COMMISSION ON ORGANIZATION OF THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH OF THE GOVERNMENT HEARINGS ย 51 Cop 4. S. Coyees, Senate, BEFORE THE COMMITTEE ON POST OFFICE AND CIVIL SERVICE. UNITED STATES SENATE EIGHTY-FIRST CONGRESS FIRST AND SECOND SESSIONS ON S. 2027, S. 2062, S. 2111, S. 2212, S. 2213, JUNE 30, JULY 20, 27, 1949; AND MARCH 1, 14, 21; Printed for the use of the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service 51605 69 UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1951 COMMITTEE ON POST OFFICE AND CIVIL SERVICE OLIN D. JOHNSTON, South Carolina, Chairman KENNETH MCKELLAR, Tennessee WILLIAM LANGER, North Dakota J. AUSTIN LATIMER, Director, Attorney, and Chief Clerk VIRGINIA BOBO, Assistant Chief Clerk HBP 87 CONTENTS 69 Askew, J. W., Comptroller, Bureau of Accounts, Post Office Depart- Bishop, Floyd A., acting representative, National League of District Postmasters, Mitchelville, Iowa. Bruce, C. M., Deputy Assistant Postmaster General in Charge of 167 14, 62, 117 Finan, William F., Assistant Director in Charge of Management, 151 Foster, Charles E., assistant legislative director, Disabled American 185 Hallbeck, E. C., legislative representative, National Federation of Post Office Clerks, Washington, D. C............ Hoover, Herbert, New York City- 4 Horton, Jesse V., first vice president, National Association of Postal 103 Jacobi, Herbert J., vice chairman, National Veterans Preference Com- 176 Leich, Harold H., chief, program planning staff, Civil Service Com- 200 MacElroy, George L., chief, civil service section, Veterans of Foreign 187 Miller, Joseph L., assistant to George Meade, former Hoover commis- sioner and member of Citizens Committee, Postal Affairs Task Force, accompanied by Robert L. L. McCormick, research director, Citizens Committee for the Hoover Report, Washington, D. C.......... Mitchell, Harry B., Chairman, Civil Service Commission___ 49, 98, 156, 190 Mitchell, James M., Commissioner, Civil Service Commission Moyer, Lawson A., Executive Director, Civil Service Commission Perkins, Frances, Commissioner, Civil Service Commission... Riley, George D., representative, legislative committee, CIO_ Seidman, Harold, chief administrative analyst, Bureau of Budget, Steward, Luther C., president, National Federation of Federal Em- 173 Strom, A. B., Administrative Assistant to Postmaster General, Post 144 Taylor, Senator Glen H. 96 Weitzel, Frank, Assistant Comptroller General, General Accounting 34, 60, 72 Winslow, Joseph E., advisor on personnel management, Budget 61, 198 Yates, Frank L., Assistant Comptroller General, accompanied by 141 APPOINTMENT OF POSTMASTERS THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1949 UNITED STATES SENATE, COMMITTEE ON POST OFFICE AND CIVIL SERVICE, Washington, D. C. The committee met, pursuant to notice, at 11:30 a. m., in room 135, Senate Office Building, Senator Olin D. Johnston presiding. Present: Senators Johnston, Long, Frear, Graham, Humphrey, Baldwin, Thye, and Hendrickson. Also present: Senator McCarthy (author of S. 2062); J. Austin Latimer, Staff Director and Chief Clerk. Senator JOHNSTON. The committee will come to order to consider S. 2062. (S. 2062 follows:) [S. 2062, 81st Cong., 1st sess.] A BILL Making various changes in laws applicable to the Post Office Department in order to furnish a basis for a reorganization of the Department, and for other purposes Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Post Office Department Reorganization Act, 1949". POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT; POSTMASTER GENERAL SEC. 2. Section 388 of the Revised Statutes (U. S. C. title 5, sec. 361) is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 388. (a) There shall be at the seat of Government an executive department to be known as the Post Office Department, and a Postmaster General, who shall be the head thereof, and who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. No person shall be eligible to serve as Postmaster General who holds any office under any political party, or under any political committee, as the term 'political committee' is defined in section 1 of the Federal Corrupt Practices Act of 1925. "(b) The purposes and objects of the Post Office Department shall be to operate the Postal Service of the United States, and to execute all laws of the United States relative to the Postal Service. So far as may be practicable and consistent with the obligations and duties imposed by law upon the department, such operations shall be conducted in accordance with principles and procedures applicable to commercial enterprises." DIRECTOR OF POSTS SEC. 3 (a) There shall be in the Post Office Department, a Director of Posts, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and who shall receive compensation at the rate of $ per annum. The Director of Posts shall be appointed without reference to political affiliations and solely on the ground of fitness to perform the duties of his office, and shall be responsible directly and solely to the Postmaster General. (b) Any power, function, or duty conferred or imposed upon the Postmaster General may, under such regulations as the Postmaster General may prescribe, be delegated to the Director of Posts or any other officer or officers of the Post Office Department. The regulations of the Postmaster General may authorize redelegation of any such power, function, or duty. 1 |