Area Redevelopment: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Labor of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, United States Senate, Eighty-fourth Congress, Second Session, on S. 2663, a Bill to Establish an Effective Program to Alleviate Conditions of Excessive Unemployment in Certan Economically Depressed Areas ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1956 - 1170 pages |
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... plant here . Why ? Because they could train workers to turn out greater quantities in less time here than they could in Switzerland , and they therefore established a plant in this country . Mr. Chairman , the situation in West Virginia ...
... plant here . Why ? Because they could train workers to turn out greater quantities in less time here than they could in Switzerland , and they therefore established a plant in this country . Mr. Chairman , the situation in West Virginia ...
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... plant , in addition to the effect of reduced output of coal . In Cumberland , Md . - an example of a smaller depressed area - almost 1 of every 5 workers was jobless in January 1955. In this locality the combined decline in coal mining ...
... plant , in addition to the effect of reduced output of coal . In Cumberland , Md . - an example of a smaller depressed area - almost 1 of every 5 workers was jobless in January 1955. In this locality the combined decline in coal mining ...
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... plants instead of reemploying those who have been displaced by new machines . At the same time , a rapid increase in new plant construction in response to the new technology threatens an acceleration of company departures from old ...
... plants instead of reemploying those who have been displaced by new machines . At the same time , a rapid increase in new plant construction in response to the new technology threatens an acceleration of company departures from old ...
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... plants will ever fill the void left when basic industries failed or moved away . So , for that reason , I favor the major ... plant was immediately occupied by a large industry with national stature and a very promising future . Many ...
... plants will ever fill the void left when basic industries failed or moved away . So , for that reason , I favor the major ... plant was immediately occupied by a large industry with national stature and a very promising future . Many ...
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... plant and find out just why the migration , the layoff or shutdown is proposed . In some cases it might be possible and much less costly , and better for all con- cerned , to find a means to overcome the cause and to continue the ...
... plant and find out just why the migration , the layoff or shutdown is proposed . In some cases it might be possible and much less costly , and better for all con- cerned , to find a means to overcome the cause and to continue the ...
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