United States Congressional Serial Set, Issue 10428

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1940 - United States
Reports, Documents, and Journals of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.

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Contents

Introduction___ 1
1
Misleading Government Agencies
15
Summary and Conclusions__
34
How Mr Joyce became interested in the Chicago Great Western
2
Betrayal of trust involved in traffic scheme
16
Relationships of Van Sweringen interests to Bremo Corporation
23
Role of J P Morgan
29
Saddling the Bremo loss on the Chesapeake Ohio Railway Co
39
Bankruptcy and proposed reorganization of the Great Western
51
Congress 1st session
53
III
Introduction 1
1
The raising of the question as to validity of the stock 11
11
The ultimate sale to the public
17
III
Factors contributing to receivership 2
2
Preparing the reorganization papers 8
8
Relations between counsel for receivers and counsel for bankers_ 17
17
Conclusion 23
23
13
1
The voting trust as a device to perpetuate control
11
Conclusions
21
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1
The voting trust
8
The preferred list
16
The Kuhn Loeb agreement to buy 250000 shares
23
461
2
List of published reports
Mr Ball sells the Alleghany securities he bought at the auction_
1
Investigation of railroads holding companies etc pts 727
7
List of published reports
Size of the Alleghany system
2
The evil of such concentrated power
8
Neutrality act of 1939
3
Authorizing sale of Wilmot National Guard Target Range 1157 Relief of Charles H LeGay
Relief of Harold W Kinderman
State employees on cooperative programs to be selected on merit basis 1160 Giving jurisdiction to Texas over lands acquired from Mexico 1161 Ap...
Foreign exhibits at Golden Gate Exposition etc to remain duty free 1164 Extension of lending authority of Land Bank Commissioner to June 1 1942
1
Extension of lending authority of ExportImport Bank of Washington
Urgent deficiency appropriation bill 1940
3
Counting service in National Naval Volunteers for promotion purposes 1179 Authorizing appropriations for disposition of remains of Navy personn...
1
In parts Bound in separate volumes 1183 Authorizing Secretary of Navy to accept lands in National City Calif 1184 Authorize exchange of lands bet...
1
Relief of Roxie A Richardson 1189 Relief of M L Parish
7
Relief of Glen E Robinson in business as Robinson Marine Construction Co 1191 Relief of Nadine Sanders
11
Relief of Warren Zimmerman
7
Relief of Katheryn S Anderson
1
Purchase of property owned by Jersey Central Power Light Co 1195 Advancing John L Hines on retired list of Army 1196 Pay employees of Recla...
Control of soil erosion etc in Cleveland National Forest 1200 Control of soil erosion etc in Angeles National Forest 1201 Facilitate and simplify nati...
1
Control of soil erosion etc in Sequoia National Forest 1203 Bound in a separate volume 1204 Construction of small reservoirs
11
Treasury and Post Office Departments appropriation bill 1941
5
Relief of certain disbursing officers Army and settlement of claims 1208 Comision Mixta Demarcadora de Limites Entre Colombia y Panama
Relief of estate of J D Warlick 1221 Relief of C Z Bush and W D Kennedy
1
Relief of Edward J Broggi
Relief of Francisco R Acosta
1
Relief of estate of George B Spearin 1225 Authorizing reenlistment of John Mudry in Army 1226 Medals etc tendered certain officers of Army by f...
1
Relief of Thomas L Gardner
1
Settlement of claim of Robert E Newton 1230 Relief of C F Cooley administrator of estate of Charles F Cooley jr 1231 Relief of Maj John R Holt
1
III
2
Creating board of inspectors of hulls and boilers at Miami Fla 1233 Land for training station for Maritime Commission at St Petersburg Fla 1234 Tra...
7
Relief of Rodgers Tile Co 1238 Relief of Joseph Soulek
1
Relief of officers of Russian Railway Service Corps 1240 Relief of Clarence E Enders and Gertrude Ray Enders
1
Relief of Ray E Nies
9
Relief of K E Parker
4
Relief of John C Crossman
1
Relief of James George Mayfield
1
Relief of Richard L Calder
1
Relief of Verle S Ward 1247 Court of Claims to hear claim of estate of Rexford M Smith 1248 Flood control on Connecticut River at East Hartford C...
1
Payment of per diem in connection with naval aerial surveys etc 1252 Uniformity in pay of all civilian employees of Navy Dept outside of U S 1253 ...
21
Relief of International Grain Co
3
Court of Claims to hear claim of estate of Robert L Wright 1257 Relief of Velvie W Smith and legal guardian of Glenn R Smith 1258 Amending C C...
Claim of Mount Vernon Alexandria Washington Railway
1
Amending law relating to use of private vehicles for official travel 1263 Authorizing increase in number of consultants on reclamation work 1264 Gr...
Studies of productivity etc in industry by Labor Statistics Bureau 1266 Golden Gate International Exposition in San Francisco in 1940
5
Relief of Harry Huston alias Charley Oakley
3
Amend District of Columbia code rel to garage keepers liens for repairs 1269 Regulating in District of Columbia disposal of certain refuse 1270 Chan...
1
Relief of Floyd H Roberts
Relief of Roy F Lassly
Relief of Dorothy Crossing
1
Relief of Tom Kelly
1
Relief of Dollie C Pichette
Relief of Joseph Sciortino
1
Relief of Allegheny Forging Co 1285 Relief of Luther Devoe
7
Settlement of claim of OBrien Bros Inc 1287 Relief of Priest Lumber Co Inc 1288 Relief of Mr and Mrs C Walter Black and Marion Rabren 1289 R...
7
Relief of Alice C Wainwright widow of John T Wainwright 1292 William Bowie to accept decoration from Yugoslavia 1293 Relief of Charles N Bar...
1
Enlistments in Army in time of war or emergency declared by Congress 1295 Grant Simon P Kramer rightofway over Fort Thomas military reservati...
Extending authority of the President rel to reciprocal trade agreements 1298 Extend time for report on radio requirements of ships on Great Lakes 12...
2
Relief of Katherine M Drier 1301 Amending locomotive inspection act rel to title of chief inspector
7
Continuing investigation of railroad financing and certain other matters
Bridge across Missouri River near Randolph
Investigating wire tapping and use of listening devices 1305 Communication utilities to contribute free services to national defense 1306 Authorizing...
Relief of Mary E Boyd 1313 Relief of J H Churchwell Wholesale Co Jacksonville
2
Relief of Barnet Warren
1
Relief of Ethel G Hamilton
Relief of James Henry Rigdon
1
Relief of R D Torian
1
Relief of Mrs Clyde Thatcher Marjorie Thatcher and Bobby Thatcher 1319 Relief of legal guardian of Betty Lou Frady and W L Frady 1320 Relief o...
1
Relief of George L Sheldon
1
Amend soil conservation act rel to farm tenancy and grant to landlord 1325 Amend agricultural adjustment act rel to movement of grain in storage 1...
4
Favor deletion from 1940 census of questions on compensation received 1330 Replacement of certain bridges on Rio Grande 1331 Forest protection ...
Prohibiting acquisition of foreign silver by United States 1333 Encouraging travel in United States 1334 Recognition of civilians engaged in constru...
Floodcontrol works on Autauga Creek at Prattville
Barring of claims against United States 1339 Providing for terms of district court at Fayetteville Ark 1340 Traveling and subsistence expenses of circ...

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