Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-09-13
FAR REACHING is
TAFT PROGRAM
OF REFORM
Administration Said to Be Com
mitted to Policy of Economy
and Better Business Methods
in Every Branch of Service,
Morning Journal Bureau.
6l3 Munsey Building,
Washington. u. c.. Sept. 10.

1t is President Taft's intention to
have the governments business con-
Quoted in q scientific manner. with
the sole aim Of promoting efficiency
and economy In the executive depart
ments.
That mercy and consideration which
have been shown to those men and
women who have grown aged in the
service Of the government are to be
lone away with by the automatic
workings of the system and the AK
may fall on any servant deemed inef-
ficient.
This means that unless the next
session OF congress enacts into law
the plan OF retiring superanuated en-
ployes Of the classified service on the
.~ontrihutory annuity scheme. the aged
Jerks of the government will probab-
y nave have but twelve months in
which to find "a way of caring for
themselves for the remainder OF their
lives.
In these few sentences there is
summed up the f~ar-reaching decision
u President Taft and his advisers. as
indicated ny the Information received
a few DAYS ago in Washington that
the president has asked our firms
II business eNTerts to come to the
capital. go through the departments
and submit programs Of how the
work Of the government can best be
done on absolutely scientific n bus
lness-like principles.
According to officials in Washing
on familiar with what this means. the
administration has committed itself 20
the policy OF making the most radical
reform known to the administrative
work Of the government in all its
history.
1t win touch every department and
every bureau OF the service. It will
he carried out partly by executive
orders and partly by new legislation.
II will affect the personnel. the sal
AIRY plan. the purchasing Of supplies,
he formation Of bureaus n divi-
ions, and the Introduction Of BUSH
ness methods unknown to the gov
eminent service up TO this time.
It IS the presidents determination
to have the reports of the business
before him In time to recon-
10 congress any changes needed
IN the laws 20 make the proposed re-
forms effective. II is believed 10 be
certain that when he makes these
recommendations he will ask that the
,ontributory annuity retirement plan
adopted, simultaneously with the
other legislation desired.
All who have studied the conditions
IN the service are agreed that before
reforms q be made with any
of effectiveness there must be
established a method of outlet for
who have become So old In their
work ns To make their output not NJ
% the standard they set when they
younger. Mr.. TAFT has taken the
anne attitude. Ever since his in
.uguration he has demanded more
nd more economy in the executive
departments. but up 10 this time ne
ias held back from taking any steps
oward discharging without means or
upport the s~upcranuatcd clerks
Now. however. according to the Of
icials here in his confidence, he has
AIKEN the stand that he win try to OBJ
ain i'm the next session the business
he desires and the retirement
Ian. II the retirement plan falls, he
iill let congress take the blame.