Transfer of Public Works Functions: Hearings Before the Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments, House of Representatives, Seventieth Congress, First Session, on H.R. 8127, a Bill to Provide for the Transfer to the Department of the Interior, of the Public-works Functions of the Federal Government and for Other Purposes, Volumer 1-3U.S. Government Printing Office, 1928 |
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... construction is not a distinct governmental function in itself . It should , as at present , occupy a position of proper subordination to the primary purposes of the various governmental departments and bureaus which it serves ...
... construction is not a distinct governmental function in itself . It should , as at present , occupy a position of proper subordination to the primary purposes of the various governmental departments and bureaus which it serves ...
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... construction which arose during the World War , the experience with officers of the Corps of Engineers . had gained on civil work was of great assistance . Furthermore , their acquaint- anceship with the civil engineers of the country ...
... construction which arose during the World War , the experience with officers of the Corps of Engineers . had gained on civil work was of great assistance . Furthermore , their acquaint- anceship with the civil engineers of the country ...
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... construction and main- tenance work unnecessary . Under this authority the Bureau of Public Roads , upon request , now performs engineering work in connection with the survey , construction , and maintenance of roads for the National ...
... construction and main- tenance work unnecessary . Under this authority the Bureau of Public Roads , upon request , now performs engineering work in connection with the survey , construction , and maintenance of roads for the National ...
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... construction and engineering operations under one head , it does not appear logical to make such a combination , embracing a great number of important primary functions , merely one of several subdivisions of one department . In many ...
... construction and engineering operations under one head , it does not appear logical to make such a combination , embracing a great number of important primary functions , merely one of several subdivisions of one department . In many ...
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... construction and engineering branches in his charge that he could not devote sufficient time to any one . The Supervising Architect's Office is under the supervision of an Assistant Secretary who devotes the greater portion of his time ...
... construction and engineering branches in his charge that he could not devote sufficient time to any one . The Supervising Architect's Office is under the supervision of an Assistant Secretary who devotes the greater portion of his time ...
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activities administration Alaska Alaska Railroad American Architect architectural Army engineers ASHBURN Assistant Secretary Bureau of Public Canal Capitol CHAIRMAN charge Chief of Engineers civil engineers civilian engineers COCHRAN of Missouri Colonel Commerce Commission committee Congress construction contract contractors coordination Corps of Engineers cost DALLINGER Department of Agriculture department of public district engineer division dredge duty economy efficiency employees engi Engineer Corps engineer officers Engineering Society Federal Government flood functions HAMMER handle highway improvement Inland Waterways Corporation interest Interior Department JACOBSTEIN JADWIN MACDONALD matter ment military Mississippi River Mississippi River Commission Navy neers operation organization Panama Canal present President problems projects public buildings Public Roads question railroads Reclamation reorganization result river and harbor Secretary of War statement SUMMERALL supervision Survey TAYLOR technical thing tion transfer United United States Army War Department West Point
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