National War Agencies Appropriation Bill for 1946: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, United States Senate, Seventy-ninth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 3368, an Act Making Appropriations for War Agencies for the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1946 and for Other Purposes, [June 13, 14, 16, 19, 1945].

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Page 151 - ... race, creed, color, or national origin, in the firm belief that the democratic way of life within the Nation can be defended successfully only with the help and support of all groups within its borders; and WHEREAS there is evidence that available and needed workers have been barred from employment in Industries engaged in defense production solely because of considerations of race, creed, color, or national origin, to the detriment of workers...
Page 13 - ... judgment, such disposition is required to preserve and strengthen the competitive position of small business, or will assist the Corporation in the discharge of the duties and responsibilities imposed upon it. The provisions of subsections (a) and (c) of section 12 shall be applicable to purchases made by the Smaller War Plants Corporation under this subsection. (f ) The Smaller War Plants Corporation is hereby authorized, for the purpose of carrying out the objectives of this section, to make...
Page 220 - An Act to amend the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942, to aid in preventing inflation, and for other purposes", or which is sold at a price not in excess of the January 1, 1941, selling price.
Page 226 - ... such wage or salary readjustments as may be deemed appropriate and may not have heretofore been made to compensate, in accordance with the Little Steel formula as heretofore defined by the National War Labor Board, for the rise in the cost of living between January 1, 1941, and May 1, 1942.
Page 229 - Any determination of the Board made pursuant to the authority conferred on it shall be final and shall not be subject to review by The Tax Court of the United States or by any court in any civil proceedings.
Page 218 - Knoxville 17, Tenn. Land O'Lakes Creameries, Inc., 2201 Kennedy Street, NE., Minneapolis 13, Minn. Lehigh Valley Cooperative Farmers, 1026 North Seventh Street, Allentown, Pa. McDonald Cooperative Dairy Co., 617 Lewis Street, Flint 3, Mich.
Page 226 - Except in rare and unusual cases in which the critical needs of war production require the setting of a wage at some point above the minimum of the going wage bracket, the minimum of the going rates within the brackets will be the point beyond which the adjustments mentioned above may not be made.
Page 219 - Cooperative Dairy Association, 6128 Tower Avenue, Superior, Wis. United Dairymen's Association, 635 Elliott Avenue, West, Seattle 99, Wash. United Farmers Cooperative Creamery Association, Inc., 86 Cambridge Street, Charlestown 29, Mass. Valley of Virginia Cooperative Milk Producers Association, Harrisonburg, Va.
Page 229 - the rules of evidence prevailing in courts of law and equity shall not be controlling.' The obvious purpose of this and similar provisions is to free administrative boards from the compulsion of technical rules so that the mere admission of matter which would be deemed incompetent in judicial proceedings would not Invalidate the administrative order.
Page 229 - Notice of the hearing shall be served on the alleged violator not less than ten (10) days prior to the date of the hearing. Such notice shall set forth (1) the time and place of the hearing, (2) a concise statement of the allegations of fact which constitute a basis for the proceeding, (3) a statement informing the alleged violator that he may be represented by counsel at the hearing and will be given full opportunity to present written or oral testimony and to examine and cross-examine witnesses...

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