Evening star., 1933-04-30

the dictatorship Of the Air Transpor-
tation Bureau. He Is an aeronaut1cal
research expert. but is generally Known
as the first airplane pilot to carry Uncle
Sans mail when the air service was
tnaugu-ated in 1917.
Edgarton would, if his nomination Is
confirmed. have supervision over the
Commerce Departments Aeronautic
Bureau, the weather Bureau and the
National Advisory Committee for Aero
nautics. This new bureau will also
have q contact agency with the airmatl
division Of the Post Once Department.
Capt. Patton Named.
Capt r. S. Patton, the present head
OF the Bureau of Coast and Geodetic
Survey, is known to be in line for d.
rector of the Map and Survey Bureau
of the Transportation Agencies. His
old bureau, the Geological Surveys
Typographical mapping section, ana
probably the Naval Observatory will be
under the command of this nationally
known scientist under the new set-up.
His nomination as director OF the Coast
and Geodetic Survey has already been
submitted to the Senate.
Gen. OdlI6ludll, SiAACi
of the old United States Signal Corps
before his retirement and former chief
of the Federal Radio Commission, is
being prominently mentioned for the
post of director of the Communications
Bureau of this agency. He will nave
under his supervision the Radio COM
mission as we'll as all forms of Govern
inert communications.
With the exception of Capt. Patton.
these men assisted Secretary Roper In
the organization of the transportation
section. They have also acted as his
advisers in curtailing the activities OF
other bureaus in the trade promotion
agency.
The Interior Departments plans
were reported almost ready yesterday.
The delay, it was explained, has been
due to the drafting of the two to three
billion-dollar public works program,
which, according to reliable sources.
will be under this agencys supervision.
This department is reported TO oa
changed to three instead OF a Two
division structure. The third sub
cabinet post will be filled, it is under
stood. by transferring to this agency
the Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
for Public Buildings and Public Health
The Treasury's Bureaus OF Public Build
ing Construction and Public Health are
to go along with him.
A Home Affair Agency.
Aside from its desire to have its pub
lie works program administered by one
department, the administration Is
known to be favorable to making the
interior Department a home affair
agency. for which purpose 1t was orig
;ro1l,- orra rjzed in 1849,
II is proposed to change the entire
present structure of the department.
Under plans tentatively drawn the 1ol-
lowing is the proposed new set-up OF
the department:
Under the supervision Of the As
sistant Secretary for Natural Resources
will be the National Park Service, the
land division of the Bureau OF lnolan
Affairs, General Land ONCE, the Gus
tody of lands and water division OF tne
Reclamation Service, Geological sur
vev the Commerce Departments Bu-
reau of Mines and the Bureau OF In
sular Affairs-Alaska. Hawaii virgin
islands. Puerto Rico, Panama Canal ana
the Philippines. -.
Under the supervision Of the Assist
ant Secretorv of Public Works Will be
the Agriculture Departments Bureau
of Public Roads, Treasury Department.
Office of Supervising Archltects' the
planning and construction section oI
the Reclamation Service and PUBIC
Under the Assistant Secretary Of Ed
ucation and Health will be the once
of Education, the Treasury Depart
ment's Public Health Service, the ed
ucation and welfare section OF the Bu-
reau of Indian Affairs and St. ELIZA.
beths and Freedmans Hospitals ana
Howard University and the Columola
Institution for the Deaf.
The Public Building Bureau in the
proposed reorganization plans Will IN
clude the present planning section OF
the National Capital Park and Planning
Commission Should this phase OF the
plan meet with final approval. IL IS
likely that the present National CapiVai
park purchasing feature may be trans
ferred to another co-ordinating agency.
Fine Arts to Interior.
Likewise. it is proposed to transfer
the activities of the National Commits
sion of Fine Arts to the Interior De
partment. The care of public build
ings. now the function of the Office OF
Public Buildings and Public Parks, is
also being slated for transfer into the
department. Should this be approved.
in all probability the care OF parks IN
this city will be transferred over TO the
National Park Service or to the Dis
trict Government.
Two major revisions have taken place
since the original reorganization plans
of this department were drawn. 1t was
first proposed to transfer the Com
merce Departments Bureau Of Fisher
les to this home department. However,
this plan was changed because OF the
special laboratory equipment purchased
recently for the bureau and now IN
stalled in the new Commerce Depart.
ment Building. Under the original
plans the fisheries agency was to have
become part of the natural resources
structure.
1t is reliably reported that the pro-
posed transfer of the Department OF
Agriculture's vast Forest Service to the
Interior Department has been aban-
doned. The reorganization advisers to
President Roosevelt are reported to
bnye rearhed q decision that the For