Small Busines Participation in ECA Program, Hearing Before ...,81-1 ..., June 6, 1949, Volumes 22-23 |
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... questions come up all the time . Senator CAPEHART . Who does the procuring ? Is that what you are going to develop ? Mr. HOFFMAN . It proceeds , really , in a very simple fashion . I happen to think that the Foreign Assistance Act was ...
... questions come up all the time . Senator CAPEHART . Who does the procuring ? Is that what you are going to develop ? Mr. HOFFMAN . It proceeds , really , in a very simple fashion . I happen to think that the Foreign Assistance Act was ...
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... question , we can go to the next one , Senator Robertson . We , of course , have taken the position in ECA that the American taxpayer should not be called upon to expend a single dollar for Europe until the European countries have made ...
... question , we can go to the next one , Senator Robertson . We , of course , have taken the position in ECA that the American taxpayer should not be called upon to expend a single dollar for Europe until the European countries have made ...
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... question first ? As I was saying , we shake this out in that way . Then we get down to those things that have to be purchased for dollars . If any European country , taking as an example , the lumber situation , can buy lumber for their ...
... question first ? As I was saying , we shake this out in that way . Then we get down to those things that have to be purchased for dollars . If any European country , taking as an example , the lumber situation , can buy lumber for their ...
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... question . Senator ROBERTSON . Great Britain is supposed to have $ 600,000,000 or $ 700,000,000 of securities pledged with the RFC for a loan made some years ago , that is now supposed to be reduced to about $ 150 ,000,000 . I knew the ...
... question . Senator ROBERTSON . Great Britain is supposed to have $ 600,000,000 or $ 700,000,000 of securities pledged with the RFC for a loan made some years ago , that is now supposed to be reduced to about $ 150 ,000,000 . I knew the ...
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... question ? The CHAIRMAN . Certainly . Mr. HOFFMAN . Yes , sir . Senator SPARKMAN . Not so long ago there was a group of hardwood lumber representatives in my office discussing this very problem . About the only complaint they had , it ...
... question ? The CHAIRMAN . Certainly . Mr. HOFFMAN . Yes , sir . Senator SPARKMAN . Not so long ago there was a group of hardwood lumber representatives in my office discussing this very problem . About the only complaint they had , it ...
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Page 2 - States and particularly to small independent enterprises, information, as far in advance as possible, with respect to purchases proposed to be financed with such funds, (2) by causing to be made available to prospective purchasers in the nations receiving assistance under this Act information as to commodities and services produced by small independent enterprises in the United States...
Page 2 - The Secretary of Defense shall assure that there is made available to suppliers in the United States, and particularly to small independent enterprises, information with respect to purchases made by the Department of Defense pursuant to part II, such information to be furnished as far in advance as possible.
Page 2 - BUSINESS. — (a) Insofar as practicable and to the maximum extent consistent with the accomplishment of the purposes of this Act, the President shall assist American small business to participate equitably in the furnishing of commodities...
Page 11 - Destinations published by the Office of International Trade of the United States Department of Commerce...
Page 19 - To canvass all possible dollar sources, including United States sources, in order to insure they are obtaining the lowest possible bids; and, (c) Certainly not to pay more from any dollar source than United States suppliers quote.
Page 2 - ... foregoing .paragraph (1). Each report transmitted to the Congress under section 123 shall include a report of all activities under this subsection. Will you proceed, Mr. Hoffman? STATEMENT OF PAUL HOFFMAN, CHAIRMAN, ECONOMIC COOPERATIVE ADMINISTRATION Mr. HOFFMAN. I will be very glad to open this with a few remarks. In the first place I would like to make my own personal attitude, if I may, clear, as far as smaller enterprises are concerned. That is, that...
Page 11 - ... mind, the Department expressed the view that the missions should limit their operations during the transition period to the procurement of commodities necessary to meet essential civilian requirements for relief and rehabilitation. The Department also took the position that purchasing missions should use normal trade channels to the maximum extent practicable and that their purchasing methods should be in accord with commercial considerations. The governments having purchasing missions here were...
Page 7 - Government vested and sold in the United States about $700,000,000 of American securities previously owned by British nationals.