CONTENTS Message from the President of the United States transmitting Reorganiza- Herzog, Paul M., Chairman, National Labor Relations Board, accom- panied by Board members, John M. Houston, James J. Reynolds, Jr., Iserman, Theodore R., attorney, New York City.. Kelley, Bethel B., member, national affairs council, Detroit Board of Lawton, Frederick J., Assistant Director, Bureau of the Budget_ Marshall, James D., assistant managing director, the Associated Gen- eral Contractors of America, Inc.- Miller, Lambert H., counsel for the National Association of Manu- Steele, Hoyt P., executive vice president, Benjamin Electric Manu- facturing Co., Des Plaines, Ill., and member of labor relations com- Styles, Paul L., member, National Labor Relations Board. Taft, Hon. Robert A., United States Senator from Ohio. Wilson, Alexander E., Jr., of the law firm of Wilson, Branch & Smith, Letters, statements, memorandums, etc., submitted for the record by- Denham, Robert N., General Counsel, National Labor Relations Board, letter to Senator John L. McClellan, April 10, 1950- General Electric Co., letter to Hon. John L. McClellan, chairman, Senate Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments, Goldberg, Arthur J., general counsel, CIO, statement.. Green, William, president, American Federation of Labor, statement_ Herzog, Paul M., Chairman, National Labor Relations Board: Appendix A, quotation from task force report on regulatory com- Appendix B, quotations from the 1941 report of the Attorney Scull, Miles, Jr., staff member and Walter L. Reynolds, staff director, Senate Committee oh Expenditures in the Executive Departments: Taft, Hon. Robert A., United States Senator from Ohio: Letter to Hon. William L. Dawson, chairman, House Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments, from Ludwig Telegram from Hon. Herbert Hoover, Chairman, Commission on REORGANIZATION PLAN NO. 12 OF 1950 TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 1950 UNITED STATES SENATE, COMMITTEE ON EXPENDITURES IN THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS, Washington, D. C. The committee met, pursuant to call, at 10 a. m., in room 357, Senate Office Building, Senator John L. McClellan (chairman) presiding. Present: Senators McClellan, Hoey, O'Conor, Ives, Smith of Maine, and Schoeppel. The CHAIRMAN. The committee will come to order. The purpose of this meeting is to hold hearings on Senate Resolution 248, which has for its purpose the disapproval of Reorganization Plan No. 12, 1950, submitted by the President on March 13. For the purpose of the record I will ask that the President's message and plan of Reorganization No. 12 be inserted in the record at this point, and that a copy of Senate Resolution 248 also be printed in the record, and following that staff memorandums prepared by the staff of this committee be inserted in the record. (The documents referred to are as follows:) [H. Doc. 516, 81st Cong., 2d sess.] MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, TRANSMITTING REORGANIZATION PLAN No. 12 OF 1950 PROVIDING FOR REORGANIZATION IN THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD To the Congress of the United States: I transmit herewith Reorganization Plan No. 12 of 1950, prepared in accordance with the Reorganization Act of 1949 and providing for reorganizations in the National Laor Relations Board. My reasons for transmitting this plan are stated in an accompanying general message. After investigation, I have found and hereby declare that each reorganization included in Reorganization Plan No. 12 of 1950 is necessary to accomplish one or more of the purposes set forth in section 2 (a) of the Reorganization Act of 1949. The taking effect of the reorganizations included in this plan may not in itself result in substantial immediate savings. However, many benefits in improved operations are probable during the next years which will result in a reduction in expenditures as compared with those that would be otherwise necessary. An itemization of these reductions in advance of actual experience under this plan is not practicable. THE WHITE HOUSE, March 13, 1950. HARRY S. TRUMAN. REORGANIZATION PLAN No. 12 OF 1950 Prepared by the President and transmitted to the Senate and the House of Representatives in Congress assembled, March 13, 1950, pursuant to the provisions of the Reorganization Act of 1949, approved June 20, 1949 NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD SECTION 1. Transfer of functions to the Chairman.-(a) Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) of this section, there are hereby transferred from the |