Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1921-07-08

tie promotion OF efficiency and econ,
omy.
The chairman Of the committee, or
as it is generally called, commission,
is Walter f. Brown of Toledo o., who
is not a member Of either house of
congress. He was appointed to the
place Of chairman as President Hard
ing's personal Representative.
Office seeking and Office holding
have more or less direct connection
with the plans which are being made
for reorga nization of the departments
Of government and for the Installing
therein Of methods OF efficiency and
economy. 1t may seem rather an un-
pleasant thing to say, but there is a
general feeling among the perhaps
more or less flippant-minded onlo0k-
ers in Washington that net all of the
senators and Representatives are much
pleased at some of the means which
are likely to be proposed for the en-
forcing of economy in the bureaus.
The plan may mean fewer jobs for the
faithful.
Already the President of the United
States has felt called upon to notify
the employees of certain bureaus of
the government that they must cease
their efforts to influence members of
congress to prevent the transfer of
this bureau or that bureau to some
other department than the one in
which it now is located Some Of the
employees fear thar they are going to
lose their jobs in the interest of
economy. Not for minute will any
one of them admit that the losing of
his particular job would be in the in
terest Of efficiency. A lot of these
employees are worried and some OF
them have been trying to influence
congress to prevent the completion OF
plans for contemplated changes.
Patronage viii Be Decreased.
1t is known as definitely as anything
can be known that in some of the de-
partments OF government there is an
overlapping Of work and that also
there is duplication The plan is to
take certain bureaus and put them in
the departments where rightly they
belong and to eliminate some of tile
bureaus which are duplicating the
work Of others, or merge them into
one bureau with smaller personnel
list.
One reason why some senators and
representatives are said not to be
pleased with some of the changes
which are proposed is that some of
the patronage may be eliminated.
Moreover, if the personnel in some OF
the bureaus is decreased materially
some of the senator's and representa-.
tives will have on their hands good
many men and women who come from
the home districts and who, finding
themselves out of jobs, will blame the
men who represent their districts.
New Bird Protection Bill.
Sportsmen, bird protectors and
agriculturists throughout the country
probably will be interested in a bill
known as the public shooting ground
and game refuge BILL" which has been
introduced simultaneously in the
senate and the house by Senator New
of Indiana and by Representative
Anthony of Kansas.
This bill provides for the establish
ment of shooting grounds for the pub
lie, for establishing game refugees and
breeding grounds, for protecting mi
gratofy birds and for requiring federal
licenses to hunt them.
1t is known, of course, to men who
like TO hunt game birds in seasoa, that
under the terms OF "A convention be-
tween the United States and Canada
certain restrictions already have been
placed upon the killing of migratory
birds. Spring shooting has been abol-
ished and other protective measures
are in force.
There is trouble in the way of the
continued enforcement of the treaty
law. The money available for the
employment of federal wardens is not
sufficient to meet the expenses and to
insure adequate enforcement of the
statutes. The flilI which Senator New
and Representative Anthony have in
troduced provides for 81 federal liz
NCtleS AFG AtttA &NtiS AiiS, IL
is known, VII give the government
enough money to carry out the provi-
sions Of the laws governing the shoot
ing and the protection Of migratory
birds.
Measure Generally Endorsed.
Messrs. New and Anthony are very
much interested. in the bills which
they have introduced 1t is said that
good deal Of the marsh land which
has been drained in various parts of
the United States. thus depriving GER
rain species of birds Of their natural
resorts, proves to he valueless for ag-
ricultural purposes after the draining.
Certain constituents of the soil have
rendered it unfit for agricultural par
poses and the land becomes waste. 1t
is proposed to determine what pIarsh
lands will be of no service after drain
ing and have the government purchase
them or rent them for game refugees.