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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... duties , no further functions that are imposed upon the Chair- man that are not now imposed upon the whole Commission . Mr. CONN . Correct . Mr. HOLIFIELD . The thing you are interested in primarily is the regulatory function of the ...
... duties , no further functions that are imposed upon the Chair- man that are not now imposed upon the whole Commission . Mr. CONN . Correct . Mr. HOLIFIELD . The thing you are interested in primarily is the regulatory function of the ...
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... duties of the committee and this is exactly what the plan does on your Interstate and Foreign Com- merce Committee . It delegates to the chairman the carrying out of the administrative duties which are related to the policies set 14 ...
... duties of the committee and this is exactly what the plan does on your Interstate and Foreign Com- merce Committee . It delegates to the chairman the carrying out of the administrative duties which are related to the policies set 14 ...
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... duties which are related to the policies set up by the complete commission . Mr. CONN . All right . The Interstate Commerce Commission today is dealing with a very sensitive problem . It is true that centraliza- tion over administrative ...
... duties which are related to the policies set up by the complete commission . Mr. CONN . All right . The Interstate Commerce Commission today is dealing with a very sensitive problem . It is true that centraliza- tion over administrative ...
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... duties as Con- gressmen , we cannot foresee what the future will bring , and I would point out that if this plan does go into effect , that any such over - all study as you make that would contemplate changing the plan could still be ...
... duties as Con- gressmen , we cannot foresee what the future will bring , and I would point out that if this plan does go into effect , that any such over - all study as you make that would contemplate changing the plan could still be ...
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... 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 rota- tion of the chairmanship as grave weaknesses had developed in 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 rota- tion of the chairmanship as grave weaknesses had developed in the ...
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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.