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, 1950U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950 - 107 pages |
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... Donald D. , executive vice president , Transportation Associa- tion of America__ Curry , R. Granville , appearing on behalf of Association of Interstate Commerce Commission Practitioners_ Gibson , J. C. , vice president and general ...
... Donald D. , executive vice president , Transportation Associa- tion of America__ Curry , R. Granville , appearing on behalf of Association of Interstate Commerce Commission Practitioners_ Gibson , J. C. , vice president and general ...
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We have with us this morning Mr. J. C. Gibson , vice president and general counsel of the Atchison , Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. Mr. Gibson . Mr. GIBSON . Mr. Chairman , my name is J. C. Gibson . I am appear- ing on behalf of the ...
We have with us this morning Mr. J. C. Gibson , vice president and general counsel of the Atchison , Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. Mr. Gibson . Mr. GIBSON . Mr. Chairman , my name is J. C. Gibson . I am appear- ing on behalf of the ...
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Mr. GIBSON ( reading ) : The new department would clearly approach the position of a supermanager rather than of a regulatory tribunal ; and it is impossible for the position of super- manager to be long occupied before its occupant ...
Mr. GIBSON ( reading ) : The new department would clearly approach the position of a supermanager rather than of a regulatory tribunal ; and it is impossible for the position of super- manager to be long occupied before its occupant ...
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Mr. GIBSON . Yes , sir . Mr. HOLIFIELD . It is my conception that this plan actually puts the general administrative responsibility in the hands of the chairman rather than that the specific administration of the different bureaus by ...
Mr. GIBSON . Yes , sir . Mr. HOLIFIELD . It is my conception that this plan actually puts the general administrative responsibility in the hands of the chairman rather than that the specific administration of the different bureaus by ...
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Mr. GIBSON . Well sir , I think there are 15. There are five divisions , sir . Mr. HOLIFIELD . That is what I meant . Mr. GIBSON . The five divisions , sir , are made up of members of the Commission .
Mr. GIBSON . Well sir , I think there are 15. There are five divisions , sir . Mr. HOLIFIELD . That is what I meant . Mr. GIBSON . The five divisions , sir , are made up of members of the Commission .
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