Nominations, Under Secretary and Assistant Secretary, Department of Commerce: Hearings Before the Committee on Commerce, United States Senate, Ninety-fifth Congress, First Session, on January 21, 1977, Sidney Harman, to be Under Secretary of Commerce and Jerry J. Jasinowski, to be Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Policy, Department of CommerceU.S. Government Printing Office, 1977 - 61 pages |
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