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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... that extent , I think they ought to have legis- lation introduced to accomplish that and we ought to give it full and exhaustive consideration , the same as the law received when 22 REORGANIZATION PLAN NO . 7 OF 1950.
... that extent , I think they ought to have legis- lation introduced to accomplish that and we ought to give it full and exhaustive consideration , the same as the law received when 22 REORGANIZATION PLAN NO . 7 OF 1950.
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... give this Bureau of Locomotive Inspection an independent status , quasi independent . It is in the Commission for housekeeping purposes , we may say . But the experts who run that Bureau , as I pointed out before , they are so important ...
... give this Bureau of Locomotive Inspection an independent status , quasi independent . It is in the Commission for housekeeping purposes , we may say . But the experts who run that Bureau , as I pointed out before , they are so important ...
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... give us , I said before , a little dictatorship , here , there , and all over the country . The CHAIRMAN . If there is ever a dictatorship , 135,000,000 people can remove it with ease . Mr. HOFFMAN . There are more than that in Russia ...
... give us , I said before , a little dictatorship , here , there , and all over the country . The CHAIRMAN . If there is ever a dictatorship , 135,000,000 people can remove it with ease . Mr. HOFFMAN . There are more than that in Russia ...
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... give free and untrammeled advice to both the President and Con- gress at any time upon request . Political domination will ruin such a tribunal . I have seen this happen many times , particularly in the States . While President Wilson ...
... give free and untrammeled advice to both the President and Con- gress at any time upon request . Political domination will ruin such a tribunal . I have seen this happen many times , particularly in the States . While President Wilson ...
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... give his authority for it and instead of Mr. Holifield looking up his authority . Mr. HOLIFIELD . I was going to take the liberty of so indicating . Mr. GIBSON . Could I proceed with my statement as I have it here now and come to that ...
... give his authority for it and instead of Mr. Holifield looking up his authority . Mr. HOLIFIELD . I was going to take the liberty of so indicating . Mr. GIBSON . Could I proceed with my statement as I have it here now and come to that ...
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