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spend half billion dollars more than
this year, eliminating the bonus-and
| practically all of this increase Is for
so-called normal agencies. We have
40 new boards and bureaus in the
past three years. The Government
personnel in Washington exceeds the
war peak. and the civilian army on
| the Federal pay roll is so staggering
in Washington and throughout all the
States-independent of c. c. C. and
other relief agencies-that exact fig
ures cannot be obtained. The big OBJ
jective is to give the taxpayer the
maximum value in service for his dol
lar"
Senator Byrd would follow the same
plan in Federal reorganization that
he pursued in recognizing the Vir-
ginia State government. When elected
Governor in 1926 he found a deficit
of $2,500.00 and a cumbersome and
antiquated system of State govern
ment." There were 100 bureaus and
agencies with much duplication and
overlapping. He left office with
nearly $4,000. 900 surplus, and mean
while had greatly reduced the tax bur-
den in seven different ways, by =
total of s3,500,000.
In working on State Government
reorganization, Byrd engaged the Blu
reau of Municipal Research, New York,
of which Luther Gulick was chief, to
make an exhaustive study of the State
Government. Then he appointed q
committee Of IS business men with
William T. Reed, head of the Edge
worth Tobacco Co, as chairman, to 60
over the report of the experts and
eliminate such proposals as seemed
impractical, and the result was the
adoption of the reorganization pro-
gram in one act, without a single dis
senting vote In either branch of the
Legislature, although IS boards, bu-
reaus and commissions were eliminated
and the other IS were consolidated
in IL departments.
Bill Offered January 20.
On January 20 Senator Byrd intro
duced a resolution for appointment
Of a special Senate committee with
full power to investigate and bring into
the next Congress a plan for consoli-
dation. simplification of expenditures
and to avoid duplicating activities.
This was passed month later. Byrd
was made chairman and the other
members are: 3 Senators Robinson.
Arkansas. Democratic leader; NcNary,
Oregon, Republican leader: O'Mahoney,
Democrat, wyoming, and Townsend,
Delaware, chairman of the Republican
Senatorial Committee.
On March IL Chairman Byrd an
nounced appointment of an advisory
committee Of five leading experts on
the subject and that some fact-finding
agency would be engaged by the COM
mittee to make the preliminary study.
On the advisory board were appointed:
Chairman, Louis Brownlow, former
District Commissioner, now director
of the Public Administration Clearing
House. Chicago; Luther Gulick, New
York, director Of the Institute of Public
Administration (Which did the fact.
finding for Gov. Byrd in Maryland):
william Tudor Gardiner of Boston.
formerly Governor of Maine; H. w.
Dodds, president of Princeton Univer.
sity, and John D. Clark Of CHEYENNE
Wyo.. professor Of economics at the
University Of Nebraska.
on March 23, sent to the Speaker Of
the House request that the House
should cooperate, stating that he in
tended to name q committee of his
own. The President named as chair
man Of his committee, MIR. Brownlow,
chairman Of Senator Byrds advisory
committee and another Of the Byrd
advisers, Mr.. Gulick, and, as the third
member, Charles e. Merriam, professor