Second Supplemental National Defense Appropriation Bill for 1943, Hearings Before a Subcommittee of ..., 77-2 on H.R. 7672 ...1942 - 142 pages |
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... cars . Colonel PEEK . An oil train was wrecked on the Atlantic coast , re- ported to have been caused by the failure of a coupling . Sabotage is suggested because of the number of safety devices now in use in connection with these ...
... cars . Colonel PEEK . An oil train was wrecked on the Atlantic coast , re- ported to have been caused by the failure of a coupling . Sabotage is suggested because of the number of safety devices now in use in connection with these ...
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... cars . Senator MCCARRAN . At what price ? Senator MURRAY . At a price fixed by the Office of Price Adminis- tration . So that you are protected by the Price Administrator in the price they would pay for them . I have a bill pending ...
... cars . Senator MCCARRAN . At what price ? Senator MURRAY . At a price fixed by the Office of Price Adminis- tration . So that you are protected by the Price Administrator in the price they would pay for them . I have a bill pending ...
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... car . Senator BROOKS . There are no more cars being made ? Senator MURRAY . No , they are all in the hands of dealers , and if they don't get them from the dealers , they can't get them at all . And the dealer's price is fixed by the ...
... car . Senator BROOKS . There are no more cars being made ? Senator MURRAY . No , they are all in the hands of dealers , and if they don't get them from the dealers , they can't get them at all . And the dealer's price is fixed by the ...
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... car , the more his expenses are , and so forth . What I was trying to get at was a base price . Senator MURRAY . How would this be incorporated in the bill ? Would that go in as another title ? Senator MCKELLAR . There won't be any ...
... car , the more his expenses are , and so forth . What I was trying to get at was a base price . Senator MURRAY . How would this be incorporated in the bill ? Would that go in as another title ? Senator MCKELLAR . There won't be any ...
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... cars in order to avoid the production of other cars , and thereby the consumption of materials . Generally when we purchase a car under the production scheme we purchase it from the manufacturer f . o . b . the factory and maybe move it ...
... cars in order to avoid the production of other cars , and thereby the consumption of materials . Generally when we purchase a car under the production scheme we purchase it from the manufacturer f . o . b . the factory and maybe move it ...
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Page 130 - Congress, or both, any defense article for the government of any country whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the United States.
Page 83 - The compensation of all employees shall be fixed in accordance with the provisions of the Classification Act of 1923, as amended...
Page 44 - I am taking the liberty of sending a copy of this letter to the chairman of the Committee on Appropriations.
Page 20 - Act of 1955" (Public Law 296— 84th Congress, Chapter 565— First Session). This act became law by approval of the President on August 9, 1955. The new law repeals the act entitled "An act to provide for a Method of Voting, in time of war, by members of the land and naval forces, absent from the place of their residence", approved September 16, 1942 (56 Statute 753) as amended.
Page 60 - I do not want to take any more of the committee's time on this point.
Page 32 - ... at this time are set forth in the letter of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, transmitted herewith, in whose comments and observations thereon I concur.
Page 126 - ASSISTANT GENERAL COUNSEI, OFFICE OF LEND-LEASE ADMINSTRATION AMENDMENT REQUESTED Mr. BALL. The provision with which we are concerned authorizes the use of money appropriated directly to the President for the transfer of defense information and defense services whether or not such information or services are necessary to or connected with the 'procurement or disposition of any defense article.
Page 120 - The foregoing estimate of appropriation is required to meet a contingency which has arisen since the transmission of the Budget for the fiscal year 1939, and approval is recommended.
Page 119 - ... contracts for the use of international short-wave radio stations and facilities, to agree on behalf of the United States to indemnify the owners and operators of said radio stations and facilities from such funds as may be hereafter appropriated for the purpose, against loss or damage on account of injury to persons or property arising from such use of said radio stations and facilities...
Page 115 - That notwithstanding the provisions of section 3679 of the Revised Statutes, as amended (31 USC 665), the United States Information Agency is authorized, in making contracts for the use of international short-wave radio stations and facilities, to agree on behalf of the United States to indemnify the owners and operators of said radio stations and facilities...