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... course , you could have abolition of all the expense if the Government bears it . It isn't any more true in this case than in the case of any other activity the Government may care to assume . I asked the Congressman if he has any ...
... course , you could have abolition of all the expense if the Government bears it . It isn't any more true in this case than in the case of any other activity the Government may care to assume . I asked the Congressman if he has any ...
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... course , that is for steam vessels . For sail- ing vessels it may be a great deal more . Senator WALSH . I may say to Senator Fletcher that the private interests have really been carrying it along , keeping it open , with the ...
... course , that is for steam vessels . For sail- ing vessels it may be a great deal more . Senator WALSH . I may say to Senator Fletcher that the private interests have really been carrying it along , keeping it open , with the ...
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... course , the advantages in time of war are very obvious . And it seems to me that it is the proper thing for the Government to own it and operate it , and I want to express my interest in it and my favor in reporting the bill out ...
... course , the advantages in time of war are very obvious . And it seems to me that it is the proper thing for the Government to own it and operate it , and I want to express my interest in it and my favor in reporting the bill out ...
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... course . Senator WILLIS . It says in the minority report : " The Govern- ment had employed a firm of accountants , Price , Waterhouse & Co. , who examined the canal company's books and accounts exhaustively . The direct cost of actual ...
... course . Senator WILLIS . It says in the minority report : " The Govern- ment had employed a firm of accountants , Price , Waterhouse & Co. , who examined the canal company's books and accounts exhaustively . The direct cost of actual ...
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... course , we could go into more minute detail , I suppose , but eventually the different judgments of different men would disagree on the value of this property the same as they would on any other property . If the committee feels like ...
... course , we could go into more minute detail , I suppose , but eventually the different judgments of different men would disagree on the value of this property the same as they would on any other property . If the committee feels like ...
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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...