Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Appropriation Bill, 1918: Hearings Before Subcommittee of House Committee on Appropriations ... in Charge of the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Appropriation Bill for 1918. Sixty-fourth Congress, Second Session |
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... commissioners feel that the committee and Congress have been generous to them in its action at the last session . While not granting all that we asked in the way of an increased number of clerks , you granted a very material portion of ...
... commissioners feel that the committee and Congress have been generous to them in its action at the last session . While not granting all that we asked in the way of an increased number of clerks , you granted a very material portion of ...
Page 105
... Commissioner of Internal Revenue got one and the Auditor for the War Department got another . Then , another one , since I have been in the office , went to the office of the Com- missioner of Internal Revenue . You see , with 31 clerks ...
... Commissioner of Internal Revenue got one and the Auditor for the War Department got another . Then , another one , since I have been in the office , went to the office of the Com- missioner of Internal Revenue . You see , with 31 clerks ...
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... . KANE . He is 20 . Mr. STAFFORD . How long has he been in the bureau ? Mr. KANE . Four years , I presume . TUESDAY , NOVEMBER 28 , 1916 . OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER LEGISLATIVE , EXECUTIVE , ETC. , APPROPRIATION BILL , 1918. 127.
... . KANE . He is 20 . Mr. STAFFORD . How long has he been in the bureau ? Mr. KANE . Four years , I presume . TUESDAY , NOVEMBER 28 , 1916 . OFFICE OF COMMISSIONER LEGISLATIVE , EXECUTIVE , ETC. , APPROPRIATION BILL , 1918. 127.
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... COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE . STATEMENT OF MR . PAUL F. MYERS , CHIEF CLERK , AND MR . M. F. WEST , CHIEF , DIVISION OF ACCOUNTS . REPORT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE . Mr. BYRNS . In the Office of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue you ...
... COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE . STATEMENT OF MR . PAUL F. MYERS , CHIEF CLERK , AND MR . M. F. WEST , CHIEF , DIVISION OF ACCOUNTS . REPORT OF SPECIAL COMMITTEE . Mr. BYRNS . In the Office of the Commissioner of Internal Revenue you ...
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... Commissioner of Internal Revenue was fixed at $ 4,000 . Under the act of March 3 , 1875 , fixing the compensation of bureau officers in Washington , the salary of the commissioner was increased to $ 6,000 . The rate of compensation so ...
... Commissioner of Internal Revenue was fixed at $ 4,000 . Under the act of March 3 , 1875 , fixing the compensation of bureau officers in Washington , the salary of the commissioner was increased to $ 6,000 . The rate of compensation so ...
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additional clerks amount annum appropriation asking assay offices assistant chief assistant messenger AVERILL AYERS bill building bureau BYRNS Capt census cent CHAFFIN Chairman charge chief clerk chief of division Civil Service clerical force clerk of class commercial commissioner committee CONGRESS THE LIBRARY contingent expenses cost course district duties efficiency employed employees ENGELKEN estimate examiners expert fact fiscal fund Government grade handle HOOGEWERFF HUDDLESON industry investigation keep laborers law clerk machines matter McILHENNY ment months MYERS Naval Navy Navy Department necessary NOVEMBER 29 number of clerks paid position Post Office Department present promotion purchase receive recommended record request roll Secretary REDFIELD STAFFORD statement stationery statistics stenographer STEWART submitted subtreasuries supervision supplies Surety Bonds things tion transfer Treasury Department VON ENGELKEN War Department Washington watchmen WILMETH
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Page 555 - Columbia; to investigate the needs of the several executive departments and independent establishments with respect to personnel, and to investigate duplication of statistical and other work and methods of business in the various branches of the Government service.
Page 476 - Standardizing mechanical appliances. — To develop methods of testing and standardizing machines, motors, tools, measuring instruments, and other apparatus and devices used in mechanical, hydraulic, and aeronautic engineering; for the comparative study of types of apparatus and methods of operation, and for the establishment of standards of performance; for the accurate determination of fundamental physical constants involved in the proper execution of this work; and for...
Page 90 - There shall be in the Department of the Treasury a bureau charged with the execution of all laws passed by Congress relating to the issue and regulation of...
Page 424 - ... nor shall any person employed at a specific salary be hereafter transferred and hereafter paid from a lump-sum appropriation a rate of compensation greater than such specific salary, and the heads of departments shall cause this provision to be enforced...
Page 355 - The enactment of the national child-labor law prohibiting the employment of children under 14 years of age in mills, mines, and quarries must result in enforced idleness of hundreds of thousands of boys and girls and in unnecessary hardships to them and their parents unless there is found for them some form or forms of suitable employment economically profitable and at the same time educational. Results obtained...
Page 457 - To provide means for securing the presence on board at the proper times of men who are so engaged.
Page 14 - For fuel, lights, repairs, miscellaneous supplies, electric and steam apparatus, city directory, stationery, mail and delivery service, and all incidental expenses in connection with the custody, care, and maintenance of...
Page 355 - ... proportion of urban population to rural population is increasing rapidly. Almost one-half of the children in the United States now live in cities, towns, and densely populated suburban communities. In some sections of the country a very large proportion of these children are the children of foreign-born parents. All this adds to the complexity and difficulty of the problems of city-school administration, especially in the larger cities. Many hundreds of requests for advice and information in...
Page 491 - Report of the committee on statistics and compensation Insurance cost of the International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions.
Page 77 - SEC. 3. On and after August 1, 1944, no article or package of official matter, or number of articles or packages of official matter constituting in fact a single shipment, exceeding 4 pounds in weight shall be admitted to the mails under the penalty privilege...