Evening star., 1921-05-23
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l.! tbs sA,sr:a, o: rrur@I:: 'za'!on Tor
tho rd.tl: l:iEl,Ht!va h.ni;eh OF tte ee'!-
ON! government ursc1 r.,on tns 'o,ns
eea.rusatpHs! COMMITTEES. E";laad by
a n>"son.. Representative Of Presi-
Gnas iiR"a.nE, by the Institute for
Government Eeas,a-Sl,, r:.z- an IN
:snslvS study q! tho prob!om for Ave
yeGrn t.o following change. IN re-
soeot to the organization and work
OF tire s:eto department: are recon-
;aeaseG:
% The c-cr:!oa within t OF Il bu-
reau OF tor.trn co,r,n.lce 10 take
over the du.!~s row performed by
.ho otrc, % fo:o'gn trsde adviser.
The bureau q foreign and domestic
commerce Of the Department Of COM
.uerce, and the division OF foreign
msrhe:s OF tho burea" OF markets.
United States Department OF Aeri-
culture.
(2) The creation Of a bureau OF
territories and dependencies to take
over the duties OF the bureau OF In
sular affairs oe the War Department.
in respect TO our insIlar dependen-
rles. and Of the Interior Department
in respec. 10 the supervision OF the
territories.
90 The creation Of a bureau OF in
tcrnatiocal organizations to have in
general charge the interests Of the
United States in the several interna-
tional unions. conferences and other
bodies OF which tho national govern
ment Is member and toward the
support of which it makes financial
contributions.
Foreign Relations Service.
(D The possible consolidation of
the diplomatic and consular services
into a single foreign relations service.
One: The proposed creation of the
bureau Of foreign commerce was out
lined in an article on the editorial page
of The Sunday Star. under the cap
ton. TO Weld Trade and Diplomacy"
Two: In regard to the creation of
bureau of territories and dependencies.
it is pointed out that at the present
time the national government exercises
jurisdiction over the following depend
ent territories: The District of Coium-
bia. the territories Of Alaska and Ha-
waii. the insu!ar dependencies of the
Philippines. Porto Rico the Virgin ISL
ands. Tutuilao or American Samoa.
Guam and few other smaller islands.
such as Wake Islands, Midway Islands.
etc. and the Panama canal and Canal
Zone. Important as Is this territory it
is not sufficiently extensive to warrant
the setting up of a colonial department
such as is possessed by other govern
ments having important colonial inter
eSts. 1t is desirable. however. that the
administration of the affairs of this
territory, in SO far as it is exercised
by il over its agencies. the local gov
eIlments should be concentrated in a
single service.
Position In Program.
The position taken by the institute
in its reorganization program is:
% That there is need for service
that will have general charge of the
affairs of all the territories and de-
the exception of those small islands
valuable chiefly as naval, cable and
wireless stations.
(2) That the services should be an
alagous to the colonial departments
OF foreign governments. but should
be bureau rather than an independ-
ent department., due to the relatively
small Importance of those depend
encies and the character of the policy
OF the United States government to-
ward their government.
90 That such a bureau finds its
most logical place in the Department
Of State. which has duties mos, near;r
akin to those Of this bureau and
makes use OF a personnel whose gen
eral qualifications are similar. to those
required of territorial and dependency
officials.
l4 That there Is no Justification
whatsoever for having in the War
Department bureau Of insular af-
fairs. which is now, purely civil
agency and has no duties Of a mill
tary character
t5) Tha' the arrangement under
which the Department of the Interior
now has jurisdiction over the tor
ritories as distinguished from the de-
pendencies. is an unsatisfactory one.
60 That a great improvement would
result by having concentrated in one
service all functions of a gene raj SUI
rervisory and control character over
dependent territory of all kinds
Would Relieve Departments.
7. That an equally important inn