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sion and its functions. This COM
mission is advisory to the ad-
ministrative work Of the Depart
ment Of State and should no
longer have the status of an in
dependent establishment.
The Bureau of Lighthouses, now
in the Department of Commerce,
is transferred to the Treasury
Department and consolidated
with the Coast Guard in that
department. The advantages of
this consolidation are obvious and
fall clearly within the provision
Of the act requiring me to con-
solidate agencies according to
major purposes. This will save
money on equipment and ad-
ministration and will permit the
better use of personnel.
The plan also includes the
abolition of the Office of the
Director General of Railroads and
of the War Finance Corp. and
the transfer of their functions
to the Secretary of the Treasury,
to be wound up by him as rapidly
as may be. In the case of the
War Finance Corp, 1t is directed
that the final dissolution shall
be accomplished not later than
December 81, 1899.
National Training School
Shifted; Its Board Abolished.
I further propose to transfer
to the Department of Justice the
Federal Prison Industries, Inc,
and the National Training School
for Boys and at the same time
to abolish the Board of Trustees
Of the National Training School
for Boys. Responsibility for the
Federal penal and correctional
institutions is In the Department
of Justice and these two inde-
pendent establishments should
be consolidated therein. None
of the other Federal penal or
correctional institutions has q
board of trustees and there is
no need of further continuing
the board of the National Train
ing School.
The plan also provides for the
abolition of the Codification
Board, established for the pur-
pose of codifying existing admin
istrative law, and the transfer of
its functions to the Division of
the Federal Register in the Ma
tional Archives. The work Of
this board has now progressed
to the point where a separate
board is no longer necessary and
the future work of keeping the
codification up to date can more
efficiently and economically be
carried on by the editorial staff
of the Federal Register.
I find it necessary and desirable
in order to accomplish the pur-
poses of the Reorganization Act
to abolish the National Btu
minous Coal Commission and to
transfer it's functions to the Sec
retary of the Interior. Thus the
task of conserving the bituminous
coal resources of the country may
be carried on directly by the head
of the department principally
responsible for the conservation
of fuel and other mineral sup
plies. The Congress placed this
commission in the Department Of
the Interior, but experience has
shown that direct administration
will be cheaper, better and more
effective than through the cum
bersome medium of an unneces-
sary commission.
Insular Affairs, Fisheries,
Biological Survey Shifted.
The transfer to the Department
of the Interior of the Bureau Of
Insular Affairs in the War De-
partment and it's consolidation
with the Division of Territories
and Island Possessions in Interior
is functional transfer of OBJ
vious desirability. Under the pro-
visions of existing law, however,
I shall direct, where necessary,
that certain correspondence from
the Governor General of the
Philippines shall be transmitted
to the President through the
Department of State.
The plan provides for the
transfer to the Department Of
the Interior of the Bureau OF
Fisheries from the Department OF
Commerce and of the Bureau Of
Biological Survey from the De-
partment of Agriculture. These
two bureaus have to do with con-
servation and utilization of the
wild life resources of the coun-
try, terrestrial and aquatic.
Therefore, they should he
grouped under the same depart
mental administration. and in
that department which. more
than any other, is directly re-
sponsible for the administration
and conservation of the public
domain. However, I intend to
direct that the facilities of the
Department Of Agriculture shall
continue to be used for research
studies which have to do with
the protection of domestic ami
mails from diseases of wild life,
and also where most economical
for the protection to farmers and
stockmen against predatory ami
mails.
The plan also provides for the
transfer of the Mount Rushmore
National Memorial Commission
to the National Park Service, in
the Department of the Interior,
in order that this great memo
rial may be administered as
part of the similar work of the
Park Service.
r. E. A. Transferred
To Agriculture.
Included in the plan is a pro-
vision to transfer to the Depart
ment of Agriculture the Rural
Identification Administration,
now operated as an independent
establishment. The work of this
administration in its educational