Evening star., 1921-06-13
REALLOCAT|NG BILL !
ON REORGANIZATION
! HARDING REQUEST.
President Expresses View OF
Cabinet and Receives Sup
port of Committee.
WOULD GROUP SERVICES
WITH SIMILAR PURPOSES
Congressional Action Asked as
First Step in Work Of Revamp-
ing Government Departments.

President Harding has called upon
the reorganization committee for the
preparation of a bill reallocating the
governmental services upon the prin-
ciple Of major purpose as the first
step in the work of reorganizing the
government departments.
In letter to Walter F. Brown.
chairman of the congressional Joint
committee on reorganlzation. mace
public today, President Harding states
that this is the crystallized view OF
the cabinet.
At the meeting of the committee
today the letter was read. and the
committee found itself in entire ac-
cord with the desires of the President
and his cabinet.
President's Letter.
Mr. Harding's letter 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 crys-
tallized that I deem it proper to
present for your consideration the
general conclusions.
Since it is extremely difficult to ad
minister efficiently departments which
include wholly dissimilar and unre-
lated services. and quite impossible to
administer economically identical or
similar services which are scattered
throughout several departments. 1t
would seem necessary at the outset
Of the work of reorganization to pro-
vide a statutory regrouping Of gov
as practicable. that each department
shall be made up of agencies having
substantially the same major purpose.
and. further. that identical or similar
services shall be grouped together.
This task accomplished, the work of
eliminating duplication by consolida- :
tion and otherwise and of devising
efficient administrative methods for
the several departments could then
be taken up in logical order and
prosecuted effectively. --r---.--
Ceasre.s AetieA Urged. =.
'sThe executive and cabinet are Of
one mind, that. a. bifr reaIloc1yme the
governmental services upon the
principle above outlined should be
prepared and strongly recosnmended
to Congress for as speedy passage as
possible. in order that there may be
about the governmental economics
which our duty enjoins upon US and
which the country Is demanding and
expecting. To this end we pledge
your committee our hearty considers
tion'
Following the meeting of the COM
mittee, Chairman Brown. who is the
representative of the President upon
the committee, dictated the following
letter to President Harding:
Your letter outlining the conc!u-
sions of the Executive and the Cabi-
net relative to the work of the con-
sressionaI joint committee on reor-
ganiZation and suggesting program
therefor was presented to the COM
mittee this morning. / am glad to ad-
wise you that the members OF the
committee are entirely in accord with
your suggestion that a bill reallocat-
ing the governmental services upon
the principle of major purpose be
prepared and urged. for pa assage by
Congress as speedily as possible.
SugEestioas Requested.
"By resolution unanimously adopt
ed. / am directed to invite the Pres
ident and the Cabinet to furnish to
the committee for its information and
consideration the detailed suggestions
of the Executive branch of the gov
ernment for such reallocation of gov
ernmental services as expeditlously as
may be-"
Charts. showing the various depart
ments and bureaus and their sub
divisions and duties are being prepar-
ed for use by the committee. Heads
of the various departments and
bureaus will be asked to appear be-
fore the joint committee.
The members of the committee are
Mr. Brown, chairman: Senators Smoot
of Utah, Wadsworth of New York and
Harrison of Mississippi, and Repre-
sentatives Reavis of Nebraska, Temple
of Pennsylvania and Moore of Yir-
Efnia. Today's meeting was held in
the offices of the public lands COM
mtttee of the Senate.