Panama Canal Finances: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Panama Canal of the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, House of Representatives, Ninety-fourth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 12641 ... April 6, 7, 8, 1976 |
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... losses for the canal organization which will ultimately affect the taxpayers and Government of the United States have all occurred . ( 1 ) As a result of these problems , we will probe Hearings held- Page April 6, 1976.
... losses for the canal organization which will ultimately affect the taxpayers and Government of the United States have all occurred . ( 1 ) As a result of these problems , we will probe Hearings held- Page April 6, 1976.
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... loss of traffic up to tolls increases of 50 % . No trade is deemed to cease to move because of the measurement rules changes . B ( 5 ) Make any appropriate statistical operations on the data obtained above in order to specify the ...
... loss of traffic up to tolls increases of 50 % . No trade is deemed to cease to move because of the measurement rules changes . B ( 5 ) Make any appropriate statistical operations on the data obtained above in order to specify the ...
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... loss of U.S. sales abroad.3 As pointed out in the sections on unemployment , Gross National Product and Balance of Payments , several studies have concluded that tolls increases would have no significant effects on the U.S. economy.4 In ...
... loss of U.S. sales abroad.3 As pointed out in the sections on unemployment , Gross National Product and Balance of Payments , several studies have concluded that tolls increases would have no significant effects on the U.S. economy.4 In ...
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... loss of U.S. sales abroad . " 14 In summary , both sources quoted provide evidence that a Panama Canal tolls ... Losses of export income of the United States as a result of changes in trade resulting from measurement rules change . ( 4 ) ...
... loss of U.S. sales abroad . " 14 In summary , both sources quoted provide evidence that a Panama Canal tolls ... Losses of export income of the United States as a result of changes in trade resulting from measurement rules change . ( 4 ) ...
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... Loss of real value involved in shifting to a less desirable pattern of pro- duction and use . from foreigners remaining after allocation for annuity payment to Panama . -By any net increase in toll collections from U.S. nationals ...
... Loss of real value involved in shifting to a less desirable pattern of pro- duction and use . from foreigners remaining after allocation for annuity payment to Panama . -By any net increase in toll collections from U.S. nationals ...
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accepted accounting principles accounting policies accounting principles agencies America amortization amount answer appropriate Arthur Andersen Article assets authority basis Canal organization Canal Zone Code Canal Zone Government capital Chairman charges Colombia Committee Company's Congress construction containerships depreciation dollars economic effect employees estimated excavations expenses fiscal year 1975 Governor PARFITT hearings impact intercoastal interest investment Isthmus of Panama jurisdiction KUJAWA legislation long tons loss marginal costs Marine and Fisheries measurement rules ment Merchant Marine METCALFE million nondepreciable Panama Canal Company Panama Canal Toll Panama Canal Zone Panamanian payments percent personnel President proposed question recovered Republic of Panama routes rules changes Sea-Land Sea-Land Service Secretary VEYSEY ships sickout SNYDER sovereignty statement Subcommittee SULLIVAN tion TOLAN toll increases toll rate increase tolls formula tonnage tons transit the Canal tropical differential U.S. citizen U.S. Government users vessels wage base
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Page 108 - The canal shall be free and open to the vessels of commerce and of war of all nations observing these Rules on terms of entire equality, so that there shall be no discrimination against any such nation, or its citizens or subjects, in respect of the conditions or charges of traffic, or otherwise. Such conditions and charges of traffic shall be just and equitable.
Page 495 - His meaning, as his own words import, and still more conclusively as illustrated by the example in his eye, can amount to no more than this, that where the whole power of one department is exercised by the same hands which possess the whole power of another department, the fundamental principles of a free constitution are subverted.
Page 133 - ... and to prepare and issue therefor coupon or registered bonds of the United States in such form as he may prescribe, and in denominations of twenty dollars or some multiple of that sum, redeemable in gold coin at the pleasure of the United States...
Page 389 - II which the United States would possess and exercise if it were the sovereign of the territory within which said lands and waters are located to the entire exclusion of the exercise by the Republic of Panama of any such sovereign rights, power or authority.
Page 108 - ... 3. Vessels of war of a belligerent shall not revictual nor take any stores in the canal except so far as may be strictly necessary; and the transit of such vessels through the canal shall be effected with the least possible delay...
Page 106 - The Government of New Granada guarantees to the Government of the United States that the right of way or transit across the Isthmus of Panama, upon any modes of communication that now exist or that may be hereafter constructed, shall be open and free to the government and citizens of the United States...
Page 107 - ... or infringed in any way whatever, it is expressly stipulated that neither of the two contracting parties shall ordain or authorize any acts of reprisal, nor shall declare war against the other on complaints of injuries or damages, until the said party considering itself offended shall have laid before the other a statement of such injuries or damages, verified by competent proofs, demanding justice and satisfaction, and the same shall have been denied, in violation of the laws and of international...
Page 125 - The Republic of Panama grants to the United States in perpetuity a monopoly for the construction, maintenance and operation of any system of communication by means of canal or railroad across its territory between the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean.
Page 133 - That the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby authorized to borrow on the credit of the United States from time to time, as the proceeds may be required to defray expenditures authorized by this Act...
Page 112 - The United States agrees that the ports at either entrance of the Canal and the waters thereof, and the Republic of Panama agrees that the towns of Panama and Colon...