Reorganization of the Executive Departments: Hearings Before ..., Appointed Pursuant to Public Resolution No. 4, 75-1, Having Under Consideration Senate Document No. 8, the Message of the President Transmitting the Report of the President's Committee on Administrative Management in the Government of the United States. February 16 ... April 19, 19371937 - 414 pages |
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... efficient administrative branch of the Government is necessary for the survival of the democratic system and for the carrying into operation of the decisions made democratically under the American Constitution . Then , we attack the ...
... efficient administrative branch of the Government is necessary for the survival of the democratic system and for the carrying into operation of the decisions made democratically under the American Constitution . Then , we attack the ...
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... efficient ; that boards are useful , desirable , and necessary for the purpose of consultation , for advice , for quasi - judicial operations , but that , for administration , we do better with one man . Our observa- tion , and to some ...
... efficient ; that boards are useful , desirable , and necessary for the purpose of consultation , for advice , for quasi - judicial operations , but that , for administration , we do better with one man . Our observa- tion , and to some ...
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... efficient management of the executive branch it is necessary to cut down the great number of separate agencies now reporting directly to the President . It was our idea to get them all into regular departments , so that with the ...
... efficient management of the executive branch it is necessary to cut down the great number of separate agencies now reporting directly to the President . It was our idea to get them all into regular departments , so that with the ...
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... efficiency of the Executive resulting from the Cabinet meetings and the direct contact between these officers and the Executive ? Mr. BROWNLOW . Not in our concept , Mr. Taber . We have stated here that these men are not to be ...
... efficiency of the Executive resulting from the Cabinet meetings and the direct contact between these officers and the Executive ? Mr. BROWNLOW . Not in our concept , Mr. Taber . We have stated here that these men are not to be ...
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... efficient overhead managerial system for the Government as it is now . Senator MCNARY . Well , to follow up that question , you do not anywhere propose any retrenchments or lessening of the costs of government , do you ? Mr. BROWNLOW ...
... efficient overhead managerial system for the Government as it is now . Senator MCNARY . Well , to follow up that question , you do not anywhere propose any retrenchments or lessening of the costs of government , do you ? Mr. BROWNLOW ...
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Page 36 - Board, in accordance with the civil-service laws, and whose compensation shall be fixed in accordance with the Classification Act of 1923, as amended. Each such veterans...
Page 40 - 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...
Page 31 - service employee" means guards, watchmen, and any person engaged in a recognized trade or craft, or other skilled mechanical craft, or In unskilled, semiskilled, or skilled manual labor occupations; and any other employee Including a foreman or supervisor in a position having trade, craft, or laboring experience as the paramount requirement; and shall include all such persons regardless of any contractual relationship that may be...
Page 28 - The said Secretary shall cause a seal of office to be made for the said Department of such device as the President shall approve, and judicial notice shall be taken of the said seal.
Page 35 - The expenses of the committee under this section, which shall not exceed $65,000 in any fiscal year, shall be paid from the contingent fund of the House of Representatives upon vouchers signed by the Chairman or Vice Chairman.
Page 38 - That there shall be at the seat of government an executive department to be known as the Department of Commerce and Labor, and a Secretary of Commerce and Labor, who shall be the head thereof...
Page 25 - ... subject to the provisions of the Civil Service Retirement Act of May 29, 1930, as amended, for at least five years prior to his death.
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Page 160 - ... suit, action, or other proceeding to obtain a settlement of the questions involved, allow the same to be maintained by or against...
Page 156 - The duties assigned by law to the Bureau of Equipment shall be distributed among the other bureaus and offices of the Navy Department in such manner as the Secretary of the Navy shall consider expedient and proper during the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, nineteen hundred and twelve, and the Secretary of the Navy, with the approval of the President...