The Nome nugget., 1950-02-03
BUREAUCRATIC OCTOPUS
 (By George Peck)


 were intended to be Republc-not Democracy what then is the duty of our Federal Government at Washington? And what limitations did the Constitu- tion and the Bill of Rights place upon the Federal Gov ernments?
 The primary function or duty of the Federal Govern ment to protect the private citizen against oppression resulting from the abuse of power including that which destroys competition and lntertereS With equality o op- portunity Concentration of power whether it be vest ed in business in Labor Unions in Government, is opposed to the philosophy and the continuation of publican form of government
 Over the years we have laid down safeguards to pre- vent unbrdled concentration of power business the Clayton and Sherman Acts) We have made first step toward averting concentration of despotc power in La bor Unions (the Taft-Hartley Act). We drew up the Constitution in 1787 and added the Bill of Rights in 179 to prohibit concentration of power in the Federal Gov errnent In the of business have succeeded fair ly we'll in protecting the individual in the case of Labor Unions have not done quite we'll but far the Federal Government is concerned, we have failed mis- erably
 Article of the Bill of Rights reads The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution prohibited by 1t to the States reserved to the States respectively, to the people, Because have not in sisted that politicians obey this law and because the individual States have not jealously guarded their rights we have seen the Federal Government usurp power after power that in Republic rightfuy belong to the individual States
 Undoubtedly the saddest thing about this is that when State surrenders power, its ability to do that thing departs Thus the State is left weaker to do it's remaining dues Through this process, therefore, we destroying the States and they become weaker and weaker, and more power is being taken to- Washington. This has resulted in a bureaucracy toI handle the machinery of Government, bureaucracy that is longer susceptible of popular control Of ne cessy have had to delegate to this bureaucracy the power to make rules which have the force of law, to construe these rules and to enforce them These all the powers that any king has ever had
 As the concentration of power in Washington in- creases he number of employees feeding at the public trough also increases the while they become less and less supervised Unless start immediately to decen- tralze this power Washington by looping off the ten aces of this bureaucratic octopus Republic doom ed. We either must decentraze or make up minds that to be ruled by great central bureaucracy which nobody control bureaucratic system of government is alien to Republic, is susceptible to tyranny and corruption and is impossible of popular control as any other system of government including even that of Russia.
 If the time has when the responsibilities and difficulties of Government exceed the capacity of the American people to discharge them then are in for change in the form of our Government. No thinking American wishes this to happen, but we are allowing it to happen To prevent it, powers must be taken from Washington and restored to the smaller units of Gov ernment These smaller units must again flex their muscles and become strong; they must govern again.
 The Federal Government has job to do, but 1t can not do general job of government that is, if