National War Agencies Appropriation Bill for 1945: Hearings Before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Seventy-eighth Congress, Second Session, on the National War Agencies Appropriation Bill for 1945 ...

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Page 241 - O wad some power the giftie gie us, To see oursels as others see us!
Page 402 - Congress, or both, any defense article for the government of any country whose defense the President deems vital to the defense of the United States.
Page 595 - When any such property or the use thereof is so requisitioned, the owner thereof shall be paid just compensation for the property taken or for the use of such property, but in no case shall the value of the property taken or used be deemed enhanced by the causes necessitating the taking or use.
Page 819 - We certify, that the above is a true and correct copy of a resolution adopted by the Board of Directors, of Tex-La Electric Cooperative, Inc., at a special meeting held in Alexandria, La., on July 3, 1958.
Page 62 - Now THEREFORE, By virtue of the authority vested in me as President of the United States, and Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy...
Page 373 - ... appeal board having jurisdiction over the area in •which is located the principal place of employment of the registrant. Such decision of the appeal board shall be final unless modified or changed by the President, and such decision shall be made public.
Page 595 - President, it shall be lawful for the Commission to requisition or purchase any vessel or other watercraft owned by citizens of the United States, or under construction within the United States, or for any period during such emergency, to requisition or charter the use of any such property.
Page 452 - ... whenever it appears to the Secretary that such insurance adequate for the needs of the water-borne commerce of the United States cannot be obtained on reasonable terms and conditions from companies authorized to do an insurance business in a State of the United States.
Page 233 - Board (including alternates) shall receive actual transportation expenses and other necessary expenses, and not to exceed $25 per diem in lieu of subsistence...
Page 378 - ... shall, if he is inducted into the armed forces under this title, be assigned to non-combatant service as defined by the President, or shall, if he is found to be conscientiously opposed to participation in such non-combatant service...

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