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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... particularly evident in the enhancement of the role of the House of Repre- sentatives in connection with appropriation for foreign programs * * * " As a consequence , the solution of today's ( foreign affairs ) problems require joint ...
... particularly evident in the enhancement of the role of the House of Repre- sentatives in connection with appropriation for foreign programs * * * " As a consequence , the solution of today's ( foreign affairs ) problems require joint ...
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... particularly interested in this subject . That is signed " Herbert Hoover . " Mr. BROWNSON . Is Mr. Pollock on our list to testify at these hear- ings ? Mr. LANHAM . I think we have him on the list of witnesses . You may proceed , Mr ...
... particularly interested in this subject . That is signed " Herbert Hoover . " Mr. BROWNSON . Is Mr. Pollock on our list to testify at these hear- ings ? Mr. LANHAM . I think we have him on the list of witnesses . You may proceed , Mr ...
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... particularly the Canal Zone . I shall try to approach it from two points of view . First of all , we feel that there is a vast amount of waste of human resources in the Canal Zone . When the United States entered the Canal Zone late in ...
... particularly the Canal Zone . I shall try to approach it from two points of view . First of all , we feel that there is a vast amount of waste of human resources in the Canal Zone . When the United States entered the Canal Zone late in ...
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... particularly speaking of are clubs for civilian employees which are Government - operated in the Panama Canal Zone ? Mr. GASKIN . That is right . Mr. CURTIS . Referring to this Civil Affairs Bureau you mentioned that they are under , do ...
... particularly speaking of are clubs for civilian employees which are Government - operated in the Panama Canal Zone ? Mr. GASKIN . That is right . Mr. CURTIS . Referring to this Civil Affairs Bureau you mentioned that they are under , do ...
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... particularly the statement made by Mr. McCormick , I am not going to give as long a formal statement as I might have given otherwise in explanation of the bill . My own interest in the bill arose during the session of 1949 when the ...
... particularly the statement made by Mr. McCormick , I am not going to give as long a formal statement as I might have given otherwise in explanation of the bill . My own interest in the bill arose during the session of 1949 when the ...
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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...