STANFORD
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HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

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COMMITTEE ON EXPENDITURES IN THE

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVESFORD
EIGHTY-FIRST CONGRESS

MAY

LIBRARY

RESOLVED, THAT THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
DOES NOT FAVOR THE REORGANIZATION PLAN
NUMBERED 7 OF 1950 TRANSMITTED TO
THE CONGRESS BY THE PRESIDENT

ON MARCH 13, 1950

APRIL 24 AND 25, 1950

Printed for the use of the
Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments

COMMITTEE ON EXPENDITURES IN THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS

WILLIAM L. DAWSON, Illinois, Chairman CHET HOLIFIELD, California

CLARE E. HOFFMAN, Michigan HENDERSON LANHAM, Georgia

ROBERT F. RICH, Pennsylvania PORTER HARDY, JR., Virginia

R. WALTER RIEHLMAN, New York
FRANK M. KARSTEN, Missouri

RALPH HARVEY, Indiana
JOHN W. MCCORMACK, Massachusetts CHARLES A. HALLECK, Indiana
HERBERT C. BONNER, North Carolina HAROLD O. LOVRE, South Dakota
GEORGE G. SADOWSKI, Michigan

WILLIAM L. PFEIFFER, New York
WALTER B. HUBER, Ohio
JOHN A. BLATNIK, Minnesota
HAROLD D. DONOHUE, Massachusetts
EARL T. WAGNER, Ohio
WILLIAM P. BOLTON, Maryland
M. G. BURNSIDE, West Virginia
RICHARD BOLLING, Missouri
ANTHONY F. TAURIELLO, New York-
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, JR., New York
JOHN F. SHELLEY, California

CHRISTINE RAY DAVIS, Chief Clerk
THOMAS A. KENNEDY, General Counsel

WILLIAM A. YOUNG, Staff Director

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CONTENTS

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House Resolution 545..

1

Message from the President of the United States transmitting Reorganiza-

tion Plan No. 7 of 1950, House Document No. 511.

1

Reorganization Plan No. 7 of 1950..

1

Statement of -

Beall, J. Ninian, chairman, Legislative Committee, Association of

Interstate Commerce Commission Practitioners -

67

Conn, Donald D., executive vice president, Transportation Associa-

tion of America

2

Curry, R. Granville, appearing on behalf of Association of Interstate
Commerce Commission Practitioners.--

57

Gibson, J. C., vice president and general counsel, the Atchison, Topeka

& Santa Fe Railway Co., representing the Association of American

Railroads.

36

Lyon, A. E., executive secretary-treasurer, Railway Labor Executives'

Association, Washington, D. C.--

18

Morrow, Giles, executive secretary and general counsel, Freight For-
warders Institute.

72
Stauffacher, Charles B., Assistant Director of the Budget in Charge of
Administrative Management -

86

Letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record by-

Crosser, Hon. Robert, chairman, House Committee on Interstate and

Foreign Commerce, statement -

100

Gibson,

J. C., vice president and general counsel, the Atchison, Topeka

& Santa Fe Railway Co., representing the Association of American

Railroads:

Appendix..-

55

Letter from Charles D. Mahaffie to Senator Edwin C. Johnson,

October 11, 1949.

53

Johnson, J. M., Interstate Commerce Commission, letter to Hon.

William L. Dawson, April 24, 1950-

101

Lacey, E. F., executive secretary, National Industrial Traffic League:

Letter to Hon. William L. Dawson, April 25, 1950..

101

Statement.

102

Lea, Hon. Clarence F., former Member of Congress, statement-

103

Miller, C. A.:

Statement for the American Bar Association.

77

Statement for the American Short Line Railroad Association.- 78

Morrow, Giles, executive secretary and general counsel, Freight
Forwarders Institute, statement.-

72

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