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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... railroad to Anchorage . If the port facilities at Seward , or the railroad itself should be destroyed or damaged , the Anchorage garrison would be cut off completely . At least one alternate route should be available . An alternate port ...
... railroad to Anchorage . If the port facilities at Seward , or the railroad itself should be destroyed or damaged , the Anchorage garrison would be cut off completely . At least one alternate route should be available . An alternate port ...
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... RAILROADS Mr. LANDIS . Let me take the railroads as a specific illustration . Senator McKELLAR . Yes . Mr. LANDIS . Our railroads today are not , in the judgment of the Army , and as shown by such surveys as we have made , as well ...
... RAILROADS Mr. LANDIS . Let me take the railroads as a specific illustration . Senator McKELLAR . Yes . Mr. LANDIS . Our railroads today are not , in the judgment of the Army , and as shown by such surveys as we have made , as well ...
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... railroad situation , that money to be expended by Mr. Eastman's organization ? Mr. LANDIS . Yes ; his organization ... railroads know more about their property than untried civil - service employees ? Mr. LANDIS . Unquestionably they ...
... railroad situation , that money to be expended by Mr. Eastman's organization ? Mr. LANDIS . Yes ; his organization ... railroads know more about their property than untried civil - service employees ? Mr. LANDIS . Unquestionably they ...
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... railroads , especially , have been more troubled with sabotage than any other class of business in the country . USE OF ARMY IN GUARDING RAILROADS Mr. LANDIS . You will recall , as Senator McCarran has mentioned , that the Army has ...
... railroads , especially , have been more troubled with sabotage than any other class of business in the country . USE OF ARMY IN GUARDING RAILROADS Mr. LANDIS . You will recall , as Senator McCarran has mentioned , that the Army has ...
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... railroad or to guard any private irrigation or power plant . Mr. LANDIS . Not at all . Senator HAYDEN . This is to hire nobody to do the guarding . Mr. LANDIS . Not at all . PURPOSE OF FUNDS REQUESTED Senator HAYDEN . This is purely an ...
... railroad or to guard any private irrigation or power plant . Mr. LANDIS . Not at all . Senator HAYDEN . This is to hire nobody to do the guarding . Mr. LANDIS . Not at all . PURPOSE OF FUNDS REQUESTED Senator HAYDEN . This is purely an ...
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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...