INDEPENDENT OFFICES
APPROPRIATION BILL FOR 1950

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTY-FIRST CONGRESS

APPROPRIATION BILL FOR 1950

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE
A COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

UNITED STATES SENATE

EIGHTY-FIRST CONGRESS

FIRST SESSION

ON

H. R. 4177

A BILL MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE
EXECUTIVE OFFICE AND SUNDRY INDEPEND-
ENT EXECUTIVE BUREAUS, BOARDS, COM-
MISSIONS, CORPORATIONS, AGENCIES, AND
OFFICES, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING
JUNE 30, 1950, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 1949

UNITED STATES SENATE,

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS,
Washington, D. C.

The subcommittee met, pursuant to call, at 10 a. m., in room F-82, the Capitol, Hon. Joseph C. O'Mahoney (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding.

Present: Senators O'Mahoney (chairman of the subcommittee), Ferguson, and Saltonstall.

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION

GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

STATEMENTS OF WAYNE COY, CHAIRMAN; PAUL A. WALKER, COMMISSIONER; ROSEL H. HYDE, COMMISSIONER; E. M. WEBSTER, COMMISSIONER; GEORGE E. STERLING, COMMISSIONER; ROBERT F. JONES, COMMISSIONER; FRIEDA B. HENNOCK, COMMISSIONER; JOHN A. WILLOUGHBY, ACTING CHIEF ENGINEER; WILLIAM J. NORFLEET, CHIEF ACCOUNTANT; BENEDICT P. COTTONE, GENERAL COUNSEL; WILLIAM K. HOLL, ACTING EXECUTIVE OFFICER; LEO RESNICK, HEARING EXAMINER; L. G. HERNDON, ASSISTANT CHIEF, FIELD ENGINEERING AND MONITORING DIVISION, ENGINEERING; EDWARD W. CHAPIN, CHIEF, LABORATORY DIVISION, ENGINEERING; EDWARD W. ALLEN, JR., CHIEF, TECHNICAL INFORMATION DIVISION, ENGINEERING; G. E. NIELSEN, CHIEF, PUBLIC SAFETY AND SPECIAL SERVICES DIVISION, ENGINEERING; HARRY M. PLOTKIN, CHIEF, BROADCAST DIVISION, LAW; HAROLD J. COHEN, CHIEF, COMMON CARRIER DIVISION, LAW; LESTER W. SPILLANE, CHIEF, SAFETY AND SPECIAL SERVICES DIVISION, LAW; GILBERT H. HATFIELD, PERSONNEL OFFICER; ROBERT W. COX, BUDGET OFFICER; TED E. McHOLD, CHIEF. SPECIAL STUDIES BRANCH, ACCOUNTING

GENERAL STATEMENT BY CHAIRMAN COY

Senator O'MAHONEY. The committee will come to order, please. Mr. Coy, I might say that this meeting this morning is a little in advance of schedule in order to give you an opportunity to appear before the committee and to be subjected to a little examination because of your going away.

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