Agricultural Appropriation Bill for 1938, Hearings Before ... 75-1, on H.R. 65231937 - 886 pages |
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... fact that the telegraph companies hereto- fore charged for each figure as for a full word . Agreement has not been reached whereby the Weather Bureau will be permitted to transmit a group of five fig . ures as a word . However , the ...
... fact that the telegraph companies hereto- fore charged for each figure as for a full word . Agreement has not been reached whereby the Weather Bureau will be permitted to transmit a group of five fig . ures as a word . However , the ...
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... fact that it is of low viscosity does not preclude the commercial use of farm - waste cellulose . In fact , the opinion of many experts is that the pro- duction of a cheap alpha cellulose of a low but constant viscosity will open up a ...
... fact that it is of low viscosity does not preclude the commercial use of farm - waste cellulose . In fact , the opinion of many experts is that the pro- duction of a cheap alpha cellulose of a low but constant viscosity will open up a ...
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... fact the program is much broader than that , but it is so tech- nical that I did not want to undertake to discuss it here unless we had the A. A. A. people present . If you wanted to go into it , we would have to have some people here ...
... fact the program is much broader than that , but it is so tech- nical that I did not want to undertake to discuss it here unless we had the A. A. A. people present . If you wanted to go into it , we would have to have some people here ...
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... fact that from 1915 to 1935 the Weather Bureau's appropriation for basic service , disregarding for the moment its service for aero- nautics , practically stood still . There were no increases to speak of , except those incident to ...
... fact that from 1915 to 1935 the Weather Bureau's appropriation for basic service , disregarding for the moment its service for aero- nautics , practically stood still . There were no increases to speak of , except those incident to ...
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... fact we are convinced that not to do so would be evidence of a complete lack of appropriation on our part of the obligation that we , as a Government agency , owe to the people of this country . This study revealed a sorry state of ...
... fact we are convinced that not to do so would be evidence of a complete lack of appropriation on our part of the obligation that we , as a Government agency , owe to the people of this country . This study revealed a sorry state of ...
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acres Agricultural Adjustment Administration airway ALEXANDER allotment amount appropriation approved areas Assistant AUCHTER BENNETT BESLEY bill Budget estimate carried Chairman clerk committee Congress cooperation cost cotton county agent crops dairy Department of Agriculture disease district Dutch elm disease engineering erosion experiment station farm farmers fiscal Forest Service Georgia going GORRELL Grade GRAY home demonstration agent House increase investigations JUMP June 30 Junior land ment milk national forests NORCROSS operations payments percent plant posi Progress Administration purchase question Region relief Resettlement Resettlement Administration roads salary Secretary of Agriculture Senator BANKHEAD Senator COPELAND Senator HAYDEN Senator MCKELLAR Senator O'MAHONEY Senator POPE Senator RUSSELL Senator SMITH Senator TOWNSEND Senator TYDINGS Senior SILCOX Soil Conservation Service specialist statement Stenographer TAPP thing tion TOLLEY trees United WARBURTON Washington Weather Bureau
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Page 132 - Agriculture and paid in the manner hereinbefore provided, in the proportion which the rural population of each State bears to the total rural population of all the States as determined by the next preceding Federal census...
Page 886 - ... to take such testimony, and to make such expenditures, as it deems advisable. The cost of stenographic services to report such hearings shall not be in excess of 25 cents per hundred words. The expenses of the committee, which shall not exceed $30,000, shall be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate upon vouchers approved by the chairman of the committee or the chairman of any duly authorized subcommittee thereof.
Page 211 - An Act To amend the Act entitled "An Act to provide that the United States shall aid the States in the construction of rural post roads, and for other purposes," approved July 11, 1916, as amended and supplemented, and for other purposes.
Page 215 - Agriculture in the survey, construction, reconstruction, and maintenance of roads and trails of primary importance for the protection, administration, and utilization of the national forests, or when necessary, for the use and development of resources upon which communities within or adjacent to the national forests are dependent...
Page 4 - That the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to make such expenditures for equipment, supplies, and materials, including the employment of persons and means in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and to employ such means as may be necessary to execute the functions imposed upon him by this Act.
Page 632 - ... without regard to the provisions of the civil-service laws or the Classification Act of 1923, as amended.
Page 215 - forest development roads and trails" means those forest roads or trails of primary importance for the protection, administration, and utilization of the national forests, or where necessary, for the use and development of the resources upon which communities within or adjacent to the national forests are dependent. The term "forest highway...
Page 147 - Division of the but shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of Agriculture in accordance with the terms of the Smith-Lever Act, and when so approved shall be executed by the Extension Division of said . (d) That the headquarters of the state organization contemplated in this memorandum shall be at . IV.
Page 184 - Apportionment or allocation (a) On or before January 1 next preceding the commencement of each fiscal year, the Secretary shall apportion the sums authorized to be appropriated for such fiscal year for forest highways in the several States, according to the area and value of the land owned by the United States within the national forests therein, which the Secretary of Agriculture is directed to determine and certify to the Secretary from such information, sources, and departments as the Secretary...
Page 67 - Dairy investigations : For conducting investigations, experiments, and demonstrations in dairy industry, cooperative investigations of the dairy industry in the various States, and inspection of renovatedbutter factories, including repairs to buildings, not to exceed $5,000 for the construction of buildings 633, 199. 00 Total, Bureau of Dairy Industry, $703,694, of which amount not to exceed $313,020 may be expended for personal services in the District of Columbia.