Sundry Civil Appropriation Bill, 1922

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1921 - 268 pages
 

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Page 59 - Aeronautics to supervise and direct the scientific study of the problems of flight, with a view to their practical solution...
Page 3 - Washington, DC The subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 10.30 o'clock am, in the committee room, Capitol, Senator Frederick Hale presiding. Present: Senators Hale (chairman), Keyes, Ball, Pepper, Swanson, and Broussard. The subcommittee thereupon proceeded to the consideration...
Page 107 - To enable the Secretary of the Interior, in his discretion and under his direction, with the advice and cooperation of the Public Health Service, to provide for the medical and sanitary relief of the Eskimos, Aleuts, Indians, and other natives of Alaska...
Page 154 - Section 11 hereof, shall be covered into the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the board and may be expended by it within the limits of the amounts heretofore or hereafter authorized, for the construction, requisitioning, or purchasing of vessels.
Page 202 - ... Library of Congress, who have all those facilities, to bring their report up to date. It is in great detail. It gives each one of these department figures and everything else. I think if you get that up to date you will have just what you want. The CHAIRMAN. I think that covers just about what we want. Is there any question any member of the committee would like to ask Mr. Bruce? Mr. BRUCE. I have not got half through what I want to say. The CHAIRMAN. The reason I wanted to do that, Mr. Bruce,...
Page 35 - Fighting forest fires in national parks:] and for lighting forest fires in national parks or other areas administered by the National Park Service, or fires that endanger such areas, and for replacing buildings or other physical improvements that have been destroyed by forest...
Page 197 - It prevented the crossing at certain points on its front while, on either flank, the Germans, who had gained a footing, pressed forward. Our men, firing in three directions, met the German attacks with counter-attacks at critical points and succeeded in throwing two German divisions into complete confusion, capturing 600 prisoners.
Page 114 - Columbia, and of which $25,000 may be used to test the existence of artesian and other underground water supplies suitable for irrigation in the arid and semiarid regions by boring wells.
Page 125 - ... responsibility for the successful operation of the guidance and placement work locally and maintain adequate records of job opportunities and specifications, and lists of available junior applicants with their educational qualifications, vocational objective, and special training. The Service, finally, offers leadership and advice in analyzing local demands and in perfecting an organization best fitted to local needs, pools the experience of the country with regard to junior employment problems,...
Page 50 - Provided, That authority is granted to the Secretary of the Interior to pay from this appropriation to the Sanitarium Company of Portland, Oregon...

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