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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... KARSTEN , Missouri JOHN W. MCCORMACK , Massachusetts HERBERT C. BONNER , North Carolina GEORGE G. SADOWSKI , Michigan WALTER B. HUBER , Ohio JOHN A. BLATNIK , Minnesota HAROLD D. DONOHUE , Massachusetts EARL T. WAGNER , Ohio WILLIAM P ...
... KARSTEN , Missouri JOHN W. MCCORMACK , Massachusetts HERBERT C. BONNER , North Carolina GEORGE G. SADOWSKI , Michigan WALTER B. HUBER , Ohio JOHN A. BLATNIK , Minnesota HAROLD D. DONOHUE , Massachusetts EARL T. WAGNER , Ohio WILLIAM P ...
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... KARSTEN . You have 75 directors ; is that correct ? Mr. CONN . That is correct . Mr. KARSTEN . Have you had a meeting of them or have you had a meeting of the 9,000 people you represent ? Mr. CONN . Of course , that would be impossible ...
... KARSTEN . You have 75 directors ; is that correct ? Mr. CONN . That is correct . Mr. KARSTEN . Have you had a meeting of them or have you had a meeting of the 9,000 people you represent ? Mr. CONN . Of course , that would be impossible ...
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... KARSTEN . Before you leave this statement , who is that 125,000 influential citizens in the rural districts up to 10,000 population ? Mr. CONN . They are the people who are helping us , selected by the citizens of the towns from 400 to ...
... KARSTEN . Before you leave this statement , who is that 125,000 influential citizens in the rural districts up to 10,000 population ? Mr. CONN . They are the people who are helping us , selected by the citizens of the towns from 400 to ...
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... KARSTEN . At that point , how would this affect safety stand- ards ? You say it would result in virtual repeal of the law enacted by the Congress and disaster to the enforcement of safety standards on the railroads of our country . Just ...
... KARSTEN . At that point , how would this affect safety stand- ards ? You say it would result in virtual repeal of the law enacted by the Congress and disaster to the enforcement of safety standards on the railroads of our country . Just ...
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... KARSTEN . What do you do with air traffic ? Do you have an inspection bureau ? With reference to these bombs we have been ex- periencing on air traffic of late , do you have any independent agency that would go in there and determine ...
... KARSTEN . What do you do with air traffic ? Do you have an inspection bureau ? With reference to these bombs we have been ex- periencing on air traffic of late , do you have any independent agency that would go in there and determine ...
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