Amending the Merchant Marine Act of 1936: Hearing[s] Before the Committee on Commerce and the Committee on Education and Labor, United States Senate, Seventy-fifth Congress, Second[-third] Session, on S. 3078, a Bill to Amend the Merchant Marine Act Or 1936, and for Other Purposes |
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... Steamship Co. to win the election for what is known as the company union . The CHAIRMAN . You mean anger in the C. I. O. Union ? Mr. EMERSON . Anger among the seamen . The officials AMEND MERCHANT MARINE ACT OF 1936 623.
... Steamship Co. to win the election for what is known as the company union . The CHAIRMAN . You mean anger in the C. I. O. Union ? Mr. EMERSON . Anger among the seamen . The officials AMEND MERCHANT MARINE ACT OF 1936 623.
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... mean they call a strike without a strike vote ? Mr. HAIGHT . Without a strike vote , on our ships . Our passengers are aboard , and their baggage is aboard . Ten minutes before the ship sails word goes out , " Come on off , boys , you ...
... mean they call a strike without a strike vote ? Mr. HAIGHT . Without a strike vote , on our ships . Our passengers are aboard , and their baggage is aboard . Ten minutes before the ship sails word goes out , " Come on off , boys , you ...
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... mean the so - called Lucken- bach clause ? Senator VANDENBERG . Yes . Mr. HAIGHT . I am sorry I have not had a ... means are going to be found to enforce these agree- ments when they have been voluntarily made . Let us assume that that ...
... mean the so - called Lucken- bach clause ? Senator VANDENBERG . Yes . Mr. HAIGHT . I am sorry I have not had a ... means are going to be found to enforce these agree- ments when they have been voluntarily made . Let us assume that that ...
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... mean when you speak of conditions not being good ? What conditions ? Rear Admiral WAESCHE . Well , if the crew were not well trained , say , or not well drilled . If the lifeboat drills were not held properly , or if the fire quarters ...
... mean when you speak of conditions not being good ? What conditions ? Rear Admiral WAESCHE . Well , if the crew were not well trained , say , or not well drilled . If the lifeboat drills were not held properly , or if the fire quarters ...
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... means of these correspondence courses could help himself materially in preparing the way to become a licensed ... mean a large number of seamen are out of employment ? Rear Admiral WAESCHE . That is what I understand . A number of ...
... means of these correspondence courses could help himself materially in preparing the way to become a licensed ... mean a large number of seamen are out of employment ? Rear Admiral WAESCHE . That is what I understand . A number of ...
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Page 746 - SEC. 4. (a) Each member of the Board and the General Counsel of the Board shall receive a salary of $12,000 a year, shall be eligible for reappointment, and shall not engage in any other business, vocation, or employment.
Page 919 - That any person who shall be injured in his business or property by reason of anything forbidden in the antitrust laws may sue therefor in any district court of the United States in the district in which the defendant resides or is found or has an agent, without respect to the amount in controversy, and shall recover threefold the damages by him sustained, and the cost of suit, including a reasonable attorney's fee.
Page 1013 - ... solids, oxidizing materials, corrosive liquids, compressed gases, and poisonous substances, which shall be binding upon all common carriers engaged in interstate or foreign commerce which transport explosives or other dangerous articles by land or water...
Page 659 - ... (c) owned and operated under the United States flag by citizens of the United States insofar as may be practicable, and (d) composed of the best equipped, safest, and most suitable types of vessels, constructed in the United States and manned with a trained and efficient citizen personnel. It is hereby declared to be the policy of the United States to foster the development and encourage the maintenance of such a merchant marine.
Page 746 - ... appointed by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. One of the original members shall be appointed for a term of one year, one for a term of two years, one for a term of three years, one for a term of four years, and one for a term of five years...
Page 814 - States and to provide shipping service on all routes essential for maintaining the flow of such domestic and foreign water-borne commerce at all times, (b) capable of serving as a naval and military auxiliary in time of war or national emergency...
Page 1233 - ... equipped and most suitable types of vessels sufficient to carry the greater portion of its commerce and serve as a naval or military auxiliary in time of war or national emergency, ultimately to be owned and operated privately by citizens of the United States; and it is hereby declared to be the policy of the United States to do whatever may be necessary to develop and encourage the maintenance of such a merchant marine...
Page 992 - If a carrier does not comply with an order of a division of the Adjustment Board within the time limit in such order, the petitioner, or any person for whose benefit such order was made, may file...
Page 906 - Interstate commerce" means a common carrier engaged in the transportation by water of passengers or property on the high seas or the Great Lakes on regular routes from port to port between one State, Territory, District, or possession of the United States and any other State, Territory, District, or possession of the United States, or between places in the same Territory, District, or possession. The term "common carrier by water" means a common carrier by water in foreign commerce or a common carrier...
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