Texas City Claims Act: Hearings ... H.R. 40451955 - 267 pages |
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... give a real treatment of the legal points . Mr. FORRESTER . I do not think we have to go into it excessively . we can get a bird's - eye view as we go along . If Mr. BOYLE . May I further limit the scope of that inquiry . The United ...
... give a real treatment of the legal points . Mr. FORRESTER . I do not think we have to go into it excessively . we can get a bird's - eye view as we go along . If Mr. BOYLE . May I further limit the scope of that inquiry . The United ...
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... gives great force to explosion once it can be made to explode . But it had grown into disuse even during World War II because it was not readily subject to explosion . It had always been used as fertilizer . Mr. DONOHUE . But the ...
... gives great force to explosion once it can be made to explode . But it had grown into disuse even during World War II because it was not readily subject to explosion . It had always been used as fertilizer . Mr. DONOHUE . But the ...
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... give it the attention and the time to determine these close questions of fact in a multiple - disaster case . It could not do it in even a simple crossing - accident case . You have much more important work to do than spending a week ...
... give it the attention and the time to determine these close questions of fact in a multiple - disaster case . It could not do it in even a simple crossing - accident case . You have much more important work to do than spending a week ...
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... give them any basis for Congress to give substantial relief or for the Judiciary Committee sitting as a court of equity to give these private individuals a pass when they were in fact tort feasors or joint feasors . That is no ...
... give them any basis for Congress to give substantial relief or for the Judiciary Committee sitting as a court of equity to give these private individuals a pass when they were in fact tort feasors or joint feasors . That is no ...
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... give the amount to the Monsanto Chemical Co. which is only a guess . Don't you think that you in the Department of Justice would be guided by the amounts they would suggest ? Mr. BURGER . Well , the committee if they thought that was ...
... give the amount to the Monsanto Chemical Co. which is only a guess . Don't you think that you in the Department of Justice would be guided by the amounts they would suggest ? Mr. BURGER . Well , the committee if they thought that was ...
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Page 196 - Such regulations shall be in accord with the best-known practicable means for securing safety in transit, covering the packing, marking, loading, handling while in transit, and the precautions necessary to determine whether the material when offered is in proper condition to transport.
Page 267 - ... having met, after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows : That the...
Page 196 - Shippers must not use labels which by their size, shape, and color, may readily be confused with the standard caution labels prescribed in this part. (d) Labels...
Page 145 - For the purpose of any such investigation, the Committee on Internal Security, or any subcommittee thereof, is authorized to sit and act at such times and places within the United States, whether the House is in session, has recessed, or has adjourned, to hold such hearings, and to require, by sutopena or otherwise, the attendance...
Page 249 - ... based upon the exercise or performance or the failure to exercise or perform a discretionary function or duty on the part of a federal agency or an employee of the Government, whether or not the discretion involved be abused.
Page 145 - ... papers, and documents, as it deems necessary. Subpenas may be issued under the signature of the chairman of the committee or any member of the committee designated by him, and may be served by any person designated by such chairman or member.
Page 234 - It is broad enough to include every instance in which one party pays a debt for which another is primarily answerable, and which, in equity and good conscience, should have been discharged by the latter...
Page 220 - An analysis of section 2680 (a), the exception with which we are concerned, emphasizes the congressional purpose to except the acts here charged as negligence from the authorization to sue (p. 32). "Even assuming their correctness arguendo (the district court's findings of the Government's negligence) though, it is our judgment that they do not establish a case within the act. This is for the reason that as a matter...
Page 236 - ... is entitled to be subrogated to the rights of the Insured against the person legally responsible for the loss.