Memorandum, "Discussion of Points of Objections to Certain Provisions of S. 2550 Raised in the White House Memorandum"
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OCR Page 1 of 19DISCUSSION OF POINTS OF DELECTIONS TO CERTAIN PROVISIONS
OF S. 2550 RAISED IN THE WHITE HOUSE MEMORANDUM.
POINT 1. Criticism of organizational provisions in the bill.
(a) The provisions of Section 104 and 105 of the bill
are criticized as being in violation of the recomendations of the Hoover
Commission to the effect that the head of each Executive Department
should have authority to organise his Department and control its adminis-
tration. It is contended that the establishment of a Bureau of Security
and Consular Affairs in the Department of State would place certain fune-
tions in that Bureau and would vest certain authority in subordinates in
the Department of State, particularly the granting of authority to con-
sular officers over the issuance of visas. Since 1924, consular officers
have had the exclusive authority with respect to the issuance of visas
but as a matter of practice, the exercise of such authority has been sub-
ject to administrative review by the Visa Division. In the report
accompanying S. 2550, it is made perfectly clear that the Secretary of
State is to control the organization of the Department of State and that
the language in the bill creating the Bureau of Security and Consular
Affairs does not tie the hands of the Secretary of State in constituting
the functions of the Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs or in dele-
gating authority to that Bureau or the Department, or in authorising
redelegation of authority within the Bureau or the Department in the inter-
est of efficiency and effectiveness.
(b) With reference to the objection to increasing the
salary of the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization to $17,500,
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