The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-03-08
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on December 81, 1922, there were
SS.91S less civilian employees on the
government payrolls than there were
when the Harding administration went
into power.
The largest decreases are as fol-
lows: Treasury department 20,S07;
war department. 1856; department of
justice 5S5; navy, S7.162; commerce,
27O9; labor, 5O7; government printing
office. 464; interstate commerce COM
mission, 419; shipping board, 6Os1;
Panama canal zone. 1923.
The largest proportional decreases
are those of the treasury department,
which has cut its forces over one
fourth; the war department which has
cut it's force one-half; the navy,
which has cut it's force As per cent;
and the shipping board, which has cut
its force over &C per cent
Democrats, unable to criticize this
tremendous reduction of federal en-
ployes since the Wilson administra-
ton went out of power, seek to con-
fuse the issue by showing the number
Of employees today is much higher than
it was under the Wilson administra-
ton before the war In other words,
they charge that the Harding admin
istration is not as economical in
peace times as the Wilson administra-
ton was
The manifest unfairness >of this
comparison is at once evident when |
we take into consideration the fact |
that since 1915 there have come into |
existence by reason of the war and by
reason Of legislation, a great many
federal activities which did not exist
in the early years of the Wilson re-
gime For instance. there is the veter-
ans bureau. which on December 81.
1922. employed pesos. 1t did not exist
n 1915
There was no railroad administra
ion in 1915. That federal agency was
treated by the Wilson regime and az
ninistered by McAdoo. 1t is still in
existence trying TO close out the mess
which McAdoo left and to do this IL {
a force of 1897. y
There was no shipping board in '
915. The Harding administration e
ound that agency rammed to the c
yards with democratic henchmen ard Q
nder the present administration two e
birds of them have been let out. ?
However until the shipping question
settled the board is needed. The I
resent stan consists of S44S a
There was no alien property bureau l.
q 1915. That federal agency en- IA
Toys 1877. p
There was no prohibition amend Il
lent to the constitution in 1915 and a
o prohibition bureau for the purpose a
{ enforcing the laws. "a
There was no restrictive immigra- n
on act in 1915 and no necessity Of a d
cry large force to see to it that the
rovisions OF this act are lived up to- c;
here was no women's bureau and no b,
nildren's bureau in connection with In
lie labor department in 1915. nj
The income tax bureau of the treas
ry department has been vastly in II
'eased since 1915 because of the ire es
endous increase in the amount of di
lsiness it must transact Even with W
lie tremendous force on hand under I'll
lie Wilson regime this bureau was SC
ar years behind in its a0dits and pl
elections when the Harding admin co
tration took charge pt
And 50 the list might be continued pl
he argument that there are more re
nployes in the government today
an there We're in 1915 proves moth &c
g except the fact that the activities tt