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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I think that is true in anything . The question here is the relationship of the facets to the over - all problem . Mr. RICH . I would like to ask one question , Mr. Chairman . If , as the gentleman states , he represents manufacturers ...
I think that is true in anything . The question here is the relationship of the facets to the over - all problem . Mr. RICH . I would like to ask one question , Mr. Chairman . If , as the gentleman states , he represents manufacturers ...
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That may be true . Mr. HOFFMAN . Except they have been sold on the proposition that we must have less spending and more efficiency . Mr. CONN . We can go along with the objectives and aims of the Hoover Commission . Mr. HOFFMAN .
That may be true . Mr. HOFFMAN . Except they have been sold on the proposition that we must have less spending and more efficiency . Mr. CONN . We can go along with the objectives and aims of the Hoover Commission . Mr. HOFFMAN .
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That is true , but confirmed by the Senate . Mr. CONN . All right . He has control over the employees of that Commission , the delegation of their work . He has complete jurisdic- tion over that . Everything except the people employed ...
That is true , but confirmed by the Senate . Mr. CONN . All right . He has control over the employees of that Commission , the delegation of their work . He has complete jurisdic- tion over that . Everything except the people employed ...
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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 . I think the implications of this thing are very broad . Mr. BOLLING . The gentleman will yield right ...
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 . I think the implications of this thing are very broad . Mr. BOLLING . The gentleman will yield right ...
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That is true . This is a strictly ex parte deal from the President to the Congress . The CHAIRMAN . No. The President acts under the law passed by the Congress , the Reorganization Act . These plans are gone over by the Bureau of the ...
That is true . This is a strictly ex parte deal from the President to the Congress . The CHAIRMAN . No. The President acts under the law passed by the Congress , the Reorganization Act . These plans are gone over by the Bureau of the ...
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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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