AND SECURITY

HEARING

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON EXPENDITURES IN THE

EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS

UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTIETH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. 140

MARK

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G

A BILL TO CREATE AN EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENENT

OF THE GOVERNMENT TO BE KNOWN AS
THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH,
EDUCATION, AND SECURITY

AND

S. 712

A BILL TO CONSTITUTE THE FEDERAL SECURITY
AGENCY A DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH,
EDUCATION, AND SECURITY

PART 1

FEBRUARY 28, 1947

Printed for the use of the

Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments

DIY.

UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1947

CONTENTS

S. 140, a bill to create an executive department of the Government to be

known as the Department of Health, Education, and Security.

Statement by Hon. George D. Aiken, chairman of the Committee on

Expenditures in the Executive Departments-

S. 712, a bill submitted by Senator Aiken as a possible substitute for S. 140,

which merely provides for transfer of the functions and powers of the

Federal Security Agency to a department status__.

Report prepared by Dr. George B. Galloway, Advanced Research Section,

Legislative Reference Service, Library of Congress, as an analysis and

appraisal of S. 140.

Letter from F. J. Lawton, Acting Director, Bureau of the Budget_

Report from Watson B. Miller, Administrator of the Federal Security

Agency, re S. 140..

Letter from Hon. L. B. Schwellenbach, Secretary of Labor..

Statement of Hon. J. William Fulbright, United States Senator-

Resolution adopted by the American Legion at its San Francisco national

convention on September 30, 1946..

Letter from Dr. Vlado A. Getting, secretary-treasurer, the Association of

State and Territorial Health Officers__

Statement of Mrs. Eugene Meyer, representing committee on reorganiza-

tion of Community Services of the Woman's Foundation, Inc--

Statement of Hon. Robert A. Taft, United States Senator.

S. 545, a bill filed by Senator Taft, providing for the coordination of the

health functions of the Federal Government in a single agency, and for

other purposes -

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