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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... reason that we want to see the whole regulatory and promotional picture of transportation re- solved inside the framework of a national policy that will meet pres- ent - day and forseeable conditions and not tackled piecemeal , whether ...
... reason that we want to see the whole regulatory and promotional picture of transportation re- solved inside the framework of a national policy that will meet pres- ent - day and forseeable conditions and not tackled piecemeal , whether ...
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... reason on earth to change it . The people who prepared the plan did not consult the people who are most interested in it all . They cer- tainly did not consult us and I do not believe they consulted the rail- road companies . I doubt ...
... reason on earth to change it . The people who prepared the plan did not consult the people who are most interested in it all . They cer- tainly did not consult us and I do not believe they consulted the rail- road companies . I doubt ...
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... reason to object to circulariza- tion of power or authority in the others ? Mr. LYON . There is some difference between a 3 - man commission and a 11 - man commission , or a 3 - man commission with a limited scope of activity . It is a ...
... reason to object to circulariza- tion of power or authority in the others ? Mr. LYON . There is some difference between a 3 - man commission and a 11 - man commission , or a 3 - man commission with a limited scope of activity . It is a ...
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... reasons why they should be on these loco- motives is because the public safety demands it . Now , if you have inspectors here whose duty it is to inspect these locomotives and determine what crew they should have , why are not these ...
... reasons why they should be on these loco- motives is because the public safety demands it . Now , if you have inspectors here whose duty it is to inspect these locomotives and determine what crew they should have , why are not these ...
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... reasons why we object to Reorganization Plan No. 7 and urge support of the resolution which has been introduced to disapprove it . First , the plan substantially departs from the recommendations of the Hoover Commission by transferring ...
... reasons why we object to Reorganization Plan No. 7 and urge support of the resolution which has been introduced to disapprove it . First , the plan substantially departs from the recommendations of the Hoover Commission by transferring ...
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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.