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Mr. SHEEDY . I knew your comment on that , and I am going to refer to that . You used the word " whittling . " Senator DUFFY . Do you not call it that ? Is not that a fair term ? Of course , you would not call it that . Mr. SHEEDY .
Mr. SHEEDY . I knew your comment on that , and I am going to refer to that . You used the word " whittling . " Senator DUFFY . Do you not call it that ? Is not that a fair term ? Of course , you would not call it that . Mr. SHEEDY .
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Mr. SHEEDY . No. Senator DUFFY . What you would like to do is charge it off to national defense ? Mr. SHEEDY . That investigation has been very conculsive . I am not afraid of what happened before . Whatever the question has been I ...
Mr. SHEEDY . No. Senator DUFFY . What you would like to do is charge it off to national defense ? Mr. SHEEDY . That investigation has been very conculsive . I am not afraid of what happened before . Whatever the question has been I ...
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Mr. SHEEDY . Yes , but there are 96 other countries contributing to it . The CHAIRMAN . Certainly . I am looking at it from the standpoint of the American taxpayer , who sees that 56 cents of the dollar goes to foreign trade and 44 ...
Mr. SHEEDY . Yes , but there are 96 other countries contributing to it . The CHAIRMAN . Certainly . I am looking at it from the standpoint of the American taxpayer , who sees that 56 cents of the dollar goes to foreign trade and 44 ...
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Letter President Roosevelt to Senator Clark with enclosures | 29 |
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actual additional administration American amount annual appropriations approximately average ballast basis believe bill Canal authorities capital cargo carried cents CHAIRMAN charges collections committee companies CONGRESS THE LIBRARY consideration considered construction cost cubic deck deck loads desire determined dollars earnings effect equal exemption expenses fact feet figure fiscal fixed follows foreign further Government Governor hearings included increase interest investment June 30 laden legislation less LIBRARY OF CONGRESS limits Line Luckenbach matter measurement military million modifications necessary officials operating owners paid Panama Canal rules passenger percent ports present President proper proposed question Railroad rate of tolls reading reason recommended reduction referred represent result revenues Secretary secure Senator DUFFY SHEEDY shipowners ships SMITH space statement steamship structure submitted Suez tion Tolls Committee tonnage tons trade traffic transit United vessels