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... thing that was developed by our committee , that after the situation that had been shown by the Sheppard committee in 1938 , and the subsequent introduction and passage of the Hatch Act dealing with those abuses , it was almost 100 ...
... thing that was developed by our committee , that after the situation that had been shown by the Sheppard committee in 1938 , and the subsequent introduction and passage of the Hatch Act dealing with those abuses , it was almost 100 ...
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... things that I believe ought to be in the record and so I am going to be somewhat more verbose than I ought to be . The cost of Presidential elections in the United States has mounted for out of proportion to the growth of the electorate ...
... things that I believe ought to be in the record and so I am going to be somewhat more verbose than I ought to be . The cost of Presidential elections in the United States has mounted for out of proportion to the growth of the electorate ...
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... thing ? Senator GILLETTE . Yes . Senator BUTLER . I was just trying to think . There was no large . amount of money spent in Nebraska , and there seldom if ever is , I think , in our smaller and less prosperous States , but I can think ...
... thing ? Senator GILLETTE . Yes . Senator BUTLER . I was just trying to think . There was no large . amount of money spent in Nebraska , and there seldom if ever is , I think , in our smaller and less prosperous States , but I can think ...
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... thing ? Senator GILLETTE . That raises a question which eventually , in my opinion , will have to be met , and it has such difficulties that I can see no solution . That is where , through the use of the radio and other ...
... thing ? Senator GILLETTE . That raises a question which eventually , in my opinion , will have to be met , and it has such difficulties that I can see no solution . That is where , through the use of the radio and other ...
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... things , and I will say here as I have said before , that the chairman of this subcommittee made , I believe , the most notable contribution that has been made in the history of our electorate machinery , and if you don't do anything ...
... things , and I will say here as I have said before , that the chairman of this subcommittee made , I believe , the most notable contribution that has been made in the history of our electorate machinery , and if you don't do anything ...
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Page 2 - 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 2 - ... by the United States, or any department or agency thereof, uses his official authority for the purpose of interfering with, or affecting, the nomination or the election of any candidate for the office of President, Vice President, Presidential elector, Member of the Senate, Member of the House of Representatives, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner from any Territory or Possession, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
Page 9 - If any provision of this Act, or the application of such provision to any person or circumstance, shall be held invalid, the remainder of this Act, or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby.
Page 17 - Chaos, Cosmos ! Cosmos, Chaos ! once again the sickening game ; Freedom, free to slay herself, and dying while they shout her name.
Page 9 - ... the Secretary of the Treasury through the Division of Disbursement of the Treasury Department, and prior to audit or settlement by the General Accounting Office, shall make payment in accordance with the certification by the Board.
Page 14 - ... (b) Any commissioned officer, noncommissioned officer not below the rank of sergeant, or petty officer, in the armed forces of the United States and any member of the merchant marine of the 'United States designated for this purpose by the Administrator of the War Shipping Administration is authorized to administer and attest such oaths as are required by this Act.
Page 2 - Department, shall be used in the current fiscal year for the payment of salary or travel expenses of any person who has been convicted of violating the Act entitled "An Act to prevent pernicious political activities...
Page 18 - It shall be unlawful for any person employed in the executive branch of the Federal Government, or any agency or department thereof, to use his official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with an election or affecting the result thereof. No officer or employee in the executive branch of the Federal Government, or any agency or department thereof, shall take any active part in political management or in political campaigns.
Page 4 - I do hereby swear (or affirm) that — "(1) I am a citizen of the United States; "(2) The date of my birth was . ; " (3) For years preceding this election my home...