National Security Act Amendments of 1949. Hearing ... on S. 1269 and S. 1843 ... March 24 and 29, April 6, 7, 11, and 12, May 5 and 6, 1949

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Page 168 - Defense, the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, and the Secretary of the Air Force...
Page 3 - Defense, the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, and the Department of the Air Force, generally.
Page 274 - Act or in any other provision of law shall be construed to prevent a...
Page 3 - Director, the person acting for him is hereby delegated, subject to the direction, authority, and control of the Secretary of Defense, and in accordance with...
Page 288 - ... relative importance of the work to be done, or upon the service to be rendered, rather than upon the things to be acquired, such as personal services, supplies, equipment, and so on. These latter objects are, after all, only the means to an end. The all-important thing in budgeting is the work or the service to be accomplished, and what that work or service will cost.
Page 2 - EMPLOYMENT ACT OF 1946, AS AMENDED, WITH RELATED LAWS (60 Stat. 23) [PUBLIC LAW 304— 79TH CONGRESS] AN ACT To declare a national policy on employment, production, and purchasing power, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SHORT TITLE SECTION 1 . This Act may be cited as the "Employment Act of 1946".
Page 277 - Force, with their assigned combat and service components; to provide for their authoritative coordination and unified direction under civilian control of the Secretary of Defense but not to merge them; to provide for the effective strategic direction of the armed forces and for their operation under unified control and for their integration into an efficient team of land, naval, and air forces but not to establish a single Chief of Staff over the armed forces nor an armed forces general staff (but...
Page 6 - Administrator, who shall be appointed from civilian life by the President by and with the advice and consent of the Senate...
Page 108 - Defense, and the Secretary of Defense shall be the head thereof. "(b) There shall be within the Department of Defense (1) the Department of the Army...
Page 4 - Act, without regard to the civil-service laws and the Classification Act of 1923, as amended...

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