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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... industry as well as of the Government . The CHAIRMAN . Yes ; that is the unfortunate part of it , that it was both industry and Government that led us astray by the facts and the figures that were given . I do not mean to put it ...
... industry as well as of the Government . The CHAIRMAN . Yes ; that is the unfortunate part of it , that it was both industry and Government that led us astray by the facts and the figures that were given . I do not mean to put it ...
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... industry prior to the reimposition of these controls , or what in general was the attitude of the industry at that time ? Mr. FOSTER . Yes ; there were conferences held , Congressman Priest . They were held on several occasions during ...
... industry prior to the reimposition of these controls , or what in general was the attitude of the industry at that time ? Mr. FOSTER . Yes ; there were conferences held , Congressman Priest . They were held on several occasions during ...
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... industry has historically . I can understand why the oil industry might want to make new customers in new lands or to keep new customers they had already secured in new lands , but , for the life of me , I cannot understand the ...
... industry has historically . I can understand why the oil industry might want to make new customers in new lands or to keep new customers they had already secured in new lands , but , for the life of me , I cannot understand the ...
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... industry in Chicopee , Mass . , had to shut down last week for a full day because they did not have enough oil to operate ? The CHAIRMAN . On that point , I think that I read yesterday that there were 200,000 out of employment in three ...
... industry in Chicopee , Mass . , had to shut down last week for a full day because they did not have enough oil to operate ? The CHAIRMAN . On that point , I think that I read yesterday that there were 200,000 out of employment in three ...
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... industry is helping the Government to raise the standard of living . Then we have an article that seems to be an ... industry was able to meet demands 10 percent higher than in 1946 by means of unusual efforts . Continuation of such ...
... industry is helping the Government to raise the standard of living . Then we have an article that seems to be an ... industry was able to meet demands 10 percent higher than in 1946 by means of unusual efforts . Continuation of such ...
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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.