Interior Department Appropriation Bill for 1938: Hearings Before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Seventy-fifth Congress, First Session on the Interior Department Appropriation Bill for 1938, Part 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1937 - 1891 pages |
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... ALASKA TO UNITED STATES Alaska is a geographical empire , one - fifth of the area of the United States in size , sparsely populated , consisting largely of virgin territory awaiting development . Alaska has been of great benefit to the ...
... ALASKA TO UNITED STATES Alaska is a geographical empire , one - fifth of the area of the United States in size , sparsely populated , consisting largely of virgin territory awaiting development . Alaska has been of great benefit to the ...
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... Alaska's transportation facili- ties , a natural trend of colonists to Alaska may be furthered . Above all else , Alaska needs air fields . With its vast expanse of territory , aviation is the ideal method of communication . Despite the ...
... Alaska's transportation facili- ties , a natural trend of colonists to Alaska may be furthered . Above all else , Alaska needs air fields . With its vast expanse of territory , aviation is the ideal method of communication . Despite the ...
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... Alaska . Secretary ICKES . Yes . Mr. RICH . Last year in the Public Lands Committee they spoke of the great amount of pulpwood that we have available in Oregon , and we talked about some of the tracts of timber out there . Is it your ...
... Alaska . Secretary ICKES . Yes . Mr. RICH . Last year in the Public Lands Committee they spoke of the great amount of pulpwood that we have available in Oregon , and we talked about some of the tracts of timber out there . Is it your ...
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... Alaska Railroad , the Geological Survey , Vocational Education , and the Bureau of Reclamation , $ 243,000 , of which $ 55,000 shall be for the Na- tional Park Service , $ 75,000 for the Bureau of Mines , and $ 50,000 for the Office of ...
... Alaska Railroad , the Geological Survey , Vocational Education , and the Bureau of Reclamation , $ 243,000 , of which $ 55,000 shall be for the Na- tional Park Service , $ 75,000 for the Bureau of Mines , and $ 50,000 for the Office of ...
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... Alaska Territory of Hawaii .. Territory of Puerto Rico .. Virgin Islands . Alaska Road Commission ... $ 2,750 635 610 265 360 830 550 The amounts set forth for the above are required for printing and binding neces- sary office forms ...
... Alaska Territory of Hawaii .. Territory of Puerto Rico .. Virgin Islands . Alaska Road Commission ... $ 2,750 635 610 265 360 830 550 The amounts set forth for the above are required for printing and binding neces- sary office forms ...
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acres additional agriculture Alaska Alaska Railroad All-American Canal allotment amount appropriation authorized bill Budget building Bureau of Mines BURLEW CAEMMERER canal Canyon Central Valley project COLLIER Colonel OHLSON Colorado Colorado River committee complete Congress construction DEMARAY District of Columbia Division employees equipment expenditures expenses Federal field FINCH fiscal year 1938 FITZPATRICK Geological Survey going Government Grand Coulee Dam grazing increase Indians Interest on proceeds Interior Department investigations irrigation irrigation district JOHNSON June 30 justification KIRGIS LAMBERTSON Land Office LEAVY maps MENDENHALL ment miles mineral National Park Service necessary needed O'NEAL Oklahoma operation and maintenance percent power plant Proceeds of labor public lands Public Works Administration purchase ranger reclamation fund repair requested Reservoir revenues RICH River salaries SCRUGHAM Secretary statement STUDEBAKER supply Territory tion United Valley vocational Washington
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Page 656 - Territory shall be twenty-five thousand dollars, to be applied only to instruction in agriculture, the mechanic arts, the English language and the various branches of mathematical, physical, natural and economic science, with special reference to their applications in the industries of life, and to the facilities for such instruction...
Page 656 - March 4, 1907, which provide a permanent continuing appropriation of $2,550,000, “to be applied only to instruction in agriculture, the mechanic arts, the English language, and the various branches of mathematical, physical, natural, and economic science, with special reference to their applications in the industries of life, and to the facilities for such instruction” and ‘for providing courses for the special preparation of instructors for teaching the elements of agriculture and the mechanic...
Page 422 - Interior, to conduct inquiries and scientific and technologic investigations concerning mining, and the preparation, treatment, and utilization of mineral substances with a view to improving health conditions, and increasing safety, efficiency, economic development, and conserving resources through the prevention of waste in the mining, quarrying, metallurgical, and other mineral industries...
Page 556 - For the construction, reconstruction, and improvement of roads and trails, inclusive of necessary bridges, in national parks, monuments, and other areas administered by the National Park Service, including areas authorized to be established as national parks and monuments, and national park and monument approach roads authorized by the Act of January 31, 1931 (46 Stat.
Page 649 - An Act to provide for the promotion of vocational rehabilitation of persons disabled in industry or otherwise and their return to civil employment," approved June 2, 1920, as amended (USC, title 29, ch.
Page 831 - The Secretary of the Interior is charged with the supervision of public business relating to * * * the Indians...
Page 449 - ... and on behalf of the Government to investigate the mineral fuels and unfinished mineral products belonging to, or for the use of, the United States, with a view to their most efficient mining, preparation, treatment and use; and to disseminate information concerning these subjects in such manner as will best carry out the purposes of this Act.
Page 142 - That five per centum of the proceeds of the sales of public lands lying within said State which shall be sold by the United States subsequent to the admission of said State into the Union, after deducting all the expenses incident to the same, shall be paid to the said State...
Page 831 - The Commissioner of Indian Affairs shall, under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior, and agreeably to such regulations as the President may prescribe, have the management of all Indian affairs and of all matters arising out of Indian relations.
Page 650 - An Act to authorize the operation of stands In Federal buildings by blind persons, to enlarge the economic opportunities of the blind, and for other purposes," approved June 20, 1936, 49 Stat.