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... Association , and Manuel Iglesias , representing the Georgetown University Alumni Association__ . 169 261 318 295 237 307 Cesar Cordero Davila , administrator , Urban Renewal and Housing Administration ; executive director , Urban ...
... Association , and Manuel Iglesias , representing the Georgetown University Alumni Association__ . 169 261 318 295 237 307 Cesar Cordero Davila , administrator , Urban Renewal and Housing Administration ; executive director , Urban ...
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... Association of Sugar Producers of Puerto Rico _-- 560 455 Roy J. Diwoky , president , Commonwealth Oil Refining Co. , Inc. , Guayanilla , P.R .. 413 Jose Felipe Rivera , representing Hon . Jose Juan Melendez , mayor of Cayey , P.R ...
... Association of Sugar Producers of Puerto Rico _-- 560 455 Roy J. Diwoky , president , Commonwealth Oil Refining Co. , Inc. , Guayanilla , P.R .. 413 Jose Felipe Rivera , representing Hon . Jose Juan Melendez , mayor of Cayey , P.R ...
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... Association ; ac- companied by Robert D. Arnott , president , National Customs Serv- ice Association of Puerto Rico ; and Joseph H. Martin , member , Customs Service Association__ . David M. Helfeld , professor of law , University of ...
... Association ; ac- companied by Robert D. Arnott , president , National Customs Serv- ice Association of Puerto Rico ; and Joseph H. Martin , member , Customs Service Association__ . David M. Helfeld , professor of law , University of ...
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... association with the United States ; and Whereas the people of Puerto Rico , on July 25 , 1952 , created the Common- wealth of Puerto Rico within the terms of said compact , pursuant to a consti- tution of their own adoption , which ...
... association with the United States ; and Whereas the people of Puerto Rico , on July 25 , 1952 , created the Common- wealth of Puerto Rico within the terms of said compact , pursuant to a consti- tution of their own adoption , which ...
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... Association shall affect the validity or applica- bility of laws of the United States heretofore enacted by the Congress which are in conflict with these Articles of Association and to which the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico has given its ...
... Association shall affect the validity or applica- bility of laws of the United States heretofore enacted by the Congress which are in conflict with these Articles of Association and to which the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico has given its ...
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agricultural Alaska amended American citizens approved ASPINALL Chairman citizenship committee common Commonwealth of Puerto Commonwealth status compact Congress constitution Court democratic economic elections employment English Federal Government Federal Relations Act Fernós bill FERNÓS-ISERN FERRE fiscal Foraker Act government of Puerto Governor MUÑOZ-MARÍN housing income increase independence industry island Jones Act LA HABA labor Latin America legislation LONGO mainland ment million minimum wage Moscoso municipal O'BRIEN OLIVERAS operation Operation Bootstrap percent permanent association plebiscite political status Ponce Popular Democratic Party Popular Party POWELL present President problem proposed Prost Public Law 600 Puerto Rico question revenue Rican Rico's San Juan SANCHEZ HIDALGO Senator GARCIA MENDEZ SIERRA BERDECIA slum statehood statement sugar sugarcane territory Thank tion TRIAS MONGE U.S. Congress ULLMAN Union United University of Puerto vote WESTLAND WHARTON workers
Popular passages
Page 780 - Constitution, but it may be not unreasonably said that the preservation of the States and the maintenance of their governments are as much within the design and care of the Constitution as the preservation of the Union and the maintenance of the national Government. The Constitution, in all its provisions, looks to an indestructible Union, composed of indestructible States.
Page 769 - That the statutory laws of the United States not locally inapplicable, except as hereinbefore or hereinafter otherwise provided, shall have the same force and effect in Puerto Rico as in the United States...
Page 336 - Members of the United Nations which have or assume responsibilities for the administration of territories whose peoples have not yet attained a full measure of self-government recognize the principle that the interests of the inhabitants of these territories are paramount, and accept as a sacred trust the obligation to promote to the utmost, within the system of international peace and security established by the present Charter, the well-being of the inhabitants of these territories, and, to this...
Page 542 - That, fully recognizing the principle of government by consent, this Act is now adopted in the nature of a compact so that the people of Puerto Rico may organize a government pursuant to a constitution of their own adoption.
Page 283 - The United States are as much bound by their contracts as are individuals. If they repudiate their obligations, it is as much repudiation, with all the wrong and reproach that term implies, as it would be if the repudiator had been a State or a municipality or a citi/en.
Page 316 - War; to inculcate a sense of individual obligation to the community, state and nation; to combat the autocracy of both the classes and the masses; to make right the master of might; to promote peace...
Page 10 - An Act to provide a civil government for Porto Rico, and for other purposes," approved March 2, 1917, as amended, shall be known and designated as "Puerto Rico.
Page 7 - In Puerto Rico or other territory over which the United States exercises rights of sovereignty and not citizens of the United States...
Page 239 - The civil rights and political status of the native inhabitants of the territories hereby ceded to the United States shall be determined by the Congress.
Page 615 - Lumber and wood products Furniture and fixtures Stone, clay, and glass products Primary metal industries Fabricated metal products Machinery, except electrical Electrical equipment and supplies.