War Claims and Enemy Property Legislation: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, Eighty-sixth Congress, First Session on Bills to Amend the War Claims Act and the Trading with the Enemy ActConsiders H.R. 2485 and numerous identical and related bills, to amend the War Claims Act and the Trading with the Enemy Act to provide compensation for certain WWII losses and payment of certain U.S. war damage claims. |
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85th Congress administration agreement Alien Property Custodian American citizens American war damage amount Attorney authorized award BECKER benefits bill H.R. Budget Bureau camp Chairman citizenship claimants Claims Act claims fund Claims Settlement Commission Committee on Interstate compensation confiscation Congress damage claims date of enactment December 11 Department DINGELL DOLLINGER eligible Enemy Act entitled evaded capture filed Foreign Claims Settlement Foreign Commerce German German and Japanese German assets Gestapo GILLILLAND Government Guam Guamanians hearings HEMPHILL House of Representatives international law Interstate and Foreign Japan legislation loss MACHROWICZ MACK ment military million Office of Alien OREN HARRIS payment persons Philippines prisoners prisoners of war private property proceeds property or interest proposed pursuant received record resident Secretary section 32 Senate statement subcommittee subsection thereof tion Trading Treasury treaty U.S. citizens U.S. Senate United vested assets Wake Island War Claims Commission Washington World World War II
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Page 470 - Fund shall consist of all sums covered into the Treasury pursuant to the provisions of section 39 of the Trading With the Enemy Act of October 6, 1917, as amended. The moneys in such fund shall be available for expenditure only as provided in this act or as may be provided hereafter by the Congress.
Page 406 - The Convention on Relations between the Three Powers and the Federal Republic of Germany...
Page 307 - The action of the Commission in allowing or denying any claim under this Act shall be final and conclusive on all questions of law and fact and not subject to review by any other official of the United States or by any court by mandamus or otherwise...
Page 39 - If I am captured I will continue to resist by all means available. I will make every effort to escape and aid others to escape. I will accept neither parole nor special favors from the enemy.
Page 446 - California, (h) civics including a study of the Declaration of Independence and of the Constitution of the United States...
Page 61 - I will give no information or take part In any action which might be harmful to my comrades. If I am senior. I will take command. If not, I will obey the lawful orders of those appointed over me and will back them up In every way. V When questioned, should I become a prisoner of war, I am bound to give only name, rank, service number, and date of birth.
Page 273 - On this day of 19 .... before me personally appeared , to me known to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and acknowledged that he executed the same as his free act and deed.
Page 145 - Act, as amended, is amended by striking out the period at the end thereof and inserting in lieu thereof a colon and the following: “Provided further, That...
Page 399 - Germany undertakes to compensate her nationals in respect of the sale or retention of their property, rights or interests in Allied or Associated States.
Page 586 - For right is right, since God is God ; And right the day must win ; To doubt would be disloyalty, To falter would be sin ! FREDERIC WILLIAM FABER.