Department of Commerce Appropriations for 1951: Hearings Before the Subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations, House of Representatives, Eighty-first Congress, Second SessionU.S. Government Printing Office, 1950 - 1059 pages |
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actual 1950 estimate Administration Admiral COLBERT agencies air lines aircraft airport airways Alaska amount appropriation asked average aviation BAYNE BLAISDELL Board budget building Bureau of Standards CAWLEY census Chairman chart Civil Aeronautics Civil Aeronautics Administration Civil Aeronautics Board committee CONDON construction contract authorization correct cost Division employees equipment estimate 1951 estimate facilities Federal Federal Airport Act Federal-aid field figure fiscal year 1951 FLOOD funds GLADIEUX going Government HAUSER highway Hoover Commission HORNE insert installed instrument landing system investigation justifications MACDONALD maintenance McCLURKIN ment MORROW MULLIGAN Municipal Nebraska O'CONNELL Office operation Pay increases percent personal services personnel PRESTON projects Public Law 429 question radar radio record RENTZEL requested roads ROONEY salary SCHULER statement STEFAN STUART Supplies and materials survey TARWATER things tion Total obligations towers traffic United WEIFENBACH
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Page 1370 - ... like Will Rogers, all we know is what we read in the newspapers, what do you propose to do from now on?