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STATE OFFICE SURVEY Z
REPORT CO>:INC SOON
Result OF Experts Through Inves-
tigation To BE Placed In Ritchie's
Hands

The complete report on the survey
conducted by experts over all OF the
! various State controlled and state
supported departments, agencies and
institutions will soon be in the hands
of Governor Richie who ordered 1t.
This report is to present facts
based upon personal Investigations
made by experts who have conduct
ed such surveys all over the coun-
try, and it is to spare 10 ones feel
inee III deallnG with conditions that
are found 1t will contain recon-
mendations that many jobs be ELI
minated. It is understood the ex-
perts sec no other way TO put the
State machinery on a more efficient
basis than 10 create a limited num-
Der OF departments that Will cover
all Of the 81 big and little units that
for years have been operating IN
dependently and accountable 10 no
particular controlling board or COM
mission.
Correction Department Likely
The experts idea it is understood,
is that the efficiency OF all Of these
81 functiOning organs Of the state
government can be increased highly
il they are properly classified ana
grouped under strong department
heads, thus creating government
machine similar to the national or
ganization. For instance, it is I'M
Gerst0Od the experts will advise that
a department. OF correction be Great
ed for the purpose of supervising
and managing all Of the institutions
for persons confined against their
will and that a department OF
charity take over all the problems or
pauperism. Some Of the depart
ments are properly organized now
such as the Department of Health
Department of Education and De-
partm ent of Agriculture, but there
are many little bureaus and institu-
lions that have no close utilization
with any higher boards, that will
have TO be grouped and placed in the
departments to which they would
naturally be assigned. Just whether
the experts will recommend boards
TO govern these different depart
mentS. or whether they will suggest
that one man be placed at the head
of each one of them. is not known.
Going After Institutions
Interesting disclosures may be eX-
pecte1 in the report on the manage
ment Of some Of the institutions.
There are 10 be some specific cases
citing inefIiciency. Implications and
waste There are also sure TO be
some specific cases cited showing
how some institutions have suffered
because Uf lack OF funds. Every
State institution has been visited by
these experts. from the Allegheny
Mountains 10 the Atlantic Ocean. !
The visits of these experts were IN
heralded and the institutions were
inspected in their plain, everyday
clothes" Some of these everyday
clothe" will be subject TO criticism.
Every angle of the administration !
phase of these institutions was
studied aud careful observation was
made OF the public safety features, !
the condition of equipment, the di- |
rection of the personnel and the
naGement of the finances. /
Office Building Wanted
There is one other very important |
that it to be made, |
and that is il reference to the
grouping of all State offices in one
building. One of the experts said |
he estimated there was a 80 per cent
waste in office space under the pres
ent plan Of scattering the offices.