Investigation of Seizure of Montgomery Ward and Co: Hearings Before ... 78-2 Pursuant to H.Res. 521 ....1944 - 661 pages |
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Page 308 - The government of the United States has been emphatically termed a government of laws, and not of men. It will certainly cease to deserve this high appellation, if the laws furnish no remedy for the violation of a vested legal right.
Page 312 - to define and punish offenses against the law of nations...
Page 33 - President he, and he ia hereby, authorized and directed to employ the entire naval and military forces of the United States and the resources of the Government to carry on war against the Imperial German Government; and to bring the conflict to a successful termination, all of the resources of the country are hereby pledged by the Congress of the United States.
Page 363 - ... any plant, mine, or facility equipped for the manufacture, production, or mining of any articles or materials which may be required for the war effort or which may be useful in connection therewith.
Page 545 - Fully recognizing the legality of collective action on the part of employees in order to safeguard their proper interests, we said that Congress was not required to ignore this right but could safeguard it. Congress could seek to make appropriate collective action of employees an instrument of peace rather than of strife.
Page 38 - Applaud us when we run; console us when we fall; cheer us when we recover; but let us pass on — for God's sake let us pass on.
Page 221 - If there are any questions about the several items which the members of this committee would like to ask, I will be glad to answer them to the best of my ability.
Page 569 - The procedures for adjusting and settling labor disputes which might interrupt work which contributes to the effective prosecution of the war...
Page 208 - The Constitution of the United States is a law for rulers and people, equally in war and in peace, and covers with the shield of its protection all classes of men, at all times, and under all circumstances. No doctrine, involving more pernicious consequences, was ever invented by the wit of man than that any of its provisions can be suspended during any of the great exigencies of government.
Page 311 - ... military force for and to the exclusion of the laws, and punish all persons, as he thinks right and proper, without fixed or certain rules. The statement of this proposition shows its importance; for, if true, republican government is a failure, and there is an end of liberty regulated by law. Martial law established on such a basis destroys every guarantee of the constitution, and effectually renders the 'military independent of and superior to the civil power...