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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... labor as compared with foreign ships that are constructed in foreign yards with foreign labor . Mr. CROWLEY . Correct . Mr. SIROVICH . So that when we compare the difference in cost of construction of a foreign ship and an American ship ...
... labor as compared with foreign ships that are constructed in foreign yards with foreign labor . Mr. CROWLEY . Correct . Mr. SIROVICH . So that when we compare the difference in cost of construction of a foreign ship and an American ship ...
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... labor questions and increasing the morale of the personnel of the merchant marine and settling various other issues , the creation of a maritime authority to be composed of members to be appointed by the President and also members that ...
... labor questions and increasing the morale of the personnel of the merchant marine and settling various other issues , the creation of a maritime authority to be composed of members to be appointed by the President and also members that ...
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... labor and what percentage of the money goes just for material ? Mr. HAAG . I would say roughly 90 percent goes for labor . Mr. SIROVICH . In other words , 90 percent of the construction of all ships goes for labor and 10 percent goes ...
... labor and what percentage of the money goes just for material ? Mr. HAAG . I would say roughly 90 percent goes for labor . Mr. SIROVICH . In other words , 90 percent of the construction of all ships goes for labor and 10 percent goes ...
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... labor has been put on those items starting from the raw materials . And I would say , so far as the labor in building ships is concerned , when you consider the labor all told , not only that in the shipyard but outside , it would run ...
... labor has been put on those items starting from the raw materials . And I would say , so far as the labor in building ships is concerned , when you consider the labor all told , not only that in the shipyard but outside , it would run ...
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... labor is being discriminated against and that this would be an outlet for a good many men of that age if we go into this merchant marine ship building program . Do not you feel that ? Mr. HAAG . Yes ; I feel it would , because ...
... labor is being discriminated against and that this would be an outlet for a good many men of that age if we go into this merchant marine ship building program . Do not you feel that ? Mr. HAAG . Yes ; I feel it would , because ...
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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.