A Commission to Study Overseas Activities of the Federal Government: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments, House of Representatives, Eighty-second Congress, First Session. June 11, 12, and August 2, 1951 |
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... functions . The Commission may also contract for services and employ part - time consultants on a per diem basis . SEC . 6. ( a ) The Commission , or any member thereof , may , when authorized by a majority of the Commission , for the ...
... functions . The Commission may also contract for services and employ part - time consultants on a per diem basis . SEC . 6. ( a ) The Commission , or any member thereof , may , when authorized by a majority of the Commission , for the ...
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... function , the United States has spent $ 6 billion a year , according to my estimate , over the last 5 years , that is , for overseas activities . Mr. LANHAM . What does that include , according to your estimates ? Mr. MCCORMICK . That ...
... function , the United States has spent $ 6 billion a year , according to my estimate , over the last 5 years , that is , for overseas activities . Mr. LANHAM . What does that include , according to your estimates ? Mr. MCCORMICK . That ...
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... functions that we perform now abroad . First and foremost is the function of the State Depart- ment , which is one of diplomatic relations with the governments of other countries . Yet you find that only about 6 percent of our total ...
... functions that we perform now abroad . First and foremost is the function of the State Depart- ment , which is one of diplomatic relations with the governments of other countries . Yet you find that only about 6 percent of our total ...
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... functions . That required a complete new staff of civil experts . I think we have done a remarkable job of that type of work in Japan , but it only illustrates how important it is for such functions to be organized in a more systematic ...
... functions . That required a complete new staff of civil experts . I think we have done a remarkable job of that type of work in Japan , but it only illustrates how important it is for such functions to be organized in a more systematic ...
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... functions that we will perform abroad out- side of the State Department's function . Mr. BROWNSON . Of course , it is always well to try to get somebody on these committees who represents the general public , also . Dr. SANDERS . That ...
... functions that we will perform abroad out- side of the State Department's function . Mr. BROWNSON . Of course , it is always well to try to get somebody on these committees who represents the general public , also . Dr. SANDERS . That ...
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administration of overseas agency American appointed billion Brookings Institution Brookings report BROWNSON Chairman CHURCH Citizens Committee Committee on Expenditures concerned Congress with respect coordination countries course create a commission CURTIS DAVID Dawson deal Department of Commerce Director DORN economic executive branch Executive Departments fact Federal Government Federal Relations feel FINAN foreign affairs foreign aid functions GASKIN Gordon Gray Gray report HENDERSON LANHAM Hoover Commission House of Representatives interested International Organizations investigation labor Latin America legislation matter MCCORMICK ment military mission mittee National Grange over-all overseas activities overseas administration Overseas Affairs overseas operations Panama Canal Zone Panamanian personnel point 4 program POLLOCK President problem proposed question recommendations Relations With International Republic of Panama request responsibility Rockefeller report SANDERS Secretary SAWYER Senate committee situation staff statement Territories thing tion United States Government W. J. BRYAN DORN Washington
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Page 2 - Governor thereof. Such committee shall confer with and advise the Secretary of the Interior with respect to all determinations made and regulations adopted by him pursuant to subsection (a). The members of the committee shall select a chairman from among their number. Any vacancy in the committee shall not affect its powers, but shall be filled in the same manner in which the original appointment was made. The members of the committee...
Page 2 - The Commission is authorized to secure directly from any executive department, bureau, agency, board, commission, office, independent establishment, or instrumentality information suggestions, estimates, and statistics for the purpose of this Act; and each such department, bureau, agency, board, commission, office, establishment, or instrumentality is authorized and directed to furnish such information, suggestions, estimates, and statistics directly to the Commission, upon request made by the Chairman...
Page 2 - Commission deems advisable. Any member of the Commission may administer oaths or affirmations to witnesses appearing before the Commission or any subcommittee or members thereof.
Page 2 - Commission, and shall appoint, in accordance with the civil service laws, such officers, agents, attorneys, and employees as it deems necessary to assist it in the performance of its functions and to fix their compensation in accordance with the Classification Act of 1949, as amended.
Page 2 - POWERS OF THE COMMISSION SEC. 10. (a) HEARINGS AND SESSIONS. — The Commission or, on the authorization, of the Commission, any subcommittee or member thereof, may, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act, hold such hearings and sit and act at such times and places...
Page 1 - ... appointed by the President of the Senate, four Members of the HOuse of Representatives appointed by the Speaker, and four persons in the executive branch of the Government appointed by the President. Any vacancy in the Commission shall not affect its powers, but shall be filled in the same manner in which the original appointment was made. The members of the Commission shall serve without additional compensation by reason of such membership, but they shall be allowed and paid their necessary...
Page 1 - For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act, there is hereby created a commission to be known as the...
Page 6 - ... administration, we are making no definite recommendation for reorganization since we feel that this complicated problem requires further detailed study before any definite conclusions can be reached as to the most effective organizational arrangement.
Page 60 - DC to undertake a study of the administration of foreign affairs and overseas operations of the United States Government.
Page 2 - Act, hold such hearings and sit and act as such times and places, administer such oaths, and require, by subpena or otherwise, the attendance and testimony of such witnesses and the production of such books, records, correspondence, memorandums, papers, and documents as the Commission or such subcommittee or member may deem advisable. Subpenas...