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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... meet with the governors and mayors of municipalities , of the larger ones , to discuss with him the problems at that time in connection with public works and of unemployment . I was never more impressed with anything in my life than the ...
... meet with the governors and mayors of municipalities , of the larger ones , to discuss with him the problems at that time in connection with public works and of unemployment . I was never more impressed with anything in my life than the ...
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... meet a pay roll and pay your tax bill since we have had Government competition , namely , since 1932 ? General FLEMING . I have been in the Army for about 34 years ; but I have been in the Corps of Engineers of the Army and handled ...
... meet a pay roll and pay your tax bill since we have had Government competition , namely , since 1932 ? General FLEMING . I have been in the Army for about 34 years ; but I have been in the Corps of Engineers of the Army and handled ...
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... a meeting ; they are going to meet now in Chicago , I think this coming week , just in line with what you are saying . But that is not for this committee . Mr. JOHNSON . I realize that ; but my thought POST - WAR PLANNING 19.
... a meeting ; they are going to meet now in Chicago , I think this coming week , just in line with what you are saying . But that is not for this committee . Mr. JOHNSON . I realize that ; but my thought POST - WAR PLANNING 19.
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... meet first . As that may come at any time , we cannot wait for the setting of the " rising sun " or the straightening of the " crooked cross " before we begin to make our plans . I think we ought to do it now . Just the other day , on ...
... meet first . As that may come at any time , we cannot wait for the setting of the " rising sun " or the straightening of the " crooked cross " before we begin to make our plans . I think we ought to do it now . Just the other day , on ...
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... meet next week on Tuesday , Wednesday , and Thursday , and are going to hear some very eminent people in their respective lines of work . ( The committee thereupon adjourned until Tuesday , November 30 , 1943 , at 10 a . m . ) [ NOTE ...
... meet next week on Tuesday , Wednesday , and Thursday , and are going to hear some very eminent people in their respective lines of work . ( The committee thereupon adjourned until Tuesday , November 30 , 1943 , at 10 a . m . ) [ NOTE ...
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