Evening star., 1923-04-07
VETERANS BUREAU
.PARLEY CALLED
Director Hines to Probe Ad.
ministrative Affairs of
All Branches.

An incisive inquiry into the ADMINS
tration of Veterans Bureau affairs will
be conducted by Director Hines at the
Forthcoming conference Of fourteen dis
tr1ct managers opening Monday. April %
Director Hines. in forwarding orders
yesterday for the conference here, has
sent to the district managers long list
OF questions Which are to be discussed
and upon which the new director VIII
expect the district managers to be thor
oughly conversant These questions
take up every phase Of administration
OF bureau affairs, with view to Inn
provements in economy, efhciency ana
service to the veterans.
Mai Gen. John +. Organ, counsel
for the special Senate committee In
veStigatinR charges or extraVasance'
part Of the former administration.
will be invited to sit in the man
ayers conference, Director Hines an
nounced.
subjecta to BE Diseased.
Among the subjects to be taken UP
in the way of general policy will be
the Introduction of budget system :
an inspection service from headouar-
sters here. to cover all activities OF the
district and subdistrict Offices; meth
ods used by the district appear
boards with a view to eltminatin
extra and unnecessary traVel, econ
omy in use of ofhce supplies. lele
grams, letters and telephone service,
the new monthly consolidated report
and its results; the problem OF limit
ing personnel in certain subdistrlcts'
with a view to determining whether
It would be feasible to consolidate or
perhaps eliminate some Offices: ef-
ficiency and economy OF vocational
schools. and methods used by the
district managers to keep within
their quarterly budgets.
Technical problems concerning the
various divisions of the bureau work
have been outlined specifically to the
district managers in the lengthy or
ders sent out today. The medical side
of the work. for instance; VIII be DIS
cussed under twenty different SUD
jects, rehabilitation under twenty
one, claims under five. supply under
twenty, finance under three. legal un-
der five and insurance under one.
Director Hines also announced that
he had requested Brig. Gen. Charles
Z. Sawyer. head of the Federal Board
of disqualification, to call meeting
of the board on April II, at when
of the Veterans Bureau. particular r
ly with respect to continuation OF
building under the so-calied H sec0nd 066
Langley bill providing ,$lI.ooO,0oo'
will be presented for consideration.
The new veterans tubercu!ar hos
pital. at Rutland. Mass. Will De
opened May /, IL was dAhouHSSu'
Director Hines has sent out TO DIS
trict managers, also, 1t was an
nounced today. further instructions
concerning the bureau policy against
political pressure inside the bureau
which might work to the advantage
. of some claimant. to the expense of
more worthy cases. No such pres
sure will be permitted in the bureau
snder the new plan. Efforts to CO.
operate with members or CONGRESS
however, In taking care of the le-
gitimate presentation of their con-
stituents' claims will be furthercd.
Gen. Hines announced, with 4 cor
tinuation OF the Veterans Bureau Of
fee on Capitol hill. A move Is under
way, he said. to obtain space In the
Capitol building for the office, which
heretofore has been in the Senate Of
fee building.