Evening star., 1932-12-09

May n, 1928, extending the pro-
visions Of the 1927 act to private
employers and their employees in the
District of Columbia.
Civil Service Commission.
I have transferred to and con-
solidated with the Civil Service Com
mission the powers and duties of the
Employees Compensation Commission
which relate to the administration
Of the act of September z. 1916, and
amendments thereto, providing, COM
pensation on account of injuries
sustained by civilian employees of the
Federal Government and the mu-
nicipal government of the District
Of Columbia, leaving the Employees
Compensation Commission to serve
in an advisory capacity to the Civil
Service Commission pending its abo-
lition by legislative action.
Border Patrol.
I have transferred to and con-
solidated with the Coast Guard in
the Treasury Department the fol-
lowing services:
l. The border patrol from the I'M
migration Service in the Department
of Labor, and
2. The border patrol from the
Customs Service in the Treasury
Department.
Bureau OF the Budget.
have transferred and consoli-
dated the following activities in the
Bureau of the Budget:
l. The powers and duties now
exercised by the General Accounting
Office which relate to the designing,
prescribing, and installation of ac-
counting forms, systems, and pro-
cedure in the several executive
departments and independent estab-
lishments, except that the Comp
troller General shall retain the
power and duty to prescribe the
form and manner in which accounts
shall be submitted to his Office for
audit
2. The powers and duties now
exercised by the General Accounting
Once which relate to the admins
trative examination of fiscal officers
accounts and claims against the
United States, and the adequacy and
effectiveness Of the administrative
examination of accounts and claims
in the respective departments and
establishments. and the adequacy
and effectiveness of departmental
inspection Of the officers and ac-
counts of fiscal officers.
3. The powers and duties of the
Bureau of Efficiency.
Recommendations Requiring
Legislation.
I recommend that legislation be
enacted to accomplish the following
additional changes in organization
which the law does not confer upon
me authority to make:
l. Abolish the Rock Greek and
Potomac Parkway Commission, whose
powers and duties are transferred to
the Department of the Interior
This commission has accomplished
the purpose for which it was created
and need no longer be retained as
separate entity.
2. Transfer jurisdiction over the
operation, protection and mainten-
ance of the parks. parkways, play
grounds and recreational activities
of the District of Columbia from the
Office of Public Buildings and
Public Parks to the Commissioners
Of the District of Columbia, making
it possible to consolidate and CO.
ordinate these activities with similar
functions now performed by the
municipal government of the Dis
trict, and relieving the Federal Gov
ernment of the control Of activities
which are purely local in character
and which are paid for out OF Dis
trict of Columbia funds.
8. Abolish the Employees Compen-
sation Commission. have trans
ferred those duties and activities of
the commission which involve re-
lations between private employers
and their employees to the Depart
ment of Labor, and the remainder of
its duties and activities, involving
relations of the Federal Government
and the municipal government of
the District of Columbia with their
own employees, to the Civil Service
Commission. This leaves no juSti-
Employees Compensation Ccmmis-
sion.
4. Abolish the board of trustees
of tire National Training School for
Boys and transfer the powers, duties
dIlu 1ullCIlOIlS VI tlIdI OOdld w tlAC
Board of Public Welfare of the Dis
trict of Columbia. The practice of
committing delinquent boys to this
institution from jurisdictions outside
of the District of Columbia has been
generally discontinued. This will
automatically convert it into local
reform school, the management of
which should be entrusted to local
authorities similar change in
jurisdiction over the National Train
ing School for Girls was made by
an act approved March 16, 1926.
I am submitting herewith not only
Executive orders. but also a brief
discussion prepared by the Bureau
of the Budget of the proposed
transfers and the basis on which
they are predicated.
HERBERT HOOVER.
The White House.
December g. 1882.