To Amend Tennessee Valley Authority Act: Hearing, Seventy-seventh Congress, Second Session on S. 2361, March 16-19, 1942 |
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... Senator McKellar , with your testimony before the subcommittee in your own way . STATEMENT OF HON . KENNETH MCKELLAR , A UNITED STATES SENATOR FROM THE STATE OF TENNESSEE Senator MCKELLAR . Mr. Chairman , the first section of this bill ...
... Senator McKellar , with your testimony before the subcommittee in your own way . STATEMENT OF HON . KENNETH MCKELLAR , A UNITED STATES SENATOR FROM THE STATE OF TENNESSEE Senator MCKELLAR . Mr. Chairman , the first section of this bill ...
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... Senator AIKEN . Do you mean Dr. Morgan did not favor the build- ing of these additional dams ? Senator McKELLAR . No one of them favored it . We got no recom- mendation of the T. V. A. to build any of these other dams except the Norris ...
... Senator AIKEN . Do you mean Dr. Morgan did not favor the build- ing of these additional dams ? Senator McKELLAR . No one of them favored it . We got no recom- mendation of the T. V. A. to build any of these other dams except the Norris ...
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... Senator BULOW ( interposing ) . If I may interrupt a moment to make this inquiry , Senator McKellar . Senator MCKELLAR . Will you just permit me a minute further and then I will be happy to yield to you . Senator BULOW . By all means , ...
... Senator BULOW ( interposing ) . If I may interrupt a moment to make this inquiry , Senator McKellar . Senator MCKELLAR . Will you just permit me a minute further and then I will be happy to yield to you . Senator BULOW . By all means , ...
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... Senator McKellar ? Senator MCKELLAR . I do not know what this includes . We will find out in a minute . I will give the figures . Finance , for last year $ 36,270 , for this year $ 40,000 . Land acquisition last year , $ 106,800 , and ...
... Senator McKellar ? Senator MCKELLAR . I do not know what this includes . We will find out in a minute . I will give the figures . Finance , for last year $ 36,270 , for this year $ 40,000 . Land acquisition last year , $ 106,800 , and ...
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... Senate. Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senator AIKEN . When was the testimony submitted , Senator . Senator MCKELLAR . About 3 or 4 weeks ago . Senator AIKEN . Since the war began ? Senator MCKELLAR . Oh , yes ; it was since the ...
... Senate. Committee on Agriculture and Forestry. Senator AIKEN . When was the testimony submitted , Senator . Senator MCKELLAR . About 3 or 4 weeks ago . Senator AIKEN . Since the war began ? Senator MCKELLAR . Oh , yes ; it was since the ...
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1941-Continued Name Title AGER aluminum amendment annual employees receiving appropriation Assistant accounting clerk Assistant clerk Assistant clerk-stenographer Assistant electrical engineer Assistant engineering aide Assistant property Assistant structural engineer Assistant substation operator Associate electrical engineer Budget Carroll County Charles Chattanooga chemical engineer civil engineer CLAPP committee Congress Corporation cost County Department Electric Membership Electrician expense Federal file clerk FITTS funds Gas mechanic George Gilbertsville Government Guntersville hydraulic engineer Inspector of construction James John June 30 Junior clerk-stenographer Junior clerk-typist Junior electrical engineer Junior inspector LILIENTHAL Lineman foreman Machinist mechanical engineer Name Title Salary Norris Dam Principal engineering aide property and supply Public safety officer record Robert salaries of annual Senator AIKEN Senator BANKHEAD Senator MCKELLAR Senior accounting clerk Senior clerk Senior engineering aide Senior operator-hydro Student generating plant supply clerk Switchboard operator System load dispatcher Tenn Tennessee River Tennessee Valley Authority Turbine operator-hydro William William H
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Page 306 - In the appointment of officials and the selection of employees for said Corporation, and in the promotion of any such employees or officials, no political test or qualification shall be permitted or given consideration, but all such appointments and promotions shall be given and made on the basis of merit and efficiency.
Page 149 - It is clear that the Muscle Shoals development is but a small part of the potential public usefulness of the entire Tennessee River. Such use, if envisioned in its entirety, transcends mere power development: it enters the wide fields of flood control, soil erosion, afforestation, elimination from agricultural use of marginal lands, and distribution and diversification of industry.
Page 72 - Corporation is authorized to make such expenditures and to enter into such contracts, agreements, and arrangements, upon such terms and conditions and in such manner as it...
Page 183 - 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 - by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That...
Page 149 - I, therefore, suggest to the Congress legislation to create a Tennessee Valley Authority— a corporation clothed with the power of government but possessed of the flexibility and initiative of a private enterprise.
Page 88 - Stat. 592), the First Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1936, approved June 22, 1936, the Treasury Department Appropriation Act, 1937, approved June 23, 1936, and the Treasury Department Appropriation Act, 1938.
Page 150 - ... test or qualification shall be permitted or given consideration, but all such appointments and promotions shall be given and made on the basis of merit and efficiency. Any member of said board who is found by the President of the United States...
Page 88 - Stat. 1060). the Second Deficiency Appropriation Act, fiscal year 1935, approved August 12, 1935 (49 Stat.
Page 147 - Flood protection, watershed development, recovery of the cost of improvements through utilization of power are likewise parts of commerce control.