Evening star., 1935-11-15
TUGWELL ORDERS
PERSONNEL SHIFT
ResettIement Activities to
Be in Two Instead of
Four Divisions.
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
Capitalization of administration ac-
tivities in two instead Of four major
divisions, with probable reductions in
the Washington staff. is included in
the new set-up of the Resettlement
Administration.
Dissatisfied with progress, Rexford
Guy Tugwell yesterday signed orders
for major shake-up in personnel and
organization, to take effect immedi-
ateiy.
The two new main divisions, to be
headed by men directly responsible to
Tugwell, are construction and reset
tlement, taking the place of land utili-
zation, suburban resettlement, rural
resettlement and management, which
had duplicated activities.
Official sources said Tugwell de-
cided on yesterdays changes within
few days after his return from
o three-week survey of administration
work in the field. The orders were
reported drawn to increase efficiency,
to speed the work by abolishing much
red tape and to centralize RESPONSE
bility. officials said there will be no
changes in distribution of funds or
projects now under way.
Construction Director.
Among the key men in the re-
organized administration will be Frank
Schmitt, engineer, who has been with
the Suburban Resettlement Division.
He was named director yesterday OF
the new Construction Division. Walter
E. Packard of Berkeley, Calf, will be-
come acting director of the Rural Re-
settlement Division.
Formerly, construction work has
been done by each division of the ad.
ministration. Each has had its own
planning section and its own archi-
tects.
Schmitt is to consolidate all con-
struction work and to abolish the
separate planning sections. Respons-
ible only to Tugwell, he will act as
contractor for any construction needed
for any phase of the administration.
Packard has been regional director
in charge of California, New Mexico,
Arizona, Utah and Nevada. He Is
expected here by December to take
complete charge of all movements OF
farm families under direction Of the
administration. He will be succeeded
temporarily as regional director by
Jonathan Garst.
Work of the old Rural Resettlement
Division will be split in two parts in
the new unit. Packard is to have
control of one. The other, caring for
the 900 families listed as rehabili-
tation clients, will be under direct
charge of Paul Maris, who has been
an assistant director in the Resettle-
s.ment Administration. The $4,000
families are those to whom rehabili-
tation loans are made.
Changes Are Planned.
All project planning" and project
analysis" sections of the adminiStra-
ton are to be abolished or consoli-
dated under Schmitt.
The old Management Division,
headed by E. E. Agger, will continue
to exist preparatory to taking charge
of communities after completion.
j. S. Lansill, who has been director
of the Suburban Resettlement Divi-
sion. was appointed assistant admin
istrator with supervisory charge Of
suburban communities.
L. c. Gray, who has been director
of the Land Utilization Division, also
was appointed as assistant admins
traitor and will have charge Of land
acquisition.
C. C. Taylor, director of the Rural
Resettlement Division, was appointed
as assistant administrator for advisory
and supervisory work in connection
with resettlement.