Seamen's Bill of Rights: Hearings...Subcommittee on Ship Construction and Operation and Maritime Labor...on H.R. 4761947 - 427 pages |
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... Army . Many years ago we did not accept doctors , for instance , in either of the services . As late as the Spanish- American War the Medical Corps were contract personnel . They were not even commissioned officers . A doctor was under ...
... Army . Many years ago we did not accept doctors , for instance , in either of the services . As late as the Spanish- American War the Medical Corps were contract personnel . They were not even commissioned officers . A doctor was under ...
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... Army got more than $ 2,500 a year in benefits . Mr. MCCANDLESS . I think at times you may find his real income exceed the value of $ 2,500 a year . Mr. WEICHEL . I would like to have that put in the record where you find that the ...
... Army got more than $ 2,500 a year in benefits . Mr. MCCANDLESS . I think at times you may find his real income exceed the value of $ 2,500 a year . Mr. WEICHEL . I would like to have that put in the record where you find that the ...
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... Army or a seaman in the Navy without dependents , in domestic service , with $ 600 a year . Would you call the equivalents - this difference in the Army and Navy - what he received ? Would you say it is worth $ 1,900 ? In other words ...
... Army or a seaman in the Navy without dependents , in domestic service , with $ 600 a year . Would you call the equivalents - this difference in the Army and Navy - what he received ? Would you say it is worth $ 1,900 ? In other words ...
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... Army Transport Service ( Transportation Corps , Army Service Forces ) . The civilian status of the merchant marine has been preserved during the present war . Merger with the military or naval estabilshment was carefully avoided . The ...
... Army Transport Service ( Transportation Corps , Army Service Forces ) . The civilian status of the merchant marine has been preserved during the present war . Merger with the military or naval estabilshment was carefully avoided . The ...
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... Army got allotments . They had their hospitaliza- tion , of course , and they got their right to the future pensions , but on the other hand , if a merchant seaman served in the war zone , he got certain war bonuses , and those things ...
... Army got allotments . They had their hospitaliza- tion , of course , and they got their right to the future pensions , but on the other hand , if a merchant seaman served in the war zone , he got certain war bonuses , and those things ...
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Page 23 - Territory or possession thereof, at any designated place of hearing. <2> In case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpena issued to any person, any district court of the United States or the United States courts of any Territory or possession, or the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia...
Page 23 - Board for such purposes, may administer oaths and affirmations, examine witnesses, and receive evidence. Such attendance of witnesses and the production of such evidence may be required from any place in the United States or any Territory or possession thereof, at any designated place of hearing.
Page 18 - ... in) the catching, taking, harvesting, cultivating, or farming of any kind of fish, shellfish, crustacea, sponges, seaweeds, or other aquatic forms of animal and vegetable life (including...
Page 23 - Board shall have jurisdiction to issue to such person an order requiring such person to appear before the Board, its member, agent, or agency, there to produce evidence if so ordered, or there to give testimony touching the matter under investigation or in question; and any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by said court as a contempt thereof.
Page 21 - That nothing in this section shall be deemed to prevent any department, agency, or officer of the United States from exercising any supervision or control which such department, agency, or officer is authorized, by existing provisions of law, to exercise over any Federal educational...
Page 225 - It is necessary for the national defense and development of its foreign and domestic commerce that the United States shall have a merchant marine (a) sufficient to carry its domestic waterborne commerce and a substantial portion of the waterborne export and import foreign commerce of the United States and to provide shipping service on all routes essential for maintaining the flow of such domestic and foreign waterborne commerce at all times, (b) capable of serving as a naval and military auxiliary...
Page 314 - Act if supported by competent evidence shall not be subject to review by any other administrative or accounting officer, employee, or agent of the United States.
Page 23 - Witnesses subpenaed under this subsection shall be paid the same fees and mileage as are paid witnesses in the district courts of the United States; "d.
Page 20 - That in case of any disagreement between the physician making an examination on the part of the United States and the employee's physician the commission shall appoint a third physician, duly qualified, who shall make an examination.
Page 225 - That it is necessary for the national defense and for the proper growth of its foreign and domestic commerce that the United States shall have a merchant marine of the best equipped and most suitable types of vessels sufficient to carry the greater portion of its commerce and serve as a naval or military auxiliary in time of war or national emergency, ultimately to be owned and operated privately by citizens of the United States...