Treasury and Post Office Departments Appropriations: Hearings Before the SubcommitteeU.S. Government Printing Office, 1947 |
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additional administrative Admiral FARLEY agency air mail amount ANSLINGER appropriation Assistant Postmaster audit border patrol BRENNAN budget Bureau of Internal Captain RICHMOND cents Chairman Civil Aeronautics Board clerks Coast Guard collected Congress cost counterfeiting customs service deputy collectors Division of Tax duty employees enforcement officers estimate expenses figures fiscal year 1948 force going Government Guy Cordon House bill House committee important increase inspectors Internal Revenue investigation JOHNSON loran stations MARTIN ment money orders navigation NUNAN operation percent personnel port patrol officers Post Office Department postal present question refunds reports requested returns revenue agents salary Secretary Senator CORDON Senator HAYDEN Senator KNOWLAND Senator MCKELLAR Senator REED Senator SALTONSTALL Senator TYDINGS smuggling staff STANDARD CLASSIFICATION SCHEDULE statement subsidy Tax Research taxpayers tion Treasury Department typewriters United vessels weather ships weather stations WIGGINS York
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Page 309 - Meet the needs of the peoples of the world for safe, regular, efficient and economical air transport; (e) Prevent economic waste caused by unreasonable competition; (f) Insure that the rights of contracting States are fully respected and that every contracting State has a fair opportunity to operate international airlines...
Page 587 - ... the need of each such air carrier for compensation for the transportation of mail sufficient to insure the performance of such service, and, together with all other revenue of the air carrier, to enable such air carrier under honest, economical, and efficient management, to maintain and continue the development of air transportation to the extent and of the character and quality required for the, commerce of the United States, the Postal Service, and the national defense.
Page 525 - The temporary appointments under the authority of this Act shall be in such numbers as the President may determine that the needs of the service require and in such manner and under such regulations as he may prescribe.
Page 561 - Revoke (h) The Authority, upon petition or complaint or upon its own initiative, after notice and hearing, may alter, amend, modify, or suspend any such certificate, in whole or in part, if the public convenience and necessity so require, or may revoke any such certificate, in whole or in part, for intentional failure to comply with any provision of this title or any order, rule, or regulation issued hereunder or any term, condition, or limitation of such certificate...
Page 6 - no part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be used to pay the compensation of" the thirty-nine individuals Dies had attacked.
Page 548 - ... (3) Such standards respecting the character and quality of service to be rendered by air carriers as may be prescribed by or pursuant to law ; (4) The inherent advantages of transportation by aircraft; and (5) The need of each air carrier for revenue sufficient to enable such air carrier, under honest, economical, and efficient management, to provide adequate and efficient air carrier service.
Page 201 - Developments in the money markets and in the banking position are watched continually and reported on to the Secretary and Under Secretary. COOPERATION OF TECHNICAL STAFF WITH PRIVATE CONSULTING COMMITTEES The technical staff work of the Division also includes discussions with consulting committees of the American Bankers Association, the Investment Bankers Association, the Life Insurance Association of America, and the American Life Convention, the National Association of Mutual Savings Banks, Government...
Page 330 - States at all times and is a service within the Department of Transportation except when operating as part of the Navy in time of war or when the President directs. The predecessor of the Coast Guard, the Revenue Marine, was established in 1 790 as a Federal maritime law enforcement agency.
Page 6 - ... and hire of quarters for officers and enlisted men on sea duty at such times as they may be deprived of their quarters on board ship due to repairs or other conditions which may render them uninhabitable...
Page 548 - In fixing and determining fair and reasonable rates of compensation under this section, the Board considering the conditions peculiar to transportation by aircraft and to the particular air carrier or class of air carriers, may fix different rates for different air carriers or classes of air carriers, and different classes of service. In determining the rate in each case, the Board shall...