Reorganization Plan No. 7 of 1950: Hearings Before the Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments, House of Representatives, Eighty-first Congress, Second Session, on H. Res. 545, Resolved, that the House of Representatives Does Not Favor the Reorganization Plan Numbered 7 of 1950 Transmitted to the Congress by the President on March 13, 1950United States. Congress. House. Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations U.S. Government Printing Office, 1950 - 107 pages |
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... adoption of this plan would result in virtual repeal of the law enacted by the Congress and disaster to the enforce- ment of safety standards on the railroads of our country . 65835-50-3 Mr. HOFFMAN . What are the efficiency standards ...
... adoption of this plan would result in virtual repeal of the law enacted by the Congress and disaster to the enforce- ment of safety standards on the railroads of our country . 65835-50-3 Mr. HOFFMAN . What are the efficiency standards ...
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... adopt this plan , let this plan become effective , then you have specific language here saying that this Chair- man over here , whoever he may be , shall have the complete control and direction over the functions of that Bureau . Now ...
... adopt this plan , let this plan become effective , then you have specific language here saying that this Chair- man over here , whoever he may be , shall have the complete control and direction over the functions of that Bureau . Now ...
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... adoption of the plan would bring about any economy whatever in the expenditure of public funds . Before considering these objections in detail , it might be well pre- liminarily to review the duties of the Commission , the nature of its ...
... adoption of the plan would bring about any economy whatever in the expenditure of public funds . Before considering these objections in detail , it might be well pre- liminarily to review the duties of the Commission , the nature of its ...
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... adopted . To a certain extent the Commission was placed under the supervision of the Department of the Interior . Although it was not made a part of the Department it was nevertheless required to make an annual re- port to the Secretary ...
... adopted . To a certain extent the Commission was placed under the supervision of the Department of the Interior . Although it was not made a part of the Department it was nevertheless required to make an annual re- port to the Secretary ...
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... adopt the method which it regarded as likely to produce the best results at any given time . The Commission has 15 bureaus , each of which is headed by a di- rector or other designated official who exercises immediate adminis- trative ...
... adopt the method which it regarded as likely to produce the best results at any given time . The Commission has 15 bureaus , each of which is headed by a di- rector or other designated official who exercises immediate adminis- trative ...
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Page 99 - Roosevelt addressed a letter to the commissioner asking for his resignation, on the ground "that the aims and purposes of the Administration with respect to the work of the Commission can be carried out most effectively with personnel of my own selection," but disclaiming any reflection upon the commissioner personally or upon his services.
Page 56 - It is hereby declared to be the national transportation policy of the Congress to provide for fair and impartial regulation of all modes of transportation, subject to the provisions of this Act, so administered as to recognize and preserve the inherent advantages of each...
Page 49 - The authority of Congress, in creating quasi-legislative or quasi-judicial agencies, to require them to act in discharge of their duties independently of executive control, cannot well be doubted; and that authority includes, as an appropriate incident, power to fix the period during which they shall continue, and to forbid their removal except for cause in the meantime.
Page 82 - Legal obligations that exist but cannot be enforced are ghosts that are seen in the law but that are elusive to the grasp.
Page 49 - The Commission is to be nonpartisan; and it must, from the very nature of its duties, act with entire impartiality. It is charged with the enforcement of no policy except the policy of the law.