Evening star., 1920-11-22

complete reorganization of the gov
ernment establishments in the inter
ests Of economy and efficiendH is to be
started next March Immediately after
the Harding administration takes Of
flee, according to Representative
James w. Good of Iowa, chairman of
the House appropriations committee.
which started work today on the ap-
preparation bills for the fiscal year
ending June 80. 1922.
This reorganization will be achieved
without any specific legislation.
budget system. Representative Good
believes. In his opinion, after confer
ences with Representative William II.
WOODS OF Indiana, chairman of the
subcommittee on the legislative.
bill. and Representative Charles K.
Davis Of Minnesota, chairman OF the
subcommittee on the District appro-
priation bill. the reclassification of
government employees cannot become
law at this session Of Cogress.
Hsees Der nsAee4 DRl Z,
Chairman Good hopes that the
budget bill vetoed by President VIII.
son IN -sthe Slasts1ession of Congress-
can become law in this session. Pr6si-
dent Wilson vetoed II ON the ground
that Congress was taking away from
the President sole authority to dir
charge the director and assistant di-
rector Of the budget. The House after
protest amended the bill to meet the
Presidents wishes and this amended
bill is pending in the Senate.
Chairman Good says that he has had
time to study authorities more closely
and he is absolutely sure that the po-
sition Of the House in proposing to
retain the power of dismissal, making
the budget officers responsible to Con.
gress and Congress alone, was ''eter-
nally right" and that the Presidents
lieves that the budget bill as amend
ed can be passed at this session and
that then it can be amended back to
the original form.
Important to Act Quickly.
at is very important as soon as
Harding is inaugurated that he
should be in a position to immediate
ly appoint his budget force" Repre-
sentative Good explained. He must
of reorganization and rearrangfng tho
federal establishments to reduce over
tapping and duplication to mini
mum can be done before II Is time
to send in the budget in December.
other year will be wasted. with mil
lions Of the taxpayers dollars thrown
away.
service to get this most efficient or
ganization as soon as possible.
'It is practically certain that little
new legislation viii be passed at this
short session. except the appropr'a-
ton bills, called the government sun
ply bills" Representative Good ne-
lieves.
He SAYS that the budget bill gives
ample authority for the reorganiza-
tion of the government departments
Chairman Of Committee.
Mr.. Good is chairman OF the en-
larged appropriations committee di-
rected by the House In g resolution
budget system more effective by TAX
ing appropriating authority from =
number of committees and putting all
the appropriation bills into the one
committee. This would be increased
from twenty-one to thirty-flve mem
bers, but the fourteen new members
will not be appointed until after the
House reassembles. in two weeks. In
the meantime the appropriation bills
inherited from these other sl commit,ees aan;,,ss
but viii await action by the commit
tee of thirty-ffve.
The ok appropriations committee
started it's work on the usual appro-
priation bills TO-DAY; hearings Lear were
mittee, Of which Mr.. Good is chair
man. and by the legislative. executive
and judicial subcommittee, Of which
Representative Woods of Iowa is
MI. Good denied the report that the
anpropriations are all going to 60 be-
fore the House and Senate in one
monster supply bill. He said this ID
entirely impractical at this time. The
SoI
ercent that several may be combined
a Tter the larger ones are DISPOSED of.