The Washington herald., 1921-06-14
REORGANIZATION
JOINT COMMITTEE
/ STARTS SCHEDULE
'rogram Mapped Out AT.
ter Receiving Letter
From President.

Reorga nization OF the govern
hent departments was begun yes
erday by the joint congressional
ommittee Of which Walter F.
Brown. President Harding's per-
onal representative, is chairman
A program was mapped out upon
dvice of President Harding and
lis cabinet, providing for the
grouping Of the major services and
he reaIIocation Of all activities so
HAT they will be correlated and so
hat overlapping. waste of money
md inefficiency will be removed.
To Compile Charts.
Heads of the various bureaus,
bgenaes. commissions, divisions and
btheri establishments will appear
before the committee from time to
time and charts have been ordered
compiled for its study as to the
relationship of the multitudinous
activities. Two years are allowed
for completion Of the work under
|the terms Of the reorganization
Iaw. passed las. session, but Cnair-
man Brown expressed the hope that
1.-The work could be completed in
|much' shorter time.
Senators SmoOt. Of Utah, Wads-
worth. Of New York. Harrison, OF
|Mississippi. and Representatives
|Reavfs. Of Nebraska. Temple, of
Pennsylvania. and Moore, of Vir-
ginia, are the six members Of the
|committee other than Chairman
Brown. whose place was created
sincet March l.. All were on hand
yesterday and after more than an
hour spent in mapping the program
adjOuCnment was taken subject to
the GALL of Chairman Brown.
Letter from Harding.
In a letter to the committee
President Harding expressed the
views Of himself and his cabinet
and urged as speedy action rs pos
sibIe in the preparation Of a bill
covering the needs. In a reply
Chairman Brown said the commit
tee by resolution unanimously in
vited' the President and cabinet
members to furnish for its infor-
NATION the detailed suggestions
The letter Of the President, which
was read to the committee at the
opening Of its meeting. follows:
The problem assigned to your
committee has been discussed at
length in several recent meetings
of The cabinet The views of those
charged with the responsibility of
administering the executive branch
Of the government have so far crNs-
taIIized that I deem il proper to
present for your consideration the
general conclusions.
Wants More Unity.
N since it is extremely difficult to
dminister efficiently departments
6Ich include wholly dissimiiar and
lrelRted services, and quite impos-
le. to administer economically
ltical or similar services which
scattered throughout several de-
ptments, it would seem necessary
the outset OF the NorS .'s Ie-
or Imitation to p-Jvide a statutory
re3ouping of governmental actiyi-
iei to the end. as far az practica-
Sic. that each department: shall he
made up Of ag"1Ci q having sub
stantially the SAM major purpose.
and. further. that '12nti"al or sim
lar ser~iceS shall be grouped to-
eethsr. This taES accomplished. the
Worx o eliminating duplication Lv
eoEsoii alton lLf otherwise and of
tegisin ,-fir.-nt administrative
metho v 70. NC several departments
couid then be taken up in logical
order and prosecuted effectively.
~ "EcrUiiy" and cabinC: are Of
enc u7ind .ha: hill rpdIlocS ting
tile EpvernmentaI services upon the
prime pie above outlined should be
prepared and strC nEly recommend
cd 70 congress for as speedy pas
zsge a. possible. in Order that there
nay ," no unnecessary delay in
bringing about the governmental
economies which Oir du,. enJo:ns
upon rs and which the country is
demanding and "ypcCtinE. T It:s
end We pledg your committee our
hearty con<id"rJJipn."
Reply Of Committee.
The commi'C.e reply sert to the
President by Chairman Brown fol-
lows.
Your letter outlining the concIu.
sions Of the executive and the cab.
met relative to the work of the
congressional joint committee on re-
orgauisation and suggesting a pro-
gram therefor was presented TO the
-eommttee this morning. an glad
to advise you that the members
or the committee are entirely in
accord with your suggestion that
Dill reallocating the goyernm lntaI
services upon the principle of rrajo
purpose be prepared and urged Tor
passage by congress as speedily as
DOssible