Coal: Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representaties, Sixty-ninth Congress, First Session, on Coal Legislation, Volumes 1-3U.S. Government Printing Office, 1926 - Coal |
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... WYANT , Pennsylvania . OLGER B. BURTNESS , North Dakota . JOHN E. NELSON , Maine . JOHN D. FREDERICKS , California . T. J. B. ROBINSON , Iowa . THOMAS W. PHILLIPS , JR . , Pennsylvania . M. C. GARBER , Oklahoma . ALBEN W. BARKLEY ...
... WYANT , Pennsylvania . OLGER B. BURTNESS , North Dakota . JOHN E. NELSON , Maine . JOHN D. FREDERICKS , California . T. J. B. ROBINSON , Iowa . THOMAS W. PHILLIPS , JR . , Pennsylvania . M. C. GARBER , Oklahoma . ALBEN W. BARKLEY ...
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... WYANT . You are speaking now of anthracite coal ? Mr. TREADWAY . I know Mr. Wyant's interest in other lines , and if I recall rightly , two or three years ago we had that question out . Mr. WYANT . Yes . Mr. TREADWAY . I want to say ...
... WYANT . You are speaking now of anthracite coal ? Mr. TREADWAY . I know Mr. Wyant's interest in other lines , and if I recall rightly , two or three years ago we had that question out . Mr. WYANT . Yes . Mr. TREADWAY . I want to say ...
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... WYANT . Has not the Supreme Court passed on that propo- sition ? Mr. TREADWAY . Just because it is constitutional , does that mean that it is right ? Do you claim that we ought to be gouged merely because it might be defended under the ...
... WYANT . Has not the Supreme Court passed on that propo- sition ? Mr. TREADWAY . Just because it is constitutional , does that mean that it is right ? Do you claim that we ought to be gouged merely because it might be defended under the ...
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... WYANT . You stated that the price has not changed . Will you insert something in the record to show that that statement is correct ? Mr. TREADWAY . I will get to that in a little while . Not only was the price increased but this is what ...
... WYANT . You stated that the price has not changed . Will you insert something in the record to show that that statement is correct ? Mr. TREADWAY . I will get to that in a little while . Not only was the price increased but this is what ...
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... WYANT . In other words , yielded sufficiently to induce them to go back to work ; that is not bribery . Mr. TREADWAY ... Wyant's State . 7 The CHAIRMAN . I hope the members of the committee will let Mr. Treadway finish his statement . Mr ...
... WYANT . In other words , yielded sufficiently to induce them to go back to work ; that is not bribery . Mr. TREADWAY ... Wyant's State . 7 The CHAIRMAN . I hope the members of the committee will let Mr. Treadway finish his statement . Mr ...
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Page 262 - That the labor of a human being is not a commodity or article of commerce. Nothing contained in the antitrust laws shall be construed to forbid the existence and operation of labor, agricultural, or horticultural organizations, instituted for the purposes of mutual help, and not having capital stock or conducted for profit, or to forbid or restrain individual members of such organizations from lawfully carrying out the legitimate objects thereof; nor shall such organizations, or the members thereof,...
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Page 273 - It has been repeatedly decided that these amendments should receive a liberal construction, so as to prevent stealthy encroachment upon or "gradual depreciation" of the rights secured by th'em, by imperceptible practice of courts or by well-intentioned but mistakenly over-zealous executive officers.
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Page 262 - Provided, however. That no part of this money shall be spent in the prosecution of any organization or individual for entering into any combination or agreement having in view the increasing of wages, shortening of hours or bettering the condition of labor, or for any act done in furtherance thereof not in itself unlawful...
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