Strategic and Critical Materials, Hearing ..., on S. 2152 ..., Dec 10, 1941, Parts 1-2 |
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... seed enough , according to Dr. W. B. McCallum , head of the rubber plant- according to him they have enough seed to immediately plant 110,000 acres . Senator AUSTIN . Who are " they " ? Mr. MASON . The Intercontinental Rubber Co ...
... seed enough , according to Dr. W. B. McCallum , head of the rubber plant- according to him they have enough seed to immediately plant 110,000 acres . Senator AUSTIN . Who are " they " ? Mr. MASON . The Intercontinental Rubber Co ...
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... seed . Senator DOWNEY . What seeds are available for planting of a big crop ? Mr. MASON . The entire supply is in the hands of Intercontinental , and they said that they had seeds for 45,000 acres , according to the report made to the ...
... seed . Senator DOWNEY . What seeds are available for planting of a big crop ? Mr. MASON . The entire supply is in the hands of Intercontinental , and they said that they had seeds for 45,000 acres , according to the report made to the ...
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... seed limits the rapidity with which guayule production could be increased . It would require several years to make the guayule shrub an important commercial source of rubber . Probably about $ 20,000,000 of capital investment would be ...
... seed limits the rapidity with which guayule production could be increased . It would require several years to make the guayule shrub an important commercial source of rubber . Probably about $ 20,000,000 of capital investment would be ...
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... seeds available were planted immediately , there would be only enough seedlings to plant 45,000 acres of guayule shrubs in the spring of 1942. If 45,000 acres were planted in 1942 and harvested in 1943 , they would yield a total of only ...
... seeds available were planted immediately , there would be only enough seedlings to plant 45,000 acres of guayule shrubs in the spring of 1942. If 45,000 acres were planted in 1942 and harvested in 1943 , they would yield a total of only ...
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... seed for sale . The only other supply would be from wild plants in southwestern Texas or Mexico during the fall ... seed are planted thickly on nursery beds and covered with a thin layer of sand . After 8 to 12 months seeds are gathered ...
... seed for sale . The only other supply would be from wild plants in southwestern Texas or Mexico during the fall ... seed are planted thickly on nursery beds and covered with a thin layer of sand . After 8 to 12 months seeds are gathered ...
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20 cents 20 percent acreage America amount ANDERSON answer APPLEBY bill BRANDES BRIDGEWATER Buna rubber butadiene butyl rubber cents a pound cents per pound CHAIRMAN COLLYER commercial committee cost of production course crop crude rubber cultivation David Spence Department of Agriculture deresinated emergency experience FARRISH figures gentlemen going goldenrod Government growing guayule rubber guayule shrub harvested Hevea rubber increase Intercontinental Rubber light aging long tons MASON material McCallum Mexico months natural rubber necessary Neoprene nursery planting of guayule possible practical present quantity question reclaimed rubber resin rubber content rubber industry rubber manufacturers rubber supply Salinas Salinas Valley Secretary JONES seedlings Senator AUSTIN Senator CHANDLER Senator DOWNEY Senator GURNEY Senator HILL Senator HOLMAN Senator KILGORE Senator THOMAS Senator WALLGREN Spence substitute suggested synthetic rubber thing THOMAS of Utah tion tons a day tons of rubber tread United
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Page 80 - The Corporation shall be entitled to the free use of the United States mails for its official business in the same manner as the executive departments of the Government, and shall determine its necessary expenditures under this Act and the manner in which they shall be incurred, allowed^ and paid, without regard to the provisions of any other law governing the expenditure of public funds.
Page 71 - I shall be glad to answer them to the best of my ability. The CHAIRMAN. Are there any further questions?
Page 39 - SEC. 5. That there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $1,000,000, to be expended under the joint direction of the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Navy...
Page 80 - Corporation ; and, notwithstanding the provisions of any other law governing the expenditure of public funds, the General Accounting Office, in the settlement of the accounts of the...
Page 1 - ... breeding or by selection, and to improve planting methods; to make surveys of areas suitable for cultivating guayule; to make experimental plantings; and to conduct agronomic tests; (6) To conduct tests, in which he may cooperate with any other public or private agency, to determine the qualities of rubber...
Page 80 - ... thousand acres of guayule inside the Western Hemisphere; and (9) To exercise with respect to rubber-bearing plants other than guayule the same powers as are granted in the foregoing provisions of this section with respect to guayule. SEC.
Page 2 - There are hereby authorized to be appropriated such amounts as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this Act.
Page 2 - The Secretary with the consent of any executive department, independent establishment, or other agency of the Government, including any field service thereof, may avail himself of the use of information, services, facilities, officers, and employees thereof in carrying out the provisions of this title.
Page 2 - Board, in accordance with the civil-service laws, and whose compensation shall be fixed in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended. Each such veterans...
Page 1 - Hemisphere where guayule might be grown; and to establish and maintain records indicating areas to which guayule cultivation could be extended for emergency production; (4) To construct or operate, or to contract for the operation of, factories for the extraction of rubber from guayule, and from Chrysothamnus, commonly known as rabbit brush; to purchase guayule shrub...