Evening star., 1934-07-08
Beats Hoover'S Much-Criti.
cized Mark of AZ in
Four-Year Period.
MANY OTHER AGENCIES
NOT INCLUDED IN LIST
Additional Bureaus Expected to
Be Created During Next
Session of Congress.
BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.

BY G. GOULD LINCOLN.
President Roosevelt, before leaving
Washington on his trip to Honolulu.
placed the capstone on the Federal
commission form of government
which, under his leadership, has been
greatly extended during the 16
months of his administration. He
appointed half a dozen new commits
sions, boards and administrations"
Among these were the Stock Ex-
change Commmission, the Federal
Communications Commission, the
National Labor Relations Board, the
Federal Housing Administration, the
Aviation Commission and the Com
mittee on Economic Security.
Record Established.
Never before in the history of the
country have so many important Fed
eral commissions, boards and admin
istrationS been set up in so short a
time; never before have so many
Federal agencies which touch inti-
mately the lives of all the citizens,
whether farmers or industrial work.
ers, employees or employers, been Gre
ated in similar period.
During the administration Of PreSi-
dent Hoover his Democratic oppo-
nents rarely let a day go by when they
did not criticize or seek to ridicule
Mr.. Hoover because he appointed
commissions to handle important
problems. The Hoover commissions
became a standing joke among the
opposition.
The record shows the number of
commissions set up during the
Hoover administration was AZ. of
which % were appointed pursuant to
acts Of Congress and 20 were or1gi-
mated by the President.
Forty-four Commissions Set Up.
During President Roosevelt's first
year. and four months A so-called
Federal emergency agencies" and
other commissions, boards and COM
mittees we're set up, revamped or
extended. This list, however, does not
include all of the new agencies ap-
pointed by the President to various
tasks. 1t does show, however, the
huge new development of Federal
Government and wide growth of new
bureaus-bureaucrac
There has been a great demand for
jobs to give relief to the unemployed,
and the Government. under the pres
ent administration, has sought to fur
nish jobs. The effort has been to
stimulate private industry through
the expenditure of public funds for
public works. But the Government
has given a great deal of direct en-
ployment-thouSands of jobs to men
and women employed in the new bu-
reaus and administrations. 1t is
obvious that the Government cannot
provide more and more Government
jobs without more and more Govern
ment agencies or the enlargement Of
those agencies already in existence.
Employment to Thousands.
The N. r. A. the A. A. A, the p.
w. A. the F. C. A, and many other
new Government agencies have given
employment to many thousands Of
persons in all parts of the country.
The Civilian Conservation Corps was
set up to employ directly 250,000 to
800 900 men. The C. w. A. last Fall
and Winter gave temporary jobs to
millions of workers, and since the
abandonment of .he c. w. A., other
forms Of relief for the unemployed
have been started.
Senator Borah of Idaho in a Fourth
of July address charged that some of
the new deal laws and their admins
tration were fostering bureaucracy on
a huge scale. All of this. he said. Is
being done in the name of the public
interest.
Many Agencies for Farmers.
A large number of the new agencies
deal with the farmers Of the country,
headed by the Agricultural Adjust
ment Administration and the Farm
Credit Administration. In the latter
Is included credit agencies for the
farmers established in earlier years, in
somewhat revamped form. If the
farmers need to borrow money, from
the long array of agencies now set up
under the Farm Credit Administra-
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