Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935: Hearings, April 16 to 29, 1935U.S. Government Printing Office, 1935 - Electric utilities |
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... question of State policy and becomes the proper subject of Federal action only where the extra - State device of a holding company is used to circumvent State policy . The preceding subsection ( b ) , however , is concerned with the ...
... question of State policy and becomes the proper subject of Federal action only where the extra - State device of a holding company is used to circumvent State policy . The preceding subsection ( b ) , however , is concerned with the ...
Page 113
... question and practically ad lib . They took them on the say - so of the utilities . Regarding this matter the Commission says further in the con- clusions to the propaganda report : To measure what the investing public , as ...
... question and practically ad lib . They took them on the say - so of the utilities . Regarding this matter the Commission says further in the con- clusions to the propaganda report : To measure what the investing public , as ...
Page 117
... question . And that is in the field of helping finance . " They insisted that they were able , as a group , to get financial terms which the local companies could not get . In my judgment , our record disproves that claim . While it may ...
... question . And that is in the field of helping finance . " They insisted that they were able , as a group , to get financial terms which the local companies could not get . In my judgment , our record disproves that claim . While it may ...
Page 123
... question . Colonel CHANTLAND . Oh , pardon me . Senator COUZENS . I say , Congress abolished the consolidated returns in the 1934 Revenue Act , and I understand that already the bright minds of the legal fraternity are busy in an effort ...
... question . Colonel CHANTLAND . Oh , pardon me . Senator COUZENS . I say , Congress abolished the consolidated returns in the 1934 Revenue Act , and I understand that already the bright minds of the legal fraternity are busy in an effort ...
Page 126
... question whether you thought these utilities ought to be publicly owned , and your statement was to the effect that you thought each community ought to decide that for itself . I should gather very definitely from the argument that you ...
... question whether you thought these utilities ought to be publicly owned , and your statement was to the effect that you thought each community ought to decide that for itself . I should gather very definitely from the argument that you ...
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Popular passages
Page 30 - If any party shall apply to the court for leave to adduce additional evidence, and shall show to the satisfaction of the court that such additional evidence is material and that there were reasonable grounds for failure to adduce such evidence in the...
Page 28 - Commission, there to produce records, if so ordered, or 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 such court as a contempt thereof. All process in any such case may be served in the judicial district whereof such person is an inhabitant or wherever he may be found or may be doing business.
Page 32 - If any provision of this Act or the application of such provision to any person or circumstances shall be held invalid, the remainder of the Act, and the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.
Page 48 - ... may be served in any other district of which the defendant is an inhabitant or wherever the defendant may be found.
Page 28 - For the purpose of any such investigation^ or any other proceeding under this title, any member of the Commission or any officer designated by it is empowered to administer oaths and affirmations, subpena witnesses, compel their attendance, take evidence, and require the production of any books, papers, correspondence, memoranda, or other records which the Commission deems relevant or material to the inquiry.
Page 236 - That the project adopted, including the maps, plans, and specifications, shall be such as in the judgment of the Commission will be best adapted to a comprehensive plan for improving or developing a waterway or waterways for the use or benefit of interstate or foreign commerce, for the improvement and utilization of waterpower development, and for other beneficial public uses, including recreational purposes...
Page 45 - Commission may, in its discretion, make such investigations as it deems necessary to determine whether any person has violated or is about to violate...
Page 225 - ... Congress has jurisdiction under its authority to regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the several States, and which either in their natural or improved condition, notwithstanding interruptions between the navigable parts of such streams or waters by falls, shallows, or rapids compelling land carriage, are used or suitable for use for the transportation of persons or property in interstate or foreign commerce...
Page 26 - Territorial courts, of all suits in equity and actions at law brought to enforce any liability or duty created by, or to enjoin any violation of this title or the rules, regulations, or orders thereunder.
Page 45 - Act, to prescribe the manner in which such reports shall be made, and to require from such carriers specific answers to all questions upon which the Commission may need information.