Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-06-17
IMPROVED METHODS
IN PUBLIC BUSINESS
President Appolsts Committee Of
Five to Report How They
Can 10 Attained
WOULD HAVE RUTS ABOLISHED.
Salaries Should he Commensurate
With Character OF Service Performed
Too Much Letter. Writing,

washington, June 10 The president
has appointed committee " nyc to
report to him on improved methods Of
doing the public business IN the vari'
ous bureaus ana departments,
IN lotlcr addressed to Charles N,
Keep assistant secretary OF the trcas'
my President Roosevelt says
"You are hereby designated Az chair
man Of a committee TO consist In addi'
ton TO yourself Of the following four
gcnllemeni Frank n, Hitchcock, hrst
assistant poslmastorsgonorAl Lave
renee q, Murray assistant secretary
Of commerce and labor, ana James u,
Garfield, commissioner " corporations,
ana CHORD Pinchot forester depart
mont Of agriculture who are TO in
yoNigalo ana hnd ont what changes
pro' needed 10 place the conduct ~ the
executive business Of the government
In all itB branches ON the most economic
cnl ana effective haHls IN the llght Of
the host modern business practise,
Salaries should be- commensurate
with the character and market value Of
the service performed ana uniform for
similar service IN AL departments,
"Tho existence OF any method, stand
ard custom or practise w no reason
for It's oNlstoncc when u better " olIor'
cd,
"Thore should be systematic depart.
mental corporation with expert ana
technical knowledge, The dfrcront de-
pdrlmcnls should be subelanl navy UNI.
form, I'm the adoption NJ methods ana
the performance W WORK every STEP
which N not clearly Indispensable
should be eliminated
"A rosolutc oltorl should bo made Ia
secure broylly IN correspondence ana
the elimination Of ireloas letter WILING
There ls IA type of bureaucral VINO bee
lovos that his entire work and That
Tho ontro work Of the government
should be the collecting OF papers IN
reference 10 ease, commenting WIN
paRor mlnutencsa an each, ana COrross
pondlng with other officials In rofor'
euco thereto These people really care
nothing for the case, hut only the doe
umontg IN the case, In all branches ~
the government there w tendency
proatly 10 Increase unnecessary and
lnraoly perfunctOry letter writing In
Tho army and navy the increase of pa
por work N n serious menace 10 the
efficiency Of nghtng officers who arc
often required by hureancniH To spend
Time In making reports when lhry
should spend IN Increasing the clllclen'
cy of the bNtllcshlps or regiments I'M
dor thom AZ regards this matter YOU
win please confer win the assistant
secretaries of the war department and
navy department and request them IL
submit TO me q scheme for doing away
with the evils referred to- In the clvll
departments the abuse Of letter writ
| lng amounts not merely 10 the waste OI
| time Of the government servant rospon.
, slhle for II, but alHo TO the impeding NJ
public business,
nploaHo consider also the matter OF
| enforcing accountability for property
| II IL officially pointed out that the
committees work II not 10 discover ir'
| Irregularities of business Of amy officer
but To examine tho business methods
| ~ outlined,