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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... , or have been regularly employed or engaged in , the mining of coal , or have regularly represented either coal - mine operators or coal - mine workers , or have been an officer or employee of 4 PREVENTION OF MAJOR DISASTERS IN COAL MINES.
... , or have been regularly employed or engaged in , the mining of coal , or have regularly represented either coal - mine operators or coal - mine workers , or have been an officer or employee of 4 PREVENTION OF MAJOR DISASTERS IN COAL MINES.
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... employing as many as 1,000 people , or 2,000 , or two people . It would be , I think , a farce if we did not allow these people to make their wishes known regarding it , and to give their views regard- ing this legislation . That is the ...
... employing as many as 1,000 people , or 2,000 , or two people . It would be , I think , a farce if we did not allow these people to make their wishes known regarding it , and to give their views regard- ing this legislation . That is the ...
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... of the associations . Mr. KELLEY . You say small operators ; does that mean operations , say , employing 10 or more men ? 21029-52- -3 Mr. SCHORR . I feel that there are operators who PREVENTION OF MAJOR DISASTERS IN COAL MINES 29.
... of the associations . Mr. KELLEY . You say small operators ; does that mean operations , say , employing 10 or more men ? 21029-52- -3 Mr. SCHORR . I feel that there are operators who PREVENTION OF MAJOR DISASTERS IN COAL MINES 29.
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... employ 10 men in the associations , and large operators in the associations . Mr. KELLEY . All right . Mr. SCHORR ... employing 10 men or less ? Mr. SCHORR . I do not know , and I do not know what the individual number of employees are ...
... employ 10 men in the associations , and large operators in the associations . Mr. KELLEY . All right . Mr. SCHORR ... employing 10 men or less ? Mr. SCHORR . I do not know , and I do not know what the individual number of employees are ...
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... employed in the industry and , with their families , well over one mil- lion and a half people involved : We were invited and did partici- pate , and believe that out of those deliberations came a good mine- safety bill . Mr. WERDEL ...
... employed in the industry and , with their families , well over one mil- lion and a half people involved : We were invited and did partici- pate , and believe that out of those deliberations came a good mine- safety bill . Mr. WERDEL ...
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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).