Evening star., 1921-12-25

organization with the men who have
been called upon to help Hoover it
will be seen that seven of the COM
mcdity chiefs came from outside
business and that such men as Lund
quist- Oxholm and Rastall came out
of the governments own organiza
ticn because they had the right kind
of experience along their own special
lines.
G. B. Rcorbach is a good example of
the quality of specially trained men
with initiative whom Hoover thought
essential in the technical divisions for
carrying out his plan. Roorbach was
responsible for the Redistribution of all
commodities in foreign trade which is
soon to be put into effect. The Treasury
Department is working with the bureau
foreign and domestic commerce on
this new classification Of all commodi-
ties Mr.. Roorbach is a very unusually
efficient man for this work, Secretary
Hoover feels.
In getting these men to help Hoover,
the Department of Commerce has given
great weight and value to the advice
port Managers Association and the Ex-
porters Round Table Of Boston-both
powerful associations.
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But the Hoover helpers have gotten
entangled more or less in government
red tape. They haven't allowed it to
impede their work-because they cut
the red tape by the simple process.
costly to their own pocketbooks. Of per-
sonally paying out of their own pockets
the difference between what the govern
ment allows and what their actual ex-
penses are. This means that the better
one of these big business experts does
his work for Uncle Sam and for the gen.
eral welfare of the country. the more it
costs him personally.
Some of these men have found that it
costs them one-third Of their salaries to
do this They have been accustomed to
iiberality in expense accounts. AS It
is they generally take the fiat 81 day
allowance of the government rather
than waste time doing all the book
keeping and signing Of vouchers neces-
sary to get IS when they actually spend
So or more. AS the duties of these
men keep them on the road much Of the
time, keeping in close touch with bust
ress, it can readily be seen that besides
sacrificing big salaries to come and help
Hoover they have been called upon to
do more than they bargained for by
paving a big share Of their own ex-
penses ot the road.
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In the bureau of the census a very
interesting thing was done in the
process Of reorganization. A con-
sulting committee of economists had
been set up there by Director Will
liam NJ. Steuart. The American
Statistical Association and the Ameri-
can Economic Association had formed
this joint committee on the census.
consisting of the following: William
S. Rossiter. chairman, formerly chief
of the United States Census; Carroll
w. Deten. professor of economies.
Massachusetts Institute of Tech
nology: Edwin F. Gay, president Of
the New York Evening Post. and
former dean of the graduate school
of business administration, Harvard
University; Wesley c. Mitchell. pro-
fessor of economics, New York School
of Social Research; Edward r. A.
Seligman, professor of economics.
Columbia University: Walter F. Will
cox, professor of economics and sta
tistics, Cornell University, and Allyn
A. Young. Harvard University. chief
of the division of economics and sta
tistics, American commission to ne
gotiate peace, 191S-1919.
When Hoover found these men act
ing as advisers to the census he made
them an advisory committee for the
whole department. They enlarged
themselves and formed fine back