Investigation of Concentration of Economic Power, Issues 13-14; Issue 16; Issue 20

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1941
 

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Page 281 - SEC. 4. The several circuit courts of the United States are hereby invested with jurisdiction to prevent and restrain violations of this act ; and it shall be the duty of the several district attorneys of the United States, in their respective districts, under the direction of the attorney general, to institute proceedings in equity to prevent and restrain such violations.
Page 258 - That no corporation engaged in commerce shall acquire, directly or indirectly, the whole or any part of the stock or other share capital of another corporation engaged also in commerce where the effect of such acquisition may be to substantially lessen competition between the corporation whose stock is so acquired and the corporation making the acquisition or to restrain such commerce in any section or community or tend to create a monopoly of any line of commerce.
Page 94 - ... amounts received, through accident or health insurance or under workmen's compensation acts, as compensation for personal injuries or sickness, plus the amount of any damages received whether by suit or agreement...
Page 25 - I see no reason to suppose that the existing system seriously misemploys the factors of production which are in use.
Page 96 - For purposes of this section, the term "earned income" means wages, salaries, or professional fees, and other amounts received as compensation for personal services actually rendered, but does not include that part of the compensation derived by the taxpayer for personal services rendered by him to a corporation which represents a distribution of earnings or profits rather than a reasonable allowance as compensation for the personal services actually rendered.
Page 94 - The following items shall not be included in gross income and shall be exempt from taxation under this title: (1) LIFE INSURANCE. — Amounts received under a life insurance contract paid by reason of the death of the insured, whether in a single sum or otherwise (but if such amounts are held by the insurer under an agreement to pay interest thereon, the interest payments shall be included in gross income); (2) ANNUITIES, ETC.
Page 201 - In WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written: UNITED STATES OF AMERICA By (Contracting Officer) By (Name of Company) (Title) (d) Limitations.
Page 25 - It is not the ownership of the instruments of production which it is important for the State to assume. If the State is able to determine the aggregate amount of resources devoted to augmenting the instruments and th& basic rate of reward to those who own them, it will have accomplished all that is necessary.
Page 25 - Interest to-day rewards no genuine sacrifice, any more than does the rent of land. The owner of capital can obtain interest because capital is scarce, just as the owner of land can obtain rent because land is scarce.
Page 21 - establishment" signifies a single plant or factory. In some cases, however, it refers to two or more plants operated under a common ownership and located in the same city, or in the same county but in different municipalities or unincorporated places having fewer than 10,000 inhabitants. On the other hand, separate reports are occasionally obtained for different industries carried on in the same plant, in which event a single plant is counted as two or more establishments.

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