TREASURY-POST OFFICE 58681 HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS EIGHTY-FOURTH CONGRESS FIRST SESSION SUBCOMMITTEE ON TREASURY-POST OFFICE DEPARTMENTS J. VAUGHAN GARY, Virginia, Chairman GORDON CANFIELD, New Jersey OTTO E. PASSMAN, Louisiana BENJAMIN F. JAMES, Pennsylvania ROBERT L. MICHAELS, Executive Secretary to the Subcommittee TREASURY DEPARTMENT FEDERAL FACILITIES CORPORATION THE TAX COURT OF THE UNITED STATES Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1955 HJ10 . Cy 19560 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS CLARENCE CANNON, Missouri, Chairman GEORGE H. MAHON, Texas ANTONIO M. FERNANDEZ, New Mexico PRINCE H. PRESTON, JR., Georgia SIDNEY R. YATES, Illinois JOHN TABER, New York RICHARD B. WIGGLESWORTH, Massachusetts H. CARL ANDERSEN, Minnesota IVOR D. FENTON, Pennsylvania ERRETT P. SCRIVNER, Kansas FREDERIC R. COUDERT, JR., New York EARL WILSON, Indiana GLENN R. DAVIS, Wisconsin BENJAMIN F. JAMES, Pennsylvania GERALD R. FORD, JR., Michigan EDWARD T. MILLER, Maryland GEORGE Y. HARVEY, Clerk KENNETH SPRANKLE, Assistant Clerk (II) TREASURY-POST OFFICE DEPARTMENTS MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 1955. TREASURY DEPARTMENT WITNESSES HON. GEORGE M. HUMPHREY, SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY MARION B. FOLSOM, UNDER SECRETARY W. RANDOLPH BURGESS, UNDER SECRETARY FOR MONETARY AFFAIRS H. CHAPMAN ROSE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY LAURENCE B. ROBBINS, ASSISTANT SECRETARY EDWARD F. BARTELT, FISCAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY W. L. JOHNSON, BUDGET OFFICER Mr. GARY. The committee will come to order. I want to welcome Mr. Murray as a member of our committee. I think he is the only new member this year, all of the other members having served on this committee during the last session of the Congress. We are delighted to have Mr. Murray with us, and from his background, training, and experience, I am certain that he will make a very valuable member of the committee. Mr. MURRAY. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. CANFIELD. Mr. Chairman, may I say on behalf of the minority that we, too, welcome the new member from Illinois, Mr. Murray, as a member of this subcommittee which I am very proud to say enjoys an excellent reputation in the House of Representatives, and I am sure he will prove to be a very valuable addition to our group. Mr. MURRAY. Thank you. Mr. GARY. There has been one other change in the committee since last session: I have the honor of again becoming the chairman of this subcommittee, and this session we have a Democratic majority on the committee rather than a Republican majority. I want to say, however, that this committee in the past has been remarkably free of partisan politics. As chairman, I shall certainly try to maintain this record. In that endeavor I am sure I will have the absolute cooperation of Mr. Canfield. He and I have always worked together very harmoniously. The Treasury and Post Office Departments are two of the oldest and most important Departments of the Government. They are service departments and the people have a right to demand economical and efficient service, regardless of the political affiliations of the administration or of the Members of Congress. I think that I speak (1) |