Hearings Before the Committee on Expenditures in the State Department, House of Representatives, on House Resolution No. 103, to Investigate the Expenditures in the State Department, Etc: May 10, 1911- March 18, 1912, Volumes 1-17U.S. Government Printing Office, 1911 - 399 pages |
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... covered that we had no machinery adequate to bear the responsi- bility of carrying forward American diplomacy properly . Mr. Knox wished not to specialize in the Ear East alone , which was associated with Mr. Hay's policy , you remember ...
... covered that we had no machinery adequate to bear the responsi- bility of carrying forward American diplomacy properly . Mr. Knox wished not to specialize in the Ear East alone , which was associated with Mr. Hay's policy , you remember ...
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... covered in that statement ? Mr. WILSON . Yes . In the first fiscal year we only expended $ 64,000 , but that year , of course , was about seven weeks less than a fiscal year , and in the current fiscal year we spent , up to April 30 ...
... covered in that statement ? Mr. WILSON . Yes . In the first fiscal year we only expended $ 64,000 , but that year , of course , was about seven weeks less than a fiscal year , and in the current fiscal year we spent , up to April 30 ...
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... covered that but , of course , if you want a full description I had better read this . The CHAIRMAN . Well , you will file that with the committee , as I understand ? Mr. WILSON . Yes , sir . The CHAIRMAN . Then we will get that . Mr ...
... covered that but , of course , if you want a full description I had better read this . The CHAIRMAN . Well , you will file that with the committee , as I understand ? Mr. WILSON . Yes , sir . The CHAIRMAN . Then we will get that . Mr ...
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... covering some of those points ; in fact , when we received that official communication , the order was allowed to go through for payment . The CHAIRMAN . Is that communication of a nature that you could furnish the committee with a copy ...
... covering some of those points ; in fact , when we received that official communication , the order was allowed to go through for payment . The CHAIRMAN . Is that communication of a nature that you could furnish the committee with a copy ...
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... covering compensation and expenses . In volunteering the foregoing information , which may not bear directly upon the actual point of your inquiry , it is of course unnecessary to advert to the fact that it falls in the category of ...
... covering compensation and expenses . In volunteering the foregoing information , which may not bear directly upon the actual point of your inquiry , it is of course unnecessary to advert to the fact that it falls in the category of ...
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Page 343 - Whenever any sum of money has been or shall be issued, from the Treasury, for the purposes of intercourse or treaty with foreign nations...
Page 108 - ... rendered, the nature of such service, and the time employed, and the particular occasion or cause, in brief, that rendered such service necessary; and the amount of all former appropriations in each case on hand, either in the Treasury or in the hands of any disbursing officer or agent.
Page 351 - IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I, DEAN ACHESON, Secretary of State of the United States of America, have hereunto caused the seal of the Department of State to be affixed and my name subscribed by the...
Page 343 - State to make a certificate of the amount of such expenditure as he may think it advisable not to specify; and every such certificate shall be deemed a sufficient voucher for the sum therein expressed to have been expended.
Page 351 - United States of America, Department of State, to all to whom these presents shall come, greeting: I certify that the foregoing is a true copy of the original on file in the Department of State. In testimony whereof I, John Davis, Acting Secretary of State of the United States, have hereunto subscribed my name and caused the seal of the Department of State to be affixed.
Page 97 - He has solemnly determined that the objects and items of these expenditures should not be made public, and has given his certificates to that effect, which are placed upon the records of the country. Under the direct authority of an existing law, he has exercised the power of placing these expenditures under the seal of confidence, and the whole matter was terminated before I came into office. An important question arises, whether a subsequent President, either voluntarily or at the request of one...
Page 97 - ... strict duty, it would certainly be a safe general rule that this should not be done. Indeed, it may well happen, and probably would happen, that the President for the time being would not be in possession of the information upon which his predecessor acted, and could not, therefore, have the means of judging whether he had exercised his discretion wisely or not. The law requires no other voucher but the President's certificate, and there is nothing in its provisions which requires any "entries,...
Page 94 - ... in brief, that rendered such service necessary ; and the amount of all former appropriations in each case on hand, either in the Treasury or in the hands of any disbursing officer or agent. And he shall require of the disbursing officers, acting under his direction and authority, the return of precise and analytical statements and receipts for all the moneys which may have been from time to time during the next preceding year expended by them, and shall communicate the results of such returns...
Page 118 - ... creditors from customs revenues of the Dominican Republic heretofore received, after payment of the expenses of such adjustment, to be applied first to the payment of said debts and claims as adjusted and second out of the balance remaining to the retirement and extinction of certain concessions and harbor monopolies which are a burden and hindrance to the commerce of the country, and, third, the entire balance still remaining to the construction of certain railroads and bridges and other public...
Page 97 - If not a matter of strict duty, it would certainly be a safe general rule that this should not be done. Indeed, it may well happen, and probably would happen, that the President for the time being would not be in possession of the information upon which his predecessor acted, and could not, therefore, have the means of judging whether he had exercised his discretion wisely or not.