Nogales international., 1932-08-17
Growth Of Bureaucracy

Government bV commission ana the grown VI
bureaucracy has been part ana parcel VI =
government for the past twelve years. II mas pee1
bro11ght to it's highest development by the hoover a
7inistration The increase in Federal bureaucracy IN
the last decade has been greater than at any time IN
the history Of the country.
Washington is beginning to blossom with monu-
ments to Bureaucracy. The Sl750O,OOO Departmen1
of Commerce building is one. The enlarged Agrcul-
t11ral Department edfice is another From the cap
ital these great hives Of breaucrats send OUT ennis
sares into every part OF the country Inc agents a
nonted bv the government interfere with all sorts OF
business They attempt to nsinuate themselves into
the private lives Of the citizens Of the United States
There is almost no activity now Which mas not Deen
invaded in some fashion by the government
It was recently stated in press dispatches that
the United States government today is participant
in more forms CT business than any other government
excepting only Soviet Russia.
Nothing that Congress has been able to 90 or
offered to do has stemed this wave OF governmental
expansion. At the suggestion OF the Administration
the President given wide powers to coordinate
and consolidate the agencies OF the government In or
der TO reduce personnel and expenses The bureau
Gratis in the Cabinet have however, resisted vigorous
ly the carrying out of any policy designed to lessen
the number of minor burcaucrats Commissions con-
ferences committees and agents increase daily. The
interference and meddling of the government into
matters which concern the states and individuals has
not been reduced.
Resentment Of this policy is not confined to the
Democratic party Republicans in all sections Of the
United States are weary OF so much government IN
business that there is business left The farmer is
disguised with such help he has obtained from the
Farm Board, which only resulted in depressing the
price of wheat to level lower than any reached in
twenty years. The merchant is tired of filling out
questonnaires as to his business which has gone to-
gether with the Republican pledge of prosperity. The
citizen resents the governmental encroachments into
his daily life and the conduct of his family.
The Chicago Tribune, Republican paper that
has crusaded vigorously against bureaucratic and
commission government, sees parallel between pres
ent conditions in Federal Government and those
that exist under socialism and communism 1t says
There is form of government which is
more nearly akin to the Russian Sovets than it is to
the system provided in the Constitution. It's COM
nssars are conducting the business of the Amer
lean people. triumvrate board Of officers acting
as. Judicial commission, recently ordered the Chi
cago Board Of Trade closed, =. A commission is in
the banking business. :. The Farm Board is trying
to cornnunize the farms. .. The government has
gone into the building and loan business. Commits
sars want to control public education. They con-
duct markets in competition with taxed citizens .
I1ey Gig weeds, raid homes tap Wres paddock places
of business and ake property without just process
Ions and they have ruined the people that the
States are sendag mendicants to Washington to get
money to feed their destitute"
And this is only partial view that paper takes
OF the government now administered by the Hoover
administration.