Star Route Carriers. Hearing....on S. 1214....March 14, 1940. (76-3). |
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... veto in our efforts to help the star - route carriers . We have already conferred with representatives of the Bureau of the Budget and received the approval of the Bureau for the bill as we have finally submitted it ; but this new ...
... veto in our efforts to help the star - route carriers . We have already conferred with representatives of the Bureau of the Budget and received the approval of the Bureau for the bill as we have finally submitted it ; but this new ...
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... vetoed any more than anybody else does . I am very anxious that it become law , because I am , as I have stated , very ... veto if we placed this responsibility where it belongs . Mr. MITCHELL . Does not the Postmaster General exercise ...
... vetoed any more than anybody else does . I am very anxious that it become law , because I am , as I have stated , very ... veto if we placed this responsibility where it belongs . Mr. MITCHELL . Does not the Postmaster General exercise ...
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... vetoed it . Mr. MASON . He vetoed the bill because we were setting aside com- petition . The Bureau of the Budget caused a veto of that bill , and no doubt it would recommend that the pending bill be vetoed if the suggested amendment be ...
... vetoed it . Mr. MASON . He vetoed the bill because we were setting aside com- petition . The Bureau of the Budget caused a veto of that bill , and no doubt it would recommend that the pending bill be vetoed if the suggested amendment be ...
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... veto of the bill . I do not see how it could in justice cause a veto . The amend- ment we have heard discussed is already in other law , as we have been told . If it is in one place in the law , why should this bill con- taining the ...
... veto of the bill . I do not see how it could in justice cause a veto . The amend- ment we have heard discussed is already in other law , as we have been told . If it is in one place in the law , why should this bill con- taining the ...
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... veto the bill because it eliminated cut - throat competition ; and that was done . Mr. AUSTIN . Has the Comptroller General the right to veto an Act of Congress ? Mr. MASON . He recommended that veto . His duty STAR ROUTE CARRIERS 19.
... veto the bill because it eliminated cut - throat competition ; and that was done . Mr. AUSTIN . Has the Comptroller General the right to veto an Act of Congress ? Mr. MASON . He recommended that veto . His duty STAR ROUTE CARRIERS 19.
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50 cents Accounting Office Acting Comptroller additional AUSTIN authorized BEESLEY bidder whose proposal Budget BURCH Bureau carrying the mail CHAIRMAN change in schedule cleaning of windows committee Comp compensation consolidated route contract for carrying contract term CRATER discretion electric meters enacted into law final and conclusive fixtures gentlemen Hygienic Fibre import or effect impose undue hardship interests janitor service legal resident Lessor shall furnish Lessor shall keep lowest responsible bidder MASON matter ment mutual mistake Navy commissioners November 29 O'CONNELL OCTOBER 13 Oreg paragraph Portland Post Office Department Postal Savings System Postal Service President proposed amendment Railway Mail Service reform the lease regular contract renewal repair and condition Revised Statutes U. S. C. ROMJUE RUSSELL satisfactory SECCOMBE Second Assistant Postmaster Sellwood station Star Route Service star-route car star-route carriers Stat sublet or transferred submitted suggested amendment tion title 39 tract troller United
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Page 10 - The Corporation shall be entitled to the free use of the United States mails for its official business in the same manner as the executive departments of the Government...
Page 19 - The written contract merged all previous negotiations, and is presumed, in law, to express the final understanding of the parties. If the contract did not express the true agreement, it was the claimant's folly to have signed it.
Page 15 - Secretary is hereby authorized to award such contract to the bidder that said Secretary shall find to be the lowest responsible bidder that can satisfactorily perform the work or the service required to the best advantage...
Page 6 - General, for the performance of the proposed service. The contract for such service shall be made to run to the end of the contract term under the general advertisement, shall be made with the lowest responsible bidder whose proposal is in due form, and who, under the law, is eligible as a bidder for such postal service.
Page 6 - All contracts for carrying the mail shall be in the name of the United States and shall be awarded to the lowest bidder tendering sufficient guaranties for faithful performance in accordance with the terms...
Page 8 - ... where a change in schedule is ordered that will necessitate the contractor being away from the initial terminal an excessively longer or an excessively shorter period than was required in the advertised schedule...
Page 5 - No proposal for a contract for star route service shall be considered unless the bidder is a legal resident of one of the counties crossed by the roads over which the mail is to be carried or a legal resident of a county adjoining one through which the mail is to be carried, with this exception: Proposals for carrying mail will be accepted from firms, companies, or corporations actually engaged in some business...
Page 12 - Postmaster-General, for the performance of the proposed service. The contract for such service shall be made to run to the end of the contract term under the general advertisement, shall be made with the lowest bidder whose proposal is in due form, and who, under the law, is eligible as a bidder for such postal service.
Page 5 - ... when any such additional service is ordered, the sum to be allowed therefor shall' be expressed in the order, and entered upon the books of the department; and no compensation shall be paid for any additional regular service rendered before the issuing of such order.
Page 10 - To enable the Board to encourage local thrift and local home financing and to promote, organize, and develop the associations herein provided for or similar associations organized under local laws, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $150,000, to be immediately available and remain available until expended, subject to the call of the Board, which sum, or so much thereof as may be necessary, the Board is authorized to...