Settlement Commission may refer to
- the Royal Prussian Settlement Commission in the provinces of Posen and West Prussia
- the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission
- the Tidelands Settlement Commission (see Bill Dodd);
- the Greek Refugee Settlement Commission (see Henry Morgenthau, Sr.);
- the Soldier Settlement Commission in (see Wollert, Victoria (Australia))
Famous quotes containing the words settlement and/or commission:
“The Settlement ... is an experimental effort to aid in the solution of the social and industrial problems which are engendered by the modern conditions of life in a great city. It insists that these problems are not confined to any one portion of the city. It is an attempt to relieve, at the same time, the overaccumulation at one end of society and the destitution at the other ...”
—Jane Addams (1860–1935)
“Yesterday the Electoral Commission decided not to go behind the papers filed with the Vice-President in the case of Florida.... I read the arguments in the Congressional Record and can’t see how lawyers can differ on the question. But the decision is by a strictly party vote—eight Republicans against seven Democrats! It shows the strength of party ties.”
—Rutherford Birchard Hayes (1822–1893)