Searchlight on Congress, Volumes 10-11Lynn Haines Searchlight Publishing Company, 1924 |
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... Nicaragua , after December 31 , 1922 , except in the event of an uprising in either Republic menacing the lives of citizens of the United States or the lives of subjects of a foreign power or powers friendly to the United States , and ...
... Nicaragua , after December 31 , 1922 , except in the event of an uprising in either Republic menacing the lives of citizens of the United States or the lives of subjects of a foreign power or powers friendly to the United States , and ...
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... Nicaragua , Austria , Armenia . " It is be- lieved that they represent in each case the best that can be done . " • • Alien Property : " Negotiations are progressing I do not among the interested parties . recommend any affirmative ...
... Nicaragua , Austria , Armenia . " It is be- lieved that they represent in each case the best that can be done . " • • Alien Property : " Negotiations are progressing I do not among the interested parties . recommend any affirmative ...
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... Nicaragua . The State Department aided and abet- ted a revolution by the Conservative Party in order to overthrow the Liberal Government , which had been in office ten years , because it was opposed to the United States obtaining a ...
... Nicaragua . The State Department aided and abet- ted a revolution by the Conservative Party in order to overthrow the Liberal Government , which had been in office ten years , because it was opposed to the United States obtaining a ...
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... Nicaragua , was in- structed by the Secretary of State to suggest to the Republic of Santo Domingo that it " request " the United States to take over the customs houses . This was in harmony with a previous arrangement of 1903 that if ...
... Nicaragua , was in- structed by the Secretary of State to suggest to the Republic of Santo Domingo that it " request " the United States to take over the customs houses . This was in harmony with a previous arrangement of 1903 that if ...
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... Nicaraguan bonds they are to be paid in time of war as of peace whether the holder of the bond or coupons be sub- ject of a friendly or a hostile state . " They are unique in that there is no other docu- ment incorporating the agreement ...
... Nicaraguan bonds they are to be paid in time of war as of peace whether the holder of the bond or coupons be sub- ject of a friendly or a hostile state . " They are unique in that there is no other docu- ment incorporating the agreement ...
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Page 12 - That unfair methods of competition in commerce are hereby declared unlawful. The commission is hereby empowered and directed to prevent persons, partnerships, or corporations, except banks, and common carriers subject to the acts to regulate commerce, from using unfair methods of competition in commerce.
Page 10 - Whenever a final decree has been entered against any defendant corporation in any suit brought by the United States to prevent and restrain any violation of the antitrust Acts, to make...
Page 12 - expenditure" includes a payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit, or gift, of money, or anything of value, and includes a contract, promise, or agreement, whether or not legally enforceable, to make an expenditure; (f) The term "person...
Page 12 - Every person who having been summoned as a witness by the authority of either House of Congress to give testimony or to produce papers upon any matter under inquiry before either House, or any...
Page 13 - I have but one lamp by which my feet are guided, and that is the lamp of experience. I know of no way of judging of the future but by the past.
Page 13 - ... and to make such expenditures, as it deems advisable. The cost of stenographic services to report such hearings shall not be in excess of 25 cents per one hundred words. The expenses of the committee, which shall not exceed $10.000. shall be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate upon vouchers approved by the chairman.
Page 10 - 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 14 - Any officer or employee of the commission who shall make public any information obtained by the commission without its authority, unless directed by a court, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine not exceeding $5,000, or by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by fine and imprisonment, in the discretion of the court.
Page 15 - DRAMA, and that the following is, to the best of his knowledge and belief, a true statement of the ownership, management (and if a daily paper, the circulation), etc., of the aforesaid publication for the date shown in the above caption, required by the Act...