Sundry Civil Appropriation Bill, 1922: Hearing Before Subcommittee of House Committee on Appropriations Consisting of Messrs. James W. Good (Chairman), William S. Vare, Walter W. Magee, Joseph W. Byrnes, and James A. Gallivan in Charge of the Sundry Civil Appropriation Bill for 1922. Sixty-sixth Congress, Third Session. 1920U.S. Government Printing Office, 1921 - United States |
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... claiming that he can not have the mail ready for the carriers with his present force . The next morning the in- spector will be in the lookout to determine whether the clerks are giving the Government a fair day's work . We have used ...
... claiming that he can not have the mail ready for the carriers with his present force . The next morning the in- spector will be in the lookout to determine whether the clerks are giving the Government a fair day's work . We have used ...
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... claims : Total amount of claims as presented , approximately , is $ 3,181,442.24 , and number about 325 , Of the above , 50 claims have been paid in full , totaling approximately $ 860,000 . These 50 claims , as presented , total ...
... claims : Total amount of claims as presented , approximately , is $ 3,181,442.24 , and number about 325 , Of the above , 50 claims have been paid in full , totaling approximately $ 860,000 . These 50 claims , as presented , total ...
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... claims are in the process of disallowance . Eighty - five claims are held up awaiting additional information previously requested by the office , and about 30 of these claims will in all probability be disallowed . There are on hand ...
... claims are in the process of disallowance . Eighty - five claims are held up awaiting additional information previously requested by the office , and about 30 of these claims will in all probability be disallowed . There are on hand ...
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... claim that the employees in your office are paid less than the employees in other departments who are doing the same or similar work ? Mr. BLAKESLEE . Yes , sir ; most assuredly . Mr. MAGEE . How much less ? Mr. BLAKESLEE . Probably an ...
... claim that the employees in your office are paid less than the employees in other departments who are doing the same or similar work ? Mr. BLAKESLEE . Yes , sir ; most assuredly . Mr. MAGEE . How much less ? Mr. BLAKESLEE . Probably an ...
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... you want to be placed on a plane of equalization , you must make your claim by reason of the high cost of living , notwithstanding the fact that you do not directly mention it , because the 74 SUNDRY CIVIL APPROPRIATION BILL , 1922 .
... you want to be placed on a plane of equalization , you must make your claim by reason of the high cost of living , notwithstanding the fact that you do not directly mention it , because the 74 SUNDRY CIVIL APPROPRIATION BILL , 1922 .
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Page 160 - ... prevent expenditures in one portion of the year which may necessitate deficiency or additional appropriations to complete the service of the fiscal year for which said appropriations are made...
Page 506 - Upon the direction of the President or either House of Congress to investigate and report the facts relating to any alleged violations of the antitrust Acts by any corporation.
Page 220 - Administration shall be subject to review, on appeal, by such administrator. "SEC. 3. All property the title of which now stands in the name of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers is hereby transferred to and the title thereof vested in the United States.
Page 244 - Administration all the functions, powers, and duties now conferred by law upon the Commissioner of Pensions, the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, and the Director of the United States Veterans' Bureau are hereby conferred upon and vested in the Administrator of Veterans
Page 506 - Whenever a final decree has been entered against any defendant corporation in any suit brought by the United States to prevent and restrain any violation of the antitrust Acts, to make investigation, upon its own initiative, of the manner in which the decree has been or is being carried out, and upon the application of the Attorney General it shall be its duty to make such investigation.
Page 783 - ... per diem in lieu of subsistence, when allowed pursuant to section 13 of the Sundry Civil Appropriation Act approved August 1, 1914...
Page 160 - ... and all such apportionments shall be adhered to and shall not be waived or modified except upon the happening of some extraordinary emergency or unusual circumstance which could not be anticipated at the time of making such apportionment...
Page 489 - That the project adopted, including the maps, plans, and specifications, shall be such as in the judgment of the Commission will be best adapted to a comprehensive plan for improving or developing a waterway or waterways for the use or benefit of interstate or foreign commerce, for the improvement and utilization of waterpower development, and for other beneficial public uses...
Page 482 - The work of the commission shall be performed by and through the Departments of War, Interior, and Agriculture and their engineering, technical, clerical, and other personnel except as may be otherwise provided by law.
Page 565 - Standards; together with not more than five additional persons who shall be acquainted with the needs of aeronautical science, either civil or military, or skilled in aeronautical engineering or its allied sciences.