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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... . There is hardly a room in the library where you can sit down and not get a direct ray of light right in your eyes . Mr. BYRNS . What do you mean by indirect lighting 18 LEGISLATIVE , EXECUTIVE , ETC. , APPROPRIATION BILL , 1918 .
... . There is hardly a room in the library where you can sit down and not get a direct ray of light right in your eyes . Mr. BYRNS . What do you mean by indirect lighting 18 LEGISLATIVE , EXECUTIVE , ETC. , APPROPRIATION BILL , 1918 .
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... mean by indirect lighting ? Mr. AVERILL . Lights in a bowl which diffuses the light . Mr. BYRNS . Do you contemplate putting that lighting in all the offices ? Mr. AVERILL . Oh , no ; only those that have asked for it and some divisions ...
... mean by indirect lighting ? Mr. AVERILL . Lights in a bowl which diffuses the light . Mr. BYRNS . Do you contemplate putting that lighting in all the offices ? Mr. AVERILL . Oh , no ; only those that have asked for it and some divisions ...
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... mean to intimate by my question that all of these items are not necessary , but at the same time the committee would like to know which you regard as the most important . Mr. AVERILL . I intended to put them in the order of their impor ...
... mean to intimate by my question that all of these items are not necessary , but at the same time the committee would like to know which you regard as the most important . Mr. AVERILL . I intended to put them in the order of their impor ...
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... mean by that to intimate that I want to cut off any further emphasis that you may desire to make with reference to any of these increases , but I make that suggestion simply with the view of expediting as far as possible these hearings ...
... mean by that to intimate that I want to cut off any further emphasis that you may desire to make with reference to any of these increases , but I make that suggestion simply with the view of expediting as far as possible these hearings ...
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... mean serious delay of the Government's work at the different points where the registers are maintained . We have 12 of these districts , you know , and this $ 18,000 that we have must serve all the needs of the commission , all the ...
... mean serious delay of the Government's work at the different points where the registers are maintained . We have 12 of these districts , you know , and this $ 18,000 that we have must serve all the needs of the commission , all the ...
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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.
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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...
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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...