The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1922-01-04
may RE0RGAN|zE
THE DEPARTMENTS
CONGRESS WILL TAKE ACTION
ON REPORT SUBMITTED BY
BROWNS coMMITTEE.-
SOME OPPOSITION EXPECTED
pian caatempfatsS censesidatien Of
war and Navy Departments and the !;
cssstiea of New Department oil
Public Welfare.
BY EDWARD a, CLARK

0r E0WAHO q. CLARK
Washinstpn.-Pians are On for tn,
reorganization OF the various depart
lHeBts OF government. The details o
reorganization are many and somewha
satrfcase- 1t is expected that the re
organization committee, which is com
posed OF members OF congress. exeep,
toc Its chairman. who Is Walter +
Brown OF Ohio, viii submit re
organization bill to congress by the
presidential route This means that il
Will have the sanction Of the Cilie1
Executive.
There has been variance Of opinion
among cabinet members as to the
wisdom Of soue Of the things which
are 70 he proposed It seems to be
virtually assured today that the bill
for reorganization viii Include prop
.ssiticn for the consolidation Of the
War and Navy departments into 4
greater department OF defense with q
shsst secretary at its head and with
undergraduates for war and navy.
Tie plan also will include Il recon.
laendatien for the establishment Of q
department VI public welfare which
is Ia include a great many bureaus
and divisions which now are working
under ether departments OF the public
service In the department Of public
welfare. L it shall be established,
pfaeahly will be the bureau OF educa
ssen. the public health service and q
good many other branches Of the gov
ernn1ent which In a general way are
. connected with what loosely has beer
called curative, uplifting and bsuetf
cent ensteayor.
Consolidation Will Be Opposed.
1t is almost certain that there will
, he opposition In congress to the change
contemplated by the War and Navy
departments. Il IS urged that money
will be saved by the consolidation Ut
she two military branches OF the ser
vice aud that some duplication OF work
can he done away with. but there aIsc
J is feeling that the two services. al
though both are military, are 80 dis.
similar in their lines OF endsaver and
action that Independence for .arb ts
needed
There Is another matter which enters
ipro this question OF the consaiIdatiun
of the War and Navy departments.
II is that OF prrferuuent to the high
.affice OF secretary OF the department
af defense. Who Is to be promoted
10 the Position. and will the present
secretary OF war and the present
secretary OF the navy. ii neither Is to
be SIveu promotion. b-s satisfied TO re-
main rs underserretariesE This mat
Ter. at course. Is personal one and
has to do with the ambitions OF men.
w with the disincIinatlon OF either
une as the present chiefs to continu.
10 service as subordinate tn ole who
has hesn simply all official of equal
rank. The persona! end of this con
rroversy probably can I've taken care
Ut. bat before matters finally are nd.
iusssJ it Is believed there will be
some heart burninss and possibly 4
resignation OF two from the govern"
rrent service.
There will he opposition, alse, TO the
establishment OF department OF wel-
fare The President long ago ex-
prcSsetl his desire for such depart
ment. aud II was rumorsd that he In
tended to make nr. Charles f. Sawyer
uf Marion, O., who was appointed to
the reserve corps and now Is tenn
rorsriIy on the active list, to be the
chief Of the Lew department.
Why Educators Object.
Opposition to the department Ut
public welfare In congress- will coue
from men who d. not believe that
she direction os certain activities Of
the government should be taken away
from tho departments which now are
directing them, and placed under the
supervision of q new branch OF the
government. 1t IL understood that the
bureau OF education does not wish TO
be transferred from Its place In the
department af the interior. Moreover.
there IL 81 fairly strong feeling In the
eountry, and ie has been made mani
fest In Washington. that there should
he a department of education inde-
pendent of MI other departments
The educators who take this view
IL the matter say rhat the condition
Of i'l.,erscy In the United States IL
appalling and that the subject of eds-
cation Is vital enough to the govern
raent to justify and more than justify
the establishment of separate de-
partment with a cabinet etticer ut Its
head
Some one has been figuring OIL the
saving which will accrue to the govern
nlens II the report of the re0rganiza-
ton committee is accepted by con.
sress. pne student Of the situation
has said thar the saving will be some
thing more than million dollars a
day. This means, Of course, S365.OOO.-
900 year. which is a good deal Of
money, but when men are pressing for
some departure from the usual pro-
ceedinss In government they are apt
10 be cver-cpttmistic and perhaps also
to be extravasaat In their claims Of
the good that is to result.
: Partisan Activity Continuous.
Congress is in session and cuinci.'