Post Office Appropriation Bill, 1935: Hearings Before the Subcommittee of House Committee on Appropriations ... in Charge of Post Office Appropriation Bill for 1935. Seventy-Third Congress, Second SessionU.S. Government Printing Office, 1934 - 353 pages |
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... percent . Mr. BOYLAN . That is , 10 percent instead of 15 percent . Mr. O'MAHONEY . Yes ; that instead of 15 percent it will be 10 percent . That is the basis upon which we have approached it . Mr. ARNOLD . The figures here carry only ...
... percent . Mr. BOYLAN . That is , 10 percent instead of 15 percent . Mr. O'MAHONEY . Yes ; that instead of 15 percent it will be 10 percent . That is the basis upon which we have approached it . Mr. ARNOLD . The figures here carry only ...
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... PERCENT SALARY REDUCTION IS CONTINUED Mr. MCLEOD . I would like to ask you if you have a comparative statement as to the 5 percent reduction in next year's pay , and the 10 percent and 15 percent reduction . Considering these 7,000 that ...
... PERCENT SALARY REDUCTION IS CONTINUED Mr. MCLEOD . I would like to ask you if you have a comparative statement as to the 5 percent reduction in next year's pay , and the 10 percent and 15 percent reduction . Considering these 7,000 that ...
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... percent is 26 percent , because of the furlough . Mr. O'MAHONEY . Of course , that is a matter of the use of lar guage . There was a 15 percent reduction in the salary . When man was laid off for 9 days during the first quarter of the ...
... percent is 26 percent , because of the furlough . Mr. O'MAHONEY . Of course , that is a matter of the use of lar guage . There was a 15 percent reduction in the salary . When man was laid off for 9 days during the first quarter of the ...
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... percent cut . What do they mean , what do they have in mind , when the 26 percent is mentioned , as to what it constitutes ? Mr. O'MAHONEY . What they mean is that they lose the 15 percent and the pay for the days on which they are ...
... percent cut . What do they mean , what do they have in mind , when the 26 percent is mentioned , as to what it constitutes ? Mr. O'MAHONEY . What they mean is that they lose the 15 percent and the pay for the days on which they are ...
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... percent cut was in force from April 1 to July 1 . Previous to that , in 1933 , there was an 8 % percent cut . Mr. GRAVES . That averages 10 percent for the fiscal year 1933 . Mr. TABER . How many employees did you cut out of there in ...
... percent cut was in force from April 1 to July 1 . Previous to that , in 1933 , there was an 8 % percent cut . Mr. GRAVES . That averages 10 percent for the fiscal year 1933 . Mr. TABER . How many employees did you cut out of there in ...
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40-hour week additional air mail Airways Alaska ALDRICH allowance amount appropriation approximately ARNOLD asking Assistant Postmaster average basis bids bill BOYLAN BRANCH Bureau BURKE carried carriers cents Chairman CISLER clerks compensation Congress consolidation contract contractor CORNWELL cost decrease delivery division DONALDSON EILENBERGER employees equipment estimate for 1935 expenditures figure fiscal year 1935 foreign Fourth Assistant furlough Government grade GRAVES increase inspectors Interstate Commerce Commission investigation July June 30 KELLY LAMIELL leases LUDLOW MAGUE MCLEOD ment mile months O'MAHONEY O'NEAL ocean mail operation paid PARKMAN percent personnel Post Office Department Postal Service public buildings purchase PURDUM railroad Railway Mail Service receipts reduction regular rentals revenue rural Rural Delivery Service salaries SLATTERY stamps star routes statement Steamship subsidy substitutes supplies TABER tion transferred trips trucks twine vacancies vessels Western Air Express
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Page 214 - The contractor warrants that he has not employed any person to solicit or secure this contract upon any agreement for a commission, percentage, brokerage, or contingent fee.
Page 157 - Government to the fullest extent practicable ; (4) to group, coordinate, and consolidate agencies and functions of the Government, as nearly as may be, according to major purposes ; (5) to reduce the number of agencies by consolidating those having similar functions under a single head, and to abolish such agencies or functions thereof as may not be necessary for the efficient conduct of the Government; and (6) to eliminate overlapping and duplication of effort...
Page 343 - Every steamship company carrying the mails shall carry on any ship it operates and without extra charge therefor the persons in charge of the mails and when on duty and traveling to and from duty, and all duly accredited agents and officers of the Post Office Department and post-office inspectors while traveling on official business, upon the exhibition of their credentials.
Page 30 - Agriculture, including all of its bureaus, offices, institutions, and services located in Washington, District of Columbia, and elsewhere...
Page 157 - Government; (3 ) to increase the efficiency of the operations of the Government to the fullest extent practicable...
Page 215 - Surety, are held and firmly bound unto the United States of America, hereinafter called the Government, In the penal sum of dollars, lawful money of the United States, for the payment of which sum well and truly to be made, we bind ourselves, our heirs, executors, administrators, and successors. Jointly and severally, firmly by these presents.
Page 185 - ... and he is authorized, in his discretion, to contract, after advertisement in accordance with law, for the carriage of all classes of mail to, from, or within the Territory of Alaska, by airplane, payment therefor to be made from the appropriation for star-route service in Alaska...
Page 312 - McSwain. STATEMENT OF HON. JOHN J. McSWAIN, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA Mr. McSwAiN. Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the committee, I...
Page 232 - States : said pay to be subject, however, to be reduced or discontinued by the Postmaster General, as hereinafter stipulated, or to be suspended in case of delinquency. It is...
Page 335 - ... be here. The CHAIRMAN. Let us clear this up. Somebody requested the clerk to have Mr. Jones present, and at that suggestion the clerk sent for Mr. Jones. I do not remember whether I spoke to him about it or not, but the clerk acted properly in inviting Mr. Jones. And another thing, he is a soldier, and we will be glad to hear what he has to say. Mr. GARNER. Mr. Chairman, may I make this statement: The clerk, Mr.