The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-12-08
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Government Reorganiza- tion Bill Faces Triple Snag Lobbies Are Chief Threat to Treas ury's Efforts to Econ- omize Congress Hates to Give Up Patronage.

washington, Dec. 8-Plain, ordin- ary inertia. plus the natural re- luctance of congress to forego pat ronage by blanketing hordes of fed- eral employees under civil service call two strikes at the start on amp pro- gram to reorganize the executive branch of government.
 Then along comes the forest
 service lobby. which appears to be
 . very formidable lobby indeed,
 and threatens to call "Strike
 three!" There are inside lObbies
 and outside lobbies. But there's
 nothing 50 effective as an inside
 outside loby, and the forest ser-
 Ice lobby Is exactly that.
 The forest service doesn't want to be transferred from the department of agriculture of conservation which the administration reorganization bill would create from the depart ment of interior. So the lobby mainly opposes the section which would change the name of the in- terior to conservation, but is aiming enough fire at the entire Byrnes bill to jeopardize that measure seri- o,isly.
 Conservation Groups Hostile
 Genuine conservationists. lumber interests and conservative farm ore ganization lobbyists are included in the hostile group. The Society Of / American foresters--its members mostly forest service employes,-is conspicuous in the fight.
 Roosevelt seems determined to move the forest service if he can get authority from congress, and ls sore about activities of an "em- pIoyes' lobby" He would like to Outdo his relative, the late Presi- dent Theodore Roosevelt, as . con seryatlOnist. He believes depart
 ment of conservation" would pro- mote conservation of natural rec sources and that this would lead future presidents to appoint real
 oonservatiOnists to this cabinet post.
 Bureaucrats of the forest service say a splendid government service would be ruined and the cause Of conservation imperiled if they were placed with the bureaucrats of what ia now the interior department. Every Fort to Save Is Fought
 Secretary of the Treasury Morgen- tf,au, who recently told the country how he thought the government might save $700,000,000, is finding an active lobby opposing him on each of the fronts where he propos- cd an economy attack. He suggested reductions of federal expenditures for highways, relief. public works, agriculture and the eco.
 Congressional protest broke out aa soon as Roosevelt formally ask eA for curtailment of the federal state road building program. Ac- tive against any such curtailment is the American Road BuilderS association, which k plguin She interesting argument that It would increase "the 35,OOO and more highway accident fatalities each year."
 Painting pictures of families and friends killed and maimed as @ re- suit of the proposed economy, the association also suggests that some European nation next year may at- tack the United States and ind us iii prepared because of inadequate highway facilities.
 Mayors Fight Relief Cut
 The chief drive against cuts in relief appropriations is furnished by the U. 8. conference of mayors. The mayors lobby says the cities can't get through winter and spring with out the $1 1,500, 100000 appropriation is raised whether congress won't be spending more for relief instead of less, as urged by Morgenthau.
 Every town with a eco camp provides . lobby when there's any talk of abollshlng that camp. Pro- posals to cut off about hundred camps to reduce the number to iEOOO as provided by law are met by . decision of the house Demo- cratic steering committee to urge Roosevelt not to permit any such cuts.
 The prospect B that more and not less will be spent on agriculture and that the money will be paid by congress-who have no lobby. Copyright 1887 NEA Service, Incl For Better Fish Buy ct