Federal Commission for Physically Handicapped: Hearings Before a Special Subcommittee of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Eighty-first Congress, First Session, on H. R. 3095 |
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... social problem and is ready to mobilize in a battle to meet it . We direct the attention of the committee to one significant fact . From 1939 through 1948 , an average of 2,000,000 men and women were injured in industry alone each year ...
... social problem and is ready to mobilize in a battle to meet it . We direct the attention of the committee to one significant fact . From 1939 through 1948 , an average of 2,000,000 men and women were injured in industry alone each year ...
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... Industries here , one of the greatest insti- tutions , in my mind , in the country . They get down to the lowest common denominator in the social structure ; whites and blacks 12 FEDERAL COMMISSION FOR PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED.
... Industries here , one of the greatest insti- tutions , in my mind , in the country . They get down to the lowest common denominator in the social structure ; whites and blacks 12 FEDERAL COMMISSION FOR PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED.
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... social structure ; whites and blacks , the crippled and the shattered , who have nothing , literally nothing . This institution gives them a chance to make a living , on a very meager scale , but still as independent and self ...
... social structure ; whites and blacks , the crippled and the shattered , who have nothing , literally nothing . This institution gives them a chance to make a living , on a very meager scale , but still as independent and self ...
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... social problem and an economic problem . They are a problem that this great and enlightened and modern Nation of ours must meet . We must do it not only as a matter of common humanity and justice , but because it will pay us manifold to ...
... social problem and an economic problem . They are a problem that this great and enlightened and modern Nation of ours must meet . We must do it not only as a matter of common humanity and justice , but because it will pay us manifold to ...
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... social- reform work , started with private agencies , with philanthropists , with people who had a great deal of enthusiasm and very little knowledge , but whose enthusiasm carried them to a certain point where the knowledge began to be ...
... social- reform work , started with private agencies , with philanthropists , with people who had a great deal of enthusiasm and very little knowledge , but whose enthusiasm carried them to a certain point where the knowledge began to be ...
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Page 5 - State for such quarter under the provisions of subsection (a), such estimate to be based on (A) a report filed by the State containing its estimate of the total sum to be expended in such quarter in accordance with the provisions of such...
Page 5 - State for any prior period under such section was greater or less than the amount which should have been paid to the State for such prior period under such section.
Page 5 - In the case of any State plan for services for crippled children which has been approved by the Chief of the Children's Bureau, if the Secretary of Labor, after reasonable notice and opportunity for hearing to the State agency administering or supervising the administration of such plan, finds...
Page 5 - ... subsection and stating the amount appropriated or made available by the State and its political subdivisions for such expenditures in such quarter, and if such amount is less than...
Page 26 - I am also representing the American Association of Instructors of the Blind and the American Association of Workers for the Blind — the two rational professional membership associations in the field, as well as the Blinded Veterans Association.
Page 5 - ... (3) The Secretary of the Treasury shall thereupon, through the Division of Disbursement of the Treasury Department, and prior to audit or settlement by the General Accounting Office, pay to the State, at the time or times fixed by the Board, the amount so certified.
Page 4 - Secretary may from time to time find necessary to assure the correctness and verification of such reports; (7) provide safeguards which restrict the use or disclosure of information concerning applicants and recipients to purposes directly connected with the administration...
Page 80 - The numerous agencies of the executive branch must be grouped into departments as nearly as possible by major purposes in order to give a coherent mission to each Department. By placing related functions cheek-by-jowl the overlaps can be eliminated, and, of even greater importance, coordinated policies can be developed.
Page 4 - ... (5) provide such methods of administration (including methods relating to the establishment and maintenance of personnel standards on a merit basis, except that the Secretary shall exercise no authority with respect to the selection, tenure of office, and compensation of any individual employed in accordance with such methods} as are found by the Secretary to be necessary for the proper and efficient operation of the plan...
Page 4 - State; (5) provide such methods of administration of the State plan, including methods relating to the establishment and maintenance of personnel standards on a merit basis (except that the Secretary shall exercise no authority with respect to the selection, tenure of office, or compensation of any individual employed in accordance with such methods...