Fuel Investigation: Hearings Before the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, Eightieth Congress, First-[second] Session, Part 1Pt.1: Reviews national fuel shortage and impact of Commerce Dept fuel export policies on shortage. Also investigates the Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Co.-Michigan Consolidated Gas Co. natural gas supply contract for Detroit, Mich. |
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... HESELTON . Mr. Chairman , before we leave that point , may I ask a question ? The CHAIRMAN . It is my intention , Mr. Heselton , that as soon as the witness has finished to give the members of the committee an opportunity to question ...
... HESELTON . Mr. Chairman , before we leave that point , may I ask a question ? The CHAIRMAN . It is my intention , Mr. Heselton , that as soon as the witness has finished to give the members of the committee an opportunity to question ...
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... Heselton , the scrutiny has been direct with their embassies in this country . They are quite aware of our requirements . We have not accepted their statement of those requirements without further cuts in any situation . Those end uses ...
... Heselton , the scrutiny has been direct with their embassies in this country . They are quite aware of our requirements . We have not accepted their statement of those requirements without further cuts in any situation . Those end uses ...
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... HESELTON . Mr. Lea , would you yield , before we leave that law- Mr. LEA . Very well . Mr. HESELTON . To get on the record the section dealing with the certification by the Secretary of State , and the required certification by the ...
... HESELTON . Mr. Lea , would you yield , before we leave that law- Mr. LEA . Very well . Mr. HESELTON . To get on the record the section dealing with the certification by the Secretary of State , and the required certification by the ...
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... HESELTON . Right there . In the December act , and I assume you will put that in , that was extended until February 28 , 1949 , was it not ? Mr. FISHER . Not that particular portion , sir . The portion entitled 3 , of the Second War ...
... HESELTON . Right there . In the December act , and I assume you will put that in , that was extended until February 28 , 1949 , was it not ? Mr. FISHER . Not that particular portion , sir . The portion entitled 3 , of the Second War ...
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... HESELTON . That is very interesting . I understand you are a lawyer . Mr. FISHER . Yes , sir . Mr. HESELTON . And counsel to the Department . Mr. FISHER . Yes , sir . I am . The CHAIRMAN . May I add at that point , Mr. Fisher was ...
... HESELTON . That is very interesting . I understand you are a lawyer . Mr. FISHER . Yes , sir . Mr. HESELTON . And counsel to the Department . Mr. FISHER . Yes , sir . I am . The CHAIRMAN . May I add at that point , Mr. Fisher was ...
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Page 190 - ... 7. To authorize allocation and inventory control of scarce commodities which basically affect the cost of living or industrial production.
Page 272 - Association; and that notice of this order be given to the general public by depositing a copy in the Office of the Secretary of the Commission at Washington, DC, and by filing it with the Director, Office of the Federal Register.
Page 699 - Even the construction of a waterworks system in a village is seldom necessary, though highly desirable. However, any improvement which is highly important to the public convenience and desirable for the public welfare may be regarded as necessary. If it is of sufficient importance to warrant the expense of making it, it is a public necessity.
Page 189 - The purposes of this joint resolution are to aid in stabilizing the economy of the United States, to aid in curbing inflationary tendencies, to promote the orderly and equitable distribution of goods and facilities, and to aid in preventing maldistribution of goods and facilities which basically affect the cost of living or industrial production.
Page 272 - ... that notice of this order shall be given to the general public by depositing a copy in the Office of the Secretary of the Commission at Washington, DC, and by filing it with the Director, Office of the Federal Register.
Page 699 - When the statute requires a certificate of public convenience and necessity as a prerequisite to the construction or extension of any public utility, the word "necessity" is not used in its lexicographical sense of "indispensably requisite.
Page 353 - States. (b) the procurement of petroleum and petroleum products under this title shall, to the maximum extent practicable, be made from petroleum sources outside the United States; and, in furnishing commodities under the provisions of this title, the Administrator shall take fully into account the present and anticipated world shortage of petroleum and its products and the consequent undesirability of expansion in petroleum-consuming equipment where the use of alternate fuels or other sources of...
Page 272 - The operation of all rules and regulations, insofar as they conflict with the provisions of this order, is hereby suspended and each railroad subject to this order, or its agent, shall publish, file, and post a supplement to each of its tariffs affected hereby, in substantial accordance with the provisions of rule 9 (k) of the Commission's Tariff Circular No. 20 (141.9 (k) of this chapter), announcing such suspension.
Page 76 - ... and essential to the successful carrying out of the foreign policy of the United States, for the purpose of establishing priority in production and delivery for export, and materials necessary for the manufacture and delivery of the materials required for such export : Provided, That no such priority based on a certification by the Secretary of State shall be effective unless and until the Secretary of Commerce shall have satisfied himself that the proposed action will not have an unduly adverse...
Page 63 - Any other orders or parts of orders the provisions of which are inconsistent or in conflict with the provisions of this order are hereby amended or superseded accordingly.