GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

EIGHTY-SIXTH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

44974

JUNE 23 AND 25, 1959

Printed for the use of the Committee on Government Operations

UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1959

COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

WILLIAM L. DAWSON, Illinois, Chairman

CHRISTINE RAY DAVIS, Staff Director
ORVILLE S. POLAND, General Counsel
JAMES A. LANIGAN, Associate General Counsel
HELEN M. BOYER, Minority Professional Staff
J. P. CARLSON, Minority Counsel

EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE REORGANIZATION SUBCOMMITTEE WILLIAM L. DAWSON, Illinois, Chairman

CONTENTS

Statement of—

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Berger, Meyer, president, M. Berger Co., Pittsburgh, Pa.

Casey, Joseph E., attorney, Washington, D.C., representing the Gra-
ham Bros., Los Angeles, Calif. -

Ellis, Jack, the Ellis Co., Los Angeles, Calif..

Fuetsch, Joseph, manager, East Bay Tire Co., Oakland, Calif..
Green, Seymour J., Green Truck Sales, Los Angeles, Calif.
Groban, Ray, Groban Supply Co., Chicago, Ill--

Kampelman, Max M., counsel, American Association of Surplus Prop-
erty Importers_

King, Joseph T., Washington counsel, Associated Equipment Dis-

tributors--

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124

Dick, Orville, president, P.T.R. Sales, Inc., and president, Paramount

Truck Rental, Inc., Paramount, Calif.

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70

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209

McWilliams, James, vice president, Mott Haven Truck Parts, Bronx,
N.Y__

164

Masterson, Frank, president, Industrial Fasteners Institute, Cleve-
land, Ohio..

Nathan, Robert R., consulting economist, Washington, D.C.

Outman, Boyd J., industrial consultant, Washington, D.C..

Schnitzer, Morris, president, Schnitzer Steel Products Co., Island

Equipment Co., Agana, Guam

Letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record by-

Brown, Hon. Clarence J., a Representative in Congress from the State

of Ohio: Excerpt from report of Seymour J. Green_-_-

Ellis, Jack, the Ellis Co., Los Angeles, Calif.:

156

Letter from F. P. Reed, supervisor of parts orders, General Motors

Corp., to the Ellis Co.-

107

Letter from J. L. Kermit, Rockwell Standard Corp., to the Ellis

Co-

107

Letter from James L. Connell, president, Connell Motor Truck

Co., Inc., Stockton, Calif., to Paul Ellis:

January 20, 1958_

103

June 12, 1959

104

Letter from P. J. Monoghan, general manager, GMC Truck &

Coach Division, General Motors Corp., Pontiac, Mich., to

Frederic W. Olmstead, August 21, 1958.-

105.

Reply to a telephone call from the Memphis Equipment Co.,

Memphis, Tenn., to Jack Ellis..

106,

Reply to a telephone call from the Rex-Tex Equipment Corp.,

Dallas, Tex., to Jack Ellis.

106,

Sale of Government property invitation, bid, and acceptance:
Invitation No. 92-557-s-59-1147, issued by U.S. Army
Property Disposal Sales Agency, APO 503, Šan Francisco,
Calif., April 8, 1959.

Invitation No. 92-557-s-59-1222, issued by U.S. Army
Property Disposal Sales Agency, APO 503, San Francisco,
Calif., June 2, 1959.

Summary-Material in bond_

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84

102

Fascell, Hon. Dante B., a Representative in Congress from the State

of Florida: Excerpt from Department of Commerce foreign excess

property orders Nos. 1 and 2, subsection 1 of paragraph 401.4(c). 110, 121

Fuetsch, Joseph, manager, East Bay Tire Co., Oakland, Calif.: Excerpt
from the Rubber Manufacturers Association Monthly of October
1958, entitled "Rubber Highlights".

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