The transfer of these two divisions to the Department proper would reduce any such misconceptions, and make it clear that these standards and simplified practices are voluntary industry agreements in the making of which the Government acts merely in an advisory capacity.
Special Message to the Congress Transmitting Reorganization Plan 3 of 1946.
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