The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-02-25
BUSINESS METHOD
IN THE TREASURY
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stead, names will be added from the list
of employees trained in government serv-
ice, whom it will be necessary to trans
fer or lay off if the commission finds
the widespread duplication of work in
government departments which IT expects
to find.
In this way alone the commission will
be of great benefit, for there will inev-
itably be established as a picked corps Of
trained government employees, who viii
be given precedence over civil service ap-
plicants in filing promotions and posi-
tons and transfers"
Widespread interest was shown at the
Capitol yesterday in the publication of
the news in The Washington Herald ex-
clusively that the establishment of the
business methods commission Is a settled
thing. and that the Aldrich bill is to be
passed. This was heightened by the
speech of President Taft at Newark, N.
j.. and what he said OF the necessity for
the commission.
Speaker Cannon Interested.
In view of the fact that the bill ere
ating the commission, which Is on the
Senate calendar and liable to be called
up any day, has not yet reached the
House, Speaker Cannon did not care YES
terday to discuss the measure. He de-
clared himself to be interested in the
plan, however. refraining from talking
about 1t. because he thought his remarks
might possibly embarrass the committee
to which the measure will be referred
when it reaches the House. The bill. he
said. would naturally go to the Appropri-
atoms Committee
The Speaker said he did not think the
President intended TO mean in his speech
at Newark. n. J., that the United States
ought 10 have a budget" in the way
England has. and was OF the opinion
that the President meant that there
ought to be more cooperation among
committees as to appropriations on the
subject OF the book of estimates" which.
he declared, is the same thing in the
United States as what Is called the
| budget is in England.
Representative Tawney. TO whose Com
mittee on Appropriations the AIdrich bill
will be referred, said yesterday that he
had not studied the measure, but would
take an opportunity 10 do so and might
have something to say about it later on
II could not be learned last night when
the bin viii be called up for considera-
ton in the Senate. When it went over
on Monday Mr.. Aldrich gave notice that
he would ask TO have It taken I'd at the
earliest possible moment, and he has an
| agreement with Senator Beveridge that
he will let him know when It IS coming
up. II Is likely that the Senator from
Indiana will have something 10 say when
the measure does Come up. as he is now
studying the bill and the prospective
work OF the commission. II is not be-
| lieved likely that any night on the bill
will be made in the Senate, Senator Aid
rich having answered the objections of
Senator Dolliver. who thought the pro-
posed commission an imputation on the
value Of government methods. by saving
that the American people are not dis
/ trustful of real efforts for reform.
Investigations in Departments,
! Meanwhile, while the bill is in Congress.
IT is expected that investigations win be
/ taken UP in many Of the departments, the
results Of which are bound 70 show. Sena-
/ tor Aldrioh believes, that the departments
| are carried on either under obsolete bust
/ ness methods or under no business meth
/ DDS at all He declares that there is
/ no one duty incumbent upon Congress
which would be so fruitful OF results in
/ the public interest as the establishment
| Of this commission.
| The demand for modern business meth
/ Ods in one department, at least. was made
/ specifically yesterday afternoon by Rep
! resentative Weeks, Of Massachusetts,.
! Speaking OF the Post-office Department,
/ he told the House that the government
could well-afford to pay a practical bust
ness man 100000 year TO run the de-
/ partment, and that with the introduction
1 OF modern methods the government could
/ save millions. Mr.. Weeks said that no
member Of the House. If he owned such
| a business as the Post-ofice Department,
would run it as it is now being conducted.