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... believe we need hold any more hearings . Certainly I am quite familiar with this matter . We have had it before us for many years . I think it is enough to have Congressman Winslow here to review it and we can ask him questions , but I ...
... believe we need hold any more hearings . Certainly I am quite familiar with this matter . We have had it before us for many years . I think it is enough to have Congressman Winslow here to review it and we can ask him questions , but I ...
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... believe the time has come for Government operation of this canal . It would be more satisfactorily operated than by private capital . I don't suppose there was ever any question about it except as to the cost . I knew during the war and ...
... believe the time has come for Government operation of this canal . It would be more satisfactorily operated than by private capital . I don't suppose there was ever any question about it except as to the cost . I knew during the war and ...
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... believe , as this meeting has progressed , that perhaps the best thing I could do would be to answer whatever questions you may ask , in view of the fact that so many of your committee already have such comprehensive knowledge of the ...
... believe , as this meeting has progressed , that perhaps the best thing I could do would be to answer whatever questions you may ask , in view of the fact that so many of your committee already have such comprehensive knowledge of the ...
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... believe this year the company has turned over a little more than $ 300,000 , and out of that they have spent about $ 100,000 for improvement of the property in addition to the ordinary wear and tear and use of the property . Senator ...
... believe this year the company has turned over a little more than $ 300,000 , and out of that they have spent about $ 100,000 for improvement of the property in addition to the ordinary wear and tear and use of the property . Senator ...
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... believe that superdreadnaughts would be unable to go through . They would have to come in here [ indicating ] , on the tide , and only one at a time . The proposition that the Government suggests is that they widen it so that two could ...
... believe that superdreadnaughts would be unable to go through . They would have to come in here [ indicating ] , on the tide , and only one at a time . The proposition that the Government suggests is that they widen it so that two could ...
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Page 10 - That 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 commonlaw right or remedy in cases of personal injury to railway employees shall apply...
Page 26 - That it is necessary for the national defense and for the proper growth of its foreign and domestic commerce that the United States shall have a merchant marine of the best equipped and most suitable types of vessels sufficient to carry the greater portion of its commerce and serve as a naval or military auxiliary in time of war or national emergency...
Page 107 - ... approved April 22, 1918, and as further amended by the Act entitled "An Act making appropriation to supply deficiencies in appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1919, and prior fiscal years, on account of war expenses, and for other purposes...
Page 29 - States not now covered thereby, and the board is directed prior to the expiration of such year to have established adequate steamship service at reasonable rates to accommodate the commerce and the passenger travel of said islands and to maintain and operate such service until it can be taken over and operated and maintained upon satisfactory terms by private capital and enterprise ; Provided, That if adequate shipping service is not established by...
Page 40 - That until Congress shall have authorized the registry as vessels of the United States of vessels owned in the Philippine Islands, the Government of the Philippine Islands is hereby authorized to adopt, from time to time, and enforce regulations governing the transportation of merchandise and passengers between ports or places in the Philippine Archipelago...
Page 38 - This power, like all others vested in congress, is complete in itself, may be exercised to its utmost extent, and acknowledges no limitations other than are prescribed in the constitution.
Page 13 - At this point I would like to read into the record a letter from General Groves Mr.
Page 10 - ... United States modifying or extending the common-law 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...
Page 30 - ... render navigation through or under it reasonably free, easy, and unobstructed...