The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-01-27

pressed himself
Washington IN accom- pant
uent to a con-
sresslonal investigation, Just start
ing under the Craftsmanship OF
Representative Robert Ramspeck
OF Georgia. into governmental EN-
ploYment methods
The quiz has not yet progressed
far enough TO be very Indicative
Vet. Nevertheless the initial testi-
ronv decidedly is down the alley
that ne refers to.
The ,-1-.... agaltUeatal work
eys are not the ones criticized. The
special agencies STATS are the folk
under fire. Even the rank-and-fle
OF these stan members are not so
much blamed as their SuperioIs are.
The underlings, 1t is asserted,
are pitchforked wholesale into jobs
that 90 not mean anything TO their
bosses themselves. Having moth
ing definite to 10, they simply loaf
at a multiplicity Of desks and clut-
ter Up thousands OF Offices detri-
mentally to the activities OF the
few who actually have individual
ideas OF the duties they would like
to be attending TO competently. A.
least. that is the story the Rams
peck committee is listening to from
its witnesses.
Congressman Robson tells OF
farmer in his home district, from
whom the government needed GER
tain crop information.
QuizIed by Is!
Il vas easy TO get, says Robson,
and a single researcher could have
obtained il, in the course OF few
minutes chat with the agricultur-
list. Yet N the course Of one day,
relates the Kentucky legislator
that farmer was visited, in success
non, by 16 different slsuths, ask
ing the same questions.
It delayed the farmer.
Furthermore, his IS separate In
uuisitors TUNED in Is conflicting
reports concerning conclusions
drawn from their various chat1
with him.
As to queStionnsires everybody
is becoming familiar with them, as
mid March tax collection time ap-
prosches. You. dear reader, VIII
have been getting your batch Of
interrogations recently. That they
foreshadow monetary ruination TO
you does not require stating. But,
in addition TO that, they're a Chi
nese puzzle each.
You must be an expert account
ant TO understand one Of them.
And expert accountants run into
money. They disagree likewise.
Little peewees. like me. can't sf-
ford them. And then, IL you hire
one. he differs from others.
The fact is that treasury author
tiles differ as to interpretations.
To tell the truth. the admins
tration did not want the Ram
speck ventilation.
1t reveals the bughouse charac-
Ter Of executive management.
Maybe it isn't Acknowledgement,
but there is no management
about it, and it IS impossible for it
TO claim that there is.
The bureaus cannot be classified
except alphabetically.
ADA FEC owl FWA GAO
LAD B! That's just handful
OF them.
Who's Boss Of What:
Nobody knows whom their re-
spective heads are. They do not
know among themselves. Telling
them apart is impossible.
The WPB and the OPA notably
are on the pan
WPB is alleged to be notably
oyermanned.
II. as per the Ramspeck commit
tees infornants. this were Just so
Internally expensive. it would not
be so serious. but the proposition
is that it IS positively deleterious
to our effort.
It's an investigation designed to
show. not crookednesS, but fat
Medicines, in the administration
A few prohteers may be side.
svlped. but they're not numerous.
In general, 1t has been an IN
usually respectable war. financial
ly. There should not be any subse-
quent monetary scandals. Il does
not look like it now. ANYWAY.