New-York tribune., 1921-03-20
Hoover Make. Ambition.
Program for His Department.

New policies and plans fyr the
United States Department Of Com
merce, Of which Herbert Hoover is the
| new Secretary, must, as is the case In
most OF the other departments of the
| government, wait, to a certain extent,
| upon the general reorganization of the
executive machinery now being planned
by President Harding and Congress
leaders. But the energetic Mr.. Hoover
has already laid out, as best as pos
slble, program more ambitious than
any Of his predecessors in his Office
ever attempted.
Secretary Hoover, in discussing his
plans, lays particular emphasis on the
tact that the Department. of Commerce
IS one OF service big, broad service to
industry and coramerce--and not of
! regulation or restriction. Tha accom-
plishment of his aims, he said lies in
obtaining the voluntary cooperation of
domestic industry and commerce. With
| this cooperation he believes his depart
ment can during the next four years
do much to restore normalcy Of trade
conditions at home and relations with
| foreign countries.
Mr.. Hoover is recognized as a far
sighted man. His program as Secre-
tary Of Commerce adds greatly to this
| reputation. The one great outstanding
service which the department can rem
der the country is one which would pay
countless times for the department and
| still cost the taxpayers no additional
burden. This service is described by
I Mr.. Hoover as Stimulation of coopera-
| tion between community and the gov.
| ernment in recovery from the economic
| difficulties we inherited from the war;
| Improvement Of national efficiency
ND syeo nf Io u,
pered, Mr.. Hoover contends, by the re-
| fusal Of American business( men and
| the American public to consider trans
| portation, both railway, water and ma
4 riue, as one system directed to serve
4 the nation as whole.
4 "The development Of certain trade
routes through our mercantile marine
as the real extension Of our inland
| transportation; the Improvement Of
great Waterways; the opening Of the
| Great Lakes to ocean-going vessels;
| the development Of great electrifca-
| ton Of our power. necessities, and the
handling Of our labor readjustment by
| moderate men on both sides, are all
| bearing on the recovery in commerce
and our ability to compete" Mr.
| Hoover said. ~
Co-ordination Of Foreign Trade
| Organizations Part Of Plan
A definite policy Of expansion and
/ coordination Of the Bureau of Foreign
/ snd Domestic Commerce and various
other foreign trade organizations To-
Gated within the Department of Com
merce and other government agencies
4 is part of the general plan of the
4 G nn~><. 1.-y ,nf rnrn -, rca
Since his adventsto Office Secretary
/ Hoover has been in constant touch
/ with chiefs of the various bureaus Of
! the Department Of Commerce, and has
1 Indicated to them an extensive knowl-
! edge Of the problems that concern
them. Several of these bureau chiefs
! have declared that he has shown a sur
| prising insight into the. complexities Of
| their problems.
Expansion Of the Bureau Of Foreign
and Domestic Commerce into one OF
| the greatest Of government agencies
| is planned by Mr.. Hoover. He may
ask Tor transfer Of the statistical work
1 Of the customs Office from the Treas
Iury Department to this bureau, and he
| is known to be considering the advisa-
i Eility Of seeking combination of the
/ commercial activities of the consular
1 service Of the State Department.
1 The ssvioe which such an enlarged
1 and all-embracing bureau could render
| 60 American business interests in pro-
| noting foreign trade would be incal-
| culable, declared Mt. Hoover.
I Conflict at work Of consular repre-
I sentatives and commercial attaches and
| trade commis issioneras Of the Bureau of
I iFereixn and Domestic Commerce has
/ frequently, ii han been charged, been 4
| barrier to the extension of American
commercial endeavcrs in foreign fields
| and IA seeking applications for both
/ the consular service of the State De-
! pa rtme9it and The commercial service
/ of the Department % Commerce.
This could BIZ obviated, ii ia pointed
/ out, by Cong ssionai authorization for
| the transfer 0f the commercial activi-
| tbs Of the consplar II division to the De-
partnent OF Cofnnnarce. This probably
Iswiil sbe sought Bys M. Hoover.
Another 81 the Methods involved III
MI. Hcoyexss plans isst the creation of {
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