Public Works Acceleration: Hearings Before the Committee on Public Works, United States Senate, Eighty-seventh Congress, Second Session, on S. 2965 and S. 2817, to Authorize Standby Authority to Accelerate Public Works Programs of the Federal Government and States, and Local Bodies. April 12 and 13, 1962U.S. Government Printing Office, 1962 - 245 pages Considers S. 2965, the Standby Public Works Act of 1962, and related S. 2817, the Public Works Coordination and Acceleration Act, to provide standby authority to accelerate public works projects that will increase number of jobs in times of employment crises, to coordinate program, and to establish Office of Public Works Coordination and Acceleration. |
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