The Washington times., 1922-05-04
HUGE. .SHAKE-UP
To BE DEBATED.
BY PRESIDENT
Harding Will Meet Reorganiza-
tion Commission to Discuss
Proposed Changes.
BY WEBSTER X. NOLAN.
Interna tionaI News Service.

international News Service.
Abolition OF the marine corp~,
creation of new Cabinet port
folio, and transfer OF the Prohibi-
ton Bureau to the Department OF
Justice. are a few Of the sweeping
proposals that will be discussed At
conference In the White Hours
tonight between President Harding
and the joint Congressional reor-
ganixation commission.
The commission, which was cre-
ated by President Harding early In
his Administration. has never held
a complete formal session with the
, President, which fact has given
rise lately 10 considerable criticism!
from certain members Of Congress.
Walter r. Brown, OF Ohio, who
by appointment OF the President is
serving as chairman OF the commits
sion, decla red today that That body
has not held formal sessions be-
cause Of it's inability to leach con-
crete and definite plans cpncerning z
its reorga nization program. Almost
every proposal heretofore made bv
the commission has raised hue
a nd cry in the quarter whic would
be affected by the proposed chang..
In great many instances these
proposed changes involved tho
transfer OF departments under the
Jurisdiction OF one Cabinet officer
to that Of another Cabinet official.
May Abolish Marin.s.
For several months. the Preai-
dent has been engaged in "sooth-
III HlGA
Meetings Of Cabinet and other Gov
Sarnment officers whose Departments
we're 10 he spliced by the Ieorgani-
"A ton knife.
krhe proposal to abolish the
United States marine corps az a
Surplus" branch Of the army and
nay,I gave rise TO violent storm
of protest. 1t was pointed out
that!,the marine corps was the first
bodytof uniformed fighting men 10
be ED. .ablished by law, the earliest
navy AsvinG consisted of privatesrs
and tue earliest army OF volun-
teerv. NThe proposal was made In
connecta,n with another TO com.
bine the War and Navy Depart
mepts tnhD an unit TO he under the
Iurtsdictiop OF a secretary OF ma
tionsl defeA,se.
The prop osai TO shift the Pro
hibition Bun au from the Treasury
Department ITO the Department OF
Justice has Anet with similar crtt1-
cism. The reason put forward for
this transfer II the nesd for group
ing ell divisiorH engaged In prose
cution under the authority OF the
department suthSriIed to prosecute.
Creation OF a Nepartment OF PUB
lie Welfare with a Cabinet portfolio
4. another problati which Will be
discussed at the Va hite House con.
ference. II is proposed to bring
m.nt unIer , .duca ,ionai' Ipubiic health
child la bor. veterans, ,care and sim:
liar depa rtments mAw sprinkled
through tn. various United States
departments.
Cabinet Is AroAe ed.
The plan TO reorganiz& the For
estry Service-now a part Aot the DE
partment Of AeTiculture-Nas as gener
ally credited with having nAarly pre-
cipitated severe estraA gemen'
within the Cabinet. Secre& airy o.
Agriculture Wallace took eu eptloI
TO the proposal to remove frum hi'
Jurisdiction TO that OF Secretary O
inc Interior r HI ulNisiOu ot " W
partment which he claimed TO HaV'
conducted satisfactorily. Secr,A ar,
Fall was equally determined to- se
cure control of the Forestry ServA'e
President Harding Is understood st'
have ironed out the ma jor difficu!tia'
said to have arisen between the t~N
Cabinet officers and tonight's session
OF the commission at the White
House is expected TO reach final
agreement on the matter.
Still another problem confrontirg 2
the commission is that OF transfer.
ing the Bureau of Markets from the
Department Of Agriculture TO tn.
Department of Commerce. In add.
ton there are many minor transfers
before the commission and numerous
suggestions for consideration aiming
toward reorganization in other
he N cbae ~ tho GOyerpnept 0uf aid ,