Evening star., 1941-04-04
Sweeping Change Hits
Bureau OF Commerce.;
Some Divisions Killed
More Energy Required,
Employees Are Told
By New Director
BY OLIVER MCKEE.


A sweeping reorganization of the
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic.
Commerce was announced by Car
roll l.. Wilson, the new director. at
q meeting of several hundred en-
ployeS in the Commerce Department
auditorium this morning. The
changes will go into effect on Mon
day.
Under the reorganization many OF
the existing commodity and other
divisions of the bureau will be abol-
ished and their activities placed un-
der two of the new DIVISIONS recently
set up-the division of international
economy, headed by James H Ed
wards, and the division of industrial
economy, headed by Robert F. Mar
tin.
Under the net setup. the division
of international economy will have
six units. which, with their chiefs,
are as follows: International eco
nomics, DR.. Amos Taylor; trade
agreements. H. P. MCGOWAN; Ameri-
can republics, Lew B. Clark (acting);
British Empire, Thomas Wilson;
European, Louis DomeratSky and
Far Eastern, Charles MoSer.
The units in the reorganized di-
vision of industrial economy, with
their chiefs, were announced as
follows: Merchandise, F. H. Rawls;
consumption materials. E. G. Holt;
finished durable goods. H. B. Nc
Coy; durable materials, P. A. Hay
ward; public utilities. Thomas E.
Lyons. and construction, under a
chief yet to be named.
Two Other Important Units.
The division of industrial econ
omy will have two other important
units. One is group of industrial
consultants, and the other is an
export import market information
unit. The industrial conSultants
will include the following bureau
experts; Charles c. Concannon,
Nathan D. Golden, Benjamin D. Hill,
Walter A. Jannesen, Lewis M. Lind,
Paul R. MattiX, John H. Payne and
Edward T Pickard.
AS outlined by Director Wilson in
his talk to employees this morning,
the reorganization of the bureau
has three major purposes: To enable
It to provide factual information to
business management so that IN
dustry can provide more goods for
more people at lower prices, to as
sist the defense program by provid-
ing accurate economic data on
American business. and to enable
the bureau to help in solving the
postwar problem OF economic re-
adjustment.
The reorganization. he said, will
not result in the elimination of any
groups of bureau employees, and he
expressed the hope that as the re-
organization is carried out there
will be an opportunity for many
employees to win promotion and
higher ratings.
I'VE have a job to do" Mr.. Wilson
said, and the reorganization should
again give the bureau place in. the
sun"
When he first came to the bureau
In 1899, Mr.. Wilson said, he found
1t an individual statisticians para
disc" and home for sleepy per-
sons"
Good men fought against each
other, instead of for each other"
he added.
Three Requirements Stated.
Three things would be required
of bureau employees, Mr.. Wilson de-
clared First, more energy; Sec
ond, mental exercise to prevent
them from falling into a rtIt, and
third, loyalty.
I'VE will not stand for a sabotage
of our efforts by few" he asserted.
"If you can't play the game, don't
stay here and gum the works. Those
not in sympathy with the objectives
of the reorganization, he continued,
should leave the bureau. There
are plenty of jobs elsewhere in
Washington today" he asserted.
On the platform with Mr.. Wilson
were the bureaus new general
staff"-AssiStant Director Grosvenor
Jones, John H Morse, chief of the
division of commercial and eco
nomic information; C. c. Fichner,
chief of the division of regional
economy; M. Joseph Meehan, chief
of the division of research and sta
tistics; Oliver P. Hopkins, executive
assistant to the director, and Rob-
ert F. Martin and James H. Ed
wards, chiefs, respectively, of the
divisions of industrial and inter-
national economy.