Taking the Profits Out of War: Hearings Before the Committee on Military Affairs, House of Representatives, Seventy-fourth Congress, First Session, on H. R. 3 and H. R. 5293. January 23, 25, 26, 28, 29, 1935 |
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... bill or bills that deal with the subject , then to have the hearings , then to appoint a subcommittee to go over the whole situation very fully and to draft for the use of the full com- mittee a proposed bill , which , if accepted by ...
... bill or bills that deal with the subject , then to have the hearings , then to appoint a subcommittee to go over the whole situation very fully and to draft for the use of the full com- mittee a proposed bill , which , if accepted by ...
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... bill , Representative Royal C. Johnson , legionnaire , of South Dakota , on December 6 , 1922 , introduced H. R. ... bill and the McSwain resolution were again introduced in the House . The Capper bill was also introduced in the Senate ...
... bill , Representative Royal C. Johnson , legionnaire , of South Dakota , on December 6 , 1922 , introduced H. R. ... bill and the McSwain resolution were again introduced in the House . The Capper bill was also introduced in the Senate ...
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... bill . Both the Johnson bill and the McSwain resolution finally died at the termination of the Sixty - eighth Congress , in March 1925 . Following this , on October 6 , 1925 , President Coolidge endorsed the principle of the legislation ...
... bill . Both the Johnson bill and the McSwain resolution finally died at the termination of the Sixty - eighth Congress , in March 1925 . Following this , on October 6 , 1925 , President Coolidge endorsed the principle of the legislation ...
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... bill as much as possible ; but at sometime during the hearings we would like to have a statement from someone representing the American Legion , covering the provisions of the bill , the different sections of the bill , taking the bill ...
... bill as much as possible ; but at sometime during the hearings we would like to have a statement from someone representing the American Legion , covering the provisions of the bill , the different sections of the bill , taking the bill ...
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... bill , the better , be- cause I know that it is the thought and purpose of the chairman of the committee , Mr ... bill ? Mr. HILL . No ; but we would like to have their specific recommen- dations as to what should go into this bill . Mr ...
... bill , the better , be- cause I know that it is the thought and purpose of the chairman of the committee , Mr ... bill ? Mr. HILL . No ; but we would like to have their specific recommen- dations as to what should go into this bill . Mr ...
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