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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... going to write it for them . Mr. McCONNELL , I think it is only fair to say , Mr. Chairman , two things , and I think this is rather important : There were no , what you might call secret maneuvers . Chairman BARDEN . Nobody used the ...
... going to write it for them . Mr. McCONNELL , I think it is only fair to say , Mr. Chairman , two things , and I think this is rather important : There were no , what you might call secret maneuvers . Chairman BARDEN . Nobody used the ...
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... going to close a hearing and when you are going to vote ; and the gentleman from West Virginia has never seen that breed anything but trouble for this committee . I think that I have some responsibility to try to keep the committee on ...
... going to close a hearing and when you are going to vote ; and the gentleman from West Virginia has never seen that breed anything but trouble for this committee . I think that I have some responsibility to try to keep the committee on ...
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... going to put the motion . The chair has read these requests to be heard before the committee , and Mr. Kelley made the motion that the hearings close Thursday after- noon and the committee meet Friday morning to vote the bill out . Was ...
... going to put the motion . The chair has read these requests to be heard before the committee , and Mr. Kelley made the motion that the hearings close Thursday after- noon and the committee meet Friday morning to vote the bill out . Was ...
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... going to say , and make up your mind you are not going to 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 ...
... going to say , and make up your mind you are not going to 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 ...
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... going to assume the responsibility . We may close up Thursday . It is perfectly possible that you can close up Thurs- day . But I do not see any reason to foreclose the judgment of the committee . I do not think we are all going crazy ...
... going to assume the responsibility . We may close up Thursday . It is perfectly possible that you can close up Thurs- day . But I do not see any reason to foreclose the judgment of the committee . I do not think we are all going crazy ...
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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).