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Page 209 - ... defense of the United States ; (2) such need is immediate and impending and such as will not admit of delay or resort to any other source of supply ; and (3) all other means of obtaining the use of such property for the defense of the United States...
Page 235 - An Act to Authorize the President to requisition certain articles and materials for the use of the United States, and for other purposes," and the Act of October 16, 1941, entitled "An Act to authorize the President of the United States...
Page 224 - To the end that war may not result in defeat, freedom of speech may, by act of Congress, be curtailed or denied so that the morale of the people and the spirit of the Army may not be broken by seditious utterances ; freedom of the press curtailed to preserve our military plans and movements from the knowledge of the enemy ; deserters and spies put to death without indictment or trial by jury; ships and...
Page 209 - The President may, from time to time, promulgate such rules and regulations as may be necessary and proper to carry out any of the provisions of this Act; and he may exercise any power or authority conferred on him by this Act through such department, agency, or officer as he shall direct.
Page 235 - ... such need is immediate and impending and such as will not admit of delay or resort to any other source of supply, and (3) that all other means of obtaining the use of such property for the defense of the United States...
Page 235 - ... the United States upon the payment of fair and just compensation for such property to be determined as hereinafter provided, and to dispose of such property in such manner as he may determine is necessary for the defense of the United States.
Page 213 - That whenever the President determines that it is necessary in the interest of national defense or prosecution of war to requisition and take over for the use or operation by the United States or in its interest any military or naval equipment or munitions, or component parts thereof, or machinery, tools, or materials, or supplies necessary for the manufacture, servicing, or operation thereof, ordered, manufactured, procured, or possessed for export purposes, the exportation of which has been prohibited...
Page 209 - President and the original owner do not agree as to the fair value of the property, the fair value shall be determined by three appraisers, one of whom shall be chosen by the...
Page 209 - Sec. 4. The President may issue such rules and regulations and require such information as may be necessary and proper to carry out the provisions of this Act, and he may exercise any power or authority conferred on him by this Act through such department, agency, board, or officer as he shall direct or appoint.
Page 224 - ... under the protection of the Constitution, seized without process and converted to the public use without compensation and without due process of law in the ordinary sense of that term ; prices of food and other necessities of life fixed or regulated ; railways taken over and operated by the government; and other drastic powers, wholly inadmissible in time of peace, exercised to meet the emergencies of war.