The evening world., 1920-05-04
SENATE TOREDUCE
IT'S COMMITTEES
From II TO 80
First Step Toward Reorganiz-
ing the System Of Carrying
on the Government.
BOTH PARTIES AGREE.
Senator Mccormick Is Father
of the Plan and Also Ad-
vocate of Bridge Bill.
By DaUid Laurence.
- DWWEN N1NNNVF NFNGN'
Especial Correspondent Of The Even.
inc WORLDLY

By DGUid Laurence.
Especial Correspondent Of The Even.
'.'..s Inc Worldly
WASHINGTON. May 4 Copyright,
1890 2O).-r-ReorEanisation Of the commit
tee system Of the United States SEN
ate advocated for years and discussed
again and again without result, is at
last to be accomplished. Instead Of
seventy-seven committees with innu-
merable sub-commlttees taking up
the time OF members 30 that fire.
quentiy II u impossible to get a COM
mlttee quorum, there will be not
moro than thirty committees.
Every Senator viii be a member Of
one Of the seventeen or eighteen
major committees and member OF
at least two OF the twelve or thirteen
minor committees. II may prove to
be the first stop toward reorgani-
EAtlon Of the ten Government de-
partments.
MEMBERS or BOTH PARTIES
AGREE ON THE CHANGE.
1
This PROPOSAL of change has met
with the approval OF Republicans and
Democrats and subcommittee OF
the Senate COMMITTEES on Rules has
Just been authorized to submit q
comprehensive plan TO the full Com
rnittee on Rules and the prospects are
that the scheme will go through this
session.
Democrats told their Republican
colleagues at last nights meeting that
they planned the Identical method. OF
reorganization when they came into
power sight years ago, but that all
sorts OF obstacles came up to prevent
action.
Senator Medill Mccormack Of Ili-
nois is the father OF the plan. Incl
dentally he has pushed the budget
oil through the senate. His hobby is
efflciency In government, and a num-
ber OF Senators have from time TO
time gwen their support to various
plans Tor the Encouragement OF Gov
ernInent service. The illinois Sena-
tor has got behind the idea and Is
: HsiHs. s "NS - " "
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HOW COMM IEE WohN MAY
be sIMPLIFlED.
The idea of concentrating commit
tee work in the Senate in "a few COM
mites is not new, but no party has
hitherto been able TO shut off the
little patronage privileges and politi-
cal cafnoufiage that went with mem
berahlp IN Heveral committees. Inc
burdens brought on by the war, how
ever, and a congested calendar have
made the members OF the senate more
than ever desirous OF cutting out In
Significant ana unlmportant coHnlt- tLLl
when a committee on Indian depreda-
tionB might have been necessary but
not any more. ~
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committees involved the same kind oi
subjects and can easily be combined
A committee on the Mlsslsslpp
River and its tributaries" can bt
o combined with u commlttee on Ia
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