Evening star., 1921-05-22
FEDERAL AGENCIES.
REGROUPED IN new
SYSTEM PROPOSED
Continued from First PaRe.)

CONTINUED from First PaRe)
ton Of certain services or their trans
fer to other departments. If examina-
tion is made of these several proposals
1t will be found that they conflict in a
number Of respects. This results from
the fact that each interest Is concerned
with its own affairs and desires to pro-
mote them regardless of the bearing
that the action advocated may have on
other interests.
Thus. for example, the proposition
of the engineers for department Of
public works takes the form of the
Ieorganization of the existing Depart
ment Of the Interior as such a depart
ment. and. to accomplish this. pro-
vides for the transfer of the nom
engineering services of the old depart
ment to other existing departments.
with little regard as to whether the
ed thereby or not.
Object to Piecemenl Way.
The proposition is made by the in
Stitute to the reorganizati ton commit
tee that it is impossible to handle the
problem in this piecemeal way. What
is required is that the entire organiza-
toin of the administrative branch of
the government shall be considered as
whole at one time. In this way. and
in this way only. the institute is con-
vinced is it possible to work out a
scheme that Will take account of con-
ficting considerations and produce a
scheme of organization based upon
scientific principles consistently ad-
hered to in practice.
A careful examination has been
made by the institute and on that eA-
animation. reported and commented
, upon in detail Il definite scheme OF
ilcgrouping of the administrative scrv-
ices is proposed to correct the evils
of the existing system, and to result
in an organization comparable in ef-
ficiency to any government in the
world.
In it's outline of organization the in
stitute makes clear the distinct boun-
daries and makeup of the legislative
branch, the judicial branch. the exec
utIve branch, and then the reorganiz-
ed administrative branch.
In the changes proposed. the ad-
miniStrative services now under the
OlTeCt cOnlTOl Ol congress are trans
ferred to the administrative branch
and regrouped with services that fall
| in the same field. The class of indie
pendent establishments has been
stripped Of those services which are
of purely administrative character
and which consequently should find
a place in one OF the other of the ad-
ministrative departments On the
other hand. certain services now in
the departments have been trans
ferred TO this class. due to the fact
that they are not functional services,
pose of rendering service to the
public.
| All of the departments provided fox
are of a strictly unifunctional char
acter in the sense that ell Of the serv-
i ices comprehended under depart
ment have as their special functions
the performance of duties pertaining
! to the general function Of the de-
F.; partments in which they are located.
; Recommendations an to Cosgress.
i So much for the general scheme In
E; getting down to specific acton. the
| specific recommends ations with regard
| to Congress are:
! % That the government printing
! office. with its subordinate agency.
| the Office of the superintendent OF
documents. be made an independent
est blshment and be grouped with
| the other general supply services ol
| the government.
| (2) That the Library of Congress
! be transferred to the proposed de.
! partment of education and science.
! go That the National Botanic Car
; den be transferred to the governmen
of the District of Columbia.
! 90 That the office Of the architect
! of the Capitol be transferred from
tthe Department of the Interior tC
! Congress-
! IS That the public buildings com
mission he reconstructed and be made
i one Of the general supply services Of
! the government.
! ,6) That the national forest reser-
walton commission be reconstituted
! and made one of the subordinate
| agencies of the proposed department
i OF public works and public domain.
! The reasons for recommending these
changes are two-fold; one. that it Is
! contrary to correct principles of or
ganization to have these purely ad-
ministrative agencies directly at
tached TO the legislative branch. and
, two, that il is desirable that these
; services shall be grouped with the
other administrative services having
the same general function to perform.
and which should consequently have
direct working relations with each
other.
General Administration.
Establishment of bureau OF gen.
eral administration as a subordinate
service under the executive Office of
the President. which shall absorb the
present existing Independent estab-
iishment. the bureau of efficiency, is
recommended. 1t is declared difficult
to exaggerate the importance of hav-
ing this action taken, II the admin
!: istrative branch Of the national gov
ernment is to be put upon a really
efficient basis. In a way the funda-
mental end sought by both the move
ment for the putting Of the admins
tration Of the financial affairs OF the
government upon a scientific budget
ary basis, and of reorganizing the
administrative services Of the gov
ernment SO as to make the system
of organization one conforming to
the correct principles of an integrated
system. is that of making it possible
for the President efficiently to per-
form his duties as head Of the ad-
ministration.
The theory underlying both of these
reforms Is, in a word. that the Presi-
dent shall become in effect, the gem