Treasury and Post Office Departments Appropriation Bill, 1949, Hearings Before the Subcommittee of ... , 80-2 on H.R. 57701948 - 351 pages |
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... Federal Supply . Total___ . $ 31 , 400 908 , 100 1 , 264 , 000 830 , 000 10 , 055 , 000 13 , 088 , 500 In its report to the House , the Committee on Appropriations indicated that it felt that reductions could be made in the estimates ...
... Federal Supply . Total___ . $ 31 , 400 908 , 100 1 , 264 , 000 830 , 000 10 , 055 , 000 13 , 088 , 500 In its report to the House , the Committee on Appropriations indicated that it felt that reductions could be made in the estimates ...
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... Federal Government . This task requires the printing of hundreds of millions of tax forms and instructions each year . These needs must be met promptly in order to comply with statutory requirement limitations for the filing of returns ...
... Federal Government . This task requires the printing of hundreds of millions of tax forms and instructions each year . These needs must be met promptly in order to comply with statutory requirement limitations for the filing of returns ...
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... Federal Reserve banks were requested to try to keep every possible piece of currency in circulation and to submit bills for redemption only when they are absolutely unsatisfactory for further monetary transactions . The sup plemental ...
... Federal Reserve banks were requested to try to keep every possible piece of currency in circulation and to submit bills for redemption only when they are absolutely unsatisfactory for further monetary transactions . The sup plemental ...
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... FEDERAL SUPPLY The next bureau is the Bureau of Federal Supply whose appropriation request was cut $ 10,070,000 by the House committee . Ten million dollars of this item involves the elimination of a request for additional capital for ...
... FEDERAL SUPPLY The next bureau is the Bureau of Federal Supply whose appropriation request was cut $ 10,070,000 by the House committee . Ten million dollars of this item involves the elimination of a request for additional capital for ...
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... Federal Supply , the expense item would show a reduction of $ 17,000,000 from last year . I think that in view of the very fine remarks you made about the Treasury , it might be appropriate to put that in the record at this point ...
... Federal Supply , the expense item would show a reduction of $ 17,000,000 from last year . I think that in view of the very fine remarks you made about the Treasury , it might be appropriate to put that in the record at this point ...
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additional agencies air mail amount appropriation approximately Assistant Postmaster audit average basis Braniff Braniff Airways Budget Bureau of Federal Bureau of Internal carriers cents Chairman Civil Aeronautics Board Congress cost Division DONALDSON effect efficiency employees equipment expenditures Federal Supply field fiscal year 1949 functions GLEASON Government GUY CORDON HAHN handling House committee House report increase Internal Revenue Interstate Commerce Commission inventory investigation June 30 KURTH legislative letter machines mail pay McLARNEY ment O'CONNELL OLIPHANT operation Panagra percent personal services personnel Post Office Department postal service present printing and binding procurement purchase reduction requested restoration returns revenue agents route salaries savings schedule and justification SCHOENEMAN Senator CORDON Senator FERGUSON Senator HAYDEN Senator MCKELLAR Senator REED statement subcommittee supply fund taxpayers tion transportation Treasury and Post Treasury Department trucks typewriters United volume Washington WIGGINS
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Page 131 - 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, shall abate by reason of the taking effect of...
Page 321 - ... (d) Competition to the extent necessary to assure the sound development of an air-transportation system properly adapted to the needs of the foreign and domestic commerce of the United States, of the Postal Service, and of the national defense; (e) The regulation of air commerce in such manner as to best promote its development and safety; and (f) The encouragement and development of civil aeronautics.
Page 135 - When used in this title, the term 'executive agency' means any commission, independent establishment, board, bureau, division, service, or office in the executive branch of the Government and, except as provided in section 403, includes the executive departments.
Page 130 - Government to the fullest extent practicable ; (4) to group, coordinate, and consolidate agencies and functions of the Government, as nearly as may be, according to major purposes ; (5) to reduce the number of agencies by consolidating those having similar functions under a single head, and to abolish such agencies or functions thereof as may not be necessary for the efficient conduct of the Government; and (6) to eliminate overlapping and duplication of effort...
Page 128 - All purchases and contracts for supplies or services, in any of the Departments of the Government, except for personal services, shall be made by advertising a sufficient time previously for proposals respecting the same, when the public exigencies do not require the immediate delivery of the articles, or performance of the service.
Page 134 - Government of the United States, and of defending claims and demands against the Government, and of supervising the work of United States attorneys, marshals, and clerks in connection therewith, now exercised by any agency or officer, are transferred to the Department of Justice. "As to any case referred to the Department of Justice...
Page 128 - Washington, to standardize such supplies, eliminating all unnecessary grades and varieties, and to solicit bids based upon formulas and specifications drawn up by such experts in the service of the Government as the committee may see fit to call upon, who shall render whatever assistance they may require...
Page 130 - Act, and in effect at the time of the transfer, shall continue in effect to the same extent as If such transfer had not occurred, until modified, superseded, or repealed.
Page 197 - ... the need of each such air carrier for compensation for the transportation of mail sufficient to insure the performance of such service, and, together with all other revenue of the air carrier, to enable such air carrier under honest, economical, and efficient management, to maintain and continue the development of air transportation to the extent and of the character and quality required for the commerce of the United States, the Postal Service, and the national defense.
Page 130 - Government; (3 ) to increase the efficiency of the operations of the Government to the fullest extent practicable...