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... effort to find the means for solving problems and overcoming shortages . That is one reason , gentlemen , that we have not met very frequently in the last 2 or 3 years . Everything we thought was going along pretty well . We have ...
... effort to find the means for solving problems and overcoming shortages . That is one reason , gentlemen , that we have not met very frequently in the last 2 or 3 years . Everything we thought was going along pretty well . We have ...
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... effort . Our planning for the contingency of nuclear war proceeds along different lines . It is necessary to make ... efforts and resource management because of temporary failure of centralized Federal capability . Although our emergency ...
... effort . Our planning for the contingency of nuclear war proceeds along different lines . It is necessary to make ... efforts and resource management because of temporary failure of centralized Federal capability . Although our emergency ...
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... efforts in the fields of management of production , transportation , and other critical areas of need in the event of a nuclear emergency . The Department of Commerce has participated actively in the development of State emergency ...
... efforts in the fields of management of production , transportation , and other critical areas of need in the event of a nuclear emergency . The Department of Commerce has participated actively in the development of State emergency ...
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... effort the President can release it for that pur- pose , but otherwise he has to come back to Congress . Chairman ROBERTSON . My point was that the ground war which chews up a lot of material could necessitate our buying some more ...
... effort the President can release it for that pur- pose , but otherwise he has to come back to Congress . Chairman ROBERTSON . My point was that the ground war which chews up a lot of material could necessitate our buying some more ...
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... effort ? Secretary CONNOR . There are materials , in addition to copper , that are in a production situation that is close to capacity at the present time : zinc , and other materials are not quite as critically close to the line as ...
... effort ? Secretary CONNOR . There are materials , in addition to copper , that are in a production situation that is close to capacity at the present time : zinc , and other materials are not quite as critically close to the line as ...
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Page 33 - By virtue of the authority vested in me by Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1958 and Executive Order 10773, it is hereby ordered: 1. General role of the strategic stockpile. The strategic stockpile shall take account of the potentiality of limited war and general war and shall assume rapid mobilization in the event of an emergency.
Page 33 - Stockpile objectives shall be determined on the basis of time required for supplies of materials in a national emergency to match essential needs of the emergency. The objectives shall consist of (1) a "basic objective...
Page 18 - Notwithstanding any restrictions on access imposed pursuant to section 2204 (1) the Archivist and persons employed by the National Archives and Records Service of the General Services Administration...
Page 1 - ... study of the programs authorized in this act and of reviewing the progress achieved in the execution and administration of these programs. This committee receives reports from each department and agency on mobilization activities. These programs are subject to continuing review by the committee staff.
Page 26 - This concludes my prepared statement. My associates and I will be happy to answer any questions you may have at this time.
Page 37 - XREC does not try to perform any of the various kinds of analyses which a single department or agency can perform most efficiently and effectively for itself. Instead, it focuses its attention on analytical tasks which can be performed more efficiently and effectively on a collective basis than on an individual basis.
Page 31 - Thank you very much. I think it has been a very interesting session.
Page 3 - The sections of the Defense Production Act, and the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954, and the Renegotiation Act, which is superseded by S.
Page 13 - Agriculture, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Labor, and the Department of the Interior.
Page 5 - Mr. Secretary, on behalf of the committee I wish to thank you for your forthright statement.