Hearings, Reports and Prints of the House Committee on the District of ColumbiaU.S. Government Printing Office, 1967 |
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... increase the number of riders . In the Washington situation , as in other large metropolitan areas , the special problem is that of stopping the continuing increases in the number of people trying to use their private cars for their ...
... increase the number of riders . In the Washington situation , as in other large metropolitan areas , the special problem is that of stopping the continuing increases in the number of people trying to use their private cars for their ...
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... increases in the economy . Of course , there are changes in productivity as modes of mass transit shift from one type ... increase in pro- ductivity in all economic activity combined . These conclusions on productivity should be no means ...
... increases in the economy . Of course , there are changes in productivity as modes of mass transit shift from one type ... increase in pro- ductivity in all economic activity combined . These conclusions on productivity should be no means ...
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... increase that occurred in 1966 made it impossible and unrealistic to try to hold wage increases to the trend rise in productivity , but as greater price stability is re - established we can expect that the general principles of the wage ...
... increase that occurred in 1966 made it impossible and unrealistic to try to hold wage increases to the trend rise in productivity , but as greater price stability is re - established we can expect that the general principles of the wage ...
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... increase of a given percentage in the average effective fare , the resulting percentage decrease in number of passengers averaged about 4 to % as much . For example , a 10 percent increase in fare caused an average decrease of around 3 ...
... increase of a given percentage in the average effective fare , the resulting percentage decrease in number of passengers averaged about 4 to % as much . For example , a 10 percent increase in fare caused an average decrease of around 3 ...
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... increase in riders would be much smaller than the percentage of decrease in fare . Consequently , it might be noted , the result of a fare decrease would be a certain decrease in revenues of the transit system . Thus , any experi ...
... increase in riders would be much smaller than the percentage of decrease in fare . Consequently , it might be noted , the result of a fare decrease would be a certain decrease in revenues of the transit system . Thus , any experi ...
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Page 87 - An Act making appropriations to provide for the expenses of the government of the District of Columbia for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and thirteen, and for other purposes", approved June 26, 1912 (DC Code, sec.
Page 62 - CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW MADE BY THE BILL, AS REPORTED In compliance with clause 3 of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, changes in existing law made by the bill, as reported, are shown as follows...
Page 64 - Commission shall give due consideration, among other factors, to the effect of rates on the movement of traffic by the carrier or carriers for which the rates are prescribed; to the need, in the public interest, of adequate and efficient railway transportation service at the lowest cost consistent with the furnishing of such service ; and to the need of revenues sufficient to enable the carriers, under honest, economical, and efficient management to provide such service.
Page 63 - In compliance with clause 3 of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives, changes in existing law made by the bill, as reported are shown as follows (existing law proposed to be omitted is enclosed in black brackets, new matter is printed in italic, existing law in which no change is proposed is shown in roman) : ACT OF OCTOBER 18, 1968 (82 STAT.
Page 178 - So much of the personnel, property, records, and unexpended balances of appropriations, allocations, and other funds employed, used, held available, or to be made available in connection with the functions transferred...
Page 50 - Act, other than subsection (h) of section 1, shall apply in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia and the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. The provisions of this Act shall not apply to the Superior Court of the District of Columbia and the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
Page 11 - EMPLOYMENT ACT OF 1946, AS AMENDED, WITH RELATED LAWS (60 Stat. 23) [PUBLIC LAW 304— 79TH CONGRESS] AN ACT To declare a national policy on employment, production, and purchasing power, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SHORT TITLE SECTION 1 . This Act may be cited as the "Employment Act of 1946".
Page 11 - An Act to apply a portion of the proceeds of the public lands to the more complete endowment and support of the colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts, established under the provisions of an Act of Congress, approved July second, eighteen hundred and sixty-two," the deficiency, if any, in the sum.