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 |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 26
Page 13
The Chairman has that right to allocate work and administrative detail work to any of the 15 divisions , I believe ; isn't that right ? Mr. CONN . I think so ; yes . 65835-50- The CHAIRMAN . Will you proceed , Mr. Conn .
The Chairman has that right to allocate work and administrative detail work to any of the 15 divisions , I believe ; isn't that right ? Mr. CONN . I think so ; yes . 65835-50- The CHAIRMAN . Will you proceed , Mr. Conn .
Page 20
The way they operate there , as I understand it , they have an admin- istrative division of three commissioners . The Chairman of the Commission is an ex officio member of that division . Those three commissioners constitute the ...
The way they operate there , as I understand it , they have an admin- istrative division of three commissioners . The Chairman of the Commission is an ex officio member of that division . Those three commissioners constitute the ...
Page 22
What qualifications are set out in the basic law which created this inspection division would be changed by this plan ? Mr. LYON . Well , the men appointed by the President as director and assistant directors would still have to have ...
What qualifications are set out in the basic law which created this inspection division would be changed by this plan ? Mr. LYON . Well , the men appointed by the President as director and assistant directors would still have to have ...
Page 23
In other words , Congress in- stead of trying to go to the heads of all these different divisions to find out what was ... and the Chairman would in turn require responsibility from the head of his division , as I understand it .
In other words , Congress in- stead of trying to go to the heads of all these different divisions to find out what was ... and the Chairman would in turn require responsibility from the head of his division , as I understand it .
Page 24
As far as the actual field of administration is con- cerned , he would not take charge of that any more than the Secretary of Agriculture takes charge of the Marketing Division out in the field . In fact , any chairman of any major ...
As far as the actual field of administration is con- cerned , he would not take charge of that any more than the Secretary of Agriculture takes charge of the Marketing Division out in the field . In fact , any chairman of any major ...
What people are saying - Write a review
We haven't found any reviews in the usual places.
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
administrative adoption agencies appointed approval assigned Association authority BEALL believe Board branch Bureau carry Chairman Commissioners committee concerned Congress CONN consideration course Court CURRY deal decisions delegate designated determine direction Director divisions duties effect efficiency examiners executive executive department exercise experts fact follow functions GIBSON give Government head hearing HOFFMAN HOLIFIELD Hoover Commission House important independent individual influence Interstate Commerce Commission KARSTEN labor legislative letter Locomotive Inspection LYON major matters mean mission operation organization particular perform personnel political position practice present President problem procedure proposed provisions question railroads reasons recommendations regulations regulatory commissions relating Reorganization Plan represent respect responsibility safety Secretary Senate serve specifically staff statement statute STAUFFACHER supervision task force thing tion transferred transportation true understand United whole
Popular passages
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.