Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-16
The Federal Monster

The Federal Monster
q ENATOR BYRD of Virginia chairman Of the joint
- committee Of Congress reduction of nonessenual
federal expenditures has given The country some sig
nfcan figures the proportions of federal Bureaucracy
He cites the fact that in Ohio which has 25ooO
state employees there are 10000 EMPLOYEES OF TIE
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT,
Massachusetts, has 2tOoo state employees and 129.-
600 FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.
PENNSYLVANIA has 1850 state employees and 2l5OQO
FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.
In sparsely populated Wyoming where 100
ployes are sufficient conduct the states affairs the
United States government maintains GOO employees.
The same proportions prevail IN all Of the IS states.
IN ALL OF THE STATES 1T REQUIRES FROM
| THREE TO SIN TINES As MANY EMPLOYEES TO
ATTEND To FEDERAL BUSINESS AS To CONDUCT
STATE BUSINESS.
In short saws Senator Byrd.
Our FEDERAL GOVERNMENT NOW HAS
MORE PERSONS ON THE TAXPAYERS PAY ROLL
THAN THE COMBINED TOTAL OF ALL THE AZ
STATES Plus ALL THE EMPLOYEES OF ALL THE
-CoJNTRY'S- COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL GOVERN
MENTS -.
THESE REPRESENTATIVES, OF ACCUMU-
LATED EXECUTIVE POWER HAVE NOW SET UP
SHOP IN EVERY STATE AND N EVERY NOOK AND
CORNER OF THE COUNTRY.
BUREAUCRACY, RABBIT WISE, Is SELF-MUlr
TIPLYiNG. THE CONSEQUENCES OF ITS FECUN-
DITY ARE EVERYWHERE APPARENT.
THIS BUREAUCRACY Is NOT ELECTED BY
THE PEOPLE
1T is NOT RESPONSIBLE TO THE PEOPLE.
ut DOES NOT ANSWER FOR IT'S ACTS AT THE
POLLS
YET 1T WASTES THE PEOPLES MONEY,
FLOUTS THE WILL OF THE PEOPLES ELECTED
REPRESENTATIVES, AND-DOWN TO THE LAST
CROSSROADS, VILLAGE AND FARMS EXTEND
ING ITS POWER OVER THE PEOPLES LIVES"
CENAToR BYRD calls this GOVERNMENT BY
= y FRANKENSTEIN.
II BELIEVE" he concludes, THAT ONLY A
AGAINST THIS FRANKENSTEIN MONSTER AND OF
NATIONAL DEMAND FOR A RETURN TO REPRE-
SENTATIVE. RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT CAN
SAVE AMERICA"
There is great indignation in the country against
non-essentia and wastefu bureaucracy and there IS
national demand that ii be curtaied
Otherwise the Congress would not have had the
courage TO a9ohsh Ihe anu "erlu ~
has spent SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN MIL
LION DOLLARS in eight years
n ONGRESs HAD to have courage to do this, because
- the full power of the New Deal administration sup
ported continuance of the agency although it served no
useful purpose the and had been virtually devoid
of useful purpose even before the war.
And of course it the indignation Of the people
against wasefu bureaucracy and their demand for It's
abolition that gave Congress courage.
However, as Senator Byrd SAYS. THE EXECUTIVE
SO MANY POWERS, REAL AND ASSUMED WE ARE
COMING MORE AND MORE TO BE RULED BY
EXECUTIVE BUREAUCRATIC DlkEClINES.
Hence the abolition of one agency does not correct
the evil.
There are still more than three million civilian
ployes of the federal government
Q ENATOR BYRD is optimistic on only one score He
- reports that his committee has made recommends
lions resulting reductions in federal expenditures dur
ing the past year of S1,314000000, and that the
committee intends to surpass this record of economy IN
the present year
The committee has indeed done very we'll 1t deserves
and HAS the approval and support of the country
But the committee has only scratched the surface of
the bureaucratic monster il attempting TO reduce and,
if il is to accomplish its whole Job have EVEN
GREATER APPROVAL AND SUPPORT FROM THE
COUNTRY.
PRIVATE BUCK :. BY Clyde Lewis
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