Newark post., 1920-11-17
CONGRESS PLANS
REORGANIZATION OF :
EXECUTIVE DEP'TS
Bureaus of Public Works and
Public Welfare May Sup
plant Interior


Government executive depart
ments is contemplated by the in
coming Republican administra-
ton as among it's first moves for
betterment.
Among the chief moves in
bring this about are the abolition
of the Department of the Interior
and the creation Of Department
of Public Works and Depart
ment of Public Welfare, with the
head of each in the cabinet.
For this great change Senator
Medill Mccormick, of Illinois, will
introduce a bill at the beginning
of the final session of the present
Congress next month. He has
worked out a comprehensive plan.
The functions of the Interior
Department have become some
what minimized if not obsolete.
With the development of the
West, the General Land Office is
not what it used to be. Nor is the
Office of Indian Affairs. The
Bureau of Pensions has been
somewhat superseded by the War
Risk. -.
It is believed by Mccormick
that the Geological Survey, the
Reclamation Service and the
Bureau of Mines should be trans
ferred to Department of Public
Works. To this he would add the
river and harbor work now done
by the War Department, and such
other bureaus as would fit IN.
To the Department OF Public
Welfare he would give the Bureau
of Education, the functions OF
which would be greatly enlarged; !;
the Women's Bureau in the De-
partment of Labor, all units which
touch upon the condition OF
women and children, and other
and newer functions.
While it is true that all bureaus
and departments of the Federai
Government are supposed to SUB.
serve the public welfare, and
while the suggested name OF De-
partment of Public Welfare may
be different when the law is
- finally enacted by Congress-, TINS
Department will take over all the
y social work of the Government
including the Bureau of War RISK
It is the idea of the Republican
nartv leaders to develop goot
: roads as much as possible, ant
= this would be one of the che
Il duties of the Department O.
Public Works. The department
5 which Senator Harry New, of In
: diana, had in mind for the de
= Il velopment of aircraft, would prop
= = ably be carried out in the Publi
- u Works end, though probably re
= duced to bureau.
Budget Bill Also a Possibility
!. With full power in the House
/ Senate and presidency, the he
+ publicans in Congress are lookln!
+ forward to a constructive pro
i gram. During the past year an
/. a half they have been handlcap
h ned by a majority of only two L
le the Senate, and by a Presiden
# and cabinet wholly at varlanc
x with them. But after the 4th o
"a March they will be able to carr
a their views into full effect. Ihu
is one of the first measures TO g
through, and probably withou
II change. will be the budget on
re This was vetoed by President WI
'r son because it slightly dimlnishe
TX his power; that is it made subJe'
TO the will of Congress the taxln
le and appropriating power OIL u
Government, the auditor genef'
ne who would see to the preventio
of waste through overlapping est
'e mates. -,
y" 1t is likely, too, that now TN;
ne the Republicans are coming III
full power they will see that thel
rk will be an entire reclassificatle
of the Government department.
p clerks, and in fact of all employ
es- of the Government. Some OF II
>" salaries paid are at the same ra
he as in 1860. Then, too, the depai
,s- ments are notoriously out OF da
el- in many of their methods. In
fact, together with the inco1
is potency, waste and high.hande
tic ness of the Wilson administrati
ith from top to bottom, has made ne
ich essary a complete reorganlzatie
,rv which will be Forthcoming ait
March a.
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