Evening star., 1922-11-12

resentative of the Department OF
! Commerce should probably be de-
tailed to the Department Of State to
insure prompt cooperation by those
departments in trade matters.
Department of Defense.-It is
recommended that the War and Navy
departments be divested Of all actiivi-
ties not directly related to national
defense and then co-ordina:ed in a
single department to be known as the
Department of Defense, which. in
/ addition to the Army and Navy divi-
sions. shall include a division of na-
| tional resources.
| 1t is suggested that the revenue
i cutter service be taken from the
| coast guard and merged in the Navy
! division. Owing to the different sys-
! TENS of promotion prevailing in the
! Navy and in the coast guard. officers
! in the latter service generally are OF
much lower rank than Navy officers
| Of approximately the same age. II
seems just. therefore. according to
Mr.. Browns argument. that the coast
/, guard officers. when transferred to
f! the Navy. should be given rank COM
| mensurate with their period of serv-
ice.
Treasury Department-It is recon-.
mended that the Treasury Department
be divested of all activities not es-
sentially fiscal.
Department Of Justice.-It 10
recommended that the control OF
federal prisons me removed from the
Department of Justice, but that no
change be made with respect to re-
sponsibility for pardons and paroles
1t is further suggested that the
| bureau Of investigation. to be known
as the United States secret service,
be expanded to include all secret in
vestigative agencies of the govern
ment. a chart of the proposed Sc
cret service prepared by Director
Burns at Mr.. Browns request is sub.
mitted.
Secret Service Control.
"1t may be urged that a large
centrally-controlled secret service
may become a menace to American
Institutions" says Mr.. Browns letter
of transmittal. That argument
! though specious, in my judgement,
upon analysis, will prove unsound.
| With respect to the task in hand,
am convinced that substantial success,
can be attained only by first deter
mining a sound principle of organi-
sation and then following whereve1
| that principle leads"
It is further suggested that the
| alien property custodian. now an
| independent establishment. be at
tached to the Department of Justice.
Post Office Departmental is
recommended that the name Of the
Post Office Department be changed
| to the department OF communications,
, az suggested by the Postmaster Cen
| ernl, and that his plan of organiza-
ton, as shown in an accompanying
chart be adopted.
Department OF Agriculture.-The
Department Of Agriculture should. Of
! course. have exclusive responsibility.
, for products Of the farm and forest
in the productive stages. To avoid
duplicating the work of the Depart
| ment of Commerce, the duty Of
which is ''to foster, promote and de-
] velop the foreign and domestic COM
merce and transportation IA
cilities Of the United States" It 10
| recommended that the activities Of
| the Department OF Agriculture in
the commercial stage be limited to
inspecting and grading perishable
farm products and to research which
will aid production.
! This division of responsibility. ac-
cording to the Brown report. COM
pels a division of the services per-
formed by the bureau of markets:
the technical research work. inspec-
tion and grading Of perishable farm
products being retained by the De-
partment Of Agriculture and the
news service and other work essen
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