The Coconino sun., 1919-07-11
PROPAGANDA TO CONTINUE WAR ON
 BUREAUS WORK

WASHINGTON, July 9.-The ef- forts of thousands of wartime office holders in Washington to impress upon the legislative leaders the neces- sity for continuing the bureaus in which they are employed, although Q state of peace has existed for more than half year, is proving to be one of the greatest sources of annoy ance to those Republican members of Congress who are intent upon reduc- ing taxation. At least two of these Republicans have expressed them selves upon the subject upon the floors of Congress, and Senator Gron- na, of North Dakota, has suggested that the whole matter should be turned over to commission which could report to Congress and enable 1t to make a clean sweep of super fluous bureaus and employees.
 "Just on one small item in the agri- cultural appropriation bill," said MT. Gronna, who is chairman of the Sen ate Agricultural Committee. "I have had at least one hundred of the employees of the affected bureau come to my offiffice to urge not only a continuation of the work, but also a greatly enlarged appropriation for its expansion. I think this matter of placing the executive branch of the government on peace basis should be turned over to commission which could do the work thoroughly"
 Representative Fess, of Ohio, re- vealed even greater annoyances on the House side of the Capitol. He said:
 Many Agencies
 During the war there sprung up many agencies which gave great as- sistance to the war machine, and they seemed to do-and probably did-such good work in the conduct of the war that now when the war is over they are insisting upon continuing, and are enlisting all possible influences to i'm press the public with the tremendous importance of their activities. My of flee is, as is yours, besieged every day by young and old, by people in office and out of office, by persons in Wash ington and out of Washington, by per- sonal visitation and by letter and tele- gram, declaring that if we do not con. tinue this aency and that agency we 0lN EOlhk " tuii tflC CipCh VI DTOk- ress backwards.
 "Every member has been told that a refusal proves that he is not will ing to be as progressive as was sug- gested by the needs of the war. Many of these agencies are conducting~sys- tematic propaganda which is now run- ming at high speed. But in the light of the fabulous drain upon the treas ury, which reaches over $1 900 OO0, 900 per month, our first duty is to use the knife. That duty is more impera- tive and. even more important than ex- petition in legislation"
 The Housing Commission
 One of the bureaus which has made the most desperate efforts in this di- | rection is the Housing Commission, | which has already cost the country | about $70,000,000, without, in the l opinion of many members of Con- gress, having accomplished good com- mensurate with the vast outlay of | money. Chairman Langley of the | House Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds has brought the future of this particular commission to a crisis by introducing resolution pro- viding for special investigation of it's activities and expenditures. Even though the investigation should not be undertaken, it is practically certain that the commission will be cut short of funds on July 1 and thus forced to pass into history.
 The Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds recently inquired into the expenditures of the commission and concluded that, out of the $100, ,O00, ,OOO for housing, there should be on hand an unexpended balance of $40,000,000. The commission, how ever says it has only $32 1000, 900 on hand, and Chairman Langley proposes to find out what has become of the which the commission has not accounted for. In addition to this Mir. Langley is anxious to get information as to the activities of the commission in Bethlehem, Pa,