Administration of Overseas Activities of the Government: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Reorganization of the Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments, United States Senate, Eighty-second Congress, First Session, on S. 1166, a Bill to Create a Commission to Make a Study of the Administration of Overseas Activities of the Government, and to Make Recommendations to Congress with Respect Thereto, May 31, and June 5, 1951

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Page 5 - 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.
Page 6 - 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...
Page 5 - Commission or before such member. (b) The Commission is authorized to secure directly from any executive department, bureau, agency, hoard, commission, office, independent establishment, or instrumentality information, suggestions, estimates, and statistics for the purpose of this...
Page 5 - 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 41 - Commission composed of four Members of the Senate, four Members of the House, and six other citizens appointed by the President.
Page 18 - Senate and two from private life ; and (3) Four appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, two from the House of Representatives and two from private life.
Page 46 - ... bbl of water, or at the rate of 13.3 per cent water. It is currently making 15 per cent water; hence, the treatment is only moderately successful, especially in view of the fact that up to the present time the saving in water lifted amounts to but 385 bbl. Prior to treatment, well No.
Page 18 - The Commission shall be composed of twelve members, as follows : (1) Four appointed by the President of the United States, two from the executive branch of the Government and two from private life ; (2...
Page 6 - POWERS OF THE COMMISSION SEC. 11. (a) HEARINGS AND SESSIONS. — The Commission, or any 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, and take such testimony, as the Commission or such member may deem advisable. Any member of the Commission may administer oaths or affirmations to witnesses appearing before the Commission or before such member.
Page 57 - California, is Professor of Political Science and Chairman of the Department at the University of California, Berkeley. He serves as consultant to several foundations and research organizations and is Editor of the Asian Survey.

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