INDEPENDENT OFFICES APPROPRIATION BILL FOR 1950

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

UNITED STATES SENATE

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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INDEPENDENT OFFICES
APPROPRIATION BILL FOR 1950

HEARINGS

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE
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 PU'RPOSES

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WASHINGTON : 1949

SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

JOSEPH C. O'MAHONEY, Wyoming, Chairman RICHARD B. RUSSELL, Georgia

HOMER FERGUSON, Michigan KENNETH MCKELLAR, Tennessee

STYLES BRIDGES, New Hampshire ELMER THOMAS, Oklahoma

GUY CORDON, Oregon BURNET R. MAYBANK, South Carolina LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, Massachusetts LISTER HILL, Alabama

KENNETH S. WHERRY, Nebraska A. WILLIS ROBERTSON, Virginia

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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.