Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-31
ECONOMY IS. SOUGHT
President Anxious to Avoid
Duplication of Work.
CONFERENCE TO BE HELD
Representatives Of Departments to
Take Up the Matter.
PRESIDENT LOWELL ACCEPTS
Will Be Member of Commission to
Investigate Magazine Postal
Rate Question.
CONFERENCE TO BE HELD
PRESIDENT LOWELL ACCEPTS

President Taft, through his economy
and efficiency commission and the heads
of the various departments. has started
| a campaign to do away with duplication
| of work and conflicts of jurisdiction be-
lieved to he costing the government much
money each year. The President has put
the economy commission in charge Of the
| clearing up of this overlapping. and ex-
poets important results when the work
is completed.
Each department has been asked to
name a referee to confer with the econ
omy commission on the subject,
Those so far named are George r. Put
nam, commissioner Of. the bureau of
lighthouses. representing Commerce and
Labor; Joseph Stewart, assistant post
master general. representing the Post
Office Department; Fred A. Tenant, as
sistant commissioner of patents. repre-
Senting Interior; George =. McCabe, So
licitOr of the Department of Agriculture,
II. Gibbons, for the navy. Representa-
tives of the other departments are to be
promptly named by their heads.
The discovery of much duplication OF
government work was made, when an in
vestigation was begun as to, the ,conaict
between the hydrograDhic office Of the
Navy Department and the weather bu-
reau in the publication of marine charts
$500
been broadly made that these two eS-
tablisbments, by putting OUT practically
the same publication, cost the govern
ment S235,OUO more than they should
cost. 49,. g..
Special Commission Named.
The President a short tige ago an
nounced a special committee to investi-
gate the matter and report to the econ
omy commission. This commission con-
sists OF Gen. William r. Crozier of the
War Department, Joseph e. Ralph Of the
bureau Of. engraving and printing and
George r. Putnam. commissioner Of the
bureau of lighthouses. Mr.. Putnam has
been named on this special commission
in addition to that Of representative of
his department in questions arising in
the various departments concerning du-
pHcatiOn.
Secretary Nagel has had committee
trying to cut out duplication OF work
by the bureau Of statistics and the CEN
sus bureau. These two establishments,
both under the same department.. are
same lines in some classes Of work. Mr..
Nagel will now turn the subject over
to the economy commission.
The commission for the investigation OF
the question of postal rates paid by mag
azines and other publications, authorized
by amendment to the post office appro-
priation bill at the last session ofsCOn-
gress. has been completed. President Taft
having received the acceptance of A.
Lawrence Lowell, president of Harvard
College. The other two commissioners
are Justice Hughes Of the United States
Supreme Court and Lawrence Maxwell
of Cincinnati. former solicitor general I'M
der President Cleveland.
To Organize Soon.
The commission viii organize shortly.
1t is said, and begin business at time
most suitable to the work Of the commits
sioners. Every phase Of the postal bust
ness, with especial reference to the rates
on magazines, will be entered into. 1t is
not believed the commission will COM
plete it's labors before next winter.
Senator Wetmore of Rhode Island urged
the President today to accept the in
vitation heretofore presented him to at
tend the triennial meeting of the Society
Of the Cincinnati. to be held at New
port, r. l., June q. The President has
held the invitation under consideration.
Senator Brandegee. Of Connecticut called
on the President today with S.. E. Haw-
ley, United States marshal of Connect
cut. and William e. Burnham of that
state. - -
Col. Cary F. Spence. postmaster at
Knoxville, was introduced to the Presi-
dent today by Representative Austin.
Representative Samuel Smith of Mich. gan
introduced E. o. Wood of Flint, Mich,
democratic national committeeman.