Essentiality of Speciality Steels to National Security, Hearing Before the Subcommittees on General Legislation ..., 92-2, April 7, 19721972 - 172 pages |
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... reasons behind the difficult position this industry finds itself in today . The specialty steel industry is a vital cog in our national defense system and the industry cannot be allowed to continue to deteriorate to the point where it ...
... reasons behind the difficult position this industry finds itself in today . The specialty steel industry is a vital cog in our national defense system and the industry cannot be allowed to continue to deteriorate to the point where it ...
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... reason for this disparity can be traced to man - hour requirements for production and the use of expensive alloys in most specialty products . Stainless steel prices , for example , average more than $ 1,200 per ton or 7.5 times higher ...
... reason for this disparity can be traced to man - hour requirements for production and the use of expensive alloys in most specialty products . Stainless steel prices , for example , average more than $ 1,200 per ton or 7.5 times higher ...
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... reasons that this industry be preserved . Senator BYRD . I have also received a letter from Senator McIntyre , who has expressed regrets for his inability to be present at these hear- ings , also a letter from Senator Saxbe , and I ...
... reasons that this industry be preserved . Senator BYRD . I have also received a letter from Senator McIntyre , who has expressed regrets for his inability to be present at these hear- ings , also a letter from Senator Saxbe , and I ...
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... reason for it . But now we are trading with ships crossing paths in the dead of the night carrying the same corgo , one east , one west , one north , one south . We unload automobiles in California and we load automobiles , to fuel , of ...
... reason for it . But now we are trading with ships crossing paths in the dead of the night carrying the same corgo , one east , one west , one north , one south . We unload automobiles in California and we load automobiles , to fuel , of ...
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... reason we cannot compete . The tool steel industry has no subsidies , and its foreign counterparts enjoy subsidies in one form or another . That is another reason it cannot compete . We have free labor as opposed to controlled labor ...
... reason we cannot compete . The tool steel industry has no subsidies , and its foreign counterparts enjoy subsidies in one form or another . That is another reason it cannot compete . We have free labor as opposed to controlled labor ...
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Page 159 - No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be available for the procurement of any article of food, clothing, cotton...
Page 143 - ... or in connection with or in contemplation of the termination, of any contract or other operation deemed by the guaranteeing agency to be necessary to expedite production and deliveries or services under Government contracts for the procurement of materials or the performance of services for the national...
Page 166 - ... article is being imported into the United States in such quantities or under such circumstances as to threaten to impair the national security...
Page 144 - ... for the expansion' of capacity, the development of technological processes, or the production of essential materials, including the exploration, development, and mining of strategic and critical metals and minerals, and manufacture of newsprint.
Page 146 - domestic transportation, storage, and port facilities" shall include locomotives, cars, motor vehicles, watercraft used on inland waterways, in harbors, and on the Great Lakes, and other vehicles, vessels, and all instrumentalities of shipment or carriage, irrespective of ownership, and all services in or in connection with the carriage of persons or property in intrastate, interstate, or foreign commerce within the United States...
Page 143 - ... to expedite production and deliveries or services under Government contracts for the procurement of materials or the performance of services for the national defense.
Page 146 - farm equipment" shall mean equipment manufactured for use on farms in connection with the production or processing of food. (j) The term "fertilizer" shall mean fertilizer in form for distribution to the users thereof. (k) The term "domestic transportation, storage, and port facilities" shall include locomotives, cars, motor vehicles, watercraft used on inland waterways, in harbors, and on the Great Lakes, and other vehicles, vessels, and all instrumentalities of shipment or carriage, irrespective...
Page 143 - Government, to enter into contracts or into amendments or modifications of contracts heretofore or hereafter made and to make advance payments thereon, without regard to other provisions of law relating to the making, performance, amendment, or modification of contracts, whenever he deems that such action would facilitate the national defense.
Page 9 - The President is authorized to control, in furtherance of world peace and the security and foreign policy of the United States...
Page 144 - When in his judgment it will aid the national defense, the President is authorized to install additional equipment, facilities, processes or improvements to plants, factories, and other industrial facilities owned by the United States Government, and to install government-owned equipment in plants, factories, and other industrial facilities owned by private persons.