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... white papers . I think that is the perfect example of the reason why something of this nature is essential . The white papers disclose that neither the country nor the Con- gress had anything like an adequate understanding of our inter ...
... white papers . I think that is the perfect example of the reason why something of this nature is essential . The white papers disclose that neither the country nor the Con- gress had anything like an adequate understanding of our inter ...
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... WHITE . If I cannot , I have someone here who can . Senator THOMAS . Before you start , S. 495 is identical with what was called the amendment last spring . General WHITE . I am not familiar with that amendment last spring , Senator ...
... WHITE . If I cannot , I have someone here who can . Senator THOMAS . Before you start , S. 495 is identical with what was called the amendment last spring . General WHITE . I am not familiar with that amendment last spring , Senator ...
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... WHITE . As I recall the history of that , it did not pass the Senate and was referred back to the committee . Senator THOMAS . That is right . General WHITE . At that time the War Department took the view that rather than get into a ...
... WHITE . As I recall the history of that , it did not pass the Senate and was referred back to the committee . Senator THOMAS . That is right . General WHITE . At that time the War Department took the view that rather than get into a ...
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... WHITE . The present law limits us to 150,000 . The CHAIRMAN . You expect if it is increased to 150,000 that it will release 150,000 soldiers ? General WHITE . Not quite , no , sir . The CHAIRMAN . When will you reach the saturation ...
... WHITE . The present law limits us to 150,000 . The CHAIRMAN . You expect if it is increased to 150,000 that it will release 150,000 soldiers ? General WHITE . Not quite , no , sir . The CHAIRMAN . When will you reach the saturation ...
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... WHITE . Yes , sir . I cannot imagine how the Army would have any such requirements for additional civilian employees in Cali- fornia as that . Senator DOWNEY . Well , your San Bernardino air base for one thing , one of the officials ...
... WHITE . Yes , sir . I cannot imagine how the Army would have any such requirements for additional civilian employees in Cali- fornia as that . Senator DOWNEY . Well , your San Bernardino air base for one thing , one of the officials ...
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Page 10 - Government under this contract may be assigned to a bank, trust company, or other financing institution, including any Federal lending agency, and may thereafter be further assigned and reassigned to any such institution. Any such assignment or reassignment shall cover all amounts payable under this contract and not already paid, and shall not...
Page 10 - Contractors upon contracts or sales secured or made through bona fide established commercial or selling agencies maintained by the Contractor for the purpose of securing business.
Page 2 - Congress, to employ such clerical and other assistants, to require by subpena or otherwise the attendance of such witnesses and the production of such books, papers, and documents, to administer such oaths, to take such testimony, and to make such expenditures, as it deems advisable.
Page 12 - The wages of every laborer and mechanic employed by the contractor or any subcontractor engaged in the performance of this contract shall be computed on a basic day rate of eight hours per day and work in excess of eight hours per day is permitted only upon the condition that every such laborer and mechanic shall be compensated for all hours worked in excess of eight hours per day at not less than one and one-half times the basic rate of pay.
Page 27 - Claims for damage to, or loss or destruction of, property or personal injury or death...
Page 10 - Any such assignment or reassignment shall cover all amounts payable under this contract and not already paid, and shall not be made to more than one party, except that any such assignment or reassignment may be made to one party as agent or trustee for two or more parties participating in such financing.
Page 11 - District, which may require or involve the employment of laborers or mechanics shall contain a provision that no laborer or mechanic doing any part of the work contemplated by the contract in the employ of the contractor or any subcontractor contracting for any part of said work contemplated shall be required or permitted to work more than eight hours in any one calendar day...
Page 1 - SEC. 712. (a) There is hereby established a joint congressional committee to be known as the Joint Committee on...