Evening star., 1936-09-21
FEDERAL SURVEY
TO Be DISCUSSED
Senate and Roosevelt
Groups to Coordinate on
Reorganization Studies.
nv WILL p. KENNEDY.

Coordination Of the studies on Gov
ernment reorganization by the Presi-
dents committee and the Senate COM
mittee headed by Senator Byrd OF
Virginia Is expected to be worked out
at a meeting called Wednesday by
Byrd. The coordination will be di-
rectly in charge Of Louis Brownlow,
former District Commissioner, and
later director Of the Public Admin
istration Clearing House, Chicago,
whom Senator Byrd appointed chair
man of his advisory committee and
who was later named to similar posi-
ton by the President.
There is a sharp distinction between
the work to be done by the Senate
committee and the Presidents COM
mittee. The latter is expected to con-
cern itself exclusively with setting up
q direct contact between the President
and the various units Of Government
50 the Chief Executive at all times
will have immediate knowledge con-
cerning the work Of every branch OF
the Government This is an entirely
new proposal. sponsored by the Presi-
dent. Senator Byrd said that he will
give the President and his committee
his hearty support in having this
phase of reorganization approved by
Congress.
Aim of Committee.
The Senate committee, 1t Is under
stood, is to be left entirely free from
executive interference in working out
its own program. The committee
hopes to simplify the Government Or
ganization in the interests of efficiency
and economy.
Senator Byrd has had questionnaires
sent to the various branches Of the
Government and has received replies
which were organized within the last
three years. He points out that IA
different Government organizations
have to do with banking as an il
lustration of possible duplication and
overlapping. The Brookings Institu-
tion is well along on its special fact
finding study Of the Government set
up for the Byrd committee. Fred w.
Powell acting director Of the Insti-
member Of the staff since 1928, is in
immediate charge OF this work He
has been making economic studies Of
governmental agencies for more than
20 years.
Members Of Committee.
Senator Byrd has not heard how
many committee members will attend
the meeting Wednesday, On this COM
mittee are Senators Robinson. Ar
kansas, Democratic leader; McNary,
Oregon, Republican leader; OMa-
honey, Democrat. Wyoming, and
Townsend, Delaware, chairman Of the
Republican Senatorial Committee.
Members Of the Advisory Board are
Chairman Brownlow, Luther Gulick,
New York director of the Institute of
Public Administration; William Tu-
dor Gardiner Of Boston, former Gov
ernor Of Maine; H. w. Dodds. presi-
dent of Princeton University, and
John D. Clark of Cheyenne, Wyo..
professor of economics at the Uni
versity of Nebraska. Brownlow and
Gulick were also selected by the Presi-
dent on his advisory committee, with
Charles E. Merriam. professor of po-
litical science at the University Of
Chicago as a third member.
The House also has a special COM
mittee to study reorganization, Chair
man Buchanan of the Appropriations
Committee being chairman. The other
members are: Chairman John J.
Cochran of the Committee on Ex-
penditures. Representative Prentiss
Brown of Michigan, who in the re-
cent primary won the Democratic
nomination for Senator; Representa-
tive Frederick r. Lehlbach, Republican.
Of New Jersey. former chairman Of
the Civil Service Committee and Rep
resentative James w. Wadsworth, Re-
publican, of New York AS far as
can be learned this committee has not
started its work.