Independent Offices Appropriation Bill for 1939: Hearings Before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Seventy-fifth Congress, Second Session on the Independent Offices Appropriation Bill for 1939 |
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... necessary for the care and treatment of beneficiaries of the Veterans ' Administration , including minor repairs and improve- ments of existing facilities under their jurisdiction necessary to such care and treat- ment ; for expenses ...
... necessary for the care and treatment of beneficiaries of the Veterans ' Administration , including minor repairs and improve- ments of existing facilities under their jurisdiction necessary to such care and treat- ment ; for expenses ...
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... necessary for projects chargeable to the appropriation " Hospital and domiciliary facilities and services . " In the preparation of the estimate under this item a distinction has been made as to the projects to be charged to these two ...
... necessary for projects chargeable to the appropriation " Hospital and domiciliary facilities and services . " In the preparation of the estimate under this item a distinction has been made as to the projects to be charged to these two ...
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... necessary information to review adequately the projects to request technical review by Fed- eral or private agencies having a specialized knowledge in the vari- ous fields of work included in the projects , to disapprove those proj ...
... necessary information to review adequately the projects to request technical review by Fed- eral or private agencies having a specialized knowledge in the vari- ous fields of work included in the projects , to disapprove those proj ...
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... necessary to make under the appropriation recommended , are you going to dis- tribute those reductions equally over the 48 States ? Mr. FECHNER . As nearly as we can ; yes , sir . Mr. FITZPATRICK . One State will not get a greater cut ...
... necessary to make under the appropriation recommended , are you going to dis- tribute those reductions equally over the 48 States ? Mr. FECHNER . As nearly as we can ; yes , sir . Mr. FITZPATRICK . One State will not get a greater cut ...
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... necessary to increase the personnel in my office to some extent . I may say that during the first 4 years of this work our pay roll never exceeded 65 people for total personnel , from the messengers up to the Director . A great deal of ...
... necessary to increase the personnel in my office to some extent . I may say that during the first 4 years of this work our pay roll never exceeded 65 people for total personnel , from the messengers up to the Director . A great deal of ...
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accounts additional administrative agencies amount applications appropriation approximately assistant attorneys authorized average basis Budget Bureau camps CARMODY carriers Census Central Statistical Board Chairman Civil Service Civilian Conservation Corps Commission committee compensation Congress CONNOR contract cost Court Department director DIRKSEN District of Columbia Division DOUGLAS electric employees engineering enrollees equipment estimate for 1939 examination expenditures FECHNER Federal Power Act field filed Finance fiscal year 1939 FITZPATRICK funds Government HINES hospital HOUSTON IHLDER increase industry interest Interstate Commerce Commission investigations involved JOHNSON of Oklahoma June 30 justification Labor LEISERSON loans MADDEN McMANAMY ment months National Archives necessary operation payment percent personal services personnel printing and binding Progress Administration projects purchase Railroad rates RATHELL Reconstruction Finance Corporation record regional registered regulations reports requested SEAVEY staff statement tion United utilities veterans West Virginia WIGGLESWORTH WOODRUM
Popular passages
Page 668 - Section 3709 of the Revised Statutes of the United States shall not be construed to apply to any purchase or service rendered for the Board when the aggregate amount involved does not exceed the sum of $25.
Page 500 - That the commission shall also have power — (a) To gather and compile information concerning, . and to investigate from time to time the organization, business, conduct, practices, and management of any corporation engaged in commerce, excepting banks and common carriers subject to the Act to regulate commerce, and its relation to other corporations and to individuals, associations, and partnerships.
Page 676 - January 1, 1938: (1) To require by order, after notice and opportunity for hearing, that each registered holding company, and each subsidiary company thereof, shall take such action as the Commission shall find necessary to limit the operations of the holding-company system of which such company is a part to a single integrated public-utility system, and to such other businesses as are reasonably incidental, or economically necessary or appropriate to the operations of such Integrated public-utility...
Page 701 - The term manipulative, deceptive, or other fraudulent device or contrivance, as used in section 15(c)(l) of the Act, is hereby defined to include any untrue statement of a material fact and any omission to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in the light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading, which statement or omission is made with knowledge or reasonable grounds to believe that it is untrue or misleading. (c) The scope of this section shall...
Page 70 - Purchases, conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Bureau of Home Economics, in cooperation with the National Resources Committee, the Central Statistical Board, and the Works Progress Administration.
Page 703 - It shall be Unlawful for any broker or dealer, directly or indirectly, by the use of any means or instrumentality of interstate commerce, or of the mails, or of any facility of any national securities exchange, to use or employ, in connection with the purchase or sale of any security otherwise than on a national securities exchange, any act, practice, or course of business defined by the Commission to be included within the term "n inipulative, deceptive, or other fraudulent device or contrivance",...
Page 237 - Section 13 of the Interstate Commerce Act, as amended by the Transportation Act of 1920...
Page 313 - Preservation of collections: For continuing preservation, exhibition, and increase of collections from the surveying and exploring expeditions of the Government, and from other sources, including personal services, traveling expenses, purchasing and supplying uniforms to guards and elevator conductors postage stamps and foreign postal cards and all other necessary expenses...
Page 733 - This tripartite controversy presents n bitter contest between the American Federation of Labor and the Committee for Industrial Organization, each labor organization seeking recognition as the sole and exclusive bargaining representative of the same group of employees.
Page 701 - manipulative, deceptive, or other fraudulent device or contrivance," as used in section 15 (c) (1) of the Act, is hereby defined to include any act, practice, or course of business which operates or would operate as a fraud or deceit upon any person. (b) The term "manipulative, deceptive, or other fraudulent device or contrivance...