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Page 87 - Notwithstanding any other provision of law. and unless the head of the department or independent establishment concerned shall determine it to be inconsistent with the public interest, or the cost to be unreasonable, only such unmanufactured articles, materials, and supplies as have been mined or produce*!
Page 17 - To maintain the Navy in sufficient strength to support the national policies and commerce, and to guard the continental and overseas possessions of the United States.
Page 87 - ... only such unmanufactured articles, materials, and supplies as have been mined or produced in the United States, and only such manufactured articles, materials, and supplies as have been manufactured in the United States substantially all from articles, materials, or supplies mined, produced, or manufactured, as the case may be, in the United States, shall be acquired for public use. This section shall not apply with respect to articles, materials, or supplies for use outside the United States,...
Page 17 - To organize the Navy for operations in either or both oceans so that expansion only will be necessary in the event of...
Page 19 - BUREAU OF SUPPLIES AND ACCOUNTS STATEMENT OF REAR ADMIRAL RAY SPEAR, UNITED STATES NAVY, CHIEF OF THE BUREAU OF SUPPLIES AND ACCOUNTS, AND PAYMASTER GENERAL OF THE NAVY SUBSISTENCE OF NAVAL PERSONNEL PROCUREMENT OF ARTICLES OF FOOD ABROAD Senator BYRNES. There is a proviso in the House bill on page 27, lines 7 to 14, with reference to the procurement of articles of food not produced in the United States. Do you wish to make a statement on that subject? Admiral SPEAR. 1 am familiar with that proposed...
Page 191 - Office attached to the Bureau of Navigation in the Navy Department, maps, charts, and nautical books relating to and required in navigation, and to publish and furnish them to navigators at the cost of printing and paper, and to purchase the plates and copyrights of such existing maps, charts, navigators...
Page 126 - ... under the supervision of the Bureau of Animal Industry, United States Department of Agriculture, and shall be inspected, passed, and marked in accordance with regulations governing meat inspection of the United States Department of Agriculture, "U. 8. inspected and passed by Department of Agriculture," or the proper abbreviation thereof.
Page 1 - ... consideration of the bill (HR 6149) making appropriations for the Navy Department and the Naval Service for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1940, and for other purposes. STATEMENT OF ADMIRAL WILLIAM D. LEAHY, UNITED STATES NAVY, CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS GENERAL STATEMENT • Senator BYRNES. Admiral, have you any general statement you would like to make to the committee? Admiral LEAHY. I have no general statement, Senator. A statement was made by me before the House Appropriations Committee which...
Page 87 - ... articles, materials, and supplies (which term "articles, materials, and supplies" is hereinafter referred to in this clause as "supplies") as have been mined or produced in the United States, and only such manufactured...
Page 94 - That was the differential between the $0.157 and the $0.236. Senator GREEN. Well, could, you not give us a statement showing both percentages in any comparable form? Admiral SPEAR. Yes; we would be glad, to do that. (The information referred to follows:) PERCENTAGE...