The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-10-21

second, President Roosevelts Snid- September directive to Budget Di- rector Harold D, smith, ordering him to mako immediate plans TOT liuuidating wAr.time agencies ano reducing others to peace-tiine levels when the war is ended.
 On receipt of that order, Smith instructed all federal agencies to make reports within 30 days on how personnel might be reduced, and these reports are now coming in and being reviewed by Budget Bureau examiners. Coneurrently' every government department rec ceiving Q congressional appropriA" ton Is now bringing in It's estimates on funds required In the next fiscal year beginning July 1, io46. These are the estimates that will be re- ported in the annual budget mesS- age next January, and they are DC" ing prepared now to meet three pose slble situations, assuming continua- ton of the war throughout the year, end of the war in Europe, end Of the war in Japan.
 GENERAL H0UsECLEANlNd
 IN ORDER
 All this reviewing of programs should give tho government Q good look ct It's hand to see what kind Of general reorganization cAn Do Of. feoted when the war iS over. Se- gardless of who gets elected In No- Veriher, this thorough oVerhauling of government agencies should have top priority for the new adminiStra- tion.
 At present the authority to reor- ganlSe the government rests largely in the hands of the President who, since ie3O, has put through two broad congratulations and nufiers ous shifts in the war agencies. on Capitol Hill, however, there has been increasing agitation for c re" organization of the executive branch of the government by Congress, and something like this may happen h the next four years.
 There have been oil kinds of Sugs gestlons aS to how the government should Do reorgani2ed, and no two people familiar with Washington can agree on what should Do done with any given agency. AS Q first step in trying to pull oil the eon- fiieting proposals together, the Citi- zens' National Committee, pris vately financed research and andy" sis group, has just issued c SuIf1s mary of all the official and unofticial suggestions that have been made for the hholishment of war and non- war agencies, and for regrouping or changing Of status of the agencies which most authorities would be willing to leave in the executive set- up. In oil, 1t lists i20 government agencies which have been nonin. ated for ahoiishn1ent or transfer of functions.
 IT'S A BIG JOB
 This list is only the first part of the research Job which the Citizens National Committee hopes to do in presenting information for public discussion on this whole question of government reorganization. To be Issued soon Is e research study on all the Federal Agencies listing for the first time some 400 government de. partments, bureaus, offices and corp- orations, together with their author- i2ation, budget functions and num- Der of employees. With their subs agencies and interdepartmentai committees, the list of organizations will number over 600. On some of the organizations, the committee will admit It's inability to discover complete information.
 All of which gives some idea of how much room there Is for re-or- ganization and reduction of federal personnel.