The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1910-09-03
By JAMES Hay. II.


BEVERLY, Mass. SEPT 2.-The P-ezs-
dents plan for economy. and efscien~,-
IN the Executive departments Of 457a
Government IN WashiuEton. Is N hs
carried out mainly through the a@Fo-rs
ana suggestion OF the chiefs and clerks
employed In those departments. accord-
-ls 20 2 iar-Teaching scheme which 1Ir
I-1II 01H submit 20 q special meerfnr ~
MS Cabinet the latter part OF tbs
month
Heretofore, the effort 10 improve
working conditions in the departrnerfs
has been by the inqs1isftion method an
DE liked committees and Commissions
which were regarded with distr11st s4sd
olsll1e oy the vast army Of Government
What Nr. Taft desires is a scheme
whereby every chief and clerk With
IDEAS about reforms and ir1r-oveuenfs
ShaI De enrolled as members OF the new
movement
At Cabinet Meeting.
The subject viii come up at tho
Cabinet meeting IN Washington. when
consideration VIII De had Of how best
10 spend the $4,000 appropriated bv
the last session Of Co1zress 10 promote
economy n the Government The 6p-
preparation came as a result OF Senator
Aldrich's declaration y the Senate that
JF improved methods the Government
could be saved S3l1-0C1,Oe9 a vsar
At first II was proposed - have the
appropriation eXpenGe= by q Congress
lonal committee, but the President. who
has taken a dee1 I1tere-t in the matter.
won his point tat the Whire House
should control IN iuvestESi&bn which
affected only ths executive bTancnes OF
the Government
Mr- Taft is descEbed as believing
that the only way 70 promote reforms
and efficacy - and lie regards the
words as <znOuymOI~< IN this Connec-
TONS - nave the cooperation and 81
JhuslaSm Of the men who know well the
workings Of the system Il his been
demonstrated that SuCh bodies - the
keeb commission can accoS IpIish but
little. Congressional committees also
are nandicapPed, for they i7vaTia bly, put
ment they investigate on the defensive
and invite 70 cooperation
Presidents Rans-
Under this new plan. as it WI be d1s-
cussed by the Cabinet, any CleTlS who
has an idea how the duplication Of work
can be avoided viii be invited 20 sub
nit his suggestion 70 the White House
Any chief who can figure ouS how zork
can be sa--ed or time saved BY new
arrangement OF the work or OF bureaus
or diViEions Will be asked 70 put his pan
in writing and send il 10 the WhIse
House
In other words. although experts vilI
be employed 10 a certain extent, the re-
form or gradual Improvement IS TO Be
done from the inside Ihe experts VIII
the vital ideas by which the structure Of
new system is 10 be bUiiJ viii come
from those who have become familiar
with all the details Of Government
work
Under no circumstances does the Taft
idea contemplate the dismissal OF clerks
b- the wholesale. The President has
little sympathy with any movement 70
FIRE men and women into the street, and
he believes that the reforms can be ac-
complished without any such SediCal
action.
Suggestions Received
Already many suggestions have been
receivGd. and some Of them are Of so
valualt.e a nature that they viii. in ali
proba' ility. figure IN the final frame-up
OF the Government methods OF doing
work The difficulty about any plan
worked out BY expert accountants Is
that il invariably calls for such a violent
rearTangement Of bureaus and branches
as TO require new legislation. and new
legislation OF this sort is hard TO obtain
There is 10 be IN no sense a fixed COM
mission CT assistant secretaries Of all
departments or Of any definite number
OF --reformers, but the thing viii be
done with q varying personnel, 50 that
the ideas and the enthusiastic co-opera-
ton Of everybody IN the service viii be
available. Only in this way can real
improvements be made according 10
the Administration view OF the situation
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