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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Now , I am not saying they have not received consideration of a task force or a few committees or even some presidentially appointed com- mission . But I do say that they , the users of transportation , Nation- wide , and the great body ...
Now , I am not saying they have not received consideration of a task force or a few committees or even some presidentially appointed com- mission . But I do say that they , the users of transportation , Nation- wide , and the great body ...
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Now , here , do they diverge from the Hoover Com- mission recommendations in that the recommendations do not increase the number of Commissioners or staff salaries , or provide that the Commissioners , upon expiration of terms ...
Now , here , do they diverge from the Hoover Com- mission recommendations in that the recommendations do not increase the number of Commissioners or staff salaries , or provide that the Commissioners , upon expiration of terms ...
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We are against sin and we are for the Hoover Com- mission report all the way down the line as to its aims , but that could not mean that every detail of that report is the right thing to do . Mr. HOFFMAN . You want to be sure that you ...
We are against sin and we are for the Hoover Com- mission report all the way down the line as to its aims , but that could not mean that every detail of that report is the right thing to do . Mr. HOFFMAN . You want to be sure that you ...
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which did not conform to the policies set down by the whole Com- mission . Mr. CONN . That may be true- Mr. HOLIFIELD . As I say , I think you are making a mountain out of a mole hill . Mr. CONN . No ; I don't think so .
which did not conform to the policies set down by the whole Com- mission . Mr. CONN . That may be true- Mr. HOLIFIELD . As I say , I think you are making a mountain out of a mole hill . Mr. CONN . No ; I don't think so .
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... rota- tion has contributed to inefficiency , and the task force brought out the fact that it was not a satisfactory way of heading a regulatory com- mission , to rotate the terms in such a manner , for such a short period of time .
... rota- tion has contributed to inefficiency , and the task force brought out the fact that it was not a satisfactory way of heading a regulatory com- mission , to rotate the terms in such a manner , for such a short period of time .
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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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