Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-07-17
The Federal Monster

. ENATOR BYRD of Virginia, chairman OF the Joint
D committee Congress reduction ef essential
federal expenditures, has given the country some sig
ncant figures the proportions of federal bureaucracy
He cites the fact that in Ohio, which has $4,000
state employees there are 10000 EMPLOYEES OF THE
UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT
Massachusetts has p 600 state employees, and l29.
900 FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.
Pennsylvania has 1900 state employees, and H5Ooo
Federal. EMPLOYEES.
In sparsely populated Wyoming where loo en-
poyes are sufficient conduct the states affairs the
United States government maintains $500 employees
The same proportions prevail in all Of the As states
IN ALL OF THE STATES 1T REQUIRES FROM
| THREE TO SIN TIMES Az MANY EMPLOYEES TO
ATTEND TO FEDERAL BUSINESS As To CONDUCT
STATE BUSINESS.
In short. says 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
COUNTRl'S COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL GOVERN
MENTS -.
THESE REPRESENTATIVES, OF ACCUMU-
LATED EXECUTIVE POWER HAVE NOW SET UP
SHOP IN EVERY STATE AND IN EVERY NOOK AND
CORNER OF TIE COUNTRY.
BUREAUCRACY. RABBIT WISE, Is SELF-MUL-
TIPLNING. TIE CONSEQUENCES OF IT'S FECUN-
DITY ARE EVERYWHERE APPARENT.
THIS BUREAUCRACY is NOT ELECTED BY
THE PEOPLE.
1T is NOT RESPONSIBLE TO THE PEOPLE
"IT DOES NOT ANSWER FOR IT'S ACTS AT THE
POLLS.
yet. TT WASTES THE PEOPLES MONEY,
FIOUTS THE WILL OF THE PEOPLES ELECTED
REPRESENTATIVES, AND-DOWN TO THE LAST
CROSSROADS VILLAGE AND FARMS EXTEND
ING IT'S POWER OVER THE PEOPLES LIVES"
cENAToR BYRD calls this GOVERNMENT BY
- FRANKENSTEIN
II BELIEVE" he concludes, THAT ONLY A
GREAT UPSURGE OF NATIONAL INDIGNATION
AGAINST THIS FRANKENSTEIN MONSTER AND OF
NATIONAL DEMAND FOR RETURN TO REPRE-
SENTATIVE, RESPONSIBLE GOVERNMENT CAN
There is great indignation in the country against
nonessentia and waseful bureaucracy, and there is
national demand that it be curtailed
Otherwise, The Congress would not have had the
courage to abolish the non-essental and wastefu Ma
tional Youth Administration bureaucratic agency that
has spent SEVEN HUNDRED AND SEVENTEEN MIL
LION DOLLARS in eight years
n ONGRESS HAD to have courage to do this because
u the full power of the New Deal administration sup
ported continuance of the agency although it served
useful purpose the and had been virtually devoid
of useful purpose even before the war
And, of course it was the Indignation OF the people
against wasefu bureaucracy and their demand for its
abolition that gave Congress courage ..--
BRANCH HAS GROWN SO VAST AND EXERCISES
SO MANY POWERS, REAL AND ASSUMED, WE ARE
COMING MORE AND MORE TO BE RULED BY
EXECUTIVE BUREAUCRATIC DIRECTNES.'
Hence the abolition of one agency does not correct
the evil.
There are still more than three million civilian en-
ployes of the federal government
Q ENATOR BYRD is optimistic only one score He
- reports that his committee has made recommended
tons resulting in reductions in federal expenditures dur
ing the past year of $1,314,000000, and that 1.-The
committee surpass this record Of economy
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 It attempting to reduce and
if il is accomplish its whole job it must have EVEN
GREATER APPROVAL AND SUPPORT FROM THE
COUNTRY
PRIVATE BUCK By Clyde Lewis
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