Officers and Employees of the Federal Government

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

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HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

COMMITTEE ON CIVIL SERVICE.
UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTIETH CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

S. Res. 41

A RESOLUTION TO INVESTIGATE CERTAIN MATTERS
RELATING TO OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Printed for the use of the Committee on Civil Service

UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1947

COMMITTEE ON CIVIL SERVICE

WILLIAM LANGER, North Dakota, Chairman

C. DOUGLASS BUCK, Delaware
RALPH E. FLANDERS, Vermont
RAYMOND E. BALDWIN, Connecticut
EDWARD J. THYE, Minnesota
JOHN J. WILLIAMS, Delaware
ZALES N. ECTON, Montana

DENNIS CHAVEZ, New Mexico
KENNETH MCKELLAR, Tennessee
W. LEE O'DANIEL, Texas

OLIN D. JOHNSTON, South Carolina
WILLIAM B. UMSTEAD, North Carolina
HERBERT R. O'CONOR, Maryland

GEORGE D. RILEY, Staff Director

COLLETTE HOMAN, Clerk

Depletion schedule, Klamath Indian Reservation, 1915–45.

Department of the Interior, Office of the Solicitor, attorneys and legal

professional employees in the Department of the Interior..

Exhibit C: Distribution of Indian employees of the Indian Service, as of

OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE FEDERAL

GOVERNMENT

TUESDAY, JANUARY 21, 1947

UNITED STATES SENATE,
COMMITTEE ON CIVIL SERVICE,

Washington, D. C.

The committee met, at 10:30 o'clock a. m., in room 135, Senate Office Building, Senator William Langer (chairman) presiding. The CHAIRMAN. Call the roll, Mr. Riley, please.

Present: Senators Langer (chairman), Flanders, Thye, Ecton, Chavez, O'Daniel, Johnston, Umstead, and O'Conor.

Absent: Senators Buck, Baldwin, Williams, and McKellar.

The CHAIRMAN. A quorum being present, the committee will come to order.

First, we have before us the nomination by the President of Miss Frances Perkins, of New York, to be a Civil Service Commissioner, to which office she was appointed during the last recess of the Senate, vice Lucille F. McMillin, resigned.

Is there any objection filed here?

Mr. RILEY. No objection, Mr. Chairman.

Senator CHAVEZ. I move the nomination be approved by the committee.

Senator FLANDERS. I second the motion.

Senator JOHNSTON. I also second the motion.

The CHAIRMAN. Any discussion?

(No response.)

The CHAIRMAN. All in favor will signify by saying "aye"; contrary "no."

The

ayes have it and Miss Perkins is confirmed.

DRAFT OF TENTATIVE RULES OF COMMITTEE PROCEDURE FOR THE SENATE COMMITTEE ON CIVIL SERVICE

The CHAIRMAN. Now, have you copies of the proposed rules circulated the other day?

Please furnish him one, Mr. Riley.

Now, let us take up the matter of the adoption of the rules.

Mr. Riley, will you read them, one at a time, and then we will discuss each one and pass on it separately.

Mr. RILEY. Rule I is as follows:

Seven members of the committee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of such business as may be considered at any regular or special meeting of the committee. No member of the committee shall for the purpose of determining the existence of a quorum of the committee be deemed to be present unless he be personally present.

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