Evening star., 1925-03-29
FEDERAL DEPARTMENTS
FACE INCREASED LABORS
Many Problems to Be Handled This
Summer as Lines Are Laid for New
Legislation Desired.

the State is wet. and that prohibition
having been forced upon the people
by Congress, the Government should
carry it out unaided by State effort.
1t is fact that five Republicans In
the State Senate voted with the Dem
ocrats to kill the enforcement bill;
explained on the ground that If Gov.
Smith We're given the opportunity to
veto enforcement he would have
chance probably to increase the wet
vote in his message.
Looks TO Defense.
The War Department will have its
hands full in plans for keeping up
the military establishment and look
ing out for the national defense. The
department contemplates further con-
centration of the standing Army in
the larger military posts. An impor-
tant part of the departments work
will be how to give the air service
greater standard of efficiency than
now obtains. Another branch of the
Government air service will come un-
der the Post Office Department, which
is seeking to extend the air mail serv-
ice as far as the limitations of appro-
priations by Congress will permit.
Careful survey of existing postal
rates for recommendation of changes
in view for the next Congress will be
made during the recess. The War
Department will this Summer join
with the Navy in extensive military
maneuvers in the Hawaiian Islands.
The Navy Department will have to
carry on a careful study of the
strength of the United States Navy to
be ready to answer all questions Of
Congress expected to come up with
regard to the relative strengths of
the navies of the world. following the
expected international armament con-
ference. The relative value of air
planes and battIeships will be studied
by the experts this subject is COM
ing into more public prominence. Ex-
tensive maneuvers will feature the
activities of the fleets.
The Department of the Interior has
two subjects before it always-rec-
Iamation and oil. Special commits
sions will continue inquiries on these
subjects.
Problems of Agriculture.
The new Secretary of Agriculture,
who has just taken hold, has made
statement on what is ahead of the De-
partment of Agriculture for the future.
Frankly admitting that he has no magic
wand to wave over American agricul-
ture, that he has no panacea for agri-
cultural relief, and does not believe that
out a number of practical and construc-
tive things which farmers can put into
practice to get their business on a more
satisfactory basis
1t would require columns to outline
what the Department Of Commerce will
| have to do. The ramifications OF its
| work are SO far-reaching that they
would be difficult to summarize. 1t is
! realized that the connection between
| commercial and manufacturing indus
! tries and export trade of the country
are deeply interviewer with the pros
perity of the whole people, and that the
work Of the Department of Commerce
has an intimate bearing upon them.
The duties and responsibilities of the
department are being increased by the
transfer of other bureaus TO it.
There will be no idle days this Sum-
| mer and Fall in the Government depart
ments at Washington, and the ever
faithful, industrious and conscientious
workers in them will find their hands
| full.