Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-12-01

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organization OF the federal service
in the interest Of economy and eff
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Representative Reavis has his reso-
luton ready to Introduce Just as soon
Identical WITH HE -s.oI,,tinn sSSic, ~ - ,
defeated By only a few votes under the
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This resolutfon calls for fhe. apno;nt-
ment OF special committees to which
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81 s,,eta sne. ..,,,a., oh oG WORKS 10 absorb
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..ns. Ssss MS proposai would work in
nino the framing OF the federal bud
set ana viii make the budget system
pore ehectiVe- II We coordinate
tne actIviles OF the. government SO
a1 10 Pus them on q business basis
we can effect a saving of at least
$SO0,00O.OS0 a year" said Mr. Reayis.
Ines special committee which no
hopes TO nave created at this session
would De authorized to report to the
house such legislation as would best
40 away WIN the endless overlap
ping ana duplication" He has been
working on this proposition for a
year. and says "the situation in the
government service is beyond belief. -
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~A VI NeW Activities.
that the evo,,t;or - ~. 80,
oi .iie ieoerai gov
1hheht mas produced many new ac-
tivities. and that they have been az.
tached to yarious aar,,,u.
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"iehout reference TO any re-
Tbe 1nmnt;. tne activity and
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e.na,, ys 'hae ne mas FOUND that
.or,a .e aepartment requires
Cant,.s h,,. OF work 1t or
IN ,he danert VI commission with
notw,thstsnd nd;ra - uo tnat work,
of bureaus and aiw;s;on e; are dozens
nartments dnie ~ s IN otner de-
work. TIC '1eheieai KIND OF
THE truth of the matter is- ba ox
plains. that the entire svstan :,
wrong in this, that all the Commits :
sions and bureaus are working for
some department instead OF for ira
federal government"
The bill which Representative Pa.y;s
introduced year ago and which he 70
going to push at the earliest nossibis
opportunity proposes to reoreaniya az
Depa rtment Of the Interior into ! pas
partment Of Public Works. n ta de-
signed to take out of the Interior De-
par1ment every activity not In harrnon
with public works. and to nut into fbs
department everything pertaining fo
public works. -
kepresentative Reavis, idea is that