Message from the President of the United States transmitting Reorganiza- Baylor, Mrs. Ben B., Jr., State education chairman, Maryland divi- Butler, Hon. Hugh, a United States Senator from the State of Neb- Ewing, Oscar R., Federal Security Administrator_ Fahy, Mrs. Jack B., executive director, The American Parents Com- Fernbach, Frank, legislative department, CIO, Washington, D. C Fuller, Edgar, executive secretary, National Council of Chief State Furstenberg, Dr. Frank F., appearing on behalf, Americans for 134 Markoff, Sol, representing National Child Labor Committee, New 129 McDonnald, Angus, assistant legislative secretary, National Farmers 53 Schiff, Philip, chairman, national public social policies committee of the 80 Taft, Hon. Robert A., a United States Senator from the State of Ohio. Weitzer, Bernard, legislative representative, Jewish War Veterans of Wickenden, Elizabeth, Washington representative, American Public Young, Dr. Robert S., chairman, legislative committee, Association of Letters, statements, memorandums, submitted for the record by- Bauer, Dr. Louis H., statement on behalf of American Medical Asso- Bonds, A. B., Jr., State commissioner of education, Arkansas, telegram to Hon. John L. McClellan, July 6, 1950. Burney, Dr. L. E., secretary-treasurer, Association of State and Territorial Health Officers, letter to Hon. John L. McClellan, June Colborn, Fern M., secretary, Social Education and Action, letter to Hon. John L. McClellan, July 18, 1950__ Congress of Industrial Organizations, statement before Expenditures in the Executive Departments in support of Reorganization Plan Crookes, Spencer H., executive director, Child Welfare League of America, Inc., letter to Hon. John L. McClellan, July 6, 1950---- Fuller, Edgar, executive secretary, National Council of Chief State Nickell, Vernon L., Superintendent of Public Instruction, State Halverson, Wilton L., president, Association of State and Territorial Johnson, Robert L., Citizens' Committee for the Hoover Report, Kennedy, Miles D., director, National Legislative Commission of the Masaoka, Mike, national legislative director, statement_ McClure, Worth, executive secretary, American Association of School Administrators, letter to Hon. John L. McClellan, June 29, 1950---- Meyer, Agnes E., Mount Kisco, N. Y., letter to Hon. John L. Reorganization Plan No. 1, effective July 1, 1939, under pt. 2, Federal Scull, Miles, Jr., professional staff member, approved by Walter L. Reynolds, staff director, memorandums: No. 81-2-62, June 3, 1950, re to establish a Department of (B) Reorganization Plan No. 27 of 1950-to establish a Department of Health, Education, and Security- (C) S. 2060 (substitute) (81st Cong., 1st sess.)-to establish a Department of Health, Education, and Security- Stebbins, Dr. Ernest L., director, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene Taylor, John W., president of University of Louisville, statement. 154 49 Willcox, Alanson W., general counsel, Federal Security Agency, 137 Young, Dr. Robert E. S., chairman, Legislative Committee of the Asso- Zook, George F., president, American Council on Education, state- 55 REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 27 OF 1950 THURSDAY, JULY 6, 1950 UNITED STATES SENATE, COMMITTEE ON EXPENDITURES IN THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS, Washington, D. C. The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 10 a. m., in room 357, Senate Office Building, Senator John L. McClellan (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators McClellan, Benton, Ives, Mundt, Smith of Maine, and Schoeppel. The CHAIRMAN. The committee will come to order. We are scheduled to commence hearings this morning on Senate Resolution 302, introduced by Senator Taft for himself, Senators Butler, Smith of New Jersey, Bricker, Knowland, Mundt, and Hendrickson, which resolution proposes to disapprove Reorganization Plan No. 27 of 1950. At this point I wish to have printed in the record the President's message, together with the plan; that is, the message of transmittal of the plan, and the plan, and also the resolution. I shall also ask to have printed in the record at this point two staff memorandums analyzing the Reorganization Plan No. 27 and making comparisons of it with the Hoover Commission's recommendations, and also with Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1949. (The documents referred to follow:) [H. Doc. No. 610, 81st Cong., 2d sess.] MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TRANSMITTING GOVERNMENT REORGANIZATION PLAN No. 27 OF 1950, WHICH WILL CREATE A DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND SECURITY To the Congress of the United States: I transmit herewith Reorganization Plan No. 27 of 1950, prepared in accordance with the provisions of the Reorganization Act of 1949. This plan will create a Department of Health, Education, and Security, as one of the executive departments of the Government, and will transfer to it the functions and constituent units of the Federal Security Agency. The Department will be headed by a Secretary of Health, Education, and Security, who will be vested with essentially the same duties and authority as are now vested in the Federal Security Administrator. It is unnecessary to recite again the considerations which make the creation of such a department desirable. As I pointed out in my message transmitting Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 1949, such action has repeatedly been recommended by my predecessors and myself, as well as by others who have studied our Government organization. The scope and importance of the functions of the Federal Security Agency plainly warrant departmental status. I feel that there should be no further delay in effecting this essential reorganization. The present plan is designed to meet the major objections which were raised in opposition to the 1949 plan when it was disapproved by the Senate. A principal 1 |