Evening star., 1933-04-11

the present Weather Bureau Inc Ior-
mer will remain at its present head
QUARTS until It's new structure b COM
pleted at Twelfth street and const6u.
ton avenue. The Weather Bureau WI
continue on at It's present site. d street.
between Twenty-fourth and Twenty
fifth streets.
2. The Bureau of Patents.
3. The Bureau Of Census.
4. The Bureau Of Standards.
5. The Bureau of Fisheries.
6. The Bureau OF Foreign and DO
mestic Commerce.
Mines Transferred.
The Bureau Of Mines will be the
only unit transferred from the Com
merce Department. This $l,S0oy0O0
unit, which spreads out over the min
ing and oil-production regions OF the
country VIII 60 back to the mSef1or
Department, from where 1t was pulled
by Secretary Of Commerce hoover IN
1923. So
The present organizations Of the
Patent, Census. Standards, and Fab
cries Bureaus have been approved BY
the economy advisers, except that their
combined appropriations Of 1886, ,l25
for this fiscal year will be curtailed IN
1884 This will be accomplished, 1t was
said, by eliminating what Secretary Of
Commerce Roper mas referred to as
'luxuries" and "non-eSSential Acau-
ties"
The Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce. which grew to . Worldwide
organization under the admtnisHation
Of Secretary Hoover and which now
holds first place In the DEPARTMENT.
set-ap, win be reduced to q minor
crcx,oxy TIE or.r,r,,y,rfo kiesn ,f "a o00 600
for this fiscal year Is slated to be cut
approximately 40 per cent. .s
First, the economy advisers have
recommended the withdrawal Of COM
mercial attaches and trade conlmts.
sioners from all sections of the world
and turning the bureaus trade-promo-
tion activities in Europe, South Amer
ica, the Far East and Africa over to
the consular service of the State De-
partment. The Government u now
expending $l,546,o00 for this service.
$50 to Lose Jobs Here.
Second, the advisers have recon-
mended the abolition of district ofices |
of the bureau scattered throughout the
country and which are now costing the |
Government $4,000. An additional
s2le,opo would be saved from quar-
ters and travelling expenses Of the hu-
reauIs foreign stair. . IT,
Third, approximately $50 Of the bu-
reau,s 8oo employees In Washington are
slated for dismissal II President Roose-
welt approves the plans Of his advisers.
They recommended the abolition OF the |
L,,~ A3utainFHC 1l1fl 4
will leave only the bureaus foreign |
regional service, its foreign tariff di-
vision and an agency for the promotion |
of domestic commerce and raw mate |
rials investigation. i
The consolidation Of the bureaus OF |
Aeronautics, Geodetic Survey, Light |
houses and Navigation n-Steamboat In |
spection into part of the Transportation |
Bureau is said to be regarded as the |
advisers ace economy card. The COM
hined appropriations Of these bureaus
for this final year are $2l l,S3l. .4l8.
A material saving Is expected from this
lump sum during the forthcoming year
by the reerouping program.
The reorganization measure also will
swing together under one head and |
bring about drastic savings tn the |
Shipping Boards present cost Of $780, |
600, the I. c. C.'s S7,14S,56o, the Wealth |
er Bureaus $4,164,03s, the Public Reads |
Bureaus 500, ,000, 900 and the Radio |
Commissions $382,000.
Groups 10 Commissions.
In other words, the organization Of |
the transportation agency will group |
under one bureau 10 commissions now
costing the Government . grand total |
of $133, 3,986,016.
In estimating the operating cost Of |
the department for 1884 at $26 ,000, 900, |
Secretary Roper is understood to have |
excluded the construction and main |
tenance funds of the Bureau Of Public |
Roads
It Is known that tremendous pres
sure has been brought to bear against |
the advisers plan to place the Inter-
state Commerce Commission IN the new
transportation set-up. However, ad-
ministration leaders have attempted to
assure critics that the commission
would not lose its identity nor powers
in regulating interstate commerce. II
IS very probable that its new designa- |
tion will be the Interstate Commerce
Division OF the Transportation Bureau.
s The merging of the Weather Bureau
earded as a surprise in Government
Circles. Originally organized to be of
Gid to farmers in forecasting the antics
Of the elements, this bureau during the
last 10 years has grown to such extent |
that advising the farmer on weather
conditions is now a minor routine.
: The bureau is now playing an i'm
portant role in the commercial life of
this country, especially in the fields
Of aeronautics and coastwise and trans
ftiantic shipping. One OF the heaviest
tasks now being performed daily by
the bureau is advising members Of the
Gil refining industry its predictions on
Eeather conditions at least one week In
edvance.
For Benefit Of All.
Z Plans for the reorganization Of the
department were started shortly after
the November election when President
Roosevelt appointed Roper and Swager
Shirley, former Kentucky Representa-
five, to make an economy survey Of all
departments.
Immediately after March 4. howevr,
Secretary Of Commerce Roper named m
tntradepartmental Reorganization Com
inittee to advise with him and Budget
Director Douglas. This committee has
held long daily sessions. calling IN ex-
perts and industrial representatives from
all sections of the country.
The committee is known to have met
with tremendous opposition to practic-
ally every move it made in shaping the
reorganization program, resulting In
Secretary Roper issuing a statement that
the problem was being approached with
a view to the welfare of the whole, and
not of any single part at the expense Of
the rest.
Z He has given further assurance that
the administration, so far as it may in
Solve the reorganization OF, certain func-
fions, was conducting its program on a
sbasis of impartial efficiency, of every
possible economy consistent with the
proper conduct Of necessary public bust
Eness and. finally, not In the interests of
sany privileged group but for the benefit
sof all the men, women and children in