Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-11-08

Washington. Nov. s.--The recent
publication by the Institute Tor Gov
eminent Research, entitled "Tne Ma
tionnl Park Service" has brought to-
the attention Of Congreeanen ana oe-
partnental executives In Washingt n
an important activity now going on ~
their midst. The executive branch OF
the Government for the first time -
being analysed inventoried, and put
down on paper In n few months %
years. at most. this great organization
which we call the Government, which
employs directly the services Of 800
900 persons. and which is so vast ana
intricate that even those best acqualn,
! ted with f. arc continually being sur
prised by It's activities, viii be an open
! book 10 those vino take the trouble to
read this admirable series Of bulletins.
The institute for e vernment Re-
search IL an outgrowth and further
development OF President Tafts Com
mission on Efficiency and Economy.
Il is. however. no longer an official
! organization. but IL supported wholly
by private c ntrlbutons. The Inst
/ t1tc now cone.sts Of body Of trained
| political scientists who az volunteer
agents for the public are studying the
Government with the view eventually
of making IL more efficient The di-
rect,r OF this work. rs W. T. Wulough
By who was member 81 the Tai,
> Commission. The Chairman Of the
Institute Is Dr. Il S. Br0OSings. who
during the var welded enormous
power as chairman Of the Price TX
ing Committee Of the War Iudusfr.ee
kBoard.
The object Of the Institute Is. af
stated. % bring about greater efIicien-
cy in the operation Of the Government
. departments; but before reorganizina
+ an executive mechanism it "a neces
] sary to know what that mechanism
Is doing. Away back IN Presd"n
Taft's administration the COMMITTED
r on Efficiency and Economy discovered
q that. no enc knew what the Govern
rnent was doing The work vas to'
q great and too ramihed - he com
n passed by any one mind. Work vas be
=. ing duplicated and Implicated in mum
/ erous instances because one branch o
o the Government was unaware tina
Q some other branch WIS engaged IN IN
came line Of research. Because f IN
8 size Of the Government and becaus
|, | Of the way in which he various De
z partments had been built up. II wa
. impossible Tor any one directing hea
TO know the details Of what was 20
o ing on.
9 Consequently. it was decided tina
7 the first step in reform must be a
~ inventory Of all Government activ
:. ties This Job the Institute for Cox
. eminent Research tackled soon aft'
e. II was organized in 1915. Il adopte
- the simple plan Of going into tf
various bureaus one by one and SHOW
ing the work each was doing. Whe
- all have been analysed IN This va
- the publications Of effort viii show q
VI automatically. Two bureaus--,he r
d clamat!on Service and the Geologic
J. Survey-were investigated IN 1915 ar
1917. Then the war came along ar
70 stopped the work. for two years or s
- Great Work Already Done.
l. When the Institute once more o.
'e ganized It's staff it took up the tas
s. again with vigor. Twenty-three naon'
p graphs. each one dealing with u
rs work Of a separate executive divis.C
n Of the Government, now either ha'
Of been published or are nearing pub
cation. About 10 other investigate
L? are planned al present, and some
G. them are being made. and 1t IS pos
in bic that the monographs viii Dc clio
TO 100 in number before the wh'
TT Government IS analyzed. Besides I
d? monographs on the Reclamation 81
l. vice and Geological Survey. those n
ka published include studies OF the E
he reau Of Mines. Alaskan Engineer.
he Commission, Federal Board Tor
cat!onai Education. Federal Trz
G mmission. Tariff ComMissi
Steamboat Inspection Service Z
= loyees' Compensation Comm. ssh
Weather Bureau. Bureau OF Educ2u
Womens Bureau. ChudTens Bure
and the National Park Service.
While the monographs primarily
not intended for popular consumpti
but are written f-r the guidance
legislators and administrators, Il
49,, are distinctly readable, and mast
~" them are OF broad general inter,
The new one on the National p,
-~I Service sketches the history Of