Evening star., 1949-06-18
Trumon Expected to Move
Swiftly in Reorganization
Government SAVING I'll Ralisons Sees
wh<n Aes 10 Effective
The Political Mil
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REORGANIZATION And rseEe tnageF+aas still
greatrr eE-1eaenss et Government IL esg~ste1
10 result
The fra! agreement on ,hs Reeg q ganlaAsaoa
Act~-es both houses q ceagTwa> Ire
groundwork, although some tosty g~t cxnt
of the Hoover Commission reofgAatEaiaaa
program wiG require Additional !sStsaAtaosa
Nass sasmis rians
through conSrvxs-eus meme ef them have
The esa authorizes The Pre&saeni 10 make
his reorganization plans and submit thsEa
10 Congress-. They become effective ~
neither house khan seto them within 90 DAYS
after submission veto can be accomplished
only by y constitutional majority al either
The House or Senate In other woss4a 9ia
members ef the House or - aarnh~rs as TIE
Senate ian actual majority at The total mem.
oership In the respective house, wtn he
required 20 turn down q presidential re-
organization proposal II mere majority
ef those voting could veto reus ssAnisat.og "a
senasogs q majority Of o quorum could
exercise seto-~a cnly bare quorum si,cala
vote
The President also has been given q "eisan
bill" There are no exceptions Of any assnry
from the operation Of ths Law In the lAaa
Two reorganization Aws respectively there
we're IL and II agencies excepted
The sis Congress. which has been eftti.
eised ~ q diily daily. do nothing Congress
because OF its failure 10 act upon many
major issues daring its nearly slx months os
session. has really stepped out wtth thia nsw
Law. The delay In setiins q flnAl agreement
On the measure may have the effect. II In
true. Of delaying presidential reorganization
plans-since q reorganization program must
be before Congress for sixty continuous dsys
OF session before II can become effective
However, II the President sends his fsfst pro.
gram 10 the Capitol immediately and Con.
gress does not adjourn until August 10 uasts
will be time. With the heavy legislative uFo.
gram ahead Of Congress II mAy wsi he ia
session until August 10 OF later Should Con.
gress adjourn earlier. reorganization pro-
grams would be delayed until The neat sessaon
OF Congress.
Mcclellan Pleased.
Senator Mcclellan Dsmocrat Of ArkanaaA
chairman OF the conference between The tao
houses on the reorganization hiti-~and him.
self member OF the Hoover Commisxscn~-.as
definitely pleased with the measure o. nov
stands. A chairman Of tlas senate Commit.
Tee on Expenditures In the Executive Depart.
ments he Ia already at work on soFns of tfsm
supplementary legislation which rseairwa
10 carry out reorganization plana.
In the original HOUSE bill. two houss veto
was provided. but the House siil also eons
tanned single package" provisions by whseh
certain agencies OF the government n re-
organized would have 10 be dealt wtth In
separate proposals. Thla virtually amounted
10 exemptions. The Senate bill. On he
other hand. made no exceptions. carried
no single package" provisions and providad
for q veto by either house.
Presiden. Truman. II Ia understood. When
confronted with the tao measures plunkad
for the Senate measure with ths addisson
that constitutional majority would be nse.
essary for vetob. He wanted o two-thixda
vote Of either house for q vsto-out was
assured that the senate would nsvsr aues
10 such q proposal.
The Federal Government. durinx IA iass
three decades. has grown 20 enormous pro-
portions. with millions instead of thousands
of employees. II has been q pseeesnesi growth.
and the result has been gigantic. sprswlanG.
In large part non -eoosdinatsd and overlap
ping organization. Here at last 10 an oppos.
tunity to make II more businessisks and sfs.
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