Legislative Establishment Appropriation Bill for 1940: Hearings Before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Seventy-sixth Congress, First Session, on the Legislative Establishment Appropriation Bill for 1940 |
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... STEFAN . Mr. Chairman , as a representative of the minority party in Congress and a new member on this subcommittee , and sub- stituting for one of the older members of the committee , I should like to add a word of appreciation on our ...
... STEFAN . Mr. Chairman , as a representative of the minority party in Congress and a new member on this subcommittee , and sub- stituting for one of the older members of the committee , I should like to add a word of appreciation on our ...
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... STEFAN . So that there are 50,000 that you have been unable to take care of . I should like to ask , Dr. Putnam , with the permission of the chairman , what is the future increase going to mean in taking care of these arrears , and ...
... STEFAN . So that there are 50,000 that you have been unable to take care of . I should like to ask , Dr. Putnam , with the permission of the chairman , what is the future increase going to mean in taking care of these arrears , and ...
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... STEFAN . May I ask the doctor one question ? Mr. RABAUT . Yes . VALUE OF GIFTS Mr. STEFAN . In that list , do you have the approximate value of these various gifts , or merely a listing of the gifts ? Dr. PUTNAM . This list deals only ...
... STEFAN . May I ask the doctor one question ? Mr. RABAUT . Yes . VALUE OF GIFTS Mr. STEFAN . In that list , do you have the approximate value of these various gifts , or merely a listing of the gifts ? Dr. PUTNAM . This list deals only ...
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... STEFAN . In the doctor's very interesting statement of a few of these very valuable gifts , it occurred to me that here is something in art and literature which , if the Government had to acquire it , would run the cost into millions ...
... STEFAN . In the doctor's very interesting statement of a few of these very valuable gifts , it occurred to me that here is something in art and literature which , if the Government had to acquire it , would run the cost into millions ...
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... STEFAN . What are the approximate annual receipts from this service ? Dr. PUTNAM . We cannot state that yet , because we have not had it a full year . This is a new agency . We have had to keep the charge reasonable , within the limits ...
... STEFAN . What are the approximate annual receipts from this service ? Dr. PUTNAM . We cannot state that yet , because we have not had it a full year . This is a new agency . We have had to keep the charge reasonable , within the limits ...
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additional Admiral MOREELL Admiral STARK Admiral TOWERS air-conditioning amount Annex annual appropriated for 1939 asking assistant bill BOND break-down Budget Bureau Capitol power plant Captain ALLEN cards catalog Chairman CLAPP clerk Colonel BURNS committee construction cost deficiency Department DITTER Division elevator employees engineer equipment estimate for 1940 expenditure expenses facilities FERNANDEZ FIFE fiscal year 1941 funds GIEGENGACK going Government helper HINCKLEY Hispanic House Office Building increase installed June 30 Law Library Legislative Legislative Reference Service Librarian Library of Congress LUDLOW LYNN MACLEISH maintenance material mechanic Members ment miscellaneous months Naval Navy necessary old building operation percent personnel positions present purchase PUTNAM RABAUT record reference repairs and alterations requested RICH roof salaries Senate SHANKS SOMMER statement STEFAN submitted Subprofessional supplies TABER tion United States Capitol VANCE West Virginia WIGGLESWORTH WOODRUM
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Page 316 - Amounts appropriated for the expenses of the joint committee shall be disbursed one-half by the Secretary of the Senate and one-half by the Clerk of the House.
Page 191 - CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS CAPITOL BUILDINGS For necessary expenditures for the Capitol Building and electrical substations of the Senate and House Office Buildings, under the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol, including minor improvements, maintenance, repair, equipment, supplies, material, fuel, oil. waste, and appurtenances; furnishings and office equipment...
Page 73 - ... including expenses of attendance at meetings when incurred on the written authority and direction of the Librarian in the interest of collections, and all other expenses...
Page 32 - Reserves, including the same objects, and without regard to limitations, specified under this head in the Naval Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1941...
Page 23 - I do not know that it contains any branch of science which Congress would wish to exclude from their collection ; there is, in fact, no subject to which a member of Congress may not have occasion to refer.
Page 154 - In addition to these maintenance and repair activities, the Architect of the Capitol is charged with the planning and construction of such buildings as may be committed to his care by Congress from time to time.
Page 118 - CONSTRUCTION AND MACHINERY: On account of hulls and outfits of vessels and machinery of vessels heretofore and herein authorized, to be available until expended, $17,647,617.
Page 100 - For the publication of the Catalogue of Title Entries of the Copyright Office and the decisions of the United States courts involving copyright, $20,000.
Page 196 - Capitol Grounds : For care and improvement of grounds surrounding the Capitol, Senate and House Office Buildings; Capitol Power Plant; personal and other services...
Page 158 - Board", a quasi corporation, with perpetual succession, and "all the usual powers of a trustee", including the power to "invest, reinvest, and retain investments...