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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... political ends could hardly be resisted . That , too—— Mr. BOLLING . Would the gentleman yield right there ? How would this transfer any more power than is already existing under law ? Mr. CONN . Because of the fact that the Chairman of ...
... political ends could hardly be resisted . That , too—— Mr. BOLLING . Would the gentleman yield right there ? How would this transfer any more power than is already existing under law ? Mr. CONN . Because of the fact that the Chairman of ...
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... politics and political considerations , and political con- siderations are concerned in it and the administration will rise or fall politically . I want to place the political responsibility of the conduct of this Nation in individuals ...
... politics and political considerations , and political con- siderations are concerned in it and the administration will rise or fall politically . I want to place the political responsibility of the conduct of this Nation in individuals ...
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... politics - Democrat or whatever he is . The CHAIRMAN . We want to educate the American citizen to take a greater interest in politics of this Nation . Mr. CONN . That is right . But I do hope that in view of the Presi- dent's own ...
... politics - Democrat or whatever he is . The CHAIRMAN . We want to educate the American citizen to take a greater interest in politics of this Nation . Mr. CONN . That is right . But I do hope that in view of the Presi- dent's own ...
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... political party . So the bipartisanship of the Commis- sion has been protected in this way . Mr. CONN . Very good . Mr. HOLIFIELD . There is no change in that . Mr. CONN . I understand . Mr. HOLIFIELD . This plan makes no change . I ...
... political party . So the bipartisanship of the Commis- sion has been protected in this way . Mr. CONN . Very good . Mr. HOLIFIELD . There is no change in that . Mr. CONN . I understand . Mr. HOLIFIELD . This plan makes no change . I ...
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... political party . The Commission is generally and properly regarded as an arm of the Congress rather than part of the executive branch of the Government . This Commission was originally established in 1887 as a five - member body . The ...
... political party . The Commission is generally and properly regarded as an arm of the Congress rather than part of the executive branch of the Government . This Commission was originally established in 1887 as a five - member body . 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.