Petroleum for National Defense: Hearings Before the Special Subcommittee on Petroleum of the Committee on Armed Services, House of Representatives, Eightieth Congress, Second Session, Pursuant to H. Res. 141 and H. Res. 447, Resolutions Authorizing and Directing the Armed Services' Committee to Conduct Thorough Studies and Investigations Relating to Matters Coming Within the Jurisdiction of Such Committee Under Rule 11c of the Rules of the House of Representatives |
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Page 576 - An Act to provide for the mining of coal, phosphate, oil, oil shale, gas and sodium on the public domain,' or pending applications for United States patent under any law; to conserve, develop, use, and operate the same in his discretion, directly or by contract, lease, or otherwise, and to use, store, exchange, or sell the oil and gas products thereof, and those from all royalty oil from lands in the naval reserves, for the benefit of the United States...
Page 229 - It is the declared policy of the Congress that a fair proportion of, the total purchases and contracts for supplies and services for the Government shall be placed with small -business concerns.
Page 576 - Navy and deposited in the Treasury to the credit of a fund to be known as the Navy Petroleum Fund, which fund shall be applied to the needs of the Navy as Congress may from time to time direct, by appropriation or otherwise.
Page 574 - That the President may, at any time in his discretion, temporarily withdraw from settlement, location, sale, or entry any of the public lands of the United States including the District of Alaska and reserve the same for waterpower sites, irrigation, classification of lands, or other public purposes to be specified in the orders of withdrawals, and such withdrawals or reservations shall remain in force until revoked by him or by an Act of Congress.
Page 577 - Secretary of the department or departments having jurisdiction over such land to alter or modify from time to time in his discretion the rate of prospecting and development and the quantity and rate of production under said plan.
Page 474 - Mother, may I go out to swim?" "Yes, my darling daughter. Hang your clothes on a hickory limb But don't go near the water.
Page 229 - We favor the admission of the remaining Territories at the earliest practicable date, having due regard to the interests of the people of the Territories and of the United States.
Page 575 - It may be argued that while these facts and rulings prove a usage, they do not establish its validity. But government is a practical affair, intended for practical men. Both officers, lawmakers, and citizens naturally adjust themselves to any long-continued action of the Executive Department, on the presumption that unauthorized acts would not have been allowed to be so often repeated as to crystallize into a regular practice.
Page 544 - Federal officer or agency as may be designated in the plan, to alter or modify from time to time the rate of prospecting and development and the quantity and rate of production under such plan.
Page 533 - In time of war or when necessary for national defense, and the Congress or the President shall so prescribe, the United States shall have the right of first refusal to purchase at the prevailing market...