Commission hearings, minutes, and reports, 1949-1951.

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Commission hearings, minutes, and reports, 1949-1951.

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Commission hearing (held in Chicago) transcripts and notes concern the Auditor of Public Accounts; Secretary of State; Superintendent of Public Instruction; Dept. of Public Safety; State Housing Commission; State Athletic Commission; Liquor Control Commission; and state personnel agencies. Files also include regular Schaefer Commission meeting minutes (Sept. 28, 1949-Nov. 30, 1950); management consulting firm reports and surveys on the consolidation, organization, and operations of the Dept. of Public Welfare Public Aid Commission field offices, Dept. of Public Works and Buildings Division of Highways, and Dept. of Finance Division of Purchases and Supplies; and staff research studies updating and revising memoranda (described in RS 612.009). File also includes correspondence concerning commission recommendation implementation and legislative status (1959); and a commission report entitled "Organization and Functioning of State Government."

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