Legislative Establishment Appropriation BillU.S. Government Printing Office, 1918 - Courts |
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... ment , and it has increased to nearly 4,000 volumes . There is no one save this one assistant to go down into the basement to get those books . There is no one to take her place when she goes down there , unless we send somebody from ...
... ment , and it has increased to nearly 4,000 volumes . There is no one save this one assistant to go down into the basement to get those books . There is no one to take her place when she goes down there , unless we send somebody from ...
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... ment is imperfectly equipped . Mr. BYRNS . Could you state approximately about how many blind there are in the District ? Mr. PUTNAM . Yes , sir ; there are only about 300 here . Mr. BYRNS . Both white and colored ? Mr. PUTNAM . Yes ...
... ment is imperfectly equipped . Mr. BYRNS . Could you state approximately about how many blind there are in the District ? Mr. PUTNAM . Yes , sir ; there are only about 300 here . Mr. BYRNS . Both white and colored ? Mr. PUTNAM . Yes ...
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... ment , intelligence , and vast industry . These applications come in like a snowstorm after the announcement of these examinations , and he has to pass upon them to see whether the applicants meet the requirements of the service as set ...
... ment , intelligence , and vast industry . These applications come in like a snowstorm after the announcement of these examinations , and he has to pass upon them to see whether the applicants meet the requirements of the service as set ...
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... ment - especially those two large departments - in order to obviate any possible controversy or doubt as to the fairness of the findings of the commission , that we could call upon the department to send an inspector to cooperate with ...
... ment - especially those two large departments - in order to obviate any possible controversy or doubt as to the fairness of the findings of the commission , that we could call upon the department to send an inspector to cooperate with ...
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... ment and would avoid obtaining those services through the provi- sions of the bill providing for the Diplomatic and Consular Service . Mr. BYRNS . Do you not think $ 15,000 would be amply sufficient for emergency clerical services ...
... ment and would avoid obtaining those services through the provi- sions of the bill providing for the Diplomatic and Consular Service . Mr. BYRNS . Do you not think $ 15,000 would be amply sufficient for emergency clerical services ...
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additional clerks amount annum appropriation asking assay assay offices assistant chief assistant messenger AVERILL AYERS bill building bureau BYRNS Capt census cent CHAFFIN Chairman charge chief clerk chief of division clerical force clerk of class commercial commissioner committee Congress contingent expenses cost course district duties efficiency employed employees ENGELKEN estimate examiners expert fact fiscal fund Government grade handle HUDDLESON industry investigation keep laborers law clerk LELAND LELAND STANFORD machines matter McILHENNY ment months MYERS Naval Navy Navy Department necessary NOVEMBER 29 number of clerks ORGANIZED paid position Post Office Department present promotion purchase receive recommended record request roll Secretary REDFIELD STAFFORD statement stationery statistics stenographer STEWART submitted subtreasuries supervision supplies Surety Bonds things tion transfer Treasury Department VON ENGELKEN War Department Washington watchmen WILMETH
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Page 557 - Columbia; to investigate the needs of the several executive departments and independent establishments with respect to personnel, and to investigate duplication of statistical and other work and methods of business in the various branches of the Government service.
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Page 267 - ... during the preceding fiscal year; nor shall any person employed at a specific salary be hereafter transferred and hereafter paid from a lump-sum appropriation a rate of compensation greater than such specific salary, and the heads of departments shall cause this provision to be enforced : Provided...
Page 355 - The enactment of the national child-labor law prohibiting the employment of children under 14 years of age in mills, mines, and quarries must result in enforced idleness of hundreds of thousands of boys and girls and in unnecessary hardships to them and their parents unless there is found for them some form or forms of suitable employment economically profitable and at the same time educational. Results obtained...
Page 355 - ... proportion of urban population to rural population is increasing rapidly. Almost one-half of the children in the United States now live in cities, towns, and densely populated suburban communities. In some sections of the country a very large proportion of these children are the children of foreign-born parents. All this adds to the complexity and difficulty of the problems of city-school administration, especially in the larger cities. Many hundreds of requests for advice and information in...
Page 77 - SEC. 3. On and after August 1, 1944, no article or package of official matter, or number of articles or packages of official matter constituting in fact a single shipment, exceeding 4 pounds in weight shall be admitted to the mails under the penalty privilege...
Page 353 - An increase in the number of specialists and assistants in rural education and industrial education. The few specialists now employed in these subjects are wholly unable to do more than a small part of the work needed. States are asking for expert advice in regard to school legislation and the improvement of their school systems. States, counties, and local communities want comprehensive and detailed school surveys. There is need and demand for such general and authoritative studies of school...
Page 288 - Congress to make a partial exception in the case of the Bureau of Steam Engineering and the Bureau of Construction and Repair is equally plain in the language used in the later act — that of June 29, 1906.
Page 475 - ... alloys ; prevention of corrosion of metals and alloys; development of metal substitutes, as for platinum; behavior of bearing metals; preparation of metal specifications; investigation of new metallurgical processes and study of methods of conservation in metallurgical manufacture and products; investigation of materials used in the construction of rails, wheels, axles, and other railway equipment, and the cause of their failure ; including personal services in the District of Columbia and in...
Page 89 - The salaries and expenses of the Federal Farm Loan Board, and of farm loan registrars and examiners authorized under this section, shall be paid by the United States.