New-York tribune., 1912-01-18
Vigorous Prosecution of inquiry.

Vigorous Prosecution Of Inquiry.
Economies actually realized have more
than justified the total expenditure or the
inquiry to GATE, and the economies winch
will soon be made by executive action,
based upon the information now I'm hand,
will b" many times greater than those al
ready realized. Furthermore, the inquiry
H. IN process Of establishing a sound basis
for Communications relating TO changes
i'm law which will be- necessary in order to
max, effective the economies WhlCh can
not be- provided by executive action alone
sill fuTtncr. it should be realized that the
progress made by the inquiry has Deen no.
tauI" when M assured against the mdsnl-
tude Of the task undertaken. The principal
junction of the inquiry has been thdt oi
coordination. The commission mas acted
and should COutinu" to act as CehlIdI
clearing house for In" committees IN the
various departments and establishments
By no other means can the cooperation
which is essential be developed ana CON
tinurd throughout the government service.
Helpful as legislative Investigations may
bee i'm obtaining information az basis lot
legislative action. changes when dUeCt
technical operations and which nave 10 40
with the details Of method ana procenuie,
necessarily followed in enecuVcly dlTtCuHs
and controlling the activities OF the various
services. can be- successfully accoihpllSHeu
only hy highly trained experts WI.oHe WI.
whole tim" shall b" given TO Tn" work
acting IN cooperation with thCs" VINO are
charged with the handling of admlmmsiira,
tive details The uphulldlng ol eluS,h
.aryIr,. must necessarily be an eduCdliOHdi
urocass With each advance mad" there
will remain 70 those VINO conducl 'ic w
tails OF the business an addiuonai lhcen-
tive 10 increas. the efficiency ana 10 redlh'
tiur economy I'm all branches OF Inc gov
eminent service ti.t t,a,.o
"A hes been said. tie changes which nave
already been mace ar" res"lliiiT iu ,,i,.y,.
mics greater than the CDst or the iniulIS >
reports iu my hands. with r"coiuiitd6'i'u" M s
tlous. estimate approximately S-'"''ptEI u ".
I upggihlp annual economies. Other SupJt'la
i,udor Investigation indicate much larEeI
results These represent only rev OF w
many services which ShOulu %" S"uyv. -
tu q like paiustakinG inquiry. II th.S -
J,rc IL is iayorG question that many mill,
ions of savings may be realized over Hlu
above the economy and inCrrasei eill'i'n, ,,.nrE
which may be- said 10 result IRON UT" NJ, NJ
of the commission. as Sutu II 'H llIptii
. result that cannot well be measured !
refer To- ~" intucuc" Which . 'lso' - 80,
,UororchCo,ug executive inquiry ma on
each ,f d.. administrative units rtSpV pl-
I ,lbI, 20 tu. fsN", UtiEc. me puIt'p0' n'H!r'
cons trur'iyr. a. soon aS any "up''' - ~
uuirod into each or IN" fcrl,.,,,,,i'icy 80 FOR
/ becomes ar one" alert io pppoI lUi'l 'l.L'-- - ~
| ,,,prny.uori So real Is this that eagern.SS
| ir many instances must b" r"s,la.,. an
/ example" when reports were 'nnIu'' .a-,n
/ tho subject oi hauullnE Anu IlIlE lem
| ',.,rdapr, cu many changes were n'E"l
,I,t n became necessary 10 issue 80,
] fo heads ~ departments r'QueSumE 49,,
] not tp p,rnit further changes wv, -
| -.,,tit. mad b.cU reported and UNIFORM p'".-
! ~, ,',I,n had hc,n agreed upon. To nave nave
| .,,it,.d each az the hundreds CI oH.II,
I :, nudrrttkr changes on us own L,sllG,,r L,tslltnr
,,urrlG merely have added 20 the 'ouI un,Ot' -,
| W Much time and expense are net"SsaIS }, " ~
/ cot an Ir.riry of this kind Start'u' ID 70
/ e.. g,rrd.fiou for sound Judgment ihu I"
B Io,cIor Ito momentum required 70 H',o'.,t.
/ ,IisI definite results. TINS lnlIl9! W." W.
/ t. l.gr Fou, Tn, inquiry, win ltN -.
IstrIrtiy, measures. is well uilu"i W. i,or
! ,,,.,rl gnorIlG uou br prosecuted win NlEo'
! WA rcrcf,c tho financial support neces-
,r. to make n most effective during '"e
next fiscal }ehl. . .. In said that the
! ,,,,,Jitf-ro for IN" inquiry during I'e
! rrcscnf n-ral year rs AT the Tale ol St%,,s.,
/ nan T,.. mass of information "ul'H Nus
! ~. rio.t.d digogted and summarized per
/ ,,t,,,,,, tn each subject OF inquiry IS emo!
/ 49,. I'rorD the results obtained " J.,
( ''.'rT.rt tn3t every dollar which IS spent
! -, ,bn nrosecutiou OF the inpuirN III wv
/ T,,rc ,rilI result I'm manifold saving
! II,.,,,. .ronony which has been or VIII Oe
/ cag,.I through changes in olglhlIa 'iyi ~ u
' ,,.,Iod will iuure to the beneht OF uI'
o,'.r,,,rapt and Of the people IN lhcrtaS-
/ E,,. measure through the years whiGh iol-
80. IL is clearly the part or "lSuoHl ~
I .,,,ia, for the coming year means
| i,,.t euffal 10 those available duTlhE w
! ,,rrent year and in my opinion 'nss aP
/ .,'l,.-i,,ion should bc increased 10 S-Voo,,
~, and an additional amount OF N"vos
/ T,,,IJ bc provided for the puOlcatlol ".
! ,i,,y, results. which will be or contlhul.s
,.Iuc tn officers of the g"vernmenI am M W.
| the people " IL ,ai5
| Tho White House. Jan. II. IsI-.