Department of Labor-Federal Security Agency Appropriation Bill for 1944: Hearings ... 78th Congress, 1st Session

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Page 99 - Washington, a department of education, for the purpose of collecting such statistics and facts as shall show the condition and progress of education in the several States and Territories, and of diffusing such information respecting the organization and management of schools and school systems, and methods of teaching, as shall aid the people of the United States in the establishment and maintenance of efficient school systems and otherwise promote the cause of education throughout the country.
Page 325 - A vacancy in the Board shall not impair the right of the remaining members to exercise all the powers of the Board, and three members of the Board shall, at all times, constitute a quorum. The Board shall have an official seal which shall be judicially noticed.
Page 325 - Now, THEREFORE, by virtue of the authority vested In me by the Constitution and the statutes of the United States, It is hereby ordered: 1. There is hereby created in the Office for Emergency Management a National War Labor Board, hereinafter referred to as the Board.
Page 365 - Board shall at once notify both parties in writing that its mediatory efforts have failed and for thirty days thereafter, unless in the intervening period the parties agree to arbitration, or an emergency board shall be created under section 10 of this Act, no change shall be made in the rates of pay, rules, or working conditions or established practices in effect prior to the time the -dispute arose.
Page 363 - Board shall state in detail all cases heard, all actions taken, the names, salaries, and duties of all agencies, employees, and officers receiving compensation from the United States under the authority of this act, and an account of all moneys appropriated by Congress pursuant to the authority conferred by this act and disbursed by such agencies, employees, and officers.
Page 119 - That the Secretary of Labor shall have power to act as mediator and to appoint commissioners of conciliation in labor disputes whenever in his judgment the interests of industrial peace may require it to be done...
Page 359 - ... to exert every reasonable effort to make and maintain agreements concerning rates of pay, rules, and working conditions, and to settle all disputes, whether arising out of the application of such agreements or otherwise, in order to avoid any interruption to commerce or to the operation of any carrier growing out of any dispute between the carrier and the employees thereof.
Page 92 - ... coordinating library service on the national level with other forms of adult education; developing library participation in Federal projects; fostering Nation-wide coordination of research materials' among the more scholarly libraries, inter-State library cooperation, and the development of public, school, and other library service throughout the country...
Page 365 - In case of a dispute between a carrier or carriers and its or their employees, arising out of grievances or out of the interpretation or application of agreements concerning rates of pay, rules, or working conditions...
Page 66 - SEC. 8. Annual appropriations are hereby authorized to aid in the construction, development, improvement, and maintenance of the University, no part of which shall be used for religious instruction. The University shall at all times be open to inspection by the Bureau of Education and shall be inspected by the said bureau at least once each year.

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