1944 ... |
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... Engineers , January 12 , 1944 . Harrington , Philip , commissioner of subways and superhighways , Chicago , member of Chicago Plan Commission , February 8 , 1944_ . Hays , Robert , Washington representative of San Diego Chamber of Com ...
... Engineers , January 12 , 1944 . Harrington , Philip , commissioner of subways and superhighways , Chicago , member of Chicago Plan Commission , February 8 , 1944_ . Hays , Robert , Washington representative of San Diego Chamber of Com ...
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... Engineers , Jan. 13 , 1944_ 144 Pomeroy , Hugh R. , executive director , National Association of Housing Officials , Jan. 12 , 13 , 1944_ . 116-137 Reynolds , W. E. , Commissioner , Public Buildings Administration , Mar. 2 , 1944 651 ...
... Engineers , Jan. 13 , 1944_ 144 Pomeroy , Hugh R. , executive director , National Association of Housing Officials , Jan. 12 , 13 , 1944_ . 116-137 Reynolds , W. E. , Commissioner , Public Buildings Administration , Mar. 2 , 1944 651 ...
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... Engineering surveys must be made . Working drawings must be prepared and reduced to blueprints . Specifications must be written and contract documents drawn . Frequently , in the case of counties and municipalities , legislative ...
... Engineering surveys must be made . Working drawings must be prepared and reduced to blueprints . Specifications must be written and contract documents drawn . Frequently , in the case of counties and municipalities , legislative ...
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... engineer or a construction man who can build a road or a bridge can build a building . Mr. McGREGOR . I have seen ... engineers through the clearing agency in the State , the same agency clearing for the roads could also clear for the ...
... engineer or a construction man who can build a road or a bridge can build a building . Mr. McGREGOR . I have seen ... engineers through the clearing agency in the State , the same agency clearing for the roads could also clear for the ...
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... engineers to make blueprints and plans for post- war construction and deduct these expenses from gross income as part of their business expenses . Under the present laws such expenditures are considered capital expenditures and are ...
... engineers to make blueprints and plans for post- war construction and deduct these expenses from gross income as part of their business expenses . Under the present laws such expenditures are considered capital expenditures and are ...
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