Muscle Shoals: Hearings Before the Committee on Agriculture and Forestry, United States Senate, Sixty-eighth Congress, First Session, on S. 139, S. 2372, S. 2747, S. 3214, and H. R. 518U.S. Government Printing Office, 1924 - Muscle Shoals (Ala.) |
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... benefit of all engineering experi- ence and skill available in designing the proposed structures , the Chief of En- gineers of the United States Army , the engineers of the United States Reclama- tion Service , and the engineers of the ...
... benefit of all engineering experi- ence and skill available in designing the proposed structures , the Chief of En- gineers of the United States Army , the engineers of the United States Reclama- tion Service , and the engineers of the ...
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... benefits that come from it , which a private individual can not realize . It is just like the Panama Canal question . It was not the proper thing for an individual to build the Panama or Nicaragua Canal , because as an individual he ...
... benefits that come from it , which a private individual can not realize . It is just like the Panama Canal question . It was not the proper thing for an individual to build the Panama or Nicaragua Canal , because as an individual he ...
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... benefit to the Ford interests , but would be of comparatively little benefit to the farmers of the country gen- erally or the miscellaneous interests of the South . On the other hand , the Hooker - Atterbury - White group , having no ...
... benefit to the Ford interests , but would be of comparatively little benefit to the farmers of the country gen- erally or the miscellaneous interests of the South . On the other hand , the Hooker - Atterbury - White group , having no ...
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... benefit , but this is pretty large order , you know . Senator KENDRICK . I want to ask one more question , Mr. Hooker . Is it not possible , under that form of agreement between your com- pany or firm and the Government , that you would ...
... benefit , but this is pretty large order , you know . Senator KENDRICK . I want to ask one more question , Mr. Hooker . Is it not possible , under that form of agreement between your com- pany or firm and the Government , that you would ...
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... benefit should be confined to Muscle Shoals . We think that the Government should look upon this matter in a broad way and not experiment with and assist in develop- ing at least , if not governmentally , then by assistance to private ...
... benefit should be confined to Muscle Shoals . We think that the Government should look upon this matter in a broad way and not experiment with and assist in develop- ing at least , if not governmentally , then by assistance to private ...
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