First Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Bill for 1943: Hearings Before Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Seventy-seventh Congress, Second Session...

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Page 600 - Management with respect to the state of war and to assure maximum utilization of the domestic transportation facilities of the Nation for the successful prosecution of the war, it is hereby ordered : 1.
Page 177 - Salt Lake City, Utah San Antonio, Tex. San Diego, Calif. San Francisco, Calif.
Page 497 - Congress, or both, any defense article for the government of any country whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the United States.
Page 566 - ... the increase of domestic production of articles and materials essential to the support of armies and of the people during the interruption of foreign commerce : the development of seagoing transportation ; data as to amounts, location, method and means of production, and availability of military supplies...
Page 45 - ... the War Production Board, the Office of Price Administration, the Office of...
Page 566 - Defense to supervise and direct investigations and make recommendations to the President and the heads of executive departments as to the location of railroads with reference to the frontier of the United States so as to render possible expeditious concentration of troops and supplies to points of defense; the coordination of military, industrial, and commercial purposes in the location of extensive highways and branch lines of railroad; the utilization of waterways...
Page 375 - Now THEREFORE, By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, and Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy...
Page 432 - United States," when used in a geographical sense, includes the several States and Territories, the insular possessions of the United States (including the Philippine Islands) , the Canal Zone, and the District of Columbia. (b) The term "person" includes a partnership, company, association, or corporation, as well as a natural person.
Page 526 - ... all other objects of expenditure as specified for projects hereinbefore in this Act under the caption "Bureau of Reclamation...
Page 636 - States, it is hereby ordered as follows: 1. There is hereby established in the Office for Emergency Management of...

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