Texas City Claims Act: Hearings ... H.R. 40451955 - 267 pages |
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... regulations to label it as " explosive . " It was labeled as it was required by the Interstate Commerce Commission and Coast Guard regulations . Mr. FORRESTER . May I interrupt you ? The statement was made that the Government ...
... regulations to label it as " explosive . " It was labeled as it was required by the Interstate Commerce Commission and Coast Guard regulations . Mr. FORRESTER . May I interrupt you ? The statement was made that the Government ...
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... regulation prohibited the loading of this commodity in the ports . It could have done it before hand but did not . Mr. BOYLE . That is not legal reasoning - conduct after the act . It is against public policy to start talking in terms ...
... regulation prohibited the loading of this commodity in the ports . It could have done it before hand but did not . Mr. BOYLE . That is not legal reasoning - conduct after the act . It is against public policy to start talking in terms ...
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... regulations , that is , on allocation and priority permits . The Army could not take , to make good its commitments overseas , from its own production and TVA production sufficient fertilizer with an am- monium nitrate base to ship ...
... regulations , that is , on allocation and priority permits . The Army could not take , to make good its commitments overseas , from its own production and TVA production sufficient fertilizer with an am- monium nitrate base to ship ...
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... regulations for safety or not set them up . And when the material was manufac- tured the civilian cost - plus contractor turned it over in the plant to the Government and it came under the Government's control abso- lutely ; and the ...
... regulations for safety or not set them up . And when the material was manufac- tured the civilian cost - plus contractor turned it over in the plant to the Government and it came under the Government's control abso- lutely ; and the ...
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... regulations of the Army by experts trained in the manner of shipping it , handling it , stowing it , and such like . Prior to this program it had not been permitted to be shipped into two ports . One of our charges here is the same ...
... regulations of the Army by experts trained in the manner of shipping it , handling it , stowing it , and such like . Prior to this program it had not been permitted to be shipped into two ports . One of our charges here is the same ...
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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.