United States Shipping Board and Emergency Fleet Corporation: Hearings Before the Select Committee to Inquire Into the Operations, Policies, and Affairs of the United States Shipping Board and the United States Emergency Fleet Corporation, House of Representatives, Sixty-eighth Congress, First Session, Pursuant to House Resolution 186, Volume 1U.S. Government Printing Office, 1924 |
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Page 715 - That every common carrier by water, or other person subject to this Act, shall file Immediately with the board a true copy, or, if oral, a true and complete memorandum, of every agreement with another such carrier or other person subject to this Act...
Page 91 - That the board is authorized and directed to investigate and determine as promptly as possible after the enactment of this Act and from time to time thereafter what steamship lines should be established and put in operation from ports in the United States or any Territory, District, or possession thereof to such world and domestic markets as in its judgment are desirable for the promotion, development, expansion, and maintenance of the foreign and coastwise trade of the United States...
Page 2 - Res. 325, including the expenses of such committee or any subcommittee thereof when sitting outside of the District of Columbia, shall be paid out of the contingent fund of the House of Representatives on vouchers, ordered by said committee, signed by the chairman of said committee, and approved by the Committee on Accounts, evidenced by the signature of the chairman thereof: Provided, however, That the total of expenditures authorized by this resolution shall not exceed the sum of $2,500.
Page 377 - ... Commission may employ such attorneys as it finds necessary for proper legal aid and service of the Commission or its members in the conduct of their work, or for proper representation of the public interest in investigations made by it, or cases or proceedings pending before it, whether at the Commission's own instance or upon complaint, or to appear for or represent the Commission in any case in court; and the expenses of such employment shall be paid out of the appropriation for the Commission.
Page 1 - Resolved,, That the Speaker of the House of Representatives be, and he is hereby, authorized to appoint a special committee to be composed of -seven Members for the purpose of conducting...
Page 1 - Chairman of the United States Shipping Board and the United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation, individually or collectively.
Page 2 - Said committee is hereby empowered to sit and act at such time or times and at such place or places as it may deem necessary; to require by subpoena or otherwise the attendance of witnesses, the production of books, papers, and documents, and to do such other acts as may be necessary in the matter of said investigation.
Page 807 - ... the mandates of the interstate commerce act. Upon consideration of the record, including the matters submitted to us at the hearing, we find that the present effective date of our order of March 11, 1924, should be extended from the present date May 20 to June 20, 1924, and it will be so ordered. This additional period should be utilized by the rail carriers in the endeavor to adjust their schedules so that the rates which will be put in for the purpose of complying with the mandate of section...
Page 2 - ... the board may set aside, out of the revenues from sales, including proceeds of securities consisting of notes, letters of credit, or other evidences of debt, taken by it for deferred payments on purchase money from sales by the...