Merchant Seamen: Hearings Before the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, House of Representatives, Seventy-seventh Congress, First Session, on H. R. 2662, a Bill to Establish Hiring Halls Under the Control of Shipping Commissioners for the Engaging of Seamen for Certain Vessels, to Control Subversive Activities Among Seamen, to Impose Additional Citizenship Requirements for Manning Vessels of the United States, to Establish More Stable Labor Relations in the Merchant Marine and to Protect the Status of the American Merchant Marine as an Integral Part of the National Defense. February 26, 27, 28, March 5, 6, 7, and 11, 1941 |
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... Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. with such other authoritative matters as come to the attention of Members of Congress serving on a particular committee , where it must come to your attention , then , of course , you get a ...
... Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. with such other authoritative matters as come to the attention of Members of Congress serving on a particular committee , where it must come to your attention , then , of course , you get a ...
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... Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. it , Mr. Izac introduced a bill last year or 2 years ago dealing with that very difficulty . I incorporated that provision in the bill , because I deemed it very pertinent . You will find it in ...
... Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. it , Mr. Izac introduced a bill last year or 2 years ago dealing with that very difficulty . I incorporated that provision in the bill , because I deemed it very pertinent . You will find it in ...
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... Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. couraging , or is calculated to encourage , mutinous or rebellious conduct , or disloyalty to the United States or the principles of the Constitution , on the part of the crew or any member ...
... Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. couraging , or is calculated to encourage , mutinous or rebellious conduct , or disloyalty to the United States or the principles of the Constitution , on the part of the crew or any member ...
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... Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. employment is limited to the steward's department . In the case of cargo vessels in respect of which a construction or operating subsidy has been granted , all of the crew must be citizens ...
... Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. employment is limited to the steward's department . In the case of cargo vessels in respect of which a construction or operating subsidy has been granted , all of the crew must be citizens ...
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... Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Mr. DIRKSEN . I did the best I could with that section . It is based upon rebellious conduct , mutinous conduct that is calculated to stir up disloyalty to the United States . I thought it went ...
... Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. Mr. DIRKSEN . I did the best I could with that section . It is based upon rebellious conduct , mutinous conduct that is calculated to stir up disloyalty to the United States . I thought it went ...
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Page 430 - It shall be the duty of all carriers, their officers, agents, and employees to exert every reasonable effort to make and maintain agreements concerning rates of pay, rules, and working conditions...
Page 370 - That in case any common carrier subject to the provisions of this Act shall do, cause to be done, or permit to be done, any act. matter, or thing in this Act prohibited or declared to be unlawful, or shall omit to do any act. matter, or thing in this Act required to be done...
Page 321 - It is, we think, a sound principle, that, when a government becomes a partner in any trading company, it divests itself, so far as concerns the transactions of that company, of its sovereign character, and takes that of a private citizen.
Page 370 - ... divulge or publish the existence, contents, substance, purport, effect, or meaning of the same or any part thereof, or use the same or any information therein contained for his own benefit or for the benefit of another not entitled thereto...
Page 134 - Act; (4) to provide for the prompt and orderly settlement of all disputes concerning rates of pay, rules, or working conditions; (5) to provide for the prompt and orderly settlement of all disputes growing out of grievances or out of the interpretation or application of agreements covering rates of pay, rules, or working conditions.
Page 262 - States, or that such person does not advocate, and is not a member of an organization that advocates, the overthrow of the Government of the United States by force or violence...
Page 80 - Lakes), bays, sounds, bayous, and canals, exclusively, the licensed officers and sailors, coal passers, firemen, oilers, and water tenders shall, while at sea, be divided into at least three watches, which shall be kept on duty successively for the performance of ordinary work incident to the sailing and management of the vessel.
Page 419 - The Board may designate one or more of its members to exercise the functions of the Board in mediation proceedings. Each member of the Board shall have power to administer oaths and affirmations. The Board shall have a seal which shall be judicially noticed. The Board shall make an annual report to Congress. "Third.
Page 134 - It is hereby declared to be the policy of the United States to eliminate the causes of certain substantial obstructions to the free flow of commerce and to mitigate and eliminate these obstructions when they have occurred by encouraging the practice and procedure of collective bargaining...
Page 435 - ... than in the city of Washington, shall be allowed and paid on the presentation of itemized vouchers therefor approved by the Commission.