Conditions of Government Contracts: Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Seventy-fourth Congress, First Session on S. 3055 ... H.R.11554 ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1935 - Executive departments |
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... present , the Government is compelled by law to purchase its supplies and deal with the lowest responsible bidder . Following the Schechter case and the abandonment of the N. R. A. , the Comp- troller General ruled that the Government ...
... present , the Government is compelled by law to purchase its supplies and deal with the lowest responsible bidder . Following the Schechter case and the abandonment of the N. R. A. , the Comp- troller General ruled that the Government ...
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... present social trends and have maintained a wage scale that permitted their employees to support themselves and their families in decency and comfort . We found , however , that under existing laws contracts must go to the lowest ...
... present social trends and have maintained a wage scale that permitted their employees to support themselves and their families in decency and comfort . We found , however , that under existing laws contracts must go to the lowest ...
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... is going to protect not only the employee , but the manu- facturer who wants to keep pace with present social trends and who tries to treat his employees decently ; because now he 164 CONDITIONS OF GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS.
... is going to protect not only the employee , but the manu- facturer who wants to keep pace with present social trends and who tries to treat his employees decently ; because now he 164 CONDITIONS OF GOVERNMENT CONTRACTS.
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... present , however , a representative of the Quartermaster Corps , which is the largest procuring agency of the War Depart- ment . I am going to read a paper to the committee and submit my views on the bill as it would affect the ...
... present , however , a representative of the Quartermaster Corps , which is the largest procuring agency of the War Depart- ment . I am going to read a paper to the committee and submit my views on the bill as it would affect the ...
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... present time your division sends out invitations for bids , does it not ? General TSCHAPPAT . Yes , sir . Mr. HESS . And you award the contracts to the lowest bidders . General TSCHAPPAT . Yes , sir . Mr. Hess . For supplies and regular ...
... present time your division sends out invitations for bids , does it not ? General TSCHAPPAT . Yes , sir . Mr. HESS . And you award the contracts to the lowest bidders . General TSCHAPPAT . Yes , sir . Mr. Hess . For supplies and regular ...
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Page 118 - The Board may, by one or more of its members or by such agents or agencies as it may designate, prosecute any inquiry necessary to its functions in any part of the United States.
Page 362 - States, or place noncontiguous but subject to the jurisdiction thereof, where said goods, wares, and merchandise are intended by any person interested therein to be received, possessed? sold, or in any manner used, either in the original package or otherwise in violation of any law of such State...
Page 537 - ... to increase the consumption of industrial and agricultural products by increasing purchasing power, to reduce and relieve unemployment, to improve standards of labor, and otherwise to rehabilitate industry and to conserve natural resources.
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Page 515 - Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration.
Page 355 - States, or if articles, materials, or supplies of the class or kind to be used or the articles, materials, or supplies from which they are manufactured are not mined, produced, or manufactured, as the case may be, in the United States in sufficient and reasonably available commercial quantities and of a satisfactory quality.