Reorganization Act of 1949: Hearings Before the Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments, United States Senate, Eighty-first Congress, First Session, on S. 526, a Bill to Provide for the Reorganization of Government Agencies, and for Other Purposes, February 2, 3, 7, 9, 10, and 15, 1949Considers legislation to extend Presidential authority to reorganize the executive branch of the government and to eliminate provisions of the original acts which exempted certain agencies from the reorganization program. |
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... experience has shown that the Presi- dent is better situated than the Congress to achieve substantial reorganizations . The pressure of legislative business , it is contended , makes it difficult for the Congress to give the time ...
... experience has shown that the Presi- dent is better situated than the Congress to achieve substantial reorganizations . The pressure of legislative business , it is contended , makes it difficult for the Congress to give the time ...
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... experience . In connection with this issue , it is interesting to note that if the authority under title 1 of the First War Powers Act to make emporary transfer be in- cluded , the President has had general reorganization authority ...
... experience . In connection with this issue , it is interesting to note that if the authority under title 1 of the First War Powers Act to make emporary transfer be in- cluded , the President has had general reorganization authority ...
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... experience , particularly with reference to Government positions you have held and the experience you have had in dealing with legislation . Just give us a general history so that it may be taken into account in weigh- ing your ...
... experience , particularly with reference to Government positions you have held and the experience you have had in dealing with legislation . Just give us a general history so that it may be taken into account in weigh- ing your ...
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... experience , knowledge , and skill must be tapped more effectively . There can be no final conclusion that any particular permanent or- ganization should be abolished until there has been completed a thor- ough and detached study of ...
... experience , knowledge , and skill must be tapped more effectively . There can be no final conclusion that any particular permanent or- ganization should be abolished until there has been completed a thor- ough and detached study of ...
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... experience . As a result , we deter- mined that there was no way to accomplish reorganization except to give to the ... experience , indeed from sad experience here in this body , that the Congress will never of its own accord and of its ...
... experience . As a result , we deter- mined that there was no way to accomplish reorganization except to give to the ... experience , indeed from sad experience here in this body , that the Congress will never of its own accord and of its ...
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abolish administration amendment Army engineers authority banks believe Board CHAIRMAN civil functions Commission Comptroller CONGRESS THE LIBRARY consolidation construction Corps of Army Corps of Engineers course delegate duplication economy effect efficiency Engi engineer officers executive branch executive department exemption experience Federal agency Federal Deposit Insurance Federal Reserve Federal Reserve System Federal Security Agency feel flood control func ganization going HARL hearings Hoover Commission House Interstate Commerce Commission KNAPPEN LAWTON legislation LIBRARY OF CONGRESS MASSENBERG MCCLELLAN ment neers operation organization peacetime present problem projects proposed question recommendations record reor reorganiza Reorganization Act reorganization bill reorganization plan resolution responsibility river and harbor Senator GURNEY Senator HOEY Senator IVES Senator LONG Senator MCCARTHY Senator MUNDT Senator SCHOEPPEL Senator SMITH Senator TAYLOR statement submitted Thank thing tion transfer United States Army United States Senate veto WARREN WHEELER
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