Page images
PDF
EPUB

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION AND SECURITY

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28, 1947

UNITED STATES SENATE,

COMMITTEE ON EXPENDITURES IN THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS,

Washington, D. C.

The committee met, pursuant to call at 10:15 a. m., in room 357, Senate Office Building, by Senator George D. Aiken (chairman). Present: Senators Aiken (presiding), Bricker, Thye, Ives, Hoey, Taylor, Robertson (Virginia), and O'Conor.

The CHAIRMAN. The committee will come to order, and we will proceed with the business at hand this morning.

The Chair is going to make a short preliminary statement concerning the matter which is before us at this time.

We have under consideration S. 140, introduced by Senators Fulbright and Taft, to create an executive department of the Government to be known as the Department of Health, Education, and Security. (Senate bill S. 140 is as follows:)

[S. 140, 80th Cong., 1st sess.]

A BILL To create an executive department of the Government to be known as the Department of Health, Education, and Security

1

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That (a) there is hereby established at the seat of government an executive department to be known as the Department of Health, Education, and Security (hereinafter referred to as the "Department"), which shall be administered by a Secretary of Health, Education, and Security (hereinafter referred to as the "Secretary"), who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and who shall receive compensation at the rate of $15,000 a year.

(b) Section 158 of the Revised Statutes is amended to include the Department of Health, Education, and Security, and the provisions of so much of title IV of the Revised Statutes as now or hereafter amended, as is not inconsistent with this Act, shall be applicable to the Department.

(c) The Secretary shall cause a seal of office to be made for the Department, of such device as the President shall approve, and judicial notice shall be taken thereof.

SEC. 2. (a) There shall be in the Department three Under Secretaries, each of whom shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. Each Under Secretary shall receive a salary at the rate of $12,000 per annum. The Under Secretary for Health shall be a doctor of medicine licensed to practice medicine or surgery in one of the States or Territories of the United States or in the District of Columbia, and shall perform such duties concerning health as may be prescribed by the Secretary or required by law. The Under Secretary for Education shall be experienced and trained in the field of education, and shall perform such duties concerning education as may be prescribed by the Secretary or required by law. The Under Secretary for Security shall be experienced and trained in the field of social security and welfare, and shall per

[graphic]

AND SECURITY

HEARING

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON EXPENDITURES IN THE
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS

UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTIETH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. 140

N

MAR G

24

1041

FOCUMENT

A BILL TO CREATE AN EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
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

DIY.

Printed for the use of the

Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments

UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1947

[blocks in formation]

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

[merged small][merged small][merged small][merged small][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][ocr errors][subsumed][subsumed][merged small]
« PreviousContinue »