Fourth Plan on Government Reorganization: Hearings Before the Select Committee on Government Organization, United States Senate, Seventy-sixth Congress, Third Session, on S. Con. Res. 43, a Resolution Disapproving Reorganization Plan Numbered IV. |
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Page 3 - Government to the fullest extent practicable; (4) to group, coordinate, and consolidate agencies and functions of the Government, as nearly as may be, according to major purposes; (5) to reduce the number of agencies by consolidating those having similar functions under a single head, and to abolish such agencies or functions thereof as may not be necessary for the efficient conduct of the Government; and (6) to eliminate overlapping and duplication of effort.
Page 24 - The Administrator of Civil Aeronautics, whose functions shall be administered under the direction and supervision of the Secretary of Commerce...
Page 24 - Now, what I am trying to find out is whether or not you are...
Page 18 - ... the Civil Aeronautics Authority within the Department of Commerce: Provided, That the Civil Aeronautics Board shall exercise its functions of rule-making (including the prescription of rules, regulations, and standards), adjudication, and investigation independently of the Secretary of Commerce: Provided further. That the budgeting, accounting, personnel, procurement, and related routine management functions of the Civil Aeronautics Board shall be performed under the direction and supervision...
Page 69 - Authorization of Expenditures and Travel General Authority SEC. 204. (a) The Authority is empowered to make such expenditures at the seat of government and elsewhere as may be necessary for the exercise and performance of the powers and duties vested in and imposed upon the...
Page 34 - ... air navigation utilizing the facilities and assistance of existing agencies of the Government so far as practicable; and (4) to provide necessary facilities and personnel for the regulation and protection of air traffic.
Page 6 - For the first time air carriers and the public are safeguarded against uneconomic, destructive competition and wasteful duplication of services by the statutory requirement that no person or company may engage in air transportation without first receiving a certificate of public convenience and necessity.
Page 69 - ... meetings and conventions when in the public interest; (7) making investigations and conducting studies in matters pertaining to aeronautics; and (8) acquisition (including exchange), operation, and maintenance of passenger-carrying automobiles and aircraft, and such other property as is necessary in the exercise and performance of the powers and duties of the Authority, the Administrator, and the Air Safety Board: Provided, That no aircraft or motor vehicle, purchased under the provisions of...
Page 34 - The Administrator is authorized, within the limits of available appropriations made by the Congress, (1) to acquire, establish, and improve air-navigation facilities wherever necessary; (2) to operate and maintain such airnavigation facilities; (3) to arrange for publication of aeronautical maps and charts necessary for the safe and efficient movement...
Page 5 - ... held, but whenever the convenience of the public or of the parties may be promoted, or delay or expense may be prevented, the Authority may hold hearings or other proceedings at any other place. The Authority shall have an official seal which shall be judicially noticed and which shall be preserved in the custody of the secretary of the Authority.