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... problems presented by the pertinent provisions of H.R. 9234. The Treas- ury report will also discuss problems inherent in relationships between the Internal Revenue Code , this bill , and other pending Internal Revenue Code amendments ...
... problems presented by the pertinent provisions of H.R. 9234. The Treas- ury report will also discuss problems inherent in relationships between the Internal Revenue Code , this bill , and other pending Internal Revenue Code amendments ...
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... problems , adopt resolutions in benefit of mankind in this hemisphere and of mankind in general . " The truth is , " wrote Andres Aburto Sotomayor , associate editor of the Chilean newspaper , El Debate- that the Puerto Rican experience ...
... problems , adopt resolutions in benefit of mankind in this hemisphere and of mankind in general . " The truth is , " wrote Andres Aburto Sotomayor , associate editor of the Chilean newspaper , El Debate- that the Puerto Rican experience ...
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... problems , namely , the large number of unemployed people . We had 10 years ago and still have today thousands of ... problem , the key ele- ment to its solution appeared to be the offer of 10 years of tax ex- emption to investors in ...
... problems , namely , the large number of unemployed people . We had 10 years ago and still have today thousands of ... problem , the key ele- ment to its solution appeared to be the offer of 10 years of tax ex- emption to investors in ...
Page 121
... problems in Puerto Rico generally . We have another report in which we are going to incorporate any questions coming ... problem with the support we have been receiving from the Federal Government and the service that PUERTO RICO - 1959 121.
... problems in Puerto Rico generally . We have another report in which we are going to incorporate any questions coming ... problem with the support we have been receiving from the Federal Government and the service that PUERTO RICO - 1959 121.
Page 122
... problem by simply visiting three of these sites in San Juan metropolitan area . I am referring to La Perla in Old San Juan , Martin Pena ( see figure 3 ) in Santurce and Juana Matos in Catano . The elimination of these three slums alone ...
... problem by simply visiting three of these sites in San Juan metropolitan area . I am referring to La Perla in Old San Juan , Martin Pena ( see figure 3 ) in Santurce and Juana Matos in Catano . The elimination of these three slums alone ...
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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.