The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1942-05-09


I have my doubts that they're
a. far-seeing a. that.
They're being established. sup
posedly, on a temporary basis.
That's what their personnels are
told when they're given their vari-
our send-offs. ! think they begin
work genuinely on that theory. II
the occasion for 'em should evap-
crate quite speedily. / surmise that
they'd disintegrate rather unresist-
ingiy.
Give them tenures Of two or
three years apiece. though. until
they've had time to regard them
selves as regular. permanent gov
eminent bureaus, then tell EN-
that the proper juncture's arrived
for them to be abolished--and
watch 'em nght for their lives,
tooth and toenail!
Furthermore, they'll be sum-
GENTLY dug in To hang on ever
lasting1y. Here and there an
agency's name and alphabetical
classification may be changed q
bit, but it'll he the same old agency
--or same young agency.
On Into Eternity
II Senator Taft had put II that
an agency OF today viii last on
into eternity. no matter how tenn
porary its origin may have been.
he'd have had plenty Of presidents
to cite In support Of his contention.
Young folk Of post-world War
No. rs generation, glancing around
Washington and seeing themselves
surrounded. to the verge Of suffo-
cation with federal commissions
and things. Of every sort ana de-
scription. fancy that its Q ccndi-
ton dating back to our hrst presi-
dents era.
It does no such thing.
II dates back. In instalmeuts, to
. succession Of past durations.
wsshington's agencies classify.
In the Congressional Directory, ~
independent ofIicss." don't know
how many the presidential Father
Of his Country was blessed with.
because ! can't ind q Directory as
old a. that. The Issue Of 1908 II the
earliest copy I'm able to lay my
hands on.
In that there are IS of EN-.
Initially they were temporaries.
unquestionably, created by ext
eencies Of the 1919, Mexican, Sc
cession and Spanish American
wars and some Of than. perhaps,
by the 1872 economic emergency.
Anyway, they never were sbol-
ished. They're better intrenched
now than some Of our younger
cabinet departments.
Well, there was q perfect cpl
demic of executive ONCE creations
during the 1s14-'1s war period. As
at present, they were for the dura-
ton, but they're still doing BUSH
ness. I don't say they're superfiu-
Gus, but lookit how temporary they
were not!
Next there was q violent out
break Of creations to deal with the
depression spell early In the sos
ali temporarily. now ss permanent
as the Warrington monument.
President Roosevelt himself can't
terminate EN-. He even has trouble
persuadlng congress to reduce
their miscellaneous allowances.
III Listed
Taking . glance at the last Con-
gressional Directory, / counted III
Of these set-ups, as compared with
Is In the 1908 volume.
And 1T 10 no complete list. be-
lieve me.
They're being established too
fast for the Directory to keep up
with.
Temporary, Heck! They're just
starting to 60, from now. on into
American history.
Senator Tsft's dope isn't alone,
though, that we're loading up
enormously.
Ills thesis In that we've at the
helm a New Deal administration,
which, under cover Of the war
emergency. Is shopping q New
Deal regime into power. to func-
ton indefinitely on, economically,
after the --ar's a past number.
The Ohio senator, like some
Democratic conservatives (far be
II from me to deprecats conserva-
tlsm), Is worried as to the post