Evening star., 1963-01-06

tepOrJ yesterday.
The report covered more tn
by the 88-member conference
Prettyman, senior Judge of the
United States Court of Appeals
for the District of Columbia.
Its findings and 80 specific
recommendations, some of
which already have been
adopted in some agencies, has
been described as "a blueprint
for good government"
The report was submitted to
President Kennedy and re-
leased by the White House yes
terday. 1t is expected to form
the basis for legislative rec
concentrations and executive
orders by the President to
streamline and make more eff
ficient the operation of the
Federal Governments farflung
activities.
Judge Prettyman said the
creation of a permanent organ
ization would afford a means
by which Government agencies
may comparatively, continu-
ously and critically examine
their administrative processes
and organizational problems"
The conference, established
by the President on April l3,
1861, held six plenary sessions
to consider recommendations
drafted by nine committees
which ranged over a broad
spectrum of Government activ-
tiles.
Major Recommendations
In addition to the creation of
q permanent organization, the
major recommendations in
cluded:
/. Establishment within each
agency of procedures that
would eliminate improper in
fluences through ex parte con-
facts (those outside the Off
cial record as, for example,
between a commissioner and a
party to a proceedings before
the agency.
2. Elimination of "gobbledo-
cook" in documents prepared
for publication in the Federal
Register.
3. Allowing hearing examin-
ers to make final decisions
without agency review under
certain circumstances and SPELL
ing out appeal procedures from
such rulings.
4. Revision of rules of court
governing judicial review of
administrative action to per-
nit reproduction of briefs and
other required records by proc
eSses rather than by printing.
This step, it was pointed out,
would save appellants thou
sands of dollars.
5. Broadening the power Of
regulatory agencies to issue
subpoenas and strengthening
enforcement in cases where
persons refused to obey such
orders.
Seen Supplementary
Judge Prettyman said the
permanent organization the
conference proposed would sup
plement and not replace the
responsibility of administrators
to improve procedures and
practices within their own agen-
cies. r...>
The head of the Admins
trative Conference, as the or
ganization would be called.
would be a chairman appointed
by the President with the ad-
vice of the Senate; a council
made up of the chairman and
10 additional members, and an
assembly Of not more than 80
members selected largely from
the Government but also in
cluding members from the bar.
universities and other sources.
All members except the
chairman would serve without
pay. 1t was proposed that he
should be named for a five
year term with a salary COM
parable to that provided by
law for the undersecretary Of
a department.
Judge Prettyman said that
the tremendous diversity of
modern Governments respon-
sibilities prevents any simple
step to assure efficient and just
administrative methods. He
pointed out that two public
needs must be served-carry-
ing forward the business Of the
Government effectively and
disinterestedly as possible and,
second, safeguarding those
whose well-being is affected by