Legislative Branch Appropriation Bill for 1942, Hearings Before the Subcommittee of ... , 77-1 on H.R. 47561941 - 38 pages |
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Page 17 - No part of any appropriation contained in this act or authorized hereby to be expended shall be used to pay the compensation of any officer or employee of the Government of the United States, or of any agency the majority of the stock of which is owned by the Government of the United States, whose post of duty is in continental United States...
Page 17 - Congress may be exempt from the provisions of this section, but the Librarian shall not make any appointment to any such position until he has ascertained that he cannot secure for such appointment a person in any of the three categories hereinbefore specified in this section who possesses the special qualifications for the particular position and also otherwise meets the general requirements for employment in the Library of Congress.
Page 17 - ... categories specified in such provisions who possesses the special qualifications for the particular position and also otherwise meets the general requirements for employment in the Library of Congress.
Page 17 - House also is authorized to conduct studies and examinations of the organization and operation of any executive agency (including any agency the majority of the stock of which is owned by the Government of the United States) as it may deem necessary to assist it in...
Page 34 - ... new committee rooms. These are very urgently needed as there is quite a demand on the part of many senators for additional rooms. I hope you will include this in your report, and I shall be glad to discuss it with you when I next see you. With best wishes, I am Faithfully yours, HARRY F.
Page 17 - Not to exceed ten positions in the Library of Congress may be exempt from the provisions of appropriation Acts concerning the employment of aliens during the current fiscal year, but the Librarian shall not make any appointment to any such position until he has ascertained that he cannot secure for such appointments a person in any of the categories specified in such provisions who possesses...
Page 1 - STATEMENT OF HON. PAT McCARRAN, A UNITED STATES SENATOR FROM THE STATE OF NEVADA SENATE COMMITTEE ON THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Senator TYDINGS. Senator McCarran, you wanted to make a statement ? Senator McCARRAN. Mr. Chairman, I think I should apologize for coming before the committee. Senator Barkley and I had — I do not know whether you would call it an understanding, or a conversation, when I was chosen to be chairman of the Committee on the District of Columbia. I told Senator Barkley that I...
Page 28 - With the gradual increase in the number of indirect lighting fixtures installed in clerks' rooms of Senators' offices, in response to insistent demands for better light, a point has been reached where the present facilities of the dynamo room cannot safely bear any additional load, although requests continue to be received for better light. This can only be secured by increasing the wattage of the lamps used or the installation of indirect lighting fixtures, which also require high-wattage lamps....
Page 22 - Total 7, 700. 00 Senate Office Building. Estimates, 1942 — Continued Special : Metal letter and storage flies - $5, 000. 00 Painting 31, 187. 00 Reducing heat in rooms 130 A, B, C 800. 00 Replacing air-conditioning system grilles, new wing 1, 100. 00 Rugs and carpets 7, 000. 00 Soundproofing Senators' office transoms 1,000.00 Maintenance and operation of caucus room sound system 2, 400.
Page 16 - I am not convinced by the i-easoning of the hon. gentleman ; but there is another point to which I should like to draw the attention of the leader of the House.