Rent Commission in the District of Columbia: Hearings Before the Joint Subcommittee of the Committees on the District of Columbia, Congress of the United States, Sixty-eighth Congress, Second Session, on S. 3764, a Bill to Create and Establish a Commission, as an Independent Establishment of the Federal Government, to Regulate Rents in the District of Columbia, January 12-14, 19, 23, 26-28 1925 ...U.S. Government Printing Office, 1925 - 663 páginas |
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I do not think they could base it upon that idea , but that seems to be in the minds of some of the members of the committee as I understand it . I should think it would be a very pertinent inquiry and a very pertinent suggestion for ...
I do not think they could base it upon that idea , but that seems to be in the minds of some of the members of the committee as I understand it . I should think it would be a very pertinent inquiry and a very pertinent suggestion for ...
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