Albuquerque morning journal., 1922-12-31
rH0OvER FAvORS
RE E0RGANIZ
Of US. BUREAUS
Saving Of at Least a Million
Dollars Annually Is ESti-
mated TO Result From
Such a Move
nr FREDERIC ]. HAsKIN

Washington, Dec. 30.--CongressI
may not do as much as some
people think 1t should. 1t may
waste a lot of time. 1t may de-
vote it's energies and its talents
largely to the less consequential
n things. 1t may put on the
y brakes when it should be going
full-speed ahead. 1t may indulge
\ in great talk about 1t, and
Z about" and evermore come out
the same door wherein it went
But if congress does lay itself
4 h open to criticism on any of these
points it is not because It lacks
ideas, suggestions and recom-
mendations,
on the contrary, is congress
undertook to do half the things
urged upon it or to take up an
even smaller fraction Of the sub
jects submitted for its consid-
Grafton, it would find 1t neees--
sary to work "a hours day and
365 days year. There is q
manifest determination to Keep
congress busy.
Advice. prayers, petitions, de-
mands, descend upon the capitol
from every direction ana from
every conceivable source, and IN
addition to all that, congress must
give ear to the messages OF the
president and the reports of ten
cbainet members, to say nothing
OF the suggestions from numerous
lesser government dignitaries and
agencies.
In fact, congress would have
its work cut out for 1t IL it de-
voted itself to the recommenda-
tions of single member OF the
presidents off4cial family. There
is the annual report of the head
IL of the department of commerce
by way of illustration.
Herbert Hoov is known as
~--n as does {8I lgs and Ia this
Garumaaf he pFl es himself
y man or ideas One OF his most
importau 4 cstions is the re-
organization uf IL various gov
ernment agencies hat have to
do with commerce manufactur-
-nY mining, transportation,
aia...s and fisheries into three
bureaus or sub-departments with
an assistant secretary at the head
of eaC' Obviously Secretary
Hoover believes that these three
groups should be established un-
DER IH6 ubpdI IlIltill VI SOillillCi ~
\ but he says that is secondary in
Y Importance to the grouping it.
VI self which is essential as a meas
Il ure of coordination, efficiency
and economy.
d Saving Promised
A saving of at least million
dollars annually in administra-
ton expense is estimated to re-
suit from such reorganization.
Overlapping and duplication of
service would be eliminated and
Il personnel could be reduced or
used with greater benefit to the
public. 1t is also estimated that
FOR every dollar saved the coun-
try would get the value of many
+ moro dollars in the increased
n value OF the service to trade and
>. industry. These various agencies
I@ are now divided among seven
different departments, Mr., Hoover
points out. with the result that
there is inevitable overlap, du-
n plication and lack of purpose.
This recommendation is patent
n ly so wise that it is difficult to
see why it should not be carried
into effect Immediately. Amy
private business institution con-
IlCillCo WIN ouNI u NNuhiAS92 -
4 its organization plan would adopt
the necessary reform without a
days unnecessary delay.
However. the public's big bus
Ia mess establishment--the govern
ment--is not conducted that way
n or at least it hasn't been so
n conducted up to date. What
Ii will be said by the heads of the
other departments from which
Mr.. Hoover expects to withdraw
the various agencies he pur-
poses to consolidate into three
groups under his department? :?
Unless they differ radically from
h all cabinet secretaries who have
AZ preceded them they will say
~. ''Nothing doing!" "Neverw and a
lot of emphatic words of similar
n. import. Each secretary naturally
wants his department to be the
largest and most important in
the government, and hence he
4 will resist the removal of any Of
"a his bureaus. Each secretary has
his friends in congress to whom
III he will appeal to prevent the
F'outrage" as he characterizes 1,
gThat gets the fight we'll under
way.
Eva ~ lAGb dltiiOSl SNSIy
government employe has a friend
or sponsor in the house or SEN
1, ate The words consolidation"
" and reorganization" mean fewer
~ jobs to government workers, and
they fight as If for their very
lr Aives when such proposals are ad-
sR vanced. They believe in eff
I Aciency ara economy, but not if
Khat involves making one job out
4 Mcf two, or two out of three.
Congressman Have Own Ideas
EN Congressman, whether of the
, Nnpper or lower branch OF the ma
. tional law-making body, also have
their own ideas about how Uncle
Sans business should be run
and they rarely agree with cab
B inet members and infrequently
q among themselves. An influen-
II tial senator or representative
might block REFORM such as
III advocated by Mr.. Hoover merely
M because he thought the reprgan-
fzation should be effected under
another department, or because
KNhe did not believe in increasing
Nthe number of assistant secre-
#aries of any department.
M Accordingly Washington fh-
Il MSerNerS KNOW Kun WEI ina NJlcle-
ms the secretary of commerce
Fnay have started something st
/ will be many long moons before
Mt is finished. 1t takes bulldog
Etenacity of purpose and infinite
Epatience, to say nothing of di-
Eplomacy and persuasiveness Of
Nigh order. to carry through such
I. ID proposal. and these desiderata
fQre rarely assembled in the per-
n Nson of one man.
4fM But if congress does not take
to the suggestion from
MSecretary Hoover he has given
hit many others to consider, such
Mas:
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