Education: Conference Before the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights. Conference Held in Nashville, Tenn March 5, 1959, Morning Session, Mar. 5, 1953, Afternoon Session, Mar. 6, 1959, Morning Session

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Page v - States for the District of Columbia, within the jurisdiction of which the inquiry is carried on or within the jurisdiction of which said person guilty of contumacy or refusal to obey is found or resides or transacts business...
Page v - Board shall have jurisdiction to issue to such person an order requiring such person to appear before the Board, its member, agent, or agency, there to produce evidence if so ordered, or there to give testimony touching the matter under investigation or in question; and any failure to obey such order of the court may be punished by said court as a contempt thereof.
Page 194 - ... (2) study and collect information concerning legal developments constituting a denial of equal protection of the laws under the Constitution...
Page iii - Upon payment of the cost thereof, a witness may obtain a transcript copy of his testimony given at a public session or, if given at an executive session, when authorized by the committee.
Page iii - That a commission is hereby created and established, to be known as the Federal Trade Commission (hereinafter referred to as the commission), which shall be composed of five commissioners, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Not more than three of the commissioners shall be members of the same political party.
Page iii - The chairman may punish breaches of order and decorum, and of professional ethics on the part of counsel, by censure and exclusion from the hearings ; and the committee may cite the offender to the House for contempt.
Page iv - Witnesses who attend at points so far removed from their respective residences as to prohibit return thereto from day to day shall be entitled...
Page v - ... procure services as authorized by section 15 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (60 Stat 810; 5 USC 55a), but at rates for individuals not in excess of $50 per diem. (b) The Commission shall not accept or utilize services of voluntary or uncompensated personnel, and the term "whoever...
Page iii - The Vice Chairman shall act as Chairman in the absence or disability of the Chairman or in the event of a vacancy in that office.
Page v - ... shall be of each major political party, may, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act, hold such hearings and act at such times and places as the Commission or such authorized subcommittee may deem advisable. Subpenas for the attendance and testimony of witnesses or the production of written or other matter may be issued in accordance with the rules of the Commission as contained in...

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