Hearings Before Subcommittee of House Committee on Appropriations Consisting of Messrs. Bingham, Gillett, Graff, Gardner, Livingston, and Burleson in Charge of the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Appropriation Bill for 1912U.S. Government Printing Office, 1910 - 282 pages |
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... Green wants the word " police " inserted instead of " watch . " Mr. GILLETT . Why is that ? Mr. GREEN . If you will read a little farther along , you will see that I want to call the watchmen policemen , and I wish to raise the pay of ...
... Green wants the word " police " inserted instead of " watch . " Mr. GILLETT . Why is that ? Mr. GREEN . If you will read a little farther along , you will see that I want to call the watchmen policemen , and I wish to raise the pay of ...
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... GREEN . Yes . Mr. GILLETT . They certainly have to work as hard as your men , do they not ? Mr. GREEN . I do not think so . Mr. GILLETT . Why not . Mr. GREEN . We have very few men , you know ; and I have to hold them up to a high ...
... GREEN . Yes . Mr. GILLETT . They certainly have to work as hard as your men , do they not ? Mr. GREEN . I do not think so . Mr. GILLETT . Why not . Mr. GREEN . We have very few men , you know ; and I have to hold them up to a high ...
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... GREEN . Because we have at least that much more work to do , and have had all along . Mr. GILLETT . Why more work ? How has your work increased ? Mr. GREEN . Of course the building is not bigger , but there is a lot more going on in it ...
... GREEN . Because we have at least that much more work to do , and have had all along . Mr. GILLETT . Why more work ? How has your work increased ? Mr. GREEN . Of course the building is not bigger , but there is a lot more going on in it ...
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... GREEN . The others get dirty . We are dirty in the rear , and present a pretty respectable clean front . That is a ... GREEN . Yes . 66 Now we go to page 60- " including mail of east driveway pavement , and repair Mr. BINGHAM . Is that a ...
... GREEN . The others get dirty . We are dirty in the rear , and present a pretty respectable clean front . That is a ... GREEN . Yes . 66 Now we go to page 60- " including mail of east driveway pavement , and repair Mr. BINGHAM . Is that a ...
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... GREEN . The driveway pavement on the east side of the build- ing is cracked all to pieces . It has been down there now for twelve or fourteen years . Mr. GILLETT . What is it , cement ? Mr. GREEN . Asphalt . Mr. GILLETT . An asphalt ...
... GREEN . The driveway pavement on the east side of the build- ing is cracked all to pieces . It has been down there now for twelve or fourteen years . Mr. GILLETT . What is it , cement ? Mr. GREEN . Asphalt . Mr. GILLETT . An asphalt ...
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additional clerks Admiral CONE Admiral MASON Admiral NICHOLSON ALESHIRE amount ANDREW appropriation Assistant Postmaster-General Attorney-General attorneys Auditor bill BINGHAM building bureau Bureau of Equipment Bureau of Ordnance CAMPBELL Captain KNAPP Captain RUSSELL census cent charge charts chief clerk chief of division clerks of class Colonel COSBY Colonel WEAVER Commissioner DAVENPORT committee compensation Congress cost course court DENNETT draftsman drop duties efficient employees engineer estimates examination expenses filing fiscal force GILLETT give Government GREEN HILLES Hydrographic Office increase Judge-Advocate-General June 30 law clerk Lieutenant GRANT LIVINGSTON machines matter mean ment MOORE NAGEL Navy paid Paymaster-General position Postmaster-General present printing purchase PUTNAM reduction sailing directions salary saving SCOFIELD Secretary solicitor statement stenographer STEWART STRATTON superintendent thing thousand dollars tion transferred Treasury Department UCKER UHLER watchmen WEED WICKERSHAM WILMETH WILSON
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