Evening star., 1921-06-01
BY WILL r. KENNEDY.

Comparatively few changes are
recommended with regard to the re-
organization of the Post Once. Agri-
culture and Labor departments by the
Institute for Government Research to
the joint congressional committee
headed by a personal representative
of President Harding.
The Post Office Department is pre-
ment No change. therefore: in re-
spect to it is recomme ended other than
the possible transfer of its office of
chief inspector to the Department OF
Justice, which already has been con-
sidered in an earlier article in this
series If this transfer is made the
Post Office Department will. of course.
have to introduce in its place an in
spection service. the duties OF which
will relate wholly to the inspection of
and other agents are performing their
duties.
Deartment of Agriculture.
All of the changes recommended in
respect to the Department of Agricul-
ture consist in the transfer of certain
Of it's present services and duties to
other departments, as follows: 1) the
to the proposed department of public
works; CD transfer Of the enforce
ment of the pure food law service
from the bureau of chemistry to the
proposed department of public health;
(3) transfer of the inspection of meat
service from the bureau of animal in
dustry to the proposed department of
public health; ca transfer of the
forest service to the proposed depart
ment of public domain; go transfer
department of education and science.
If the determination is reached to
provide for the new departments of
public works and public domain, pub
lie health and education and science
these services whose operations fall
in those respective fields should be
transferred, it is argued. The removal
of these services from the Department
of Agriculture should rebound to the
benefit of that department.. since 1t
tention upon its more strictly agri-
cultural promotion work.
Rapid Development shown.
The. Department of Agriculture has
had a rapid development in recent
years. Not only has the scope of the
work. Of its old services undergone a
steady expansion. but 1t has had
ly new responsibilities. Reference is
especially made to the duty that has
been given 1t Of enforcing such laws
as the grain standards act, the ware
house act. and the virus-serum- toxin
act, to the greater attention given to
the marketing of farm products and
to the economics of agriculture gen.
orally. The organization of the de-
partment has thus become exceeding
ly complex and there is every reason
to believe that this tendency toward
expansion will continue in the future.
In view of this the argument in favor
of relieving It of services and duties
not directly connected with it's pri-
mary function gains additional force.
all, of the services that it is proposed
to detach from the Department of
Agriculture have certain relation
ship to agricultural interests. This re-
la0onship is not, however. as close
as that existing between these serv-
ices and the fields of activities Of the
departments to which it is suggested
that they be transferred.
Labor Department Changes.
The changes recommended with re-
spect to the Department Of Labor are
Q) the transfer of the bureau of natu-
ralization to the Department of Justice,
(2) transfer Of the bureau of immigra-
tion to the proposed department of pub
lie health, (3) placing of the United
States board Of mediation and concilia-
ton and the United States Railroad
Labor Board under its general jurisdic-
ton.
The reasons for the first two of these
recommendations have been set forth in
previous articles dealing with the De-
partment Of Justice and the proposed
department Of public health. The fun
damental reasons for making the
changes lie in the fact that the work
Of this service consists primarily in the
physical examination Of aliens desiring