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... reason for doing that ? General WHEELER . The House Committee on Appropriations ex- plained in their report on the bill that the principal ones they omitted were projects which had been strenuously objected to by local interests ...
... reason for doing that ? General WHEELER . The House Committee on Appropriations ex- plained in their report on the bill that the principal ones they omitted were projects which had been strenuously objected to by local interests ...
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... reasons for request- ing restoration of certain items not allowed by the House in the amend- ments submitted to us by the Secretary of War . I understand from your statements , however , that there are some other flood - control ...
... reasons for request- ing restoration of certain items not allowed by the House in the amend- ments submitted to us by the Secretary of War . I understand from your statements , however , that there are some other flood - control ...
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... reason of having to proceed slowly and not carry them out in the soundest way . Senator WHERRY . Will you give me an illustration of what you mean you would lose , administrative costs or what ? ADMINISTRATIVE OVERHEAD LOSS General ...
... reason of having to proceed slowly and not carry them out in the soundest way . Senator WHERRY . Will you give me an illustration of what you mean you would lose , administrative costs or what ? ADMINISTRATIVE OVERHEAD LOSS General ...
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... Flood - Control Projects for Which Requests for Funds in 1947 Bill May be Antici- pated , " and it totals $ 49,161,700 . General WHEELER . The reason I prepared that list No. WAR DEPARTMENT CIVIL FUNCTIONS APPROPRIATION , 1947 19.
... Flood - Control Projects for Which Requests for Funds in 1947 Bill May be Antici- pated , " and it totals $ 49,161,700 . General WHEELER . The reason I prepared that list No. WAR DEPARTMENT CIVIL FUNCTIONS APPROPRIATION , 1947 19.
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United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. General WHEELER . The reason I prepared that list No. 4 , totaling $ 49,000,000 , was that I believed all of those projects would be presented to your committee here by their ...
United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. General WHEELER . The reason I prepared that list No. 4 , totaling $ 49,000,000 , was that I believed all of those projects would be presented to your committee here by their ...
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Page 530 - Interior, who shall transmit and dispose of such power and energy in such manner as to encourage the most widespread use thereof at the lowest possible rates to consumers consistent with sound business principles, the rate schedules to become effective upon confirmation and approval by the Federal Power Commission.
Page 479 - California, is hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the plans contained in House Document Numbered 630, Seventy-sixth Congress, third session, with such modifications thereof as in the discretion of the Secretary of War and the Chief of Engineers may be advisable...
Page 96 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the provision of the Act entitled "An Act authorizing the construction, repair, and preservation of certain public works on rivers and harbors, and for other purposes," approved January 21, 1927 (44 Stat.
Page 479 - Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to be immediately available, and to be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers, for the construction, completion, repair, and preservation of the public works hereinafter named: ***** Sec.
Page 533 - States plus 25 per centum; (6) this entire section shall apply only to persons employed in skilled, technical, clerical, administrative, executive, or supervisory positions on the Canal Zone directly or indirectly by any branch of the United States Government or by any corporation or company whose stock is owned wholly or in part by the United States Government...
Page 519 - Engineers has given you sufficient statistical data on the matter, and if there are any questions, I will be glad to answer them, sir.
Page 278 - Without objection, it will be placed in the record. (The letter referred to is as follows:) DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, UNITED STATES EMPLOYMENT SERVICE, San Arngdo, Tex., February 21, 194S.
Page 482 - The projects for flood protection on the Mississippi River at St. Paul and South St. Paul, Minnesota, are hereby authorized substantially in accordance with the recommendations of the Chief of Engineers in House Document Numbered 223, 85th Congress, at an estimated cost of $5,705,500.
Page 530 - Electric power and energy generated at reservoir projects under the control of the War Department and in the opinion of the Secretary of War not required in the operation of such projects shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Interior, who shall transmit and dispose of such power and energy in such manner as to encourage the most widespread use thereof at the lowest...
Page 60 - December 29, 1943, between the Bureau of Reclamation of the Department of the Interior, the Federal Power Commission, the Department of Agriculture, and the Corps of Engineers...