Evening star., 1921-05-23
CHANGES IN STATE DEPARTMENT
PROPOSED IN RESEARCHREPO
Creation of Bureau of Territories to Take
Over Duties Of Bureau of Insular
Affairs Among Ideas Advanced

nroveHent --nu'd result hv relieving
tho "sr and Interior denar,:nents of
"ittes In no way garnens 10 their
ot'"'' anl more URINARY functions
1t VII be noted t,at the action
nero rncnm1ne does no; Involve
Ing services hut. on tho contrary: a
reduction throuzh tho concentration
IN one service of Gutins nov divided
sIr-'Is tI-" c!a"tn1e"te,
Three ferr"dir'i the rrss ion r.
II bureau Of intornrttnnai oreari1a-
''pn. tn, irst'tu.o points out t::at
tho EGtioro. sovornment - an ertiv>
I participant l., ,unrr than ;wont"
Unions. rn:nn'se'nn- r,d confe~or"es
OF an aforementioned r,areetvr Con
h!!lors In rrs"cc! tC th> d'r""t'nn AID
"un:rnl os 'hn American rnoreserta
ttvcs nr ti'oec bodies a"e ~-tremely
nneRt;"factnry. IN Eaneral way
ihrsa bodies nra supposed I" no Mn-
dor tho iurisi'ction OF III, Ft":e De-
nHrt,re.t Gro to tbs fact 'ha. tte
nppronrint!nns made for tho hmrr!-
can PARTICIPATION In thos" operations
ere for thu mcFt part made TO The
State Department. il could prove
Gearing ho"so for much tnfnrmat'on
dce'rcd by tho VARIOUS unions Or cor.
fcrerres and thus .rrovsnt expensive
Gunl!cntiou Of wo~k.
i'or-: IN rrErrd to 'hc POSSIBLE
consol !dation Ct tn" diplomatic and
co--ulcr services. the !rp:itnt; ON
phasizcs th", careful cons d s"at'ou
should be given 70 tho possible de-
s'~ahIllty OF co:nO nOininx two fed -s.
Establishments in.o a ringlr rcr, g
Notwithstanding tho fact :ha: th:se
two services arc operating N the
same field. have Jurisdiction wh!ch
overlaps in number Of places, and
have constant need Of eech others rs
s.stance. they now constitute rig!dly
segregated services. II popular opin-
ion the duties OF the diplomatic serv-
| ice are prima ar!ly. II not exclusively,
political, and those Of the consular
service commercial and adm!n'stra-
tive This is a mistake. To very
large degree the duties Of diplomat nc
officers have to do with purely trade
matters. while the responsibilities OF
consular officers in respect to po-
litical matters are by no means slight.
Provided For in Bill.
A bill providing for such consolida-
tion was introduced in the Sixty
John J. Rogers of Massachusetts. a
member of the foreign affairs COM
mittee. Careful cons: Iteration of that
bill is urged in the recommendations
of the Institute for Government Re-
search to the joint congressional COM
mitfee on reorganization.
The skeleton OF the various Office S
which it is proposed to coordinate
under the State Department is as
follows:
% General administration-Secr
tary. under secretary. assistant sec
rotary. second assistant secretary.
third assistant secretary, director of
consular service
C2b institutional service Chief
clerk. bureau Of appointments and
bureau of accounts.
90 Functional service = =. Solicitor.
hN1~n 81 tv,1 Ia.
reau of rolls and library. law clerks.
, translators. diplomatic bureau. con-
su!ar bureau. division of passport
control. division of foreign inteli:-
renee. division of Mexican affairs.
division cf far eastern affairs. divis-
/ ion Of Russian affairs. division of
near eastern affairs. division of Lat
in American affairs. division Of west
ern European affairs. division of po-
liticai information. bureau OF foreign
commerce. bureau of territories and
dependencies, and bureau of interna-
tional agencies.
Other Changes Proposed.
Under the bureau of foreign COM
merce would come the foreign trade
adviser and the bureau OF foreign
and domestic commerce. now in the
Department of Commerce.
Under the bureau Of territories and
dependencies would come the bureau
of insular affairs and supervis.on of
territories. now vested in the interior
Department.
Under the bureau of international
agencies would come the Pan-Ameri-
can Union; the United States section.
inter-American high commission: bu-
reau of interparliamentary union for
promotion of international arbitra
ton: International bureau Of the per-
manent court Of arbitration; interna-
tional commission of public and pri-
vate international law: international
bureau at Brussels for repression of
the African slave trade: international
joint commission. United States and
Great Britain: international boundary
commission, United States and Cana
Ga: international boundary commits
, sion. United States and Mexico; pc
cuniary claims arbitration commits
sion. Great Britain and the United