Unemployment Releif, Hearings Before ..., 72-1 on S. 4632, S.4727, S. 4755, and S.4822 ..., Jne2, 7, 11, and 13, 1932, Volumes 22-231932 - 203 pages |
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... matter of amount . Senator WATSON . Yes , perhaps that is so . Secretary MILLS . The fourth proposal , however , is open to very serious objection . To reduce to the simplest terms the very complex provisions , what is actually ...
... matter of amount . Senator WATSON . Yes , perhaps that is so . Secretary MILLS . The fourth proposal , however , is open to very serious objection . To reduce to the simplest terms the very complex provisions , what is actually ...
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... matter . The CHAIRMAN . But he does not claim that it covers it all . Secretary MILLS . Now , let us come to my own department , and you will be even more surprised at the figures , and we have the men here to prove them . Senator ...
... matter . The CHAIRMAN . But he does not claim that it covers it all . Secretary MILLS . Now , let us come to my own department , and you will be even more surprised at the figures , and we have the men here to prove them . Senator ...
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... matter under my jurisdiction . But in the matter of public road figures , and rivers and harbors , you ought to go to the departments that make up the figures . I am not prepared to be cross- examined on those figures . Senator BLAINE ...
... matter under my jurisdiction . But in the matter of public road figures , and rivers and harbors , you ought to go to the departments that make up the figures . I am not prepared to be cross- examined on those figures . Senator BLAINE ...
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... matter . To summarize appropriations aggregating $ 265,000,000 will result in the direct employment of 53,943 men during the next fiscal year . These figures prove beyond question that this method of attack is wholly ineffective in ...
... matter . To summarize appropriations aggregating $ 265,000,000 will result in the direct employment of 53,943 men during the next fiscal year . These figures prove beyond question that this method of attack is wholly ineffective in ...
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... matter of State aid . Let there be no illusions as to that . Senator GLASS . If we have to trust anybody , I would rather trust the governor of my State than to trust some Federal subaltern here in Washington to determine whether the ...
... matter of State aid . Let there be no illusions as to that . Senator GLASS . If we have to trust anybody , I would rather trust the governor of my State than to trust some Federal subaltern here in Washington to determine whether the ...
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Page 9 - ... to be redeemable at the option of the corporation before maturity in such manner as may be stipulated in such obligations, and...
Page 82 - UNITED STATES SENATE, COMMITTEE ON BANKING AND CURRENCY, Washington, DC The committee met at 10:30 am, pursuant to call, in room 301 Senate Office Building, Senator Robert F.
Page 10 - All redemptions, purchases, and sales by the Secretary of the Treasury of such notes or other obligations shall be treated as public debt transactions of the United States.
Page 2 - States in the proportion which their population bears to the total population of the United States...
Page 4 - For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of section 10 of the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1950 (64 Stat. 785), there is hereby authorized to be appropriated for the survey, construction, reconstruction, and maintenance of main roads through unappropriated or unreserved public lands, nontaxable Indian lands, or other Federal reservations the sum of $2,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1955, to remain available until expended.
Page 6 - That the management of the Corporation shall be vested in a board of directors, consisting of the Secretary of the Treasury...
Page 10 - Treasury is authorized to use as a public-debt transaction the proceeds from the sale of any securities hereafter issued under the Second Liberty Bond Act, as amended, and the purposes for which securities may be issued under such Act, as amended, are extended to include any purchases of the Corporation's bonds hereunder.
Page 4 - All contracts involving the expenditure of such grants shall contain provisions establishing minimum rates of wages, to be predetermined by the State highway department, which contractors shall pay to skilled and unskilled labor, and such minimum rates shall be stated in the invitation for bids and shall be included in proposals for bids for the work.
Page 82 - States is necessary to enable the applicant properly to meet the transportation needs of the public, and that the prospective earning power of the applicant and the character and value of the security offered are such as to furnish reasonable assurance of the applicant's ability to repay the loan...
Page 10 - The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to purchase any notes and other obligations issued hereunder and for such purpose he is authorized to use as a public debt transaction the proceeds from the sale of any securities issued under the Second Liberty Bond Act...