Word: hoovers
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...note with interest one of the "horrible" examples of waste cited by the Hoover Commission in their surveys of transportation expenditures of the Federal Government [April 11]. The air shipments of dog food to Okinawa were to myself. As air police officer of the 546th Ammunition Supply Squadron at Naha air base, I made use of 15 German police dogs that performed guard or sentry duty. These dogs were a major factor in reducing pilferage on the depot. The shipments of dog food arrived at intervals of two to three months and were intended to cover our needs...
...argued Constitutional cases before the Supreme Court for four decades. One of his most important cases came when the Roosevelt administration retained him to support the constitutionality of the Tennessee Valley Authority. This was only a few years after he served as Assistant to the Attorney General under Hoover from...
...principle of the item veto has already been accepted as constitutionally sound, for it is being used successfully in Puerto Rico and in thirty-six states. The support of such widely diverging political figures as Senator Byrd, William Douglas, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr., and Herbert Hoover testifies to the need for a streamlined system...
...Banks," wrote FBI Chief J. Edgar Hoover in a recent warning sent to bankers, "are an almost irresistible attraction for that element of our society which seeks unearned money." Hoover urged that, to resist, banks install armed guards, electronic alarms, tear gas and other protective devices. All these cost money, which banks are reluctant to spend, a fact that makes them even more irresistible...
...move personnel and supplies, the Federal Government annually spends $3 billion, or about 5% of its 1954-55 budget. Is the job well done, or is a lot of money being wasted? Last week the Hoover commission's report, based on the findings of its task force on transportation, announced that at least $150 million a year is wasted. Furthermore, the 17-man group, headed by Perry M. Shoemaker, president of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, said that the Government should stop competing with private shippers. Some "horrible'' examples of waste...