FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES PART 2-Civil Service Commission, Post Office, Treasury, and Agriculture 4. S. Congress. House. HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS.) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES EIGHTY-FOURTH CONGRESS R.V.S 1956 CONTENTS Hearings held November 8, 1955 (Civil Service Commission). November 9, 1955 (Post Office and Treasury Departments). Page 77-157 159-227 229-303 Lyons, Eugene J., Assistant Postmaster General, Bureau of Personnel; accompanied by Abe McGregor Goff, Solicitor, Post Office Department... Morse, True D., Under Secretary, Department of Agriculture; accompanied by Robert L. Farrington, general counsel, Department of Agriculture; Robert T. Beall, chief, Administrative Division, Rural Electrification Administration; R. B. McLeaish, Administrator, Farmers Home Administration; Preston Richards, Deputy Administrator for Price Support, Commodity Stabilization Service; and Harold R. Lewis, Assistant Director, Office of Information.. Resseguie, Harry E., chief, Washington bureau of Fairchild Publications, Inc., New York, N. Y.. Rose, H. Chapman, Under Secretary of the Treasury; accompanied by David W. Kendall, general counsel, Treasury; Ray M. Gidney, Comptroller of the Currency; Lewellyn A. Jennings, Deputy Comptroller of the Currency; and Justin Winkle, Assistant Commissioner for Planning, Internal Revenue Service... Young, Philip, Chairman, Civil Service Commission; accompanied by Farrington, Robert L., general counsel, Department of Agriculture: 161 229 235 192 80 293 Fascell, Hon. Dante B., a Representative in Congress from the State of Florida: Excerpt from statement of H. Chapman Rose, Under Secretary of 200 267 Statement re action and decision of the Commodity Credit Goff, Abe McGregor, Solicitor, Post Office Department: Excerpt Hoffman, Hon. Clare E., a Representative in Congress from the State Excerpt from statement re department's direct distribution 164, 165 Excerpt of letter from President Truman, October 1, 1947. 288 160 283 256 292 Status of the Dunbar contract survey. Lyons, Eugene J., Assistant Postmaster General, Bureau of Personnel: 168 McLeaish, R. B., Administrator, Farm Home Administration: Excerpt from exhibit 14, releases, statements, and reports issued to the press during the first 10 months of 1955.... 273 Meloy, Lawrence V., acting general counsel, Civil Service Commission: Excerpt from citation entitled, "Is the Civil Service Commission a department within the meaning of section 161 of the Revised Statutes?" (see exhibit 4) 141 Letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record by-Continued Excerpt from agriculture report to the Special Subcommittee on Excerpt from Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act.. Excerpt from the Commodity Exchange Act. Section 402 of the Packers and Stockyards Act (7 U. S. C. 222)_. Excerpt from answer by the Civil Serice Commission re subcom- Excerpt from exhibit 13, Treasury Department letter of January Excerpt from information furnished by former Gov. Ellis Arnall Excerpt from manual, section B3.12.02, entitled, "Release of Excerpt from statement of Dr. Harold L. Cross, freedom of in- Excerpt from statement of NEA Freedom of Information Com- Page 257 296 232 281 230 232 285 139 226 110 145 114 77 77 78 Excerpt from statement of V. M. Newton, Jr., managing editor, Excerpt of letter addressed to the Secretary of Defense.. 147 Excerpt of President's letter of May 17, directed to the Secretary 179 Parks, Wallace J., chief counsel, Special Subcommittee on Government Information: Excerpt from Administrative Procedures Act, title 5, United 205 Excerpt from Federal Register, volume 11, No. 177, September 11, 217 Excerpt from House Judiciary Committee report. 205 Excerpt from statement of James Reston, Washington Corre- Excerpt from 31 Code of Federal Regulations.. Excerpt from title 12, United States Code, section 77 Resseguie, Harry E., chief, Washington Bureau of Fairchild Publications, Inc., New York, N. Y.: 203 222 Excerpt from book of Harold L. Cross, entitled, "The People's 247 250 Reporter's comment. 251 Excerpt from speech of Simon Sobeloff, Solicitor General of the 248 Excerpts from Arthur Garel re his OPS recollections.. 237 Excerpts from Department of Agriculture press conference, 245 Report of Attorney General McGrath re abuses during World 254 Rules laid down by Department of Justice for advisory com- 254 Letters, statements, etc., submitted for the record by-Continued Page 201 Excerpt from exhibit 13, Treasury Department letter of January 208 Excerpt from 31 Code of Federal Regulations.. Scher, Jacob, special counsel, Subcommittee on Government Information: 204 Excerpt from Administrative Procedures Act, section 1002----- 103, Excerpt from answer of the Civil Service Commission to the subcommittee questionnaire--- 161, 262 149, 151 Excerpt from Attorney General's Manual on the Administrative 104 Excerpt from Department of Agriculture regulations, chapter 9, 297 Excerpt from Executive Order 10501__ 150 Excerpt from manual, section B3.12.02, entitled, "Release of 114 Excerpt from subcommittee questionnaire: Civil Service Commission... 151 Post Office Department---. 162, 163, 164, 177 190 258 Excerpt from the London Economist on August 6, 1955_ Language of the decision in Grosjean v. American Press Company Young, Philip, Chairman, Civil Service Commission: 283 256 81, 118 Excerpt from Commission's handbook of guides for conducting 83 Excerpt from Commission's organization and policy manual, 83 Excerpt from questionnaire submitted to the Civil Service 146 Excerpt from speech of Philip Young at Syracuse, N. Y., August 124 Statement on employee-management relations in the Federal 84 LIST OF EXHIBITS Exhibit 1.-House Joint Resolution 342, 80th Congress, 2d session, regarding availability of information to congressional committees.. House Report 1595, 80th Congress.. 305 307 Exhibit 2.-Civil Service Commission letter of May 20, 1954, regarding expanded information program.... 341 Civil Service Handbook on Public Relations for Regional Offices, 348 Exhibit 3.-Subcommittee letter of December 15, 1955, requesting addi- Exhibit 5.-Subcommittee letter of December 16, 1955, requesting a report Exhibit 6.-Civil Service Commission report of January 17, 1956, on revision of information release regulations and on action to clarify question of availability of name and salary information.... Exhibit 7.-Civil Service Commission letter of November 25, 1955, regarding the cost of maintaining and operating the Commission's investigative files 397 397 404 404 406 |