New Ulm review., 1922-02-22
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Just now belated effort is under
way to find out some Of the facts.
about government business and gov
ernment employment The Bureau Of
the Budget has been organized and
is in operation under the direction Of
Charles G. Dawes. .s.: s}
81 Both houses Of congress are work
ing on the problem of reclassifcation
Of government positions and salaries
The Veterans bureau has been or
ganized and has taken over the bureau
of war risk insurance, that part Of
the public health service which had
to do with veterans, and all Of the
work of the federal board for voca-
tional education except that part
which had to do with the treatment of
persons injured. in the ii1dustMes.sg gE.
There is also the inquiry being made
by the Joint committee on the, re- re-
organization Of the ad1ninfstratiHHe
branch of the government t. Of the two
house Of congress, of Whicha1 have
spoken. Walter r. Brown of Ohio is
chairman Of this committee represents
ing President Harding. The members
of the committee are, on the part OF
the: senate, Senators SmOot of Utah,
Harrison Of Mississippi and Wads-
worth Of New York. The members on
the part Of the house are Repre-
sentatives Reavis of Nebraska, Temple
of Pennsylvania and Moore Of Virginia.
The job Of this joint committee is.
to 'smake a survey of the administra-
tive services of the government for the.
purpose Of securing all pertinent facts
regarding their powers and duties,
their distribution among the several
executive departments, and the over
tapping and duplication Of authority :
In reporting the resolution from the
judiciary committee to the house the
members were told:
1t is a matter of common knowledge
that millions of dollars are wasted by
the government by the almost endless
duplication of activities. There has been
no fundamental change in the admins
trative activities since the organization
was devised by Alexander Hamilton, and
the result is that activities entirely out
of harmony with the functions of depart
ments have grown with the passing years
until the government of the United States
has become not only the biggest business
| in the world, but the worlds worst man
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The purpose Of the resolution is to
ascertain so far as possible the extent
Of the overlapping and duplication of ac-
tivities, with the view that numerous
! commissions and bureaus may be elimi-
mated and a great saving effected in the
governmental expenditures. The commit
tee feels that no more constructive legis-
lation is possible under existing condi-
tions than the legislation proposed by
the resolution. With the present condi-
ton of the nations finances and the bur
| dens the people suffer because of exces-
sive taxation, any legislative measure
looking to real economy should commend
itself to the sympathetic attention Of the
house, and we feel that the passage Of
this resolution and the work OF the COM
mittee which will be done under its au-
| thority will result in the saving of mil
lions annually.
E5 1t can be predicted with considerable
this proposed voyage Of discovery un-
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