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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These changes were obvi- ously made because of the increased volume and scope of the work that the Congress from time to time assigned to the Commission . With 11 members it was possible to divide the work among various Commis- sioners ...
These changes were obvi- ously made because of the increased volume and scope of the work that the Congress from time to time assigned to the Commission . With 11 members it was possible to divide the work among various Commis- sioners ...
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... that it has given continuous and intensive consideration to the duties assigned to the Chairman and to his length of office from the beginning of the Commission . in 1887 ; that in 1910 it unanimously adopted a policy of annual ...
... that it has given continuous and intensive consideration to the duties assigned to the Chairman and to his length of office from the beginning of the Commission . in 1887 ; that in 1910 it unanimously adopted a policy of annual ...
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Nor could they overlook the significance of the Chairman's right to govern the assignment of duties . A man in a key position who failed to fall into line with the Chairman's policy might suffer withdrawal of important assignments and ...
Nor could they overlook the significance of the Chairman's right to govern the assignment of duties . A man in a key position who failed to fall into line with the Chairman's policy might suffer withdrawal of important assignments and ...
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From the beginning of this Commission , in 1887 , consideration has been given continuously and intensively to the duties assigned to the Chairman and to his length of term . Initially the term was indefinite , and it continued so until ...
From the beginning of this Commission , in 1887 , consideration has been given continuously and intensively to the duties assigned to the Chairman and to his length of term . Initially the term was indefinite , and it continued so until ...
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We assign to our Chairman general duties of presiding and coordinating which any Commissioner can perform in addition to his other duties . For that reason it is convenient to rotate this responsibility among the Commissioners .
We assign to our Chairman general duties of presiding and coordinating which any Commissioner can perform in addition to his other duties . For that reason it is convenient to rotate this responsibility among the Commissioners .
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Page 99 - Roosevelt addressed a letter to the commissioner asking for his resignation, on the ground "that the aims and purposes of the Administration with respect to the work of the Commission can be carried out most effectively with personnel of my own selection," but disclaiming any reflection upon the commissioner personally or upon his services.
Page 56 - It is hereby declared to be the national transportation policy of the Congress to provide for fair and impartial regulation of all modes of transportation, subject to the provisions of this Act, so administered as to recognize and preserve the inherent advantages of each...
Page 49 - The authority of Congress, in creating quasi-legislative or quasi-judicial agencies, to require them to act in discharge of their duties independently of executive control, cannot well be doubted; and that authority includes, as an appropriate incident, power to fix the period during which they shall continue, and to forbid their removal except for cause in the meantime.
Page 82 - Legal obligations that exist but cannot be enforced are ghosts that are seen in the law but that are elusive to the grasp.
Page 49 - The Commission is to be nonpartisan; and it must, from the very nature of its duties, act with entire impartiality. It is charged with the enforcement of no policy except the policy of the law.
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| Title | 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 ... |
| Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950 |
| Length | 107 pages |
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