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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... staff placed on this particular point . Mr. HOLIFIELD . That is true , but you do recognize in all fairness that it was an area which was left open for action . It could be either one way or the other . Mr. GIBSON . I did not so regard ...
... staff placed on this particular point . Mr. HOLIFIELD . That is true , but you do recognize in all fairness that it was an area which was left open for action . It could be either one way or the other . Mr. GIBSON . I did not so regard ...
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... staff that the plans were cleared with the Commissions before presentation to the Congress . It is not entirely certain what is meant by the word " cleared , " but if it is sought to suggest that the Interstate Commerce Commission ...
... staff that the plans were cleared with the Commissions before presentation to the Congress . It is not entirely certain what is meant by the word " cleared , " but if it is sought to suggest that the Interstate Commerce Commission ...
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... staff and a sharp decline in public confidence . At present each Commissioner has control of at least one bureau . Familiarity with its work contributes toward a better understanding of the technical matters calling for decision in ...
... staff and a sharp decline in public confidence . At present each Commissioner has control of at least one bureau . Familiarity with its work contributes toward a better understanding of the technical matters calling for decision in ...
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... staff positions financially more attractive . Finally , it may be said that concentration of authority in a chair- man appointed by the President could well be the first step toward transferring administrative and executive functions ...
... staff positions financially more attractive . Finally , it may be said that concentration of authority in a chair- man appointed by the President could well be the first step toward transferring administrative and executive functions ...
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... staff . Independence of thought and action would be impaired , as duties and opportunities for service would necessarily be circumscribed by concurrence in the views of the Chairman . Mr. HOLIFIELD . At this point I think it would be ...
... staff . Independence of thought and action would be impaired , as duties and opportunities for service would necessarily be circumscribed by concurrence in the views of the Chairman . Mr. HOLIFIELD . At this point I think it would be ...
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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.