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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... million and ten and a half million persons . If we could look forward to a comparable volume of building to start immeditely after the war , the resulting employment would represent a most important contribution to general economic ...
... million and ten and a half million persons . If we could look forward to a comparable volume of building to start immeditely after the war , the resulting employment would represent a most important contribution to general economic ...
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... million families should build new homes that would go far to provide employment - but it would have little relevancy ... millions of people , or whether it alone will be expected to absorb at once all those who will be in need of jobs ...
... million families should build new homes that would go far to provide employment - but it would have little relevancy ... millions of people , or whether it alone will be expected to absorb at once all those who will be in need of jobs ...
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... million men when we have reached the peak of our recruitment , a great many more than we had in the last war , there is going to be demobilization . They will not all be demobilized at one time , of course , and probably not as rapidly ...
... million men when we have reached the peak of our recruitment , a great many more than we had in the last war , there is going to be demobilization . They will not all be demobilized at one time , of course , and probably not as rapidly ...
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... million men directly employed we have between seven and ten million other people being employed by reason of the construction industry . So , we do know that a large volume of construction is going to create jobs and useful jobs , and ...
... million men directly employed we have between seven and ten million other people being employed by reason of the construction industry . So , we do know that a large volume of construction is going to create jobs and useful jobs , and ...
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... millions of dollars for the taxpayers with the adoption of such a plan . And the Ways and Means Committee in its last report has made suggestions along that line . I hope that we can minimize the authorizations and appropriations ...
... millions of dollars for the taxpayers with the adoption of such a plan . And the Ways and Means Committee in its last report has made suggestions along that line . I hope that we can minimize the authorizations and appropriations ...
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