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Admiral BYRD ADMIRAL RICHARD E aircraft amount Antarctic Continent ANTARCTIC REGIONS HEARINGS Antarctica Arctic base camps Bear of Oakland Budget BUELL SNYDER claim to territory CLARENCE CANNON CLARK COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS Continental bases COST OF EXPEDITION crews DIVISION OF TERRITORIES Dog accessories drums EMMET O'NEAL equipment_ estimate of appropriation extra sledges Field representative fiscal year 1939 flying Food and subsistence Freight Government ship Greenland GRUENING hickory ice age ice cap Interior ISLAND POSSESSIONS JOHN TABER JOHNSON of West kennels LAMBERTSON Little America LOUIS LUDLOW ment nations necessary North Star Northland NUMBER Palmer Land Pennsylvania permanent occupation personnel and fuel provisions purpose REAR ADMIRAL RICHARD receding Scientific equipment special equipment statement substantiate the claims supplemental estimate supplies TERRITORIES AND ISLAND tions Total__ Trail equipment United States Navy usual operating expenses weather bases Weather Bureau weather maker West Virginia whale WIGGLESWORTH WILLIAM DITTER WOODRUM
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Page 2 - The PRESIDENT, The White House. Sir : I have the honor to submit herewith for your consideration a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the fiscal year...
Page 2 - Administrator may, without regard to the civil service laws or the Classification Act of 1923, as amended...
Page 1 - Gruening, director of the Division of Territories and Island Possessions of the Department of the Interior.
Page 2 - Columbia and elsewhere, without reference to the classification act of 1923, as amended ; stenographic and other services by contract if deemed necessary without regard to the provisions of section 3709 of the Revised Statutes (USC, title 41, sec. 5) ; rent...
Page 2 - The foregoing estimate of appropriation is required to meet a contingency which has arisen since the transmission of the Budget for the fiscal year 1942, and approval is recommended.
Page 1 - The details of this estimate, the necessity therefor, and the reason for its transmission at this time are set forth in the letter of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, which is transmitted herewith, with whose comments and observations thereon I concur.
Page 1 - The SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. SIB: I have the honor to transmit herewith for the consideration of Congress a supplemental estimate of appropriation in the amount of $7,500,000 for the Department of Agriculture for the fiscal year 1944.
Page 2 - Expenses, Division of Territories and Island Possessions," a total of $350,000 for an "investigation and survey of natural resources of the land and sea areas of the Antarctic regions.
Page 9 - ... with $340,000, if there is cooperation. It will be easily done by word from the President, because there is so much that the various departments can absorb and that will not cost them any more than what would be going on anyhow. I am sure that we could get through with that much if that word is given. Mr. JOHNSON of West Virginia. If that word is not given, what then? Admiral BYRD. Then we would have a hard time getting through with it. Mr.
Page 10 - Star for a part of the time. I am raising money myself for the Bear, and I will spend about $100,000 on her.