The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-12-09
Begins Slashing
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 One of the most important o1 the changes was the creation of the office of assistant secretary of in. terior for public works which was to take over much of the river and harbor and flood control work now in the hands of the war depart ments board of army engineers.
 Other new assistant secretary ships created under the presidents plan were:
 Assistant secretary of interior for education, health and recrea- tion.
 Assistant secretary of agriculture for land utilization.
 Assistant secretary of commerce for merchant marine.
 .she merchant marine division would be established in the depart mont of commerce. The United States shipping board merchant Feet corporation would be trans ferred to this division.
 The federal oil conservation board would be abolished. The bu- reau of mines in the commerce de- payfment would take over it's func- tioEs.
 The president announced he had under consideration further con- solicitations and grouping in the diff ferent departments" In this he mentioned merging "certain func- tions" of the army and navy. There was no indication, how ever, that the chief executive had any intention of combining the army and navy into department of national defense.
 An assistant secretary of interior for public works would replace one of the present assistant secretaries of interior. The office. according to Mr Hoover's message, would direct the work now done by the following agencies: r The bureau of reclamation.
 The geological survey.
 The office of the supervising ar chitect.
 The military activities (ex- cept the survey of northern and northwestern lakes and the super visor of New York harbor) admin istered under the direction or su- pervision of the chief of engineers, United States army, including riv- CTS and harbors and flood control work, and the duties, powers, and functions of the Mississippi river commission, the California debris commission, the joint board of en- gineers for the St Lawrence River waterway, the board of engineers for rivers and harbors, and the in- teroceanic canal board, which are transferred from the war depart ment to the department of the in- terior, and the said commissions and boards shall serve in an ad- visory capacity to the secretary of the interior.
 Z Construction, repair and main- tenance of roads, tramways, fer ries, bridges, and trails in teh ter ritory of Alaska.
 The bureau of public roads.
 The office of public buildings and public parks.
 National capital park and plan. ming commission.
 Rock creek and Potomac park way commission.
 The Arlington Memorial bridge commission.
 The commission of fine arts.
 The George Rogers Clark ses uuicentennial commission.
 Mount Rushmore national me morial commission.
 The general supply committee.
 The government fuel yards.
 The division of education, healti and recreation in the departmen of interior was assigned admins tratiye control of the following or ganizations and functions:
 The office of education.
 Howard university.
 The Columbia Institution for tn Deaf.
 The American Printing Hous for the Blind.
 The federal board for vocationa education.
 The bureau of Indian affairs.
 The public health service. The division of vital statistics.
 St Elizabeth's hospital.
 Freedmen'S hospital.
 The national park service.
 The national parks, monuments and cemeteries.
 The land utilization division ere ated in the department of agricul ture received Jurisdiction over tn following organizations and func tions:
 The forest service.
 The general land office.
 The committee on the conserva ton and administration of the pub lie domain.
 The advisory council of the na tional arboretum.
 The bureau of biological survey
 The bureau of chemistry an soils.
 Various fractions of bureaus al ready in the department of agri culture dealing with this maJo purpose will be subsequently, adde' to this general division.
 The merchant marine divisioi established in the department Q commerce will include:
 The coast and geodetic survey.
 The photographic office of the bu reau of navigation of the navy de pertinent.
 The survey of northern an northwestern lakes of the oftice Q