76-896 REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 2 OF 1967 (U.S. Tariff Commission) Printed for the use of the Committee on Government Operations U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON : 1967 DIVISION CONTENTS Message from the President of the United States, transmitting Reorgani- zation Plan No. 2 of 1967, concerning the U.S. Tariff Commission and Culliton, James W., Commissioner, U.S. Tariff Commission.. Curtis, Hon. Thomas B., a Representative in Congress from the Fenn, Dan H., Jr., Commissioner, U.S. Tariff Commission.... Kaplowitz, Paul, Chairman, U.S. Tariff Commission... Seidman, Harold, Assistant Director for Management and Organiza- Statements, letters, etc., submitted for the record by- Fenn, Dan H., Jr., Commissioner, U.S. Tariff Commission, statement. Kaplowitz, Paul, Chairman, U.S. Tariff Commission, letter to Hon. 34 REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 2 OF 1967 (U.S. Tariff Commission) TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 1967 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met at 10 a.m., in room 2247, Rayburn Office Building, Hon. John A. Blatnik (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Present: Representatives John A. Blatnik, Chet Holifield, Henry S. Reuss, and John N. Erlenborn. Also present: Elmer W. Henderson, subcommittee counsel; James A. Lanigan, general counsel, Committee on Government Operations; J. P. Carlson, minority counsel; and William H. Copenhaver, minority professional staff. Chairman BLATNIK. The Executive and Legislative Reorganization Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations will please come to order. We meet in public hearing this morning to consider Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1967. (Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1967 follows:) [H. Doc. 78, 90th Cong., first sess.] MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, TRANSMITTING REORGANIZATION PLAN No. 2 of 1967, CONCERNING THE U.S. TARIFF COMMISSION AND WAYS TO PROMOTE ITS MORE EFFICIENT OPERATION To the Congress of the United States: I am transmitting Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 1967, concerning the U.S. Tariff Commission. The plan is a step toward fulfilling my pledge to the American people that government must be reshaped to meet the tasks of today. It underscores my conviction that progress can be achieved by building upon what is strong and enduring, but that we shall never hesitate to discard what is inefficient or outmoded. This plan has a single, clear objective-to strengthen the operations of the Tariff Commission by transferring to its Chairman certain routine executive and administrative functions now divided among its six Commissioners. In taking this long overdue step, the plan adopts a proven concept of good management recommended by the first Hoover Commission: in the interests of efficiency purely administrative functions-budgeting, personnel supervision, and general management—should be vested in the chairman of a commission rather than diffused throughout the commission. 1 |