To Amend the Perniciuos Political Activities Act of 1939. Hearing ... on S. 592 ... S. 593 ... and S. 594 ... June 2, 1944 |
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... spent by the Democratic forces was approximately $ 6,000,000 , and the amount spent by the Republican forces was $ 14,000,000 . A study of the 1940 campaign offers convincing evidence that the present Hatch Act , insofar as it attempts ...
... spent by the Democratic forces was approximately $ 6,000,000 , and the amount spent by the Republican forces was $ 14,000,000 . A study of the 1940 campaign offers convincing evidence that the present Hatch Act , insofar as it attempts ...
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... spent some $ 1,355,604 , Democrats for Willkie , National Committee to Uphold Constitutional Government , Citizens Information Committee , Willkie War Veterans , People's Committee to Defend Life Insurance and Savings , Jefferson ...
... spent some $ 1,355,604 , Democrats for Willkie , National Committee to Uphold Constitutional Government , Citizens Information Committee , Willkie War Veterans , People's Committee to Defend Life Insurance and Savings , Jefferson ...
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... spent in Nebraska , and there seldom if ever is , I think , in our smaller and less prosperous States , but I can think who of several instances where smaller amounts were spent by people now were put on radio programs in my behalf ...
... spent in Nebraska , and there seldom if ever is , I think , in our smaller and less prosperous States , but I can think who of several instances where smaller amounts were spent by people now were put on radio programs in my behalf ...
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... spent proportionately for other programs connected with the Government . Begin with the time that the 48 States ceased to be territories and were all States , which takes us back a number of years . Beginning at that point , What was ...
... spent proportionately for other programs connected with the Government . Begin with the time that the 48 States ceased to be territories and were all States , which takes us back a number of years . Beginning at that point , What was ...
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... spend in arousing interest in the vote . Senator GILLETTE . Not a bit . Senator MEAD . So the union still has a right as a union , independent of the political action group , to favor certain candidates . Senator GILLETTE . Certainly ...
... spend in arousing interest in the vote . Senator GILLETTE . Not a bit . Senator MEAD . So the union still has a right as a union , independent of the political action group , to favor certain candidates . Senator GILLETTE . Certainly ...
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Page 2 - expenditure" includes a payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit, or gift, of money, or anything of value, and includes a contract, promise, or agreement, whether or not legally enforceable, to make an expenditure; (f) The term "person...
Page 2 - ... by the United States, or any department or agency thereof, uses his official authority for the purpose of interfering with, or affecting, the nomination or the election of any candidate for the office of President, Vice President, Presidential elector, Member of the Senate, Member of the House of Representatives, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner from any Territory or Possession, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both.
Page 17 - Chaos, Cosmos ! Cosmos, Chaos ! once again the sickening game ; Freedom, free to slay herself, and dying while they shout her name.
Page 2 - Department, shall be used in the current fiscal year for the payment of salary or travel expenses of any person who has been convicted of violating the Act entitled "An Act to prevent pernicious political activities...
Page 4 - That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any funds in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, the sum of...
Page 3 - Act and sec. 314 of the Corrupt Practices Act, the punishment provisions of sec. 314 being incorporated at the end of the section upon authority of reference to them contained in words "Terms used in this section (sec. 20) shall have the meaning assigned to them in sec- 302 of the Federal Corrupt Practices Act, 1925, and the penalties provided in such Act shall apply to violations of this section.
Page 4 - SEC. 3. Any person violating any provision of this Act shall upon conviction thereof be subject to a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment of not more than one year, or both...
Page 3 - Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States o America in Congress assembled, That section 6 of the Organic Act of Guam (64 Stat.
Page 4 - ... to a fine of not more than $10,000, or to imprisonment for not more than five years, or both, together with costs of prosecution.
Page 2 - Federal agency" includes any executive department, independent establishment, or other agency of the United States (except a member bank of the Federal Reserve System) . SEC. 13. (a) It is hereby declared to be a pernicious political activity, and it shall hereafter be unlawful, for any person, directly or indirectly, to make contributions in an aggregate amount in excess of $5,000, during any calendar year, or in connection with any campaign for nomination or election, to or on behalf of any candidate...