Treasury-Post Office Departments Appropriations for 1961: Hearings Before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Eighty-sixth Congress, Second Session |
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... referred to as the Brooklyn plan . Repeatedly among employee groups , notably the leading postal unions , fears are expressed about increasing automation in the Post Office Department . A group came to see me recently and automation was ...
... referred to as the Brooklyn plan . Repeatedly among employee groups , notably the leading postal unions , fears are expressed about increasing automation in the Post Office Department . A group came to see me recently and automation was ...
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... referred to the county juvenile court . Virginia : A regular mail handler was apprehended for theft of four airmail parcels . He admitted selling contents of about 100 such parcels over the past 21⁄2 years . He realized about $ 1,000 ...
... referred to the county juvenile court . Virginia : A regular mail handler was apprehended for theft of four airmail parcels . He admitted selling contents of about 100 such parcels over the past 21⁄2 years . He realized about $ 1,000 ...
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... referred , I think , in fourth - class mail occur- red in 1959 , when there was a decrease of 11.29 percent in volume . A large portion of that decrease is due to the reclassification of par- cels from 8 to 16 ounces from fourth - class ...
... referred , I think , in fourth - class mail occur- red in 1959 , when there was a decrease of 11.29 percent in volume . A large portion of that decrease is due to the reclassification of par- cels from 8 to 16 ounces from fourth - class ...
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... referred to it also . Could you give us a little enlargement on that topic in terms of the availability of space to be had on the airlines and the cost and the contribution it would make to the speed of mail delivery ? Mr. McKIBBIN . I ...
... referred to it also . Could you give us a little enlargement on that topic in terms of the availability of space to be had on the airlines and the cost and the contribution it would make to the speed of mail delivery ? Mr. McKIBBIN . I ...
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... referred to follows :) As stated on page 93 of the hearings on the 1960 appropriation , the Depart- ment is unable to determine the extent of the impact on mail volume of postal rate increases for the reason that it is unable to isolate ...
... referred to follows :) As stated on page 93 of the hearings on the 1960 appropriation , the Depart- ment is unable to determine the extent of the impact on mail volume of postal rate increases for the reason that it is unable to isolate ...
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activities additional administrative agencies agents airmail ALEXANDER amount annual ANSLINGER arrested audit average BARNARD BARNES BAUGHMAN budget building Bureau CANFIELD card checks carriers Chairman checks coins committee Congress CONTE contract cost counterfeit currency enforcement equipment estimate for 1961 facilities financing fiscal year 1961 funds GARY GILLETTE going Government handling HOLTZCLAW improvement increase inspection service inspectors installation Internal Revenue Service Judge MURDOCK June 30 KILBY machines mail volume Mail-Flo mailsters man-years McKIBBIN ment million Mutual Security Act narcotic number of employees obligations operation PASSMAN payment percent period personnel PILLION PLUMMER positions Post Office Department postal modernization postal service Postmaster record reduction regional request result revenue salary savings bonds Secretary ANDERSON stamps star route STEED STEPHENS SUMMERFIELD tion Total transportation Treasury U.S. savings bonds U.S. Secret Service United vehicles WEATHERBEE workload
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Page 88 - All transfers and assignments made of any claim upon the United States, or of any part or share thereof, or interest therein, whether absolute or conditional, and whatever may be the consideration therefor, and all powers of attorney, orders, or other authorities for receiving payment of any such claim, or of any part or share thereof, shall be absolutely null and void...
Page 88 - ... after the allowance of such a claim, the ascertainment of the amount due, and the issuing of a warrant for the payment thereof. Such transfers, assignments, and powers of attorney, must recite the warrant for payment, and must be acknowledged by the person making them, before...
Page 88 - Such transfers, assignments, and powers of attorney, must recite the warrant for payment, and must be acknowledged by the person making them, before an officer having authority to take acknowledgments of deeds, and shall be certified by the officer ; and it must appear by the certificate that the officer, at the time of the acknowledgment, read and fully explained the transfer, assignment, or warrant of attorney to the person acknowledging the same.
Page 427 - Subject to the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury, the United States Secret Service, Treasury Department, is authorized to protect the person of the President of the United States, the members of his immediate family, the President-elect, the Vice President or other officer next in the order of succession to the office of President...
Page 213 - ... bona fide employees or bona fide' established commercial or selling agencies maintained by the Contractor for the purpose of securing business. For breach or violation of this warranty the Government shall have the right to annul this contract without liability, or In Its discretion to deduct from the contract price or consideration, or otherwise recover, the full amount of such commission, percentage, brokerage, or contingent fee.
Page 208 - The decision of the Secretary or his duly authorized representative for the determination of such appeals shall be final and conclusive unless determined by a court of competent jurisdiction to have been fraudulent, or capricious, or arbitrary, or so grossly erroneous as necessarily to Imply bad faith, or not supported by substantial evidence.
Page 208 - That, if no such appeal is taken, the decision of the Contracting Officer shall be final and conclusive. In connection with any appeal proceeding under this clause, the Contractor shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard and to offer evidence in support of its appeal. Pending final decision of a dispute hereunder, the Contractor shall proceed diligently with the performance of the contract and in accordance with the Contracting Officer's decision.
Page 208 - Except as otherwise provided in this contract, any dispute concerning a question of fact arising under this contract which is not disposed of by agreement shall be decided by the Contracting Officer, who shall reduce his decision to writing and mail or otherwise furnish a copy thereof to the Contractor.
Page 208 - Contractor shall be afforded an opportunity to be heard and to offer evidence in support of its appeal. Pending final decision of a dispute hereunder, the Contractor shall proceed diligently with the performance of the contract and in accordance with the Contracting Officer's decision. b. This "Disputes...
Page 210 - The laws authorizing pay adjustments provide that the compensation of a contractor may be readjusted with his consent for increased or decreased costs occasioned by changed conditions occurring during the contract term which could not reasonably have been anticipated at the time of contracting or renewing.