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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... ships ? Mr. HAIGHT . I think that there is no possible excuse on any ship , no matter what flag she flies , for not having decent , adequate ac- commodations for the men , and I think that our laws should require such accommodations ...
... ships ? Mr. HAIGHT . I think that there is no possible excuse on any ship , no matter what flag she flies , for not having decent , adequate ac- commodations for the men , and I think that our laws should require such accommodations ...
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... ships , the quarters are better than we used to have in the clipper ship days . There is no- doubt that we are making progress but I should like to see it made faster , and I should like to be sure that every ship under the Amer- ican ...
... ships , the quarters are better than we used to have in the clipper ship days . There is no- doubt that we are making progress but I should like to see it made faster , and I should like to be sure that every ship under the Amer- ican ...
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... ships of Eastern Steamship Lines , Inc. , to determine the collective bargaining agency which should represent the men . This election was held in pursuance of an order of the Board issued on July 16 , 1937 , ordering elections among ...
... ships of Eastern Steamship Lines , Inc. , to determine the collective bargaining agency which should represent the men . This election was held in pursuance of an order of the Board issued on July 16 , 1937 , ordering elections among ...
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... ship something besides this is necessary if the lives of those on board ship are not to be put in jeopardy upon the high ... ships ' personnel was dismissed . New Orleans , May 6 , 1937 , steamship Southland : Deck crew of the vessel re ...
... ship something besides this is necessary if the lives of those on board ship are not to be put in jeopardy upon the high ... ships ' personnel was dismissed . New Orleans , May 6 , 1937 , steamship Southland : Deck crew of the vessel re ...
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... ship within 24 minutes , which he did without my consent . This matter is serious . As I was told by members of the crew that the union is going to decide whom they will carry on the ships and not the Master or the Company . During the ...
... ship within 24 minutes , which he did without my consent . This matter is serious . As I was told by members of the crew that the union is going to decide whom they will carry on the ships and not the Master or the Company . During the ...
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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...
Page 1155 - United States ex rel. Vajtauer v Commissioner of Immigration, 273 US 103...