Prevention of Major Disasters in Coal Mines: Hearings ... on H.R. 7408, June 10, 11, 12, 1952U.S. Government Printing Office, 1952 - 254 pages |
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... believe , the president of it — and there was no effort in any way that I know to keep the general provisions of the McConnell bill secret from anybody . That is No. 1 . Now , No. 2 : All during the hearings on the Price - Neely bills ...
... believe , the president of it — and there was no effort in any way that I know to keep the general provisions of the McConnell bill secret from anybody . That is No. 1 . Now , No. 2 : All during the hearings on the Price - Neely bills ...
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... believe that when we have hearings on the Mc- Connell bill , as we have agreed to do right now , that we will hear , in substance , what we heard before . That is my own belief about the thing . Mr. LUCAS . Responding first to the ...
... believe that when we have hearings on the Mc- Connell bill , as we have agreed to do right now , that we will hear , in substance , what we heard before . That is my own belief about the thing . Mr. LUCAS . Responding first to the ...
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... believe the gentleman from Penn- sylvania has a motion before the house . Chairman BARDEN . And the chair is going to put the motion . The chair has read these requests to be heard before the committee , and Mr. Kelley made the motion ...
... believe the gentleman from Penn- sylvania has a motion before the house . Chairman BARDEN . And the chair is going to put the motion . The chair has read these requests to be heard before the committee , and Mr. Kelley made the motion ...
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... believe them be- fore they get here , and then vote next morning , whether you know what is in the bill or not , that is all right with me . I just want my record clear on it , and it is going to be clear on it . I have never , so long ...
... believe them be- fore they get here , and then vote next morning , whether you know what is in the bill or not , that is all right with me . I just want my record clear on it , and it is going to be clear on it . I have never , so long ...
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... believe that he is now pre- pared to answer them . Chairman BARDEN . That may be true , but I propose if the gentle- man is not prepared to testify this morning and does not want to testify , I am certainly not going to take him by the ...
... believe that he is now pre- pared to answer them . Chairman BARDEN . That may be true , but I propose if the gentle- man is not prepared to testify this morning and does not want to testify , I am certainly not going to take him by the ...
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Page 6 - ... (i) Any member of the Board may sign and issue subpenas for the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of relevant papers, books and documents, and administer oaths. Witnesses summoned before the Board shall be paid the same fees and mileage that are paid witnesses In the courts of the United States.
Page 6 - Commission." (d) The principal office of the Commission shall be in the District of Columbia. Whenever the Commission deems that the convenience of the public or of the parties may be promoted, or delay or expense may be minimized, it may hold hearings or conduct other proceedings at any other place.
Page 6 - In case of contumacy or refusal to obey a subpena served upon any person under this subsection, the district court of the United States for any district in which such person is found or resides or...
Page 6 - Reasonable notice must first be given in writing by the party or his attorney proposing to take such deposition to the opposite party or his attorney of record, as either may be nearest, which notice shall state the name of the witness and the time and place of the taking of his deposition.
Page 5 - Any Commissioner may be removed by the President for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.
Page 5 - President at the time of nomination, one at the end of one year, one at the end of two years, one at the end of three years, one at the end of four years, and one at the end of five years, after the date of the enactment of this title.
Page 9 - In bituminous-coal and lignite mines the quantity of air reaching the last open crosscut in any pair or set of entries shall not be less than six thousand cubic feet a minute, except that the quantity of air reaching the last open crosscut In any pair or set of entries in pillar sections may be less than six thousand cubic feet a minute if not less than six thousand cubic feet of air a minute is being delivered to the Intake end of the pillar line.
Page 9 - ... the volume and velocity of the current of air shall be sufficient to dilute, render harmless, and to carry away, flammable...
Page 6 - Any person may be compelled to appear and depose and to produce documentary evidence in the same manner as witnesses may be compelled to appear and testify and produce documentary evidence before the commission as hereinbefore provided.
Page 6 - Any person may be compelled to appear and depose, and to produce books, papers, or documents, in the same manner as witnesses may be compelled to appear and testify and produce like documentary evidence before the Board, as provided in subsection (i).