Alien Property. Hearings ... on H.R. 13496 ... Dec. 21-22, 1922 and Jan.3-15, 1923 |
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... fact that the alien property I am talking about does not include 126 ships seized by the United States Shipping Board , or by the Navy Department , that were of German or Austrian origin . I do not know whether you want a list of those ...
... fact that the alien property I am talking about does not include 126 ships seized by the United States Shipping Board , or by the Navy Department , that were of German or Austrian origin . I do not know whether you want a list of those ...
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... fact that other Government departments had suggested legislation of that character ? The CHAIRMAN . That section was put in at the behest of other Government depart- ments . Mr. MILLER . Yes . The CHAIRMAN . And for the purpose of ...
... fact that other Government departments had suggested legislation of that character ? The CHAIRMAN . That section was put in at the behest of other Government depart- ments . Mr. MILLER . Yes . The CHAIRMAN . And for the purpose of ...
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... should . Mr. LEA . Do you think the fact that you were holding this property would help in any way toward securing an early settlement of the claims of American citizens ? Mr. MILLER . I know unofficially , Mr. Lea , ALIEN PROPERTY . 17.
... should . Mr. LEA . Do you think the fact that you were holding this property would help in any way toward securing an early settlement of the claims of American citizens ? Mr. MILLER . I know unofficially , Mr. Lea , ALIEN PROPERTY . 17.
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... fact - at least I do not think they do - that American citizens who have claims for loss of life or property against Germany or any of the other former enemy powers , have a perfect right to expect from some source reimbursement for ...
... fact - at least I do not think they do - that American citizens who have claims for loss of life or property against Germany or any of the other former enemy powers , have a perfect right to expect from some source reimbursement for ...
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... fact , for that conclusion , that there is any joker in here , and if so , I would like to get a little light on it . Mr. MILLER . I was a little bit chagrined that our three hours of discussion here yes- terday resulted in no more ...
... fact , for that conclusion , that there is any joker in here , and if so , I would like to get a little light on it . Mr. MILLER . I was a little bit chagrined that our three hours of discussion here yes- terday resulted in no more ...
Common terms and phrases
Alien Property Custodian allied amendment American citizens American claims amount Austria Austria-Hungary banks BETTS bill BORCHARD CARR cent CHAIRMAN Chemical Foundation claims against Germany claims of American Colonel HULL committee confiscation Congress course court debts DENISON Doctor McCoy enemy act EWING fact fund GALLOWAY German Government German nationals GRAHAM Hamburg-American Line HAWES held HOCH hold HUDDLESTON interest international law LAFFERTY legislation letters patent license MAPES MARSHALL matter ment MILLER Mixed Claims Commission Navy Department NEAGLE NEWTON of Missouri obligation owners paid payment person PITCAIRN present President private property protect provision purpose question RAYBURN reference reparations represented salvarsan SANDERS Secretary seized seizure Senate situation statement statute taken thing tion to-day trading treaty of Berlin treaty of St treaty of Versailles trust understand United States Government violation VOGELSANG War Department
Popular passages
Page 1 - Court of the District of Columbia, or in the district court of the United States for the district in which such claimant resides, or, if a corporation, where it has its principal place of business...
Page 153 - The United States and Spain mutually relinquish all claims for indemnity, national and individual, of every kind, of either Government, or of its citizens or subjects, against the other Government, that may have arisen since the beginning of the late insurrection in Cuba, and prior to the exchange of ratifications of the present treaty, including all claims for indemnity for the cost of the war.
Page 76 - President of , the corporation described in and which executed the foregoing instrument; that he knows the seal of said corporation; that the seal affixed to said instrument is such corporate seal; that it was so affixed by order of the Board of Directors of said Corporation and that he signed his name thereto by like order.
Page 257 - ... for the ultimate peace of the world and for the liberation of its peoples, the German peoples included: for the rights of nations great and small and the privilege of men everywhere to choose their way of life and of obedience. The world must be made safe for democracy.
Page 37 - Mankind, shall be allowed to continue their respective employments, and shall not be molested in their persons, nor shall their Houses or Goods be burnt, or otherwise destroyed, nor their Fields wasted, by the armed force...
Page 157 - ... scholars of every faculty, cultivators of the earth, merchants, artisans, manufacturers, and fishermen, unarmed and inhabiting unfortified towns, villages, or places, and in general all persons whose occupations are for the common subsistence and benefit of mankind, shall be allowed to continue their respective employments unmolested in their persons.
Page 157 - And it is declared that neither the pretence that war dissolves all treaties, nor any other whatever, shall be considered as annulling or suspending the solemn covenant contained in this article.
Page 147 - August 1, 1914; (2) Other claims for loss or damage to which the United States or its nationals have been subjected with respect to injuries to persons, or to property, rights and interests, including any company or association in which American nationals are interested, since July 31, 1914, as a consequence of the war; (3) Debts owing to American citizens by the German Government or by German nationals.
Page 180 - If War should arise between the two Contracting Parties, the merchants of either country then residing in the other, shall be allowed to remain nine months to collect their debts and settle their affairs, and may depart freely, carrying off all their effects, without molestation or hindrance...
Page 257 - We have no quarrel with the German people. We have no feeling towards them but one of sympathy and friendship. It was not upon their impulse that their government acted in entering this war. It was not with their previous knowledge or approval. It was a war determined upon as wars used to be determined upon in the old, unhappy days when peoples were nowhere consulted by their rulers and wars were provoked and waged in the interest of dynasties or of little groups of ambitious men who were accustomed...