less than a score of years later Congress enacted the Employment Act of 1946, by which the national government assumed the responsibility of taking action to insure conditions of maximum employment.

In the past, the country's economic policy had been defined by the Employment Act of 1946, which encouraged the federal government to pursue " maximum employment, production, and purchasing power " through cooperation with private enterprise.

The relevant legislation is the Employment Act ( 1946 ), initially the " Full Employment Act ," later amended in the Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act ( 1978 ).

* Employment Act of 1946, a United States federal law

The council was established by the Employment Act of 1946 to provide presidents with objective economic analysis and advice on the development and implementation of a wide range of domestic and international economic policy issues.

* The Employment Act of 1946 created a clear legal obligation on the part of the federal government to use all practical means ‘ to promote maximum employment, production, and purchasing power .’ The Act also established “ the basic core of machinery for such economic planning – the Council of Economic Advisers working directly for the President, and the joint Committee on the Economic report in Congress .” Under the Employment Act, within two decades following its passage, swift measures taken by the Federal Reserve authorities and by the administration in charge held in check four recessions, those of 1948-49, 1953 – 54, 1957 – 58, and 1960-61.

But 1946 was also the year the Congress passed the Full Employment Act.

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Although the spirit of the bill carried through into the Employment Act of 1946, its metaphorical bite was gone.

The same fears that motivated the creation of the act in 1946 precipitated an amendment in 1978, entitled the Full Employment and Balanced Growth Act.

* Bailey, Stephen K. Congress Makes a Law: The Story Behind the Employment Act of 1946 Columbia University Press ( 1950 )

" The Employment Act of 1946: A half century of presidential policymaking ," Presidential Studies Quarterly, Summer 1996, Vol.

In testifying on the Employment Act ( of 1946 ) before the Banking and Currency Committee of the Senate in 1945, Flanders defined the “ right to a job ,” as implying a responsibility shared among individuals, organized labor, businesses, and governments, as follows:

The Employment Act of 1946 codified his policy of promoting maximum employment.

* 1946 Social Services, Marketing, Industrial Employment

Constitution Alteration ( Industrial Employment ) 1946 sought to give the government legislative powers over the terms and conditions of industrial employment but not so as to authorise any form of industrial conscription.

Do you approve of the proposed law for the alteration of the Constitution entitled ' Constitution Alteration ( Industrial Employment ) 1946 '?

The committee was established as a part of the Employment Act of 1946, which deemed the committee responsible for reporting the current economic condition of the United States and for making suggestions for improvement to the economy.

* February 20, 1946: Employment Act,, ch.

The Commission shall comply with the provisons of the Administrative Procedure Act of 1946 except as otherwise specifically provided by this title.

The George-Barden Act of 1946 raised the previous increases in annual authorizations to $29 million in addition to the $7 million under the Smith Act.

In response to the rapid creation of new independent agencies in the early twentieth century ( see discussion below ), Congress enacted the Administrative Procedure Act ( APA ) in 1946.

Among the most important pieces of legislation was the National Insurance Act 1946, in which people in work paid a flat rate of national insurance.

The New Towns Act of 1946 set up development corporations to construct new towns, while the Town and Country Planning Act of 1947 instructed county councils to prepare development plans and also provided compulsory purchase powers.

* Housing ( Financial and Miscellaneous Provisions ) Act 1946

* Coal Industry Nationalisation Act 1946

* Furnished Houses ( Rent Control ) Act 1946

* National Health Service Act 1946

* National Insurance Act 1946

* National Insurance ( Industrial Injuries ) Act 1946

* New Towns Act 1946

* Trade Disputes and Trade Unions Act 1946

* Hill Farming Act 1946

Sir John Northcott, the first Australian-born person appointed as Governor ( 1946 – 1957 ). The governor is required by the Constitution Act, 1902.

In 1903, Letchworth became the world's first garden city and Stevenage became the first town to redevelop under the New Towns Act 1946.

* 1946 – In the Canadian Citizenship Act, the Parliament of Canada establishes the definition of Canadian citizenship.

This replaces the Perjury Act ( Northern Ireland ) 1946 ( c. 13 ) ( N. I.

The Overseas Telecommunications Commission ( OTC ) was established by an Act of Parliament in August 1946.

King's government introduced the Canadian Citizenship Act in 1946, which officially created the notion of " Canadian citizens ".

After the passage of the Taft-Hartley Act in 1946 by Congress, which called for the removal of Communist union leadership, the IWW experienced a loss of membership as differences of opinion occurred over how to respond to the challenge.

India and the Philippines were allowed 100 annual immigrants under the 1946 Filipino Naturalization Act.