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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... although less than 5 percent of the total budget is allocated to legislative matters in Washington . As a public - interest body , therefore , all of our accounts , income and outgo , are open to public inspection .
... although less than 5 percent of the total budget is allocated to legislative matters in Washington . As a public - interest body , therefore , all of our accounts , income and outgo , are open to public inspection .
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... although less than 5 percent of the total budget is allocated to legislative matters in Washington . As a public - interest body , therefore , all of our accounts , income and outgo , are open to public inspection .
... although less than 5 percent of the total budget is allocated to legislative matters in Washington . As a public - interest body , therefore , all of our accounts , income and outgo , are open to public inspection .
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The committee holds a hearing , rather , and makes a report ; the matter then dies down , and we never get anywhere . Mr. CONN . Well , of course , as a layman I cannot say when they will act . But I have good reason to believe that ...
The committee holds a hearing , rather , and makes a report ; the matter then dies down , and we never get anywhere . Mr. CONN . Well , of course , as a layman I cannot say when they will act . But I have good reason to believe that ...
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... and it is purely a matter of management that conforms with private industry practices , that you are opposing this . Mr. CONN . We are opposing it for the reason that we want to see the whole regulatory and promotional picture of ...
... and it is purely a matter of management that conforms with private industry practices , that you are opposing this . Mr. CONN . We are opposing it for the reason that we want to see the whole regulatory and promotional picture of ...
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It would not be possible for any one man , no matter how competent , to efficiently exercise the power that this plan would give the Chairman . Such a Chairman would necessarily either dele- gate much of this power or be governed by ...
It would not be possible for any one man , no matter how competent , to efficiently exercise the power that this plan would give the Chairman . Such a Chairman would necessarily either dele- gate much of this power or be governed by ...
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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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