Enemy Property Commission: Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, 80th Congress, 1st Session, on H.R.873 and H.R.1823, Bills to Create an Enemy Property Commission, to Provide for the Disposal of Certain Enemy Property, and for Other Purposes, and H.R.1000, a Bill Creating a Commission to Examine and Render Final Decision on All Claims by American Nationals who Were Members of the Armed Forces of the U.S. and who Were Prisoners of War of Germany, Italy, Or Japan, for Payment of Its Awards, and for Other Purposes, and H.R.2823, a Bill to Provide for a Commission to Adjudicate Claims of American Nationals who Were Prisoners of War of Japan, for Payment of Its Awards, and for Other Purposes. March 20, 21, and April 21, 1947U.S. Government Printing Office, 1947 - 493 pages |
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... possible , so that a policy with regard to this great amount of property , at a time when dollars are rather scarce , might serve the purpose that is most fair and right with reference to the citizens of this Nation . Mr. HINSHAW . I ...
... possible , so that a policy with regard to this great amount of property , at a time when dollars are rather scarce , might serve the purpose that is most fair and right with reference to the citizens of this Nation . Mr. HINSHAW . I ...
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... possible with the liquidation of vested property . Some of it , however , can- not be liquidated until law suits filed by persons who assert that they are not enemies are finally determined . The Trading with the Enemy Act , in the ...
... possible with the liquidation of vested property . Some of it , however , can- not be liquidated until law suits filed by persons who assert that they are not enemies are finally determined . The Trading with the Enemy Act , in the ...
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... possible for these people because of their unfortunate con- dition . The CHAIRMAN . Mr. Beckworth ? Mr. BECKWORTH . I want to ask the witness this one question . Do you think that there would be any violation of what might be termed ...
... possible for these people because of their unfortunate con- dition . The CHAIRMAN . Mr. Beckworth ? Mr. BECKWORTH . I want to ask the witness this one question . Do you think that there would be any violation of what might be termed ...
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... possible then to say that Congress has excluded from either the Japanese assets or from claims against the United States Government , other American nationals who may have suffered injury and were not within the scope of these bills ...
... possible then to say that Congress has excluded from either the Japanese assets or from claims against the United States Government , other American nationals who may have suffered injury and were not within the scope of these bills ...
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... possible , even in the short 10 minutes remaining , to have some of these people who were mistreated by the Japanese to testify , maybe two or three of them . I am not trying to tell the chairman how to run this committee at all , but I ...
... possible , even in the short 10 minutes remaining , to have some of these people who were mistreated by the Japanese to testify , maybe two or three of them . I am not trying to tell the chairman how to run this committee at all , but I ...
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