Texas City Claims Act: Hearings ... H.R. 40451955 - 267 pages |
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... knew it was not dynamite . Now , about this material that caused the explosion . Some of you will remember how the farmers in our own districts were crying for fertilizer and we told them we could only get them a limited amount , if any ...
... knew it was not dynamite . Now , about this material that caused the explosion . Some of you will remember how the farmers in our own districts were crying for fertilizer and we told them we could only get them a limited amount , if any ...
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... knew about the material before the explosion . The Army had conducted tests and had within its own rules the very facts upon which they had determined , and which has now been determined that this commodity is just as explosive as TNT ...
... knew about the material before the explosion . The Army had conducted tests and had within its own rules the very facts upon which they had determined , and which has now been determined that this commodity is just as explosive as TNT ...
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... knew any first names . But I do remember this : The fact that he was out in the backyard working on his garage probably saved his life . His home was approximately 2 miles from where the Grand- camp exploded . That blew in all the doors ...
... knew any first names . But I do remember this : The fact that he was out in the backyard working on his garage probably saved his life . His home was approximately 2 miles from where the Grand- camp exploded . That blew in all the doors ...
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... knew and what they did not know . I think it was Captain Clevers of the Coast Guard who phrased it in the forthright manner in which you find officers who are prepared to tell the truth . They were taking a chance and they took one here ...
... knew and what they did not know . I think it was Captain Clevers of the Coast Guard who phrased it in the forthright manner in which you find officers who are prepared to tell the truth . They were taking a chance and they took one here ...
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... knew as much as the Government . I would be perfectly silly to take a position that a warehouseman or common carrier does not have duties . But the recorded decisions fully recognize these dis- tinctions and you are aware that they have ...
... knew as much as the Government . I would be perfectly silly to take a position that a warehouseman or common carrier does not have duties . But the recorded decisions fully recognize these dis- tinctions and you are aware that they have ...
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ammonium nitrate fertilizer amount April 16 Army attorneys bills of lading Board BOYLE BRICKFIELD BRYAN bureau of explosives Bureau of Mines BURGER carbonaceous cargo cause claimants coated ammonium nitrate combustible committee commodity Congress court of appeals death Department of Justice detonation district court dunnage employees fact Federal Tort Claims fertilizer grade ammonium fertilizer program FGAN fire FORRESTER French Supply Council Government's grade ammonium nitrate Grandcamp handling hazards hearings Highflyer HYDE inherently dangerous insurance companies Interstate Commerce Commission Italics supplied Judiciary labeling LANE liability LIFTIN Lion Oil loaded loss manufacture ment monium opinion Ordnance Department oxidizing material paid paper bags payment percent personal injury Picatinny Arsenal production record responsibility Secretary Senate shipment shipped statement subcommittee subrogated claims Supreme Court temperature testified tests Texas City disaster Texas City explosion tion Tort Claims Act transportation Underwriters Underwriters Laboratories United States Government War Production Board
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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.