Evening star., 1925-04-08
AGRICULTURE WORK
UNIFIED BY JARD|NE
IN ECONOMY MOVE
New Grouping of Offices De-
signed to Promote Eff
cheney in Department.
PERSONNEL L-BUSINESS
DIVISION is ORGANIZED
N. A. Crawford Heads Information
Service-Russell Named As
sistant to Secretary.


the Department of Agriculture, in the
interest of economy and efficiency,
were announced today by Secretary
W. NJ. Jardine.
division of personnel and busi-
ness administration has been formed
with DIR. W. w. Stockberger as di-
rector. and particularly in charge of
the Employment and personnel poll
cies.
w. A. Jump, the budget officer OF
the department., has been named as
sistant director of \the new division
and is to have charge of business
operation. He will continue to act rs
budget officer.
Heads Information Service.
A further important change at the
department Is the appointment of
Nelson A. Crawford of the Kansas
State Agricultural College as direc-
tor of the Office information. In this
office will be consolidated all the in
formational work of the department
under one head, including the work
of the present office of publications
and the press service.
F. NJ. Russell, formerly in charge
of the departments press service. has
been appointed assistant to the Secre-
tary.
The changes announced are in line
with the desire of Secretary Jardine to
bring about more effective admins
tration with greater economy. When
he assumed Office he found a dozen
or more separate Offices engaged in
personnel and business operation af
fecting the department as whole,
with the head of each Office report
ing directly to the Secretary.
Hundreds Are Affected.
By the order issued today Secre-
tary Jardine brings together under a
single directing head the following
Offices: Personnel Office, salary clas-
sification Office, Office of inspection,
chief clerk and superintendent OF
buildings. mechanical shops, sections
of accounts, serving the SecrstaEysS~
Office; Office of budget and finance,
office of purchase and sales, Office OF
the traffic manager and the division
of accounts and disbursements. Sew
eral hundred employees of the depart
ment are affected by the order. The
consolidated office of personnel and
business administration will occupy
quarters on the second floor of the
Administration Building. The pack
ers and stockyards administration
will be located at B street and Lin
wood place, in the building formerly
occupied by the office Of the solicitor,
and the solicitors Office will be To-
Gated in the Administration Building.
These changes will be made as
speedily as possible.
Coordination of the business ad-
ministration of the department and
the consolidation of its offices of in
formation bring each of the main
divisions of its work under a single
directing head, responsible to the
Secretary of Agriculture, 1t was ex-
planned at the department today. The
three other main divisions are those
OF scientific work, headed by DR.. E.
D. Ball; regulatory work, headed by
w. G Campbell, and extension work,
headed by c. w. Warburton. These
offices act in the capacity of clearing
houses for departmental activities,
assuming much of the detail work
formerly carried by the Secretary. In
this way the Secretary gets an op-
portunity to give his attention to
general principles under which the
department is conducted. He is given
opportunity to devote much more
time to the consideration of agricul-
tural policies.
Some Reductions in Sight.
In bringing ABOUT ln6 COnSOliOd-
tion, Secretary Jardine let 1t be
known that he expects that not only
increased efficiency, but also consid-
erable economy will be brought
.ouut. in line with the general poll
icy of President Coolidge. Eventu-
ally, the consultations are expected
to result in some reductions in per-
sonnel, but it was said at the depart
ment today that no wholesale reduc-
tions are contemplated.
The appointment of DR.. Stockber
ger as director of personnel and busi-
ness administration is a recognition
OF the excellent service he has rem
dered the department over period
of 30 years. He has had many years
of experience in scientific work in the
Bureau of Plant Industry, and of late
has been associated with personnel
activities of the department.
For the first time, the department
will have in effect personnel mana
ger in the new director. This is in line
with the wishes expressed by many
OF the Government workers in Wash
ington. He will be in contact with
the Civil Service Commission, the Bu-
reau of Efficiency and the Classifica-
tion Board He will deal with mat
ters relating to employment. promo
tion, classification. civil service re-
tirement and compensation under the
Federal compensation act. Under his
direction 1T will be possible to build
up a permanent personnel policy on
a sound basis.
Aid for Employees.
With Dr. Stockberger as director
OF personnel, the many scientific en-
ployes of the department may be as
sured of a sympathetic and under
standing administration OF the clas-
sification act. The department has
about 10000, very large number of
whom are engaged in scientific work
About 5000 of the employees are To-
Gated in Washington and 5000 in
the field.
w. A. Jump, who has been selected
as assistant director OF the new Office
OF personnel and business administra-
tion, has been in the department Is
years and has a thorough grasp of
the business side of the administra-
ton. 1t is expected that material
economies will be effected through
his management. For example, the
Capitalization of purchases for the
department. He represents particu-
larIy, in the new office. the admins
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