Seamen's Bill of Rights: Hearings Before the Ship Construction and Operation and Maritime Labor Subcommittee of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, House of Representatives, Eightieth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 476, a Bill to Provide Aid for the Readjustment in Civilian Life of Those Persons who Rendered Wartime Service in the United States Merchant Marine, and to Provide Aid for Their Families |
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I understand so . As I recall it , Mr. Godfrey Butler testified at the hearings last year
on this with regard to that particular point . Mr. BONNER . This particular thing ?
Mr. McCANDLESS . Yes . Mr. BONNER . Were they put in the record at the time ...
I understand so . As I recall it , Mr. Godfrey Butler testified at the hearings last year
on this with regard to that particular point . Mr. BONNER . This particular thing ?
Mr. McCANDLESS . Yes . Mr. BONNER . Were they put in the record at the time ...
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As I understand it , the merchant seamen did not have physical examinations
before starting their work on merchant ships , did they ? Mr. PETERSON . I am not
so sure of that . I do not think they did . I do not believe that they did . Mr.
BRADLEY ...
As I understand it , the merchant seamen did not have physical examinations
before starting their work on merchant ships , did they ? Mr. PETERSON . I am not
so sure of that . I do not think they did . I do not believe that they did . Mr.
BRADLEY ...
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... we have got to draw a line . We cannot take care of everybody . Mr. BRADLEY
of California . Somewhere we must find a cutting - off point . Mr. PETERSON .
That is right . Mr. BRADLEY of California . Again I want you to understand we are
...
... we have got to draw a line . We cannot take care of everybody . Mr. BRADLEY
of California . Somewhere we must find a cutting - off point . Mr. PETERSON .
That is right . Mr. BRADLEY of California . Again I want you to understand we are
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Did I understand you correctly at the outset of your statement to say that if the
merchant marine seamen do not receive proper consideration by the passage of
this bill , in the event of another war men will not enlist in the merchant marine but
...
Did I understand you correctly at the outset of your statement to say that if the
merchant marine seamen do not receive proper consideration by the passage of
this bill , in the event of another war men will not enlist in the merchant marine but
...
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I don't know whether I got this testimony correctly , or not , but as I understand it
the average pay of a certain class or classes was in the neighborhood of $ 2,400
some odd , and deducting the income tax they paid brought it down to about ...
I don't know whether I got this testimony correctly , or not , but as I understand it
the average pay of a certain class or classes was in the neighborhood of $ 2,400
some odd , and deducting the income tax they paid brought it down to about ...
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Page 375 - An Act to provide compensation for employees of the United States suffering injuries while in the performance of their duties, and for other purposes", approved September 7, 1916, as amended, shall extend to persons given employment under the provisions of this Act.
Page 28 - Board, on the ground that the testimony or evidence required of him may tend to incriminate him or subject him to a penalty or forfeiture; but no individual shall be prosecuted or subjected to any penalty or forfeiture for or on account of any transaction, matter, or thing concerning which he is compelled, after having claimed his privilege against self-incrimination, to testify or produce evidence, except that such individual so testifying shall not be exempt from prosecution and punishment for...
Page 27 - 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 20 - ... 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 27 - 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.
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Page 22 - 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.
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| Title | Seamen's Bill of Rights: Hearings Before the Ship Construction and Operation and Maritime Labor Subcommittee of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, House of Representatives, Eightieth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 476, a Bill to Provide Aid for the Readjustment in Civilian Life of ... |
| Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1947 |
| Original from | the Library of Congress |
| Digitized | 30 Mar 2007 |
| Length | 427 pages |
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