Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1922-02-10
tHANCE TO FIND OUT

hist now Dt'"''' N'
70 lind out some OF the 1ac's
=, Government business and gov
,prt pmployment The Bureau OF
uris,, hns been organized ami
rrcra,iun under the direction "l
rlp, g. Dawes.
nth houses of congress are WORK
an m. problem of Reconstruction
,yerumrnt positions ana salaries.
ve,.ruus' bureau has been or
lied anl has taken over the bureau
ror risk insurance, thnt part or
| nrhu, hrnlth service which had
do with veterans, and all of the
h nf the federal board for voca-
I sl .1urut!un except that part
, oh i11 ~ lu with the treatment or
IONS Injured In the industries.
borp Is also the inquiry being made
tha io!nt committee OH the re-
1bnIzation uf the administrative
bch O, the government Of the two
90 Of congress, Of which l have
ken. Walter f. Brown Of Ohio 10
irman Of this committee, represent
President Harding. The members
the committee are, on the part or
senrte, Senators Smoot Of Utah,
rrison Of Mississippi and Wads-
nh OF New York. The members on
part Of the house are Repre-
natives Reavls Of Nebraska, Temple
Pennsylvania and Moore Of Virginia.
fhe fob Of this joint committee is
make a survey Of the administra-
services Of the government for the
pose Of securing all pertinent facts
arding their powers and duties,
,kir distribution among the several
Dcutlye departments. and the over
ping and duplication Of authority"
+ b. reporting the resolution from the
3iclary committee to the house the
1|mhers we're told
j 10 a matter Of common knowledge
q millions Of dollars are wasted by
government By the almost endless
= 8ication Of activities. There has been
ClhuBc III tiic
live activities since tho organization
devised BY Alexander Hamilton. and
result is that activities entirely out
.Iharmony with the functions Of depart
hts have grown with the passing years
III the government of the United States
be- ONE not only the biggest business
lhe world but the worlds worst man.
ID business
The purpose OF the resolution 10 to
3ertain so far as possible the extent
1.-THE overlapping and duplication of ac-
titles. with the view that numerous
Emissions and bureaus may be elimi:
fed and great saving effected In this
fernmental expenditures. The commit
feels that no more constructive legis-
lon .s possible under existing condi-
hs than the legislation proposed by
resolution. With the present condi-
d OF the nations finances and the bur-
hs the people suffer because Of exces-
1e taxation. any legislative measure
ekinS 10 real economy should commend
Pr TO the sympathetic attention of the
use, and We feel that the passage Of
resolution and the work OF the COM
ttee which will be done under its au-
2ri'y VIII result In the saving Of mil
ms annually.
III can he predicted with considerable
surance Tint nothing will come OF
fis proposed voyage of discovery un.
Ps We, the shareholders In the enter
51Se, maintain an active, lively, sus-
'ihed Interest in II. One thing Is al
|ays true Of the house of repre-
pntat!ves--it is representative. II
E breathe warmly upon 1t, 1t glows.
we are indfferelA 1t becomes cold.
IhiS isn't the first time that a plan
s been Set In motion to find out
2metliing about how the governments
ps'neS- Is conducted
The earliest inquiry into the adj
phIstrat!y" methods Of the. executive
spuFtthehfS WAS made by the COckrell
{"InlISslOn IN 1887. Six years later,
1893, Joint commission. of which
representative Dockery was chairman,
S appointed to examine the status
the laws organizing the depart.
euts. President Roosevelt In 1908
med an Interdcpartmental committee.
WniNh O. II. Keep, assistant secre-
Ivy OF the treasury. was chairman, to
ns'oer department methods. Presi-
nl Iaf' In turn, In 1910, named a
mm,ssion on economy and efficiency
hairman. ""'
broadly and generally speaking.
'ui"s came Of these enterprises.
Ou and I-commonly and vaguely
.own as the public-were not In.
~ ss'eo' ana neither was congress.
ou' Just now, at this moment. We
cse the best chance we ever had 10
~ out about our common business
nu new to improve u and lessen itS
~ 70 US. The burden Of supporting
= heavier than ever before.
100 will perhaps notice all through
sse articles that the Information
me about the general facta
|.S, o'erninent employment and govern
It,u. business are In terms Of
ima'es and approximations This
Ure OF the defects of government
snh,ta''on, II is 30 large and so
y, 'ess, and It's parts so unrelated
exact and precise Information
unable virtually uhoo-
y. e IT the greatest urgency and
Eor, ua' the people shall know
bd !, I~oT =, ~ government, but they viii