Soldiers' Institute--Occupation of Mount Weather: Hearings Before the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives, Sixty-seventh Congress, First Session, on H.R. 5901. June 10, 1921 |
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... thing up in the air and the difficulties surrounding the whole situation . last year prevented our pursuing the thing any further until the new administration came in . Mr. MCLAUGHLIN of Michigan . You speak of an industrial school ...
... thing up in the air and the difficulties surrounding the whole situation . last year prevented our pursuing the thing any further until the new administration came in . Mr. MCLAUGHLIN of Michigan . You speak of an industrial school ...
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... things that the Government ought to do for him relieves him of much of that stimulus and self - reliance that we are endeavoring to engender , whereas in this institution he will be thrown on his own responsi- bility and he will have to ...
... things that the Government ought to do for him relieves him of much of that stimulus and self - reliance that we are endeavoring to engender , whereas in this institution he will be thrown on his own responsi- bility and he will have to ...
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... things of a market value , and we could furnish stone for building purposes of a memorial character . I think I may ... thing and depends on the consent of the governed , and , may we add , the intelligent cooperation of the governed ...
... things of a market value , and we could furnish stone for building purposes of a memorial character . I think I may ... thing and depends on the consent of the governed , and , may we add , the intelligent cooperation of the governed ...
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... things that are to be turned over under the provisions of this bill . What assurance would the Government have of the protection of that property if this is an institution that had no funds . Mr. BUSH - Brown . We shall have funds , sir ...
... things that are to be turned over under the provisions of this bill . What assurance would the Government have of the protection of that property if this is an institution that had no funds . Mr. BUSH - Brown . We shall have funds , sir ...
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... thing done in the best way . Whether the Government appro- priates money , as they might well do , or whether they prefer to leave it for private initiative , as they might well do , that is for later decision . I am not here to ...
... thing done in the best way . Whether the Government appro- priates money , as they might well do , or whether they prefer to leave it for private initiative , as they might well do , that is for later decision . I am not here to ...
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16 rooms asked ASWELL authority Blue Ridge Mountains Bluemont Board for Vocational board of trustees boys BUCKLEW BUSH-BROWN CHAIRMAN Committee on Agriculture contract cooperation Cottage for dwelling Department of Agriculture disabled soldiers District of Columbia eighty-four and eighty-one eighty-one one-hundredths acres erected expense EYCK Federal Board feet frame building funds gentlemen GILBERT N give Government property Harpers Ferry HAUGEN hospital House of Representatives inaccessible institute JACOWAY JONES KINCHELOE kite shelter known as Mount LAMKIN land Loudoun and Clarke maintain MCLAUGHLIN of Michigan miles Mount Weather observatory operate organization Public Health Service PURNELL purpose recommended rehabilitated responsibility road Secretary of Agriculture Secretary of War Shenandoah Valley station stone building submit TEN EYCK thing TINCHER tion transfer Treasury tubercular two-story frame Valley Virginia Vocational Board Vocational Education War Department Washington Weather Bureau
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Page 19 - ... acknowledged the same to be their act and deed for the purposes therein mentioned.
Page 20 - In the absence of the President his duties shall be performed by the senior Vice-President present.
Page 18 - States, and a majority citizens and residents of the District of Columbia, desiring to associate ourselves as a corporation pursuant to the provisions of Title 29 of Chapter 6 of the District of Columbia Code (1940) do hereby certify as follows: First.
Page 29 - The grounds have an area of 84.81 acres, are roughly square in outline, lying on both sides of the ridge, the top of which is 1,725 feet above sea level and about 1,200 feet above the valleys on either side. It overlooks to the west the entire Shenandoah Valley from Strasburg to Harpers Ferry and to the east all that portion of PiedmontVirginia Valley between the Blue Ridge and the Bull Run Mountains.
Page 43 - I request that the bill be inserted at this point in the record. The CHAIRMAN. Without objection, it will be so ordered.
Page 32 - In connection with investigations in terrestrial magnetism; cellar under each ; the walls are about 4 feet thick, of double construction, packed with sawdust to secure constant temperature conditions within ; cost 15, 904. 55 Stables : 1 two-story frame and stone stable and 1 two-story frame stable ; cost 2, 800.