Domestic Commerce, Volume 34U.S. Government Printing Office, 1946 |
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Page 10 - Congress shall have the power .... to promote the progress of science, and the useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors, the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries.
Page 3 - As a charter of freedom, the act has a generality and adaptability comparable to that found to be desirable in constitutional provisions.
Page 15 - Any person who served in the active military or naval service on or after September 16, 1940, and prior to the termination of the present war, and who shall have been discharged or released therefrom under conditions other than dishonorable...
Page 42 - That the objects of the incorporation shall be to encourage in the broadest and most liberal manner the advancement of chemistry in all its branches...
Page 42 - ... by its meetings, professional contacts, reports, papers, discussions, and publications, to promote scientific interests and inquiry, thereby fostering public welfare and education, aiding the development of our country's industries, and adding to the material prosperity and happiness of our people.
Page 5 - Generally such relationship exists when the person for whom services are performed has the right to control and direct the individual who performs the services, not only as to the result to be accomplished by the work but also as to the details and means by which that result is accomplished.
Page 12 - Bureau provide such information. The Survey is able to furnish such information as a result of its complete magnetic survey of the United States and the regions under its jurisdiction. Geomagnetic surveys are also important to land surveyors in retracing boundary lines surveyed with the magnetic compass many years ago; to geophysical prospectors who use magnetic methods in their search for oil and other minerals ; to investigators of radio transmission ; and to other scientific investigators.
Page 15 - Reasonable value" — that figure which represents the amount a designated appraiser, unaffected by personal interest or prejudice, would recommend as a proper price or cost to a prospective purchaser, whom the appraiser represents in a relationship of trust, as being a fair price or cost in the light of prevailing conditions.
Page 44 - Commission to make for him, surveys for the purpose of determining any factors which may tend to eliminate competition, create or strengthen monopolies, injure small business, or otherwise promote undue concentration of economic power in the course of the administration of this Act.
Page 9 - A list — by no means exhaustive — of some of the policies that can be adopted by distributors for converting relatively unprofitable commodities into sources of profit follows: 1. Reduce the finished goods inventory in the factory or warehouse. 2. Simplify the line. Reduce the number of sizes, styles, qualities, and price lines. Simplification may result not only in...