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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... salary at $ 3,000 , and of course if the committee should un- dertake to raise it in this bill it would be subject to a point of order one the ground that it was a change of existing law . The rules of the House provide that there shall ...
... salary at $ 3,000 , and of course if the committee should un- dertake to raise it in this bill it would be subject to a point of order one the ground that it was a change of existing law . The rules of the House provide that there shall ...
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... salary of the foreman of laborers ? Mr. AVERILL . He gets $ 900 at present . I have asked for this because he is an extremely efficient man ; everybody says he is the best foreman of laborers they have ever had there ; he has been there ...
... salary of the foreman of laborers ? Mr. AVERILL . He gets $ 900 at present . I have asked for this because he is an extremely efficient man ; everybody says he is the best foreman of laborers they have ever had there ; he has been there ...
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... salary which we asked at the last session and have asked for several sessions back may be properly urged by the commission , in view of the very large increase in the work and responsibilities of the commissioners them- selves and of ...
... salary which we asked at the last session and have asked for several sessions back may be properly urged by the commission , in view of the very large increase in the work and responsibilities of the commissioners them- selves and of ...
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... salary is $ 3,500 . The work he does is on a parity with the work of an assistant secretary of a department . You ... salary of $ 3,500 is not at all commensurate , in our judgment , to the responsibilities that are entailed upon him ...
... salary is $ 3,500 . The work he does is on a parity with the work of an assistant secretary of a department . You ... salary of $ 3,500 is not at all commensurate , in our judgment , to the responsibilities that are entailed upon him ...
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... salary of the assistant secretary acting as chief of the division of appointments is the next one in which we ask an increase . Here again we have the case of a man who has been with the commission for 22 years . He is learned in all of ...
... salary of the assistant secretary acting as chief of the division of appointments is the next one in which we ask an increase . Here again we have the case of a man who has been with the commission for 22 years . He is learned in all of ...
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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...