The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-02-17

CI Lno fATlOuS eAeCutIVe dIlu dO- ministrative activities according to their major purposes under single headed responsibility, the congress designating the title of the officer to be placed in immediate charge of such groups as are not now pos- sible under existing organization.
 (b) Adoption of the general principle that executive and admin istrative functions should have sin- gle-headed responsibility and that advisory, regulatory, and quasi ju- dicial functions should be perform ed by boards and commissions, thus permitting the transfer of certain regulatory functions from execu- tive officials to existing boards or commissions and executive func- tions from boards and commissions to executive officials.
 Co Authority under proper safeguards to be lodged in the pres ident to effect these transfers and consultations and authority to re. distribute executive groups in the 10 executive departments of the government or in tn. independent esta ablishments, as the president may determine, by executive order such executive order to lie before the congress for 60 days during ses- sions thereof before becoming eff fective, but becoming effective at the end of such period unless the congress shall request suspension of action.
 The 10 major executive depart ments and the major regulatory and financial boards and commis- sions should of course be maintain ed. Some of these existing agencies are already organized upon the ba- sis of their major purpose, but functions of the same major pur- pose now outside of these groups should be transferred to them.
 It will be necessary also to au- thorize changes in title of some officials and to create a few new positions in order to permit group- ing and consolidation not now pos- sible. With the enormous growth of governmental business there has been great expansion and diffusion of authority amongst minor off, cials. At the same time, there is an insufficient number of officials of definite and concentrated responsi- bility to the public. The additional expense of such officers over and above the salaries now paid to off, cials who would be disL laced would be less than $40,000 per annum. The saving in cost of administra- would be many times this sum. The most importanet of the posts of this character are the following:
 Public Works Administrator (new office.) s5e
 Personnel Administrator (change from chairman of Civil Service Commission).
 Assistant Secretary for Public Health (new).
 Assistant Secretary for Education (change from commissioner).
 Assistant Secretary for Merchant Marine (new off1ce).
 Assistant Secretary for Conserva- ton (new offlce).
 Assistant Secretary for Agricul- tural Research (change from pres- ent Assistant Secretary.
 Assistant Secretary for Agricul- tural Economies (change from df- rector).
 "The establishment of an assist ant secretary for merchant marine would enable the consummation of the proposals in my message of December 8 in respect to the ship- ping board"
 The public works administration should be partially a service agency to the other departments of the government, executing certain con- structlon work, the subsequent op- eration of which should be carried on by those departments. It should be also partially an agency admin istering certain contract work which cannot be delegates to any one department. :. ly operating such works. Naval. military, and some other highly specialized construction work should not be transferred to this agency. The supervision and con- struction of rivers and harbors work should be continued under di- rection of the army engineers. who should be delegated by the secre- tary of war to the service of the administrator of public works for this purpose.