Maritime Education and Training Miscellaneous: Hearings Before the Ad Hoc Select Subcommittee on Maritime Education and Training and the Subcommittee on Merchant Marine of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, House of Representatives, Ninety-fifth Congress ....

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Page 324 - it is necessary for the national defense and development of its foreign and domestic commerce...
Page 224 - No member of or delegate to Congress or resident commissioner, shall be admitted to any share or part of this Agreement, or to any benefit that may arise therefrom; but this provision shall not be construed to extend to this Agreement if made with a corporation for its general benefit.
Page 286 - ... capable of serving as a naval and military auxiliary in time of war or national emergency...
Page 224 - Except as otherwise provided in this contract, any dispute concerning a question of fact arising under this contract which is not disposed of by agreement shall be decided by the Contracting Officer, who shall reduce his decision to writing and mail or otherwise furnish a copy thereof to the Contractor.
Page 225 - Provided, however, that any such decision shall be final and conclusive unless the same is fraudulent or capricious or arbitrary or so grossly erroneous as necessarily to imply bad faith or is not supported by substantial evidence.
Page 225 - Contractor shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard and to offer evidence in support of its appeal. Pending final decision of a dispute hereunder, the Contractor shall proceed diligently with the performance of the contract and in accordance with the Contracting Officer's decision. b. This "Disputes" clause does not preclude consideration of law questions in connection with decisions provided for in paragraph a.
Page 1 - It is hereby declared to be the policy of this Act to promote the national policy with respect to the United States Merchant Marine, as set out in section 101 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, by assisting and cooperating with the States and Territories in the operation and maintenance of maritime academies or colleges for the training of merchant marine officers.
Page 225 - Officer shall be final and conclusive unless, within thirty (30) days from the date of receipt of such copy, the Contractor mails or otherwise furnishes to the Contracting Officer a written appeal addressed to the Administrator.
Page 223 - Agreement, (1) Provide courses of Instruction to youths In navigation and marine engineering, Including steam and diesel propulsion, and courses in atomic or nuclear propulsion as soon as practical and possible: and (2) Conform to such standards in such course. In training facilities, in entrance requirements, and in Instructors, as are established by the Administration after consultation with Superintendents of Schools In the United States.
Page 196 - ... operated under the United States flag by citizens of the United States insofar as may be practicable, and (d) composed of the best-equipped, safest, and most suitable types of vessels, constructed in the United States and manned with a trained and efficient citizen personnel. It is hereby declared to be the policy of the United States to foster the development and encourage the maintenance of such a merchant marine.

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