Post-defense Planning: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Education and Labor, United States Senate, Seventy-seventh Congress, First Session, on S. 1617, a Bill to Amend the Employment Stabilization Act of 1931; S. 1833, a Bill to Promote the General Welfare of the Nation by Providing Work on Public Projects to Persons in Need of Employment, and for Other Purposes; S. Res: 178, a Resolution Creating a Special Committee to Investigate Unemployment and Relief. November 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, 1941United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Education and Labor, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Education and Labor. Subcommittee on Post-Defense Planning U.S. Government Printing Office, 1941 - 165 páginas |
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activities advance planning Agriculture allotment amendment appropriation areas authorized bill budget building CHAIRMAN cities Committee on Education comprehensive plans Congress cooperation coordinated cost defense program Department Director DRAPER economic Education and Labor EGGER ELBERT ELBERT D Eliot emergency Employment Stabilization Act engineering plans executive expenditures Federal agencies Federal Government Federal Security Agency Federal Works Administrator Federal Works Agency Federation of Labor FOREMAN funds going housing industry legislation long-range Mayor LAGUARDIA McNUTT ment municipal National Resources Planning necessary Office operation organization period plans and specifications possible POST-DEFENSE PLANNING post-war preparation present President problem program of public Projects Administration proposed public construction public improvements Public Work Reserve Public Works Administration requirements Resources Planning Board SAIONTZ Senator HILL Senator PEPPER SENATOR THOMAS statement surveys Testimony things tion United United States Senate Washington YANTIS
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Página 2 - Act. (c) The committee, or any duly authorized subcommittee thereof, is authorized to hold such hearings, to sit and act at such times and places, to require by subpena or otherwise the attendance of such witnesses and the production of such books, papers, and documents, to administer such oaths, to take such testimony, to procure such printing and binding, and to make such expenditures as it deems advisable.
Página 5 - United States,' when used in a geographical sense, includes the several States and Territories, the insular possessions of the United States (including the Philippine Islands), the Canal Zone, and the District of Columbia. "(b) The term 'person' includes a partnership, company, association, or corporation, as well as a natural person.
Página 6 - Act of 1923 to fix the compensation of, such employees, and to make such expenditures (including expenditures for personal services and rent at the seat of Government and elsewhere, and for law books, books of reference, and periodicals), as may be necessary efficiently to execute the functions vested in the Board.
Página 2 - For the purposes of this resolution the committee, or any duly authorized subcommittee thereof, is authorized to hold such hearings, to sit and act at such times and places...
Página 2 - ... to take such testimony, and to make such expenditures, as it deems advisable. The cost of stenographic services to report such hearings shall not be in excess of 25 cents per hundred words. The expenses of the committee, which shall not exceed $30,000, shall be paid from the contingent fund of the Senate upon vouchers approved by the chairman of the committee or the chairman of any duly authorized subcommittee thereof.
Página 6 - Board and in the boards of arbitration, and as may be provided for by the Congress from time to time.
Página 159 - The great problem we face when the war ends is to move over from a system of full employment for defense to a system of full employment for peace, without going through a low-employment slump.
Página 7 - ... period of business depression and unemployment, he is requested to transmit to the Congress by special message, at such time and from time to time thereafter, such supplemental estimates as he deems advisable for emergency appropriations, to be expended during such period upon authorized construction in order to aid in preventing unemployment and permit the Government to avail itself of the opportunity for speedy, efficient, and economical construction during any such period.
Página 4 - That no claim shall be considered hereunder which is in excess of $500, or which is not presented in writing within one year from the date of accrual thereof: Provided further, That acceptance by any claimant of the amount allowed on account of his claim shall be deemed to be in full settlement thereof...
Página 157 - Congress to arrange the Construction of public works so far as practicable in such manner as will assist in the stabilization of industry and employment through the proper timing of such construction, and that to further this object there shall be advance planning including preparation of detailed construction plans, of public works by the construction agencies and the board.