Milford chronicle., 1921-04-29
UNCLE TED'S
BEDTIME STORIES
A BETTER GOVERNMENT-HARD.
ING WORKING TO BRING
SCATTERED BRANCHES
TOGETHER

"Oh! goOdie," was Ruth's exclama
tion as Uncle Ted picked her up ant
carried her into the house. "You ARR
going to tell us story NOW aren'
you Uncle Ted?"
We'll, 1 don't know how anybody
could very well refuse such an insis.
tent lady as you very long"
Hurry up, Jack" called Ruth tC
her brother who had gone into the
back yard to work on his auto ''Un-
Gle Ted is going to tell us a story"
That was enough to bring Jack in
a hurry.
Il hardly know where to start on
a story this time" began Uncle Ted.
There is so much to say about what
our President and his helpers are do
ing to help the country get back on
its feet as it was in the good old days.
President Harding is not simply TAX
ing care of the matters that naturally
come to a President, which are enough
to keep him going day and night. He
has already gone thoroughly into the
various branches of our government
to see if there cannot be many i'm
provements made, improvements that
Will make the government give bet
ter service to the people and at the
same time do it with less money.
There is one interesting change
that is being talked about in connec-
tion with the Secret Service
What is the Secret Service?" ask
ed Ruth. Z
"It is sort of detective service,
Sans interests in every way possible.
The men who work in the secret ser
vice are not known to the public.
They go everywhere protecting the
government and the officials of the
government from bad people. Secret
Service men are always with the
President. They guard our buildings,
government money and everything
you can think of.
"At the present time, though. prac-
tically every department of the gov
eminent has its own little secret SER
vice, which means that many times
they are apt to work against each
other so that the government loses in |
the end. The plan talked of by the |
new administration is to bring all of |
these little services together under
one head which would certainly mean
better service and a saving of time
and money. Attorney General Daugh-
erty is very anxious to have this done
and although the largest service is
under his department, the Department
Of Justice, he is not asking that the
new organization be placed under
lim.
That is one thing being planned
n Washington to better Conditions.
Another is the idea of a Social We'll +;
are Bureau or Department to take
'ver or coordinate with the Bureau ]
It Education. This idea is President
4arding's own and. one he has talked !
bout for long time. This bureau {
you'd help women and children who l
ave to work in factories or else
Ehere. 1t would help the farmer get S
be right kind of labor. The public l
ealth work would be brought togeth-
r to help bring up the standard of Il
ealth among the kiddies-tO help the a
oor little ones to live and be clean
nd healthy so that they can all play t
all and go swimming. +
,PTesndeGt Harding's idea is that e
lie government cannot very well tt
ring about better conditions in e
lese matters unless there is a real c.
enter to work from. 1t is the same Il
lea that has given the thought of a
ringing the Secret Service under one G
cad. Too much central control in D
le government is a bad thing. It d
'1ngs about what is known as bur- L
lucracy. But there must be central 3
'ntrol for some things to get better M
suits. President Harding has said:
1t is almost useless for us to go "
on expending our energies in ad- ht
Vanc1ng humanitarian policies which r
we wish to put into effect, and it sc
is useless for us to hope for the eff
fective administration of humanitar- m
ian policies already undertaken by 81
the federal government until we re
have prepared to create an admin ne
trative center for the application of an
our program in
General Sawyer, the Presidents gu
ysician recently submitted the rec af
lmendation that Washington be OU
lde a great medical center to take fu
re of the former soldiers who are E..
* and wounded. If this idea is earn tel
ID out the present hospital room Nee
II NC I'LL OdS6u anu d uOluS IOI -
use whose minds have been affect Ike
will be created. Not only would %,
'se plans make the care of the SOL ole
rs something to be proud Of, but pc
would also make Washington the ba
dical center of the country if not gu
the world. By increasing the hos poI
al room it would mean that large phi
If of doctors and nurses would be
lught into the National Capital. for
All in all, kiddies, the Harding ad- as
listration is certaingly not wasting cal
, time in the effort to make the gov /
ment more efficient and accom- in
III that result with less money I
ich, of Course, in the end means ma
ting down taxes" Mr.
WLIIAMSVTIIE in