Education and Assistance to the Blind: Hearings Before a Subcommittee of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Eighty-sixth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 14 ... and Various Other Bills ...

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1959 - 686 pages
Considers. H.R. 14 and numerous related bills, to encourage aid program coordination among organizations for blind and protect rights of blind persons to join such organizations. H.R. 1855 and numerous related bills, to establish a National Advisory Committee for the Blind to study problems and needs. Focuses on blind educational and training needs and occupational opportunities.

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Page 6 - OF THE COMMISSION SEC. 8. (a) The Commission shall have power to appoint and fix the compensation of such personnel as it deems advisable, in accordance with the provisions of the civil service laws and the Classification Act of 1949, as amended.
Page 15 - The Commission is authorized to secure directly from any executive department, bureau, agency, board, commission, office, independent establishment, or instrumentality information suggestions, estimates, and statistics for the purpose of this Act; and each such department, bureau, agency, board, commission, office, establishment, or instrumentality is authorized and directed to furnish such information, suggestions, estimates, and statistics directly to the Commission, upon request made by the Chairman...
Page 5 - Any vacancy in the Commission shall not affect its powers, but shall be filled in the same manner in which the original appointment was made.
Page 5 - Commission shall be reimbursed for travel, subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred by him in the performance of duties vested in the Commission.
Page 255 - BVA field areas are being operated as a direct result of financial grants from the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation in the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Washington, DC ; the American Foundation for the Blind, New York, NY ; and the Lilly Endowment, Inc., Indianapolis, Ind.
Page 239 - Mr. Chairman. I am very pleased to have the opportunity to appear before this committee.
Page 6 - Subpenas may be issued over the signature of the chairman of the committee or any member designated by him and may be served by any person designated by such chairman or member.
Page 9 - POWERS OF THE COMMISSION SEC. 10. (a) HEARINGS AND SESSIONS. — The Commission or, on the authorization of the Commission, any subcommittee or member thereof, may, for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Act, hold such hearings and sit and act at such times and places...
Page 15 - ... to require by subpena or otherwise the attendance of such witnesses and the production of such books, papers, and documents; to administer...
Page 6 - The provisions of sections 102 to 104, inclusive, of the Revised Statutes (USC, title 2, sees. 192-194), shall apply in the case of any failure of any witness to comply with any subpena or to testify when summoned under authority of this section.

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