Establish a Department of Urban Affairs and Housing: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Reorganization and International Organizations of the Committee on Government Operations, United States Senate, Eighty-seventh Congress, First Session, on S. 1633 [and Others] ... June 21 and 22, 1961Considers (87) S. 1633, (87) S. 289, (87) S. 375, (87) S. 609. |
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... cities and local governments can and should play in helping find practical answers to these problems , so that a fully coordinated program will be set up under the proposed new department . At the present time , over 70 percent of our ...
... cities and local governments can and should play in helping find practical answers to these problems , so that a fully coordinated program will be set up under the proposed new department . At the present time , over 70 percent of our ...
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... cities are beset with rising needs and declining tax bases as slums and blight spread and as high - income residents leave and are replaced by families of low income . Meanwhile , their suburbs struggle with the public service demands ...
... cities are beset with rising needs and declining tax bases as slums and blight spread and as high - income residents leave and are replaced by families of low income . Meanwhile , their suburbs struggle with the public service demands ...
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... cities are engulfed in squalor . Twelve long years after Congress declared our goal to be " a decent home and a suitable living environment for every American family , " we still have 25 million Americans living in substandard homes ...
... cities are engulfed in squalor . Twelve long years after Congress declared our goal to be " a decent home and a suitable living environment for every American family , " we still have 25 million Americans living in substandard homes ...
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... cities affecting scores of millions of people . We need to know more about the economic base of communities , about land use patterns , commutation problems and transportation methods , public facilities , density patterns , urban ...
... cities affecting scores of millions of people . We need to know more about the economic base of communities , about land use patterns , commutation problems and transportation methods , public facilities , density patterns , urban ...
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... cities - more abandonment of service . And the health of the cities was no one's concern . Even now , the Federal Government is just beginning to focus effectively on this problem . To take another example , perhaps no purpose of water ...
... cities - more abandonment of service . And the health of the cities was no one's concern . Even now , the Federal Government is just beginning to focus effectively on this problem . To take another example , perhaps no purpose of water ...
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Page 4 - No suit, action, or other proceeding, lawfully commenced by or against the head of any agency or other officer of the United States, in his official capacity or in relation to the discharge of his official duties, shall abate by reason of the taking effect of...
Page 93 - The Congress hereby declares that the general welfare and security of the Nation and the health and living standards of its people require housing production and related community development sufficient to remedy the serious housing shortage, the elimination of substandard and other inadequate housing...
Page 177 - In the first place it is to be remembered that the general government is not to be charged with the whole power of making and administering laws. Its jurisdiction is limited to certain enumerated objects, which concern all the members of the republic, but which are not to be attained by the separate provisions of any.
Page 58 - BUREAU is an independent, non-governmental, voluntary organization of families united for the purpose of analyzing their problems and formulating action to achieve educational Improvement, economic opportunity and social advancement and, thereby, to promote the national well-being.
Page 222 - The Secretary is authorized to establish a working capital fund, to be available without fiscal year limitation, for expenses necessary for the maintenance and operation of such common administrative services as he shall find to be desirable in the...
Page 4 - Welfare of any of the records, property, personnel and unexpended balances (available or to be made available) of appropriations, allocations, and other funds of the Department which relate to functions affected by this reorganization plan.
Page 1 - The said Secretary shall cause a seal of office to be made for the said department of such device as the President shall approve and judicial notice shall be taken of the said seal.
Page 159 - ... existing. All rules, regulations, orders authorizations, delegations, or other actions duly issued, made, or taken by or pursuant to applicable law, prior to the effective date of this Act, by any agency, officer, or office pertaining to any functions, powers, and duties...