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... course , we will not build them over again . Mr. BUSBY . I understand that ; but taking 23 that have been finished or placed under contract , that amount stated will be reduced by quite a bit . The CHAIRMAN . Yes . My information is ...
... course , we will not build them over again . Mr. BUSBY . I understand that ; but taking 23 that have been finished or placed under contract , that amount stated will be reduced by quite a bit . The CHAIRMAN . Yes . My information is ...
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... course of legislation . Such a disaster should not be possible , yet it constantly threatens as long as the old building is permitted to stand in its present condition . “ Therefore , I can not allow this opportunity to pass without ...
... course of legislation . Such a disaster should not be possible , yet it constantly threatens as long as the old building is permitted to stand in its present condition . “ Therefore , I can not allow this opportunity to pass without ...
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... course of construction to supply each year as you get your appropriations to finish ? Assistant Secretary Moss . That work would probably be going on right along . The department would be compelled , of course , to sub- mit estimates ...
... course of construction to supply each year as you get your appropriations to finish ? Assistant Secretary Moss . That work would probably be going on right along . The department would be compelled , of course , to sub- mit estimates ...
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... course , the Post Office Department is the big tenant of the Treasury Department , and is the department of the Government which is chiefly affected . At the present time we are occcupying 1,171 Government buildings in the country , and ...
... course , the Post Office Department is the big tenant of the Treasury Department , and is the department of the Government which is chiefly affected . At the present time we are occcupying 1,171 Government buildings in the country , and ...
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... course . We can say that we want a post office in a certain city , but it gives us no voice as to how large the office shall be , and we are the ones who ought to know how much room we need . The CHAIRMAN . Would you object to a ...
... course . We can say that we want a post office in a certain city , but it gives us no voice as to how large the office shall be , and we are the ones who ought to know how much room we need . The CHAIRMAN . Would you object to a ...
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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,...