Extension of the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942: Hearings Before the Committee on Banking and Currency, United States Senate, Seventh-eighth Congress, Second Session, on S. 1764, a Bill to Amend the Emergency Price Control Act of 1942 (Public Law 421, Seventy-seventh Congress) as Amended by the Act of October 2, 1941 (Public Law 729, Seventh-seventh Congress, March 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, April 17, 18, 19,20, 24, 25, 26, 27, and 28, 1944United States. Congress. House. Committee on Banking and Currency, United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Banking and Currency U.S. Government Printing Office, 1944 - 1602 pagini |
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... cents in 1920 , at the end of the inflationary period . Senator CAPPER . Mr. Bowles , what did you say about 40 cents ? Mr. BOWLES . The purchasing power of the dollar dropped to 40 cents . In other words , you could buy about 60 ...
... cents in 1920 , at the end of the inflationary period . Senator CAPPER . Mr. Bowles , what did you say about 40 cents ? Mr. BOWLES . The purchasing power of the dollar dropped to 40 cents . In other words , you could buy about 60 ...
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... cents , and at the end of the inflationary period was 11.9 cents . A pound of round steak was 24.4 cents at the start of the war , and the top price was 45 cents . One pound of sliced ham was 27.4 cents at the start of the war and ...
... cents , and at the end of the inflationary period was 11.9 cents . A pound of round steak was 24.4 cents at the start of the war , and the top price was 45 cents . One pound of sliced ham was 27.4 cents at the start of the war and ...
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... cents prices , and the price - panel volunteers calling on the stores just didn't know what the legal price was , and so they didn't feel they could do anything . With community ceilings - these dollars - and - cents prices - we began ...
... cents prices , and the price - panel volunteers calling on the stores just didn't know what the legal price was , and so they didn't feel they could do anything . With community ceilings - these dollars - and - cents prices - we began ...
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... cent to 9 cents a pound . Petroleum went from 75 cents to $ 3.50 a barrel . Wool increased from 61 cents to $ 2.05 a pound . In- dustrial prices as a whole rose 165 percent during that period , enor- mously increasing the cost of the ...
... cent to 9 cents a pound . Petroleum went from 75 cents to $ 3.50 a barrel . Wool increased from 61 cents to $ 2.05 a pound . In- dustrial prices as a whole rose 165 percent during that period , enor- mously increasing the cost of the ...
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... cents . 5.1 cents . 48.8 cents 27.5 cents . 2.1 cents . $ 23.50 . 11.9 cents . 8.7 cents . 52 cents . 27.5 cents . Commodity July 1914 November 1918 August 1939 December 1943 Steel plates . Pig iron . pounds .. 1.1 cents . gross tons ...
... cents . 5.1 cents . 48.8 cents 27.5 cents . 2.1 cents . $ 23.50 . 11.9 cents . 8.7 cents . 52 cents . 27.5 cents . Commodity July 1914 November 1918 August 1939 December 1943 Steel plates . Pig iron . pounds .. 1.1 cents . gross tons ...
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agency agricultural amendments approved average BOWLES BROWNFIELD BROWNLEE ceiling price cents CHAIRMAN chart Chester Bowles Colonel HOUSTON committee commodities Commodity Credit Corporation Congress consumer cost of living court crop DAVIS effective Emergency Price Control employees farm farmers Federal feed Food Administration going Goss Government grade hundredweight income increase industry inflation JONES Labor Board lambs lend-lease Little Steel formula livestock meat ment MONTAGUE October Office of Price operation percent period pound President Price Administration price ceilings Price Control Act problem production profits question rates rationing rent control retail salary Senator BANKHEAD Senator BARKLEY Senator BUCK Senator BUTLER Senator DANAHER Senator HAWKES Senator MALONEY Senator MAYBANK Senator RADCLIFFE Senator TAFT situation stabilization statement subsidies supply support prices taxes thing tion United wage War Labor Board War Production Board workers
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Pagina 248 - November 1, 1942; to issue a general order stabilizing prices, wages, and salaries, affecting the cost of living; and, except as otherwise provided in this Act, such stabilization shall so far as practicable be on the basis of the levels which existed on September 15, 1942.
Pagina 750 - It is hereby declared to be in the interest of the national defense and security and necessary to the effective prosecution of the present war, and the purposes of this Act are, to stabilize prices and to prevent speculative, unwarranted, and abnormal increases in prices and rents; to eliminate and prevent profiteering, hoarding, manipulation, speculation, and other disruptive practices resulting from abnormal market conditions or scarcities caused by or contributing to the national emergency...
Pagina 329 - The powers granted in this section shall not be used or made to operate to compel changes in the business practices, cost practices or methods, or means or aids to distribution, established in any industry...
Pagina 250 - Nor shall anything herein be construed to prevent such agencies, subject to the general policies and directives of the Economic Stabilization Director, from authorizing reasonable adjustments of wages and salaries in case of promotions, reclassifications, merit increases, incentive wages or the like, provided that such adjustments do not increase the. level of production costs appreciably or furnish the basis either to increase prices or to resist otherwise justifiable reductions in prices.
Pagina 562 - The committee shall report to the Senate as soon as practicable the results of its investigation, together with its recommendations, if any, for necessary remedial legislation.
Pagina 477 - Act to enforce any liability or duty created by, or to enjoin any violation of, this Act or any rule, regulation, order, or subpena thereunder.
Pagina 464 - America is a stockholder, knowing such claim to be false, fictitious, or fraudulent; or whoever shall knowingly and willfully falsify or conceal or cover up by any trick, scheme, or device a material fact, or make or cause to be made any false or fraudulent statements or representations...
Pagina 669 - ... which it has jurisdiction under this title. The court shall have a seal, hold sessions at such places as it may specify, and appoint a clerk and such other employees as it deems necessary or proper.
Pagina 416 - ... make adjustments for such relevant factors as he may determine and deem to be of general applicability, including the following: Speculative fluctuations, general increases or decreases in costs of production, distribution, and transportation, and general increases or decreases in profits earned by sellers of the commodity or commodities, during and subsequent to the year ended October 1, 1941.
Pagina 246 - Board, and unless the National War Labor Board has approved such increases or decreases. 2. The National War Labor Board shall not approve any increase in the wage rates prevailing on September 15, 1942, unless such increase is necessary to correct maladjustments or inequalities, to eliminate substandards of living, to correct gross inequities, or to aid in the effective prosecution of the war.