Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce and the United States Information Agency Appropriations, 1955: Hearings Before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, Eighty-third Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 8067, Making Appropriations for the Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce and the United States Information Agency for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1955, Part 2 |
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Page 1204 - States to promote a better understanding of the United States in other countries, and to increase mutual understanding between the people of the United States and the people of other countries.
Page 1617 - That a railroad to the Pacific ocean is imperatively demanded by the interests of the whole country ; that the Federal Government ought to .render immediate and efficient aid in its construction ; and that, as preliminary thereto, a daily overland mail should be promptly established.
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Page 1684 - It is necessary for the national defense and development of its foreign and domestic commerce that the United States shall have a merchant marine (a) sufficient to carry its domestic waterborne commerce and a substantial portion of the waterborne export and import foreign commerce of the United States...
Page 1684 - ... operated under the United States flag by citizens of the United States insofar as may be practicable, and (d) composed of the best-equipped, safest, and most suitable types of vessels, constructed in the United States and manned with a trained and efficient citizen personnel. It is hereby declared to be the policy of the United States to foster the development and encourage the maintenance of such a merchant marine.
Page 1890 - The United Nations shall place no restrictions on the eligibility of men and women to participate in any capacity and under conditions of equality in its principal and subsidiary organs.
Page 1204 - technical cooperation programs" means programs for the international interchange of technical knowledge and skills designed to contribute to the balanced and integrated development of the economic resources and productive capacities of economically underdeveloped areas.
Page 1139 - Mission shall coordinate at the seat of the United Nations the activities of the Mission in carrying out the instructions of the President transmitted either by the Secretary of State or by other means of transmission as directed by the President.
Page 1577 - Statutes, as amended; $42,625,000, of which not less than $15,000,000 shall be used to purchase foreign currencies or credits owed to or owned by the Treasury of the United States : Provided, That not to exceed $2,150,000 may be used for administrative expenses during the current fiscal year.
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