Strategic and Critical Minerals and Metals: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Mines and Mining of the Committee on Public Lands, House of Representatives, Eightieth Congress, Second Session. February 12, 13, 24, 25, 27, 1948, Parts 2-3

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Page 665 - Commissioner, shall be admitted to any share or part of any contract resulting from offers submitted hereunder or to any benefit that may arise therefrom, but this provision shall not be construed to extend to such a contract if made with a corporation for its general benefit.
Page 664 - The contractor warrants that he has not employed any person to solicit or secure this contract upon any agreement for a commission, percentage, brokerage, or contingent fee.
Page 494 - FRED L. CRAWFORD, Michigan KARL M. LECOMPTE, Iowa ROBERT F. ROCKWELL, Colorado WILLIAM LEMKE, North Dakota FRANK A. BARRETT, Wyoming DEAN P. TAYLOR, New York JAY LEFEVRE, New York AL MILLER, Nebraska WESLEY A.
Page 654 - ... at the receiving point by a sampler designated by the Government. Three pulp samples will be prepared from the sample taken, one each for the Government, participant, and umpire, and an analysis made for manganese, iron, silica, and alumina, and, if necessary, for phosphorus, copper, lead and zinc. Usual provisions will be made for splitting limits and settlement by average of the Government's and participant's analyses, or by trade practice if samples are sent to umpire. Moisture samples will...
Page 855 - Hill, 666 pp. , 71 pis. Twenty-second Annual Report of the United States Geological Survey, 1900-1901, Charles D. Walcott, Director. 1901. (Parts III and IV, 1902.) 4 parts. Pt. IV. Hydrography, 690 pp., 65 pis.
Page 585 - B comprises additional strategic and critical materials the stockpiling of which is practicable. The Army and Navy Munitions Board recommends their acquisition only to the extent they may be made available for transfer from Government agencies, because adequacy of supply can be insured either by stimulation of existing North American production or by partial or complete use of available substitutes.
Page 837 - clad" products have additional tensile strength imparted by the steel but largely retain the fabricating qualities of copper and have the added resistance to corrosion imparted by the copper covering. Copper-clad steel is used for transmission of electricity in railway signal systems and for long spans on high-potential transmission lines. Zinc die-castings, magnesium, plastics, and even glass are included among the numerous other materials that can be partly substituted for copper or copper alloys....
Page 664 - ... by the other party hereto, but the obligation of such other party with respect to such future performance shall continue in full force and effect.
Page 664 - The failure of the Government to insist, in any one or more instances, upon the performance of any...
Page 506 - Cr2O,, with a 1.4 : 1.7 chromium-iron ratio, which are not normally usable, make up 50 percent of the World War II total. The total production of the United States to date approximates the domestic consumption ' in only 1 year — 1943. Figure 12 shows the production, consumption, and price of chromite in the United States from 1910 to 1944. United States percentage of world mine production United States mine production i if United States mine production 1910 1915 1920 1925 1990 1935 1940 I94S a...

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