Bureau of Reclamation Appropriations, Interior Department: Joint Hearings Before the Subcommittees of the Committees on Appropriations, Congress of the United States, Eightieth Congress, First SessionU.S. Government Printing Office, 1947 - 69 pages Considers complaints relative to the Bureau of Reclamation's discontinuation of contracts on various reclamation projects in several western states. |
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Page 57 - I take it, is a bookkeeping item whereby you are reimbursing CAA for certain services. In other words, the Government is taking money out of one pocket and putting it in another? Captain BEWICK. That is correct. We pay so much for every line. INTERDEPARTMENTAL RADIO ADVISORY COMMITTEE Mr. OSTERTAG. Referring to the Interdepartmental Radio Advisory Committee, you point out that each of the military services is required to appropriate $32,000 out of the total of $161,000 toward...