Reorganization Plan No. 7 of 1950: Hearings Before the Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments, House of Representatives, Eighty-first Congress, Second Session, on H. Res. 545, 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, 1950United States. Congress. House. Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950 - 107 pages |
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... 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 ...
... 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 ...
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... DONOHUE . Their duties are defined there ? Mr. STAUFFACHER . They are quite clearly defined ; yes , sir . Mr. DONOHUE . And the act that defines their duties is not a part of the Interstate Commerce Act ? Mr. STAUFFACHER . I cannot ...
... DONOHUE . Their duties are defined there ? Mr. STAUFFACHER . They are quite clearly defined ; yes , sir . Mr. DONOHUE . And the act that defines their duties is not a part of the Interstate Commerce Act ? Mr. STAUFFACHER . I cannot ...
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... DONOHUE . What are the duties of the present Administrative Division ? Mr. STAUFFACHER . The general conduct of administrative matters , not otherwise assigned or reserved , including such matters - and I am reading literally now - as ...
... DONOHUE . What are the duties of the present Administrative Division ? Mr. STAUFFACHER . The general conduct of administrative matters , not otherwise assigned or reserved , including such matters - and I am reading literally now - as ...
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... DONOHUE . Who determines whether or not a person is right- fully before the Interstate Commerce Commission ? In other words , is it whether or not he has a case that should be heard by the Inter- state Commerce Commission ? Mr ...
... DONOHUE . Who determines whether or not a person is right- fully before the Interstate Commerce Commission ? In other words , is it whether or not he has a case that should be heard by the Inter- state Commerce Commission ? Mr ...
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... DONOHUE . They are transferred to the Chairman of the Board . Mr. STAUFFACHER . Well , sir , if I could leave this just a moment , in legal theory and certainly in the testimony on the plan and in the President's message , the transfer ...
... DONOHUE . They are transferred to the Chairman of the Board . Mr. STAUFFACHER . Well , sir , if I could leave this just a moment , in legal theory and certainly in the testimony on the plan and in the President's message , the transfer ...
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