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... believe the entire expense , including the lot , would be from $ 300,000 to $ 500,000 . SAN FRANCISCO , CALIF . In this city 150,000 square feet of floor space in a new building must be provided forthwith . This proposition is under ...
... believe the entire expense , including the lot , would be from $ 300,000 to $ 500,000 . SAN FRANCISCO , CALIF . In this city 150,000 square feet of floor space in a new building must be provided forthwith . This proposition is under ...
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... believe it is enough ; but it is a beginning . If this bill becomes a law it will require some six or seven years to carry it out . In the meantime , Congress is still able to amend or to make further suggestions or recommen- dations ...
... believe it is enough ; but it is a beginning . If this bill becomes a law it will require some six or seven years to carry it out . In the meantime , Congress is still able to amend or to make further suggestions or recommen- dations ...
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... believe there was but one objection from any source . When peace was declared , the construction prices had gone up to a point where we could not get any of these buildings under contract . We tried repeatedly to do so ; we sometimes ...
... believe there was but one objection from any source . When peace was declared , the construction prices had gone up to a point where we could not get any of these buildings under contract . We tried repeatedly to do so ; we sometimes ...
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... believe . Mr. KOPP . Yes , but the site in one of these cases is not sufficient at this time to erect the kind of a building required now . It does not relate to anything in my district . I wondered whether this bill would give ...
... believe . Mr. KOPP . Yes , but the site in one of these cases is not sufficient at this time to erect the kind of a building required now . It does not relate to anything in my district . I wondered whether this bill would give ...
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... believe . Mr. ESTERLY . I would like for you to explain why this section you say does not take care of the situation , and does not authorize the Secretary to dispose of a site and to buy another . Mr. WETMORE . Because the whole clause ...
... believe . Mr. ESTERLY . I would like for you to explain why this section you say does not take care of the situation , and does not authorize the Secretary to dispose of a site and to buy another . Mr. WETMORE . Because the whole clause ...
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Page 2 - I second the motion. The CHAIRMAN. It is moved and seconded that we adjourn until to-morrow at 10 o'clock.
Page 2 - The Secretary of the Treasury shall submit annually and from time to time as may be required estimates to the Bureau of the Budget, in accordance with the provisions of the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921...
Page 30 - Administration shall be subject to review, on appeal, by such administrator. "SEC. 3. All property the title of which now stands in the name of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers is hereby transferred to and the title thereof vested in the United States.
Page 101 - An Act to provide for the construction of certain public buildings, and for other purposes...
Page 27 - Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital...
Page 17 - There is one further step that I would like to call to your attention, and that is.
Page 17 - An act for the relief of contractors and subcontractors for the post offices and other buildings and work under the supervision of the Treasury Department, and for other purposes...
Page 26 - Congress to relieve the present situation, it is only a question of time, and a very short time at that...
Page 5 - Federal buildings, he is hereby authorized, to cause the present buildings to be demolished, in order that the sites may be utilized in whole or in part for such buildings, or where in his judgment it is more advantageous to construct a Federal building on a different site in the same city, to sell any such building or buildings and the site or sites thereof, at such time and on such terms as he deems proper, and to convey the same to the respective purchasers thereof by the usual quitclaim deed,...