Minerals and Metals for War Purposes: Hearings Before the Committee on Mines and Mining United States Senate, Sixty-fifth Congress, Second Session, on the Bill H.R. 11259 to Provide Further for the National Security and Defense by Encouraging the Production, Conserving the Supply, and Controlling the Distribution of Those Ores, Metals, and Minerals which Have Formerly Been Largely Imported, Or of which There is Or May by an Inadequate Supply |
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... acid situation , which is very acute , and he has got to go to New York to - night to meet some of the War Department people to - morrow . The CHAIRMAN . We should like to hear from him now . STATEMENT OF MR . ARTHUR E , WELLS , UNITED ...
... acid situation , which is very acute , and he has got to go to New York to - night to meet some of the War Department people to - morrow . The CHAIRMAN . We should like to hear from him now . STATEMENT OF MR . ARTHUR E , WELLS , UNITED ...
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... acid in this country ? Mr. WELLS . You appreciate the fact that in the last three or four years the sulphuric - acid production of the United States has more than doubled . In 1914 our production was , say , around 4,000,000 tons ; this ...
... acid in this country ? Mr. WELLS . You appreciate the fact that in the last three or four years the sulphuric - acid production of the United States has more than doubled . In 1914 our production was , say , around 4,000,000 tons ; this ...
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... acid come ? Mr. WELLS . The amounts of sulphuric acid ? Mostly from plants that had been built here in the East . Senator SHAFROTH . That is in the United States ? Mr. WELLS . Yes , sir . Senator SHAFROTH . Where do you get the pyrites ...
... acid come ? Mr. WELLS . The amounts of sulphuric acid ? Mostly from plants that had been built here in the East . Senator SHAFROTH . That is in the United States ? Mr. WELLS . Yes , sir . Senator SHAFROTH . Where do you get the pyrites ...
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... acid expansion we are figuring this new production in near Freeport . If that does not come in it makes the situation even more serious . Senator SHAFROTH . What is your theory as to how this particular production should be encouraged ...
... acid expansion we are figuring this new production in near Freeport . If that does not come in it makes the situation even more serious . Senator SHAFROTH . What is your theory as to how this particular production should be encouraged ...
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... acid to the Government , the Government price for acid is fixed , the Government is buying acid on a fixed price , it has not been fixed , but they are only paying a certain price , and by agreement that is considered the Government's ...
... acid to the Government , the Government price for acid is fixed , the Government is buying acid on a fixed price , it has not been fixed , but they are only paying a certain price , and by agreement that is considered the Government's ...
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Page 8 - That if any clause, sentence, paragraph, or part of this act shall, for any reason, be adjudged by any court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, such judgment shall not affect, impair, or invalidate the remainder thereof, but shall be confined in its operation to the clause, sentence, paragraph, or part thereof directly involved in the controversy in which such judgment shall have been rendered.
Page 3 - An act to provide further for the national security and defense by encouraging the production, conserving the supply, and controlling the distribution of those ores, metals, and minerals which have formerly been largely imported, or of which there is or may be an inadequate supply.
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