National Security Act of 1947: Hearings Before the Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments, House of Representatives, Eightieth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 2319, a Bill to Promote the National Security by Providing for a National Defense Establishment which Shall be Administered by a Secretary of National Defense and for a Department of the Army, a Department of the Navy and a Department of the Air Force Within the National Defense Establishment and for the Coordination of the Activities of the National Defense Establishment with Other Departments and Agencies of the Government Concerned with the National Security |
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... fact that planes now do fly . Mr. SNYDER . My reaction was that we are going to have to make some of these provisions more specific , definite , and mandatory , if we are going to get a unification of the services of supply and ...
... fact that planes now do fly . Mr. SNYDER . My reaction was that we are going to have to make some of these provisions more specific , definite , and mandatory , if we are going to get a unification of the services of supply and ...
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... fact that the gentleman from Pennsylvania , Mr. Jenkins , was pursuing a very intelligent and important line of questioning , I would like to ask the permission of the Committee to withhold my questions at this time and allot my 10 ...
... fact that the gentleman from Pennsylvania , Mr. Jenkins , was pursuing a very intelligent and important line of questioning , I would like to ask the permission of the Committee to withhold my questions at this time and allot my 10 ...
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... facts of life today . Mr. McCORMACK . This , as you say , is an important step forward as a result of the ... fact that whatever bill was going to be passed was going to be in status quo . Through the broad powers conferred in ...
... facts of life today . Mr. McCORMACK . This , as you say , is an important step forward as a result of the ... fact that whatever bill was going to be passed was going to be in status quo . Through the broad powers conferred in ...
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... fact that the Joint Chiefs of Staff have officially taken up this question of limiting the functions of the Marine Corps ? Secretary PATTERSON . There has been no decision of that kind . The CHAIRMAN . The question was , is not it a fact ...
... fact that the Joint Chiefs of Staff have officially taken up this question of limiting the functions of the Marine Corps ? Secretary PATTERSON . There has been no decision of that kind . The CHAIRMAN . The question was , is not it a fact ...
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... fact that the name of the Department was changed to the Department of the Army . What does he care about that , or that there is a Secretary of National Defense on top ? Mr. JUDD . I served in the field artillery , and we were just as ...
... fact that the name of the Department was changed to the Department of the Army . What does he care about that , or that there is a Secretary of National Defense on top ? Mr. JUDD . I served in the field artillery , and we were just as ...
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Page 6 - Defense, the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Secretary of the Air Force...
Page 600 - Corps shall be organized, trained, and equipped to provide fleet marine forces of combined arms, together with supporting air components, for service with the fleet in the seizure or defense of advanced naval bases and for the conduct of such land operations as may be essential to the prosecution of a naval campaign.
Page 2 - ... to provide United States representation on the Military Staff Committee of the United Nations in accordance with the provisions of the Charter of the United Nations. ( c ) The Joint Chiefs of Staff shall act as the principal military advisers to the President and the Secretary of Defense...
Page 676 - SEC. 404. The committee shall have the power, without regard to the civil-service laws and the Classification Act of 1923, as amended...
Page 4 - Council-- (1) to assess and appraise the objectives, commitments, and risks of the United States in relation to our actual and potential military power...
Page 5 - Institute for the purposes of the gift; (4) in accordance with the civil service laws, appoint and fix the compensation of such personnel as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this...
Page 422 - Defense, and the Secretary of Defense shall be the head thereof. "(b) There shall be within the Department of Defense (1) the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the...
Page 137 - Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy, it is hereby ordered as follows: 1.
Page 7 - No suit, action, or other proceeding lawfully commenced by or against the head of any agency or other officer of the United States, in his official capacity or in relation to the discharge of his official duties, shall abate by reason of the taking effect of...
Page 2 - Establishment the Joint Chiefs of Staff, which shall consist of the Chief of Staff, United States Army; the Chief of Naval Operations; the Chief of Staff, United States Air Force; and the Chief of Staff to the Commander in Chief, if there be one. (b) Subject to the authority and direction of the President and the Secretary of Defense...