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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There is one thing to have a group of sound statutes on the books and another thing to administer them . Mr. HOLIFIELD . Of course , that is what this is . This is in line with the basic recommendation for the concentration of authority ...
There is one thing to have a group of sound statutes on the books and another thing to administer them . Mr. HOLIFIELD . Of course , that is what this is . This is in line with the basic recommendation for the concentration of authority ...
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When the original Act to Regulate Commerce was under consideration in Congress there was a difference of opinion over the choice of the agency for the en- forcement of the statute . One group , led by Senator Cullom , advo- cated the ...
When the original Act to Regulate Commerce was under consideration in Congress there was a difference of opinion over the choice of the agency for the en- forcement of the statute . One group , led by Senator Cullom , advo- cated the ...
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... and the requirement of the statute for judicial procedure . Apparently the Commission was regarded very much like a court and entitled to the same consideration . 5 The Commission is an independent regulatory agency performing quasi ...
... and the requirement of the statute for judicial procedure . Apparently the Commission was regarded very much like a court and entitled to the same consideration . 5 The Commission is an independent regulatory agency performing quasi ...
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... to determine by statute the policies which they are to administer ; but in the ad- ministration of those policies these tribunals must not be under the domination or influence of either the President or Congress or of anything else ...
... to determine by statute the policies which they are to administer ; but in the ad- ministration of those policies these tribunals must not be under the domination or influence of either the President or Congress or of anything else ...
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The statute contains no mention of a chairman so that his selection is left under general principles of law entirely to the Commission itself . Under the present practice the chairman is elected annually , each member serving for 1 year ...
The statute contains no mention of a chairman so that his selection is left under general principles of law entirely to the Commission itself . Under the present practice the chairman is elected annually , each member serving for 1 year ...
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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.
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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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