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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... efficiency of that service stands or falls by the grade of men we get at the desk there who have to answer the questions of Senators and Representatives and of the general public . Then down at the end of the list are the junior ...
... efficiency of that service stands or falls by the grade of men we get at the desk there who have to answer the questions of Senators and Representatives and of the general public . Then down at the end of the list are the junior ...
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... efficient man ; everybody says he is the best foreman of laborers they have ever had there ; he has been there now , perhaps , something over two years , three years , perhaps ; he was appointed before I came there , but I have found ...
... efficient man ; everybody says he is the best foreman of laborers they have ever had there ; he has been there now , perhaps , something over two years , three years , perhaps ; he was appointed before I came there , but I have found ...
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... efficiency of the garden considerably . It is almost needless to call attention to the ever - increasing cost of foodstuffs , fuel , and the various necessities of life ; but the price of commodities in general have advanced so greatly ...
... efficiency of the garden considerably . It is almost needless to call attention to the ever - increasing cost of foodstuffs , fuel , and the various necessities of life ; but the price of commodities in general have advanced so greatly ...
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... efficient men and one of them has been there about 28 years . Mr. BYRNS . Then the only reason for this additional language is that you want to pay them $ 2 per diem instead of $ 1.50 and $ 1.75 , as you have been doing heretofore ? Mr ...
... efficient men and one of them has been there about 28 years . Mr. BYRNS . Then the only reason for this additional language is that you want to pay them $ 2 per diem instead of $ 1.50 and $ 1.75 , as you have been doing heretofore ? Mr ...
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... efficiency of the work that the commission has done since we have composed the board , and , if we can do so , it is dependent , as I said before , on those subordinates who are the different chiefs of the divisions who have rendered ...
... efficiency of the work that the commission has done since we have composed the board , and , if we can do so , it is dependent , as I said before , on those subordinates who are the different chiefs of the divisions who have rendered ...
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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...