Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-04-28
HAYS TALKS TO
PUBLISHERS OF
NEW POLICIES
Postmaster General Indicates
What May Be Expected
of Administration.
MESSAGE FROM HARDING

NEW YORK, April 2S.-Predicting that
President Harding will make a great
President" VIII II. Hays, former Re
publican campaign manager, and now
Postmaster General, In speaking before
the American Newspaper Publishers AS
ISOLATION today, indicated that one might
feel assured the Administration would
be guided by these policies:
l. Immediate reduction and equal
ization of Federal taxes. with the re
peal of taxes which kill initiative and
the spreading of the war debt over
a great number of years.
2 Development Of a better rela-
tion between capital and labor, with
justice to both, and with justice to
the public
g. No undue liberalization Of in
dustries and activities by the Gov
eminent but bringing the Govern
ment back to limitations of the Con-
stitution in times Of peace, with Fed
eral regulation, but not Federal own
ership.
4. Prevention of further spread of
socialism and seeing that the Nations
feet are firmly on the paths of prog
ress and along ways which liberty
must ever guard and preserve"
8. An honest. efficient and econom-
lcdI business ADMINISTRATION OI inc
Nations affairs.
g. The Administration will measure
it's steps forward by the new needs
of the Nation. with its eyes ahead,
but with it's feet always on solid
ground
BRINGS MESSAGE
FROM HARDING.
Postmaster General Hays brought this
message from President Harding, him
self formerly a publisher, to the publish
ers:
1--WE expect your help in bringing this
Republic and its varied interests into the
Straightforward track again.
Celebrating and illustrating the over
tapping and confusion resulting there
from In governmental departments al
Washington, Mr.. Hays said II was the
Administrations intention TO overhaul
the entire Government machinery TO make
1t more efficient, by greater co ordina-
ton and concentration.
ut will be natural 10 expect" he said
First. changing the name of the De
partment of Interior 10 Department OF
Public Works and the concentration in
that department Of all civil public works
of the Government including administra-
ton of public domain.
DEPARTMENT OF
PUBLIC WELFARE.
Second, establishment of a new de
partment, the Department Of Public Vel
fare to have charge OF all bureaus and
offices which handle relief work fol-
World War veterans, besides those bu
reaus dealing with public health, edu-
cation and social welfare.
Third, that stripping of the Treasury
Department OF all except its necessary
and proper fiscal functions.
Fourth. transfer of all non military
work from the War and Navy Depart
ments to the regular civilian govern
mental departments.
Fifth, enlargement of the Department,
Of Commerce and transfer TO that depart
ment of all agencies which have to dc
with the promotion Of commerce and
protection of navigation
sixth. establishment OF centralized
purchasing agency to do the buying for
all branches of the executive establish
ment
Seventh, establishment of a budget
bureau, to aid the President in the di-
rection and control Of all executive de
partments and independent establish
ments and In the formulation of a def
mite financial and work program of the
Government as a whole"