To Develop an American Merchant Marine: Hearings Before the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, House of Representatives, Seventy-fourth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 7521. March 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 27; April 30, May 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, and 8, 1935 |
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... increased since 1922 ? Answer . Steam and motor tonnage of 100 gross tons and upward as shown in Lloyd's , 1934–35 , represents an increase of 3,014,840 gross tons over 1922 ton- nage , or about 5 percent . 51. Did the steam and motor ...
... increased since 1922 ? Answer . Steam and motor tonnage of 100 gross tons and upward as shown in Lloyd's , 1934–35 , represents an increase of 3,014,840 gross tons over 1922 ton- nage , or about 5 percent . 51. Did the steam and motor ...
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... increased very rapidly . At the time we entered the World War , the conditions in the movement of our overseas commerce became very chaotic and that inspired legislation which resulted in the creation of a Government agency known as 47.
... increased very rapidly . At the time we entered the World War , the conditions in the movement of our overseas commerce became very chaotic and that inspired legislation which resulted in the creation of a Government agency known as 47.
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... increased during the World War about sevenfold . The number of ships ordered in the war - time program numbered about 3,200 , of about 12 % 1⁄2 million gross tons . That tonnage equalled the combined tonnage of seven countries , before ...
... increased during the World War about sevenfold . The number of ships ordered in the war - time program numbered about 3,200 , of about 12 % 1⁄2 million gross tons . That tonnage equalled the combined tonnage of seven countries , before ...
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... increased rates of insurance and the increased rates of cargo carrying , resulted in the fact that we paid a large part of England's war bill . Mr. HAAG . I have heard that statement repeatedly , but I cannot prove that is so . The ...
... increased rates of insurance and the increased rates of cargo carrying , resulted in the fact that we paid a large part of England's war bill . Mr. HAAG . I have heard that statement repeatedly , but I cannot prove that is so . The ...
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... increased prices over what they could have gotten if they had not been able to ship their grain . Mr. HAAG . I think that was the report of the select committee of Congress . The CHAIRMAN . I am glad you mention that . I will say , for ...
... increased prices over what they could have gotten if they had not been able to ship their grain . Mr. HAAG . I think that was the report of the select committee of Congress . The CHAIRMAN . I am glad you mention that . I will say , for ...
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Page 111 - Any seaman who shall suffer personal injury in the course of his employment may, at his election, maintain an action for damages at law, with the right of trial by jury, and in such action all statutes of the United States modifying or extending the common-law right or remedy in cases of personal injury to railway employees shall apply...
Page 531 - Every Member of the Association undertakes to contribute to the assets of the Association, in the event of the same being wound up during the time that he is a Member...
Page 112 - ... right or remedy in cases of personal injury to railway employees shall apply; and in case of the death of any seaman as a result of any such personal injury the personal representative of such seaman may maintain an action for damages at law with the right of trial by jury, and in such action all. statutes of the United States conferring or regulating the right of action for death in the case of railway employees shall, be applicable. Jurisdiction in such actions shall be under the court of the...
Page 715 - States, and shall be subject, upon conviction in any court of the United States of competent jurisdiction, to a fine of not less than $1,000 nor more than $5,000, or to imprisonment for a term of not more than three years, or to both such fine and imprisonment.
Page 636 - Employees shall have the right to organize and bargain collectively through representatives of their own choosing. The majority of any craft or class of employees shall have the right to determine who shall be the representative of the craft or class for the purposes of this act.
Page 636 - ... upon the request of the Commission, it shall be the duty of any district attorney of the United States to whom the Commission may apply to institute in the proper court and to prosecute under the direction of the Attorney General of the United States...
Page 194 - It shall be the duty of all carriers, their officers, agents, and employees to exert every reasonable effort to make and maintain agreements concerning rates of pay, rules, and working conditions, and to settle all disputes, whether arising out of the application of such agreements or otherwise, in order to avoid any interruption to commerce or to the operation of any carrier growing out of any dispute between the carrier and the employees thereof.
Page 194 - All disputes between a carrier or carriers and its or their employees shall be considered, and, if possible, decided, with all expedition, in conference between representatives designated and authorized so to confer, respectively, by the carrier or carriers and by the employees thereof interested in the dispute.
Page 757 - ... hours, inclusive of the anchor watch, shall constitute a day's work. Whenever the master of any vessel shall fail to comply with this section...
Page 388 - Such attendance of witnesses, and the production of such documentary evidence, may be required from any place in the United States, at any designated place of hearing.