Evening star., 1921-04-17
BY WILLIAM J. wHEATLEY.

= BY WILLIAM J. WHEATLEY.
- CONSOLIDATION Of all of the
secret service or intelligence
4 activities Of tho government
is expected to be one Of the
most important results Of the plans of
the new administration to reorganize
Official activities OF the nation and
take out as much OF the lost motion
as possible. Practically every depart
ment OF the government has its little
secret service. and 1t is jealous OF
any attempts from other departments
to seize any OF its work or take any
Of its glory.
But the new administration plans to
coordinate these various investigat-
ing bureaus before those who will
handle them in the new government
machinery get a chance to become
jealous Of them.
r Under One Director.
It is planned to bring out of the
multitude OF secret service operations
into which these activities now are
divided one grand and efficient body
Of Investigators. under a broad-mind-
ed director, who will iron out much
Of the feeling against each other that
now prevails. This feeling also has
the effect Of one bureaus operatives
nullifying the work that another bu-
reau is doing, and so hurts the gov
ernment in the long run. But as long
as men are human these troubles
started by jealousy will continue to
crop up and those now running the
administration want to see 1t leveled
down.
Attorney General Daugherty is anx-
ious to see the consolidation of all
these activities. He said that he would
do everything in his power to bring
about the consolidation. and 50 sincere
is he in the belief that It will work
to greater efficiency than the present
order Of things, that he does not de-
mand as a condition Of consolidation
that the secret investigating bureaus
be assigned to his department. He
says that he is looking for fewer
| workers under his charge-not many
! more as seems to be the practice in
governmental circles these days.
Studied by DauEherty.
| Much thought has been given by
the new Attorney General to this as
| sembling Of the secret forces of the
government under a single head. He
says that he has been giving it thor
ough study and much thought ever
since he learned from President Hard
ing that he was to come to Washing
ton to head the Department Of JUS
| tice in the new administration. He
will exert all his efforts possible to
the work Of bringing all of these in
vestigators together under one head.
| To head such a bureau will take
| a man capable of grasping the hun
| dreds of details Of investigating
, work which the various departments
now find it necessary to delve into
| in order to efficiently carry on the
| government and see that lawless
| minds do not defraud the govern
| ment in the many ways that are pos
! sible and that are daily being tried
| by the INSCRIPTIONS.
William J. Flynn. former head OF
the governments secret service. has
| been mentioned for the position.
| Whether he will be appointed to take
charge Of the gigantic scheme OF
| activities proposed under the con-
| soltdation scheme. Of course. it is
I too early to say. The first work
will have to be to get the authority
for such a consolidation as is pro-
posed, and this involves changes in
the organic laws Of the departments
into which these various activities
are now divided.
Many Investigating Services.
Nearly every governmental depart
ment has some sort of secret service
| However, in most Of the departments
they are called bureaus or di-
visions of investigation. as there is
only one secret service and that is
in the Treasury Department. This
particular secret service is limited
in its work in the detection of coun-
terfeiters of public money and in
the protection of the President.
The Department Of Justice has two