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Treasury Work Increasing.
At Treasury, which Is classed part
ly ~ defense and partly monde
tense, 1t was said that whatever re-
trenchment might be made in nom
defense activities would be Offset by
the enlargement Of the scope Of de-
fense work, which Is increasing all
the time.
1t was pointed out that unusual
periods Of activity in the Govern
ment Is . whole invariably are re-
nected in the work Of this depart
ment, and this condition is being ac-
centuated by the added duties i'm
posed by the war-supervision OF
alien funds, for example.
At Justice, a spokesman said that
the entire department Is engaged in
greater or lesser degree with war
activities, and at Commerce it was
declared that all bureaus and divi-
sions are closely tied into the war
effort.
In this connection the House .Ap-
preparations Committee, when re-
porting out the annual appropriation
bill for State, Justice and Com
merce, earlier this week said:
''It Is probably safe to say that
rs per cent of the total number Of
items under these three departments
have been subjected to an increased
volume Of work, growing, either di-
rectly or indirectly out Of the tens
Of billions of dollars that are being
made available for the prosecution
Of the war"
Classed a. War Agency.
At the Post Once Department,
which has an administrative force
Of only 1900 persons here to direct
the activities of $4,000 throughout
the world, it was said there had
been a general increase in super
visory operations, particularly in the
inspection force. The Department
is listed in its entirety as a defense
agency. but 1t was said that the
principal advantage accruing from
this designation was that 1t OBJ
tanned equality of treatment with
other agencies in having personnel
needs filled by the Civil Service
Commission.
At the outset of the emergency,
the commission catalogued the va
rious agencies as defense" and
''non-defense" to gauge the order in
which their personnel needs would
be met. Some % independent
agencies out of q total of SO, and
eight of the departments in their
entirety applied for defense"
status.
At the Labor Department, 1t was
said that all but the Wage and
Hour Dtvision-which is being
moved out Of Washington-and the
Public Contracts unit, ARE provid-
| ing data or rendering services to
the war program" and are def
nitely on a war basis, either directly
or indirectly"
New York Wants Agencies.
In another development bearing
on the local situation yesterday.
New York City members of Con-
gress agreed that more Federal
agencies should be located in New
York and appointed committee to
seek the support of President Roose-
velt and Mayor La Guardia in &C
complishing this purpose. Repre-
sentative Cullen. Democrat, of
Brooklyn was designated to see the
President. and said he hoped to 90
to the White House next week.
On the floor of the House, while
the Commerce Department appro-
priation was under discussion, Rep
resentative Jones, Republican, OF
Ohio, offered an amendment to cut
$500 900 from the operating fund OF
the Bureau Of Marine Inspection
and Navigation to do away with in
spection work that the Appropria-
tions Committee had suggested
might be performed by Maritime
Commission inspectors in conjunc-
ton with their other work. The
committee had thought there might
be duplication of work.
Representative Bland, Democrat
Of Virginia, chairman of the House
Merchant Marine Committee. sale
he did not believe there was duplica-
ton, but promised thorough study
land If there can be a saving by con-
solidation it ought to be done, and II
will be DONE"