Embargo on Soviet Products: Hearings Before the Committee on Ways and Means, House of Representatives, Seventy-first Congress, Third Session, on H.R. 16035, a Bill to Prohibit the Importation of Any Article Or Merchandise from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. February 19[-21] 1931, Parts 1-3

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Page 134 - I believe in the United States of America as a government of the people, by the people, for the people; whose just powers are derived from the consent of the governed ; a democracy in a republic; a sovereign nation of many sovereign States ; a perfect union, one and inseparable ; established upon those principles of freedom, equality, justice , and humanity for which American patriots sacrificed their lives and fortunes. I therefore believe it is my duty to my country to love it; to support its Constitution;...
Page 122 - ... an industry in the United States is being or is likely to be injured, or is prevented from being established, by reason of the importation...
Page 75 - TRADE. (a) UNFAIR . METHODS OF COMPETITION DECLARED UNLAWFUL. — Unfair methods of competition and unfair acts in the importation of articles into the United States, or in their sale by the owner, importer, consignee, or agent of either, the effect or tendency of which is to destroy or substantially injure an industry, efficiently and economically operated, in the United States, or to prevent the establishment of such an industry, or to restrain or monopolize trade and commerce in the United States,...
Page 75 - (e) EXCLUSION OF ARTICLES FROM ENTRY. --Whenever the existence of any such unfair method or act shall be established to the satisfaction of the President he shall direct that the articles concerned in such unfair methods or acts, imported by any person violating the provisions of this...
Page 75 - ... are extreme cases of unfair methods or acts as aforesaid, he shall direct that such articles as he shall deem the interests of the United States shall require, imported by any person violating the provisions of this act, shall be excluded from entry into the United States...
Page 123 - The name of the exporter or exporters and producer or producers, if known; (d) The ports or probable ports of importation into the United States; (e) Information indicating that an industry in the United States is being injured, or is likely to be injured, or prevented from being established...
Page 119 - If they, the soviets, do succeed, collectivism, in one form or another, will swamp the world and private property as a source of income will vanish. It is indeed a war, a war declared without compass or trappings, but a ruthless war, waged to destroy all that our civilization holds dear, the family, religion, and private property. And our workmen must go hungry; our plants stand idle to furnish money for the war against oursleves. Some will say we must not irritate the soviets, that they will buy...
Page 32 - The following persons shall be exempt from calling up for compulsory labour service: (a) persons temporarily incapacitated for work on account of illness or injury, during the period requisite for their recovery; (b) pregnant women, during a period of eight weeks before confinement, and women, during a period of eight weeks after confinement; (c) nursing mothers; (d) men disabled in employment or in the war; (e) women with children under eight years of age, if no one is available to take care of...
Page 67 - I do not know about that, but I do know that there is only one export commodity that is larger than machinery, and that is cotton.
Page 15 - Plan is an important part of the offensive of the proletariat of the world against capitalism; it is a plan tending to undermine capitalist stabilization; it is a great plan of world revolution.

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