FIXING AGE LIMITS FOR APPOINTMENT OF JANUARY 13, 1949.-Ordered to be printed Mr. HAYDEN, from the Committee on Rules and Administration, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany S. Res. 14] The Committee on Rules and Administration, to whom was referred the resolution (S. Res. 14) fixing the age limits for appointment of Senate pages, having had the same under consideration, report said resolution back to the Senate with the recommendation that the resolution do pass. The age limit for appointment for Senate pages was set by a Senate resolution adopted in 1870 which provided for a minimum age of 12 years and a maximum age of 16 years. During the Eightieth Congress the majority conference agreed to a recommendation that Senate pages shall not be appointed who are younger than 14 years of age or remain in office after having reached the age of 17 years. The majority conference further agreed to a recommendation that to be eligible for appointment a page must also have completed the eighth grade of school. These recommendations are now in effect. In view of the provisions of the Senate resolution adopted in 1870, the Committee on Rules and Administration concluded that such resolution should be formally amended to provide for the new age requirements of Senate pages. The committee considered it necessary to raise these age limits to a minimum of 14 years and a maximum of 17 years of age in order that the age requirements for appointment of Senate pages conform to the law of the District of Columbia which prohibits the employment of children under 14 years of age. Further, the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House, acting jointly, entered into an arrangement with the Board of Education of the District of Columbia for the education of congressional pages in the public-school system of the District of Columbia pursuant to the authority granted in section 243 (a) of Public Law 601 (79th Cong.), the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946. In accordance with such arrangement, the Board of Education for the District of Columbia has established school facilities in the Capitol Building for boys of high-school age, which makes it necessary for Senate and House pages to be of high-school age and to have completed the eighth grade of school in order to receive the benefit of such school facilities. O FIRST ANNUAL REPORT OF THE INVESTIGATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE PURSUANT TO S. Res. 189 A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE COMMITTEE ON EXPENDITURES IN THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS TO CARRY OUT CERTAIN DUTIES JANUARY 17, 1949.-Submitted, under authority of the order of the Senate of December 31, 1948, by Mr. Ferguson UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1949 CONTENTS Introduction.... Subcommittee procedures. Function of the subcommittee.. Administration of export controls. Federal employees loyalty program Voice of America... Page 1 3 6 7 7 10 10 13 14 16 18 24 33 III Collection of charter hire and obtaining charter party bonds by Appendixes... List of published reports- |