The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-03

Inc IeXL VI IIeS1uCLI
message to congress on govern
ment reorganization follows:
When 1 submitted reorganization
plans I and II at the last session
of congress, 1 indicated that certain
reorganizations of an ~intradepart'
mental character were necessary
bat that detailed study would b.
required for the preparation of spe
cific plans. Since that time thu
heads of the executive departments
and my own office have continued
to study the internal organization O.
the several agencies of government
have considered recommendations
made to me as a result of these
studies and have found it possible te
make a number of needed improve
ments of organization by admins
trative action. In other instances
can effect the necessary changes
only under the procedure set up il
the reorganization act of 1889.
Plan III
I am transmitting herewith Plar
III which I have prepared in
accordance with thee provisions OF
Section 4 of the reorganization act
of 1899 public No. 10, 18th con
gress, 1st SESSION. approved April 8
1889; and I declare that with re
spect to each reorganization made
in this plan, I have found that such
reorganization is necessary to ac-
complish one or more of the pur'
poses of Section 1 (A) of the act:
1. To reduce expenditures;
2. To increase efficiency;
3. To consolidate agencies accord
ing to major purposes;
4. To reduce the number of agen'
cies by consolidating those having
similar functions and by abolishing
such as may not be necessary; and
5. To eliminate overlapping and
duplication of effort.
Treasury department.: I am pro-
posing two intradepartmental re-
organizations relating to the Trea-
sury department..
The first reorganization consoli-
dates in a fiscal service, under the
direction of a permanent fiscal as
sistant secretary, those functions CT
the Treasury department pertaining
to financing our fiscal activities.
This fiscal service will bring to-
gether the office of the treasurer of
the United States, the office of COM
missioner of accounts and deposits,
and the public debt service includ-
ing their various subdivisions and
certain other related functions.
Adjustments Made
Some adjustments are made in
the assignment of functions of the
units which will comprise the fiscal
service, and certain changes are
made in titles. The net effect of
these adjustments is to establish
within the fiscal service the office
of fiscal assistant secretary, the Of
flee of the treasurer of the United
States, and a bureau of accounts I'M
der a commissioner of accounts,
and a bureau Of public debt under
the commissioner of public debt,
In addition to responsibility for the
administration of these four seq.
ments of the departments opera
tons, the fiscal assistant secretary
is vested with the financing func-
lions of the under secretary of the
treasury and of the assistant secre'
taries.
The second reorganization affect
ing the Treasury department vests
in the secretary of the treasury
full authority for the administration
of the Federal Alcohol Administra'
ton act. At present the Federal
Alcohol Administration occupies an
anomalous position. 1t is legally a
part of the Treasury department,
but actually it is clothed with al
most complete independence under
existing statutory provisions. Under
certain conditions the admlnistra-
pendent agency, whereas the inter.
ests of improved management re-
quire it's Indignation with allied &C
tivities in the Treasury department
1 propose, therefore, that the
functions of the Federal Alcohol
Administration be correlated with
the activities of the bureau Of in
ternal revenue, particularly it's AL
coholic Tax Unit. The bureau IS
already performing a large part OF
the field enforcement work of the
administration and could readily
take over complete responsibility for
its work. The bureau is daily max
ing, for other purposes. a majority
Of the contacts with units of the
liquor industry which the Federal
Alcohol Administration should but
cannot make without the establish
ment of a large and duplicating
field force. Under the provisions of
this plan, it will be possible more
effectively to utilize the far-flung
organization of the Treasury depart
ment, including it's many labora-
tories, in discharging the functions
of the Federal Alcohol Administra-
ton. Thus, I find the proposed con.
solldatlons will remedy deficiencies
in organization structure as well as
afford a more effective service al
materially reduced costs.
Department Of Interior
Department of the Interior: Re
organization Plan II transferred
the bureau of fisheries of the de-
partment Of commerce and the bu-
reau Of biological survey of the de.
partment of agriculture to the de-
partment of the interior and thus
concentrated in n department the