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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The taking effect of the reorganizations included in this plan may not in itself result in substantial immediate savings . However , many benefits in improved operations are probable during the next years which will result in a ...
The taking effect of the reorganizations included in this plan may not in itself result in substantial immediate savings . However , many benefits in improved operations are probable during the next years which will result in a ...
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... in effect is that this regulatory function is not changed ; the policy - making function is not changed ; this is merely taken from 15 commissioners and putting the responsibility of administrative detail in the hands of one man .
... in effect is that this regulatory function is not changed ; the policy - making function is not changed ; this is merely taken from 15 commissioners and putting the responsibility of administrative detail in the hands of one man .
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Then you would make the same statement under the law as was made by the President , that the effect of the reorgani- zation included in this plan may not in itself result in substantial immediate savings - we required him to tell it ...
Then you would make the same statement under the law as was made by the President , that the effect of the reorgani- zation included in this plan may not in itself result in substantial immediate savings - we required him to tell it ...
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I would point out to you that in our 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 ...
I would point out to you that in our 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 ...
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It is clear to us that it would be a most unwise move and it would reverse a carefully considered decision of the Congress to now permit a pro- gram to go into effect which would place the functions of these experts under the direction ...
It is clear to us that it would be a most unwise move and it would reverse a carefully considered decision of the Congress to now permit a pro- gram to go into effect which would place the functions of these experts under the direction ...
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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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