The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-07-29

win provide thai taxes shall not alb,
lsorb the value Of me annual growth.
a Naturalization Plan Stalled.
/ The failure of the cOnsrssslo nal
joint committee on the reorgaly
jisation Of the administrative branch
lof the government to function has
made 1t difficult for the forces be.
hind the demands for two dditional
,scdbinet places to keep their campaign
fires burning. But these forces are
5stilE sihs the led gard Full Of holfI
Sooner or iaters congress will have h
,,detefihihe swhexksl thes cabinet sill z
he enlasgea and whether there shi 3
he further Standardization Of goyeliI
iIpe4t here ct Washing on ..sThe det31
Son Wifi certainly not Be made at tAE
4gfssIon Qfa son sresss audi It NAY NQt ~
Tliade at tie short < sessi on
The National Eddcatlon ASSOCIATION
ih5issI ssag Il nv asfssRs ~ ep the
}Towner- Sterling bill, which originally
was known asstAe Smith ToygAer bill.
for9ta nationa1s Lepa hnent sW educa-
ton wtlisesA cahsaet ss0heer charge.
The acttaH OF tRfi socialism is Ger
s;tainSto, pdpew hE in nv campaign
Tor An atlonaW Department. For
several years the association has
maintained a legislative commission
which has spent a great dedT Of time
here ana which will, by the direction
OF the association, return here and
continue to work for the desired de-
partmeht. = = = ~.....'.-, ~
81 The advocates. of a welfare depart
lnent with a cabinet officer in charge
are not SO we'll organized as the forces
behind the demand for department
OF education. The welfare people are
depending largely on the~ Influence of
President. Harding, to bring, the de-:
partment they favor into being. Mr..
Harding. 1lhade a, definite. promise in
: the last campaign that he would, II
elected President, see that a Welfare
department was established. and the
forces that favor such a department
are insisting that he shall make good
his promise. IS 4 $ i: 1t - Ss,.
;. :. !: elton; mi. PAbll6 Sentiment. I. ?.
The last year has brought a great
reaction against (1) further central
izations Of thesspowers,sd government
In Warrington and (2) against sad
ding additional expense on the tax
payers affthe country throp
alton OF additional bran ches. Of the
government The Ppesi6epH ala HE
members Of his cabinet are aware Of
this reaction and understand the fu-
tility of trying to: persuade the pres
ent congress to- establish &Rgx ne des
Spartments. s.8$.. z T. -; is#gE hE q:
i One 5;of the keen disapp6 fhthehts OF
the Harding administration grows ont
of the failure TO redeem 4hR eaIn-
*paign promise that the administrative
branch Of the governnsentt=5ggnb be
completely reorganized, The r. SeaEgans
staations was to have taka14AseEe dur.
ling the first three months Of the new
administration, that is to say by June
4; 1921. Sixteen months have gone by
and reorganization is no nearer than
1T. was on March 4, 1921. President
Harding has done everything Presi-
dent could do withiE reason to start
the wheels of reorganization. 4 He
placed u personal representative. Wal
Ter F.. Brown, G:on: the congressional
Joint committee on Reorganization and
the committee authorized Mr.. Brown
/ to work out a plan that would redeem
1 the campaign promise. This the Ohio
friend Of the President did, but the
plan has never got Beyond the Presi-
dents desk, where A. was placed four
months ago. p r., y, .,.....r -.
S The difficu1ty IL that the members
OF the cabinet, whose departments are
seriously affected by the Brown plan
refused to- approve it, and there have
been strong tntimstions that II the
plan should be adopted in its present
/ form at sleast enc member Of the :cabi-
net and possibly two would feel like
quitting Es-'aii tsHSiH ::;f Ir>S.%sF.
+ Ii lMust, Walt, for the Committee.
Tie advocates Of the new depart
ments are stalled 80 long &ssthe ICON
gressional, joint committee en- reor-
ganization has nothing before it. If
that committee everstakee ApntAess ub-
ject of reorganization In a. serious
way the33people who IRE cinsistiiS on
a federal, department mRdusstton and
az federar welfare department will
/ mike their appeals to THE ErotlifHttee.
IN the meantime, the new department
propagandists are trying hard "a keep
1.-The interestr, in their caAses- alive
Throughout the country. The legisla-
live: eonfnissi snas ioff the 0AHohaE tEdu-
cation, !, association has splanned. an
other countrywide campaign. = Recent
ly thes coMmisston proposed:fo Presi-
dent Harding that the educational
forces ana the so.called welfare
forcef combine their efforts and. there
be- established only one new depart
ment. 2 &tse NJ ..4iS9f. :; ~: 49,:
The. senators. and representatives
are near enough 10 people to know
that a public sentiment. is running
strong against the federal govern
ment's undertaking to do things for
the statesssMhich the states are amply
able to do FOR themselves, and they
also have asprstty clear understand
inR5 aflont; how the rnhlic feels about