Show FED FED- Uncle Sam Has So Many l Bureaus That Like States He Cannot Inspect Them Review Their Work ork Without Smiling a Little At Least It has been said recently that a half balf billion dollars per year might t easily be saved in national government government government govern govern- ment by eliminating a lot of bunk Double this amount it is said may maybe maybe maybe be saved by consolidating bureaus and cutting down the number of employees Such saving would be appreciated and efficiency would come forth where inefficiency holds forth In the year 1800 we had people and office clerks numbered numbered numbered num num- only 54 Today we use about in ten departments subsidiary bureaus and nearly nearly nearly near near- ly forty independent establish establish- ments Or in plainer language growth in federal has increased times as rapidly as ast t the h e population increase Or OrIn Orin Orin In 1820 we had one government nt employee for tor each 1173 Inhabitants inhabitants inhabitants inhabit inhabit- ants and in 1920 we had one for for- every inhabitants In the year 1850 we spent only per capita This increased to by 1900 in fifty years but is is now for each man man woman and child In this terrible increase in federalism federalism federalism fed no wonder such men as President ex-President CoolIdge warned congress congress congress con con- gress and Governor Ritchie now speaks out boldly against a growth or disease that Is very dangerous dangerouS' Just read the following and you may better understand why w we are doing as we do It would be all but impossible to list the overlapping the duplication duplication duplication cation of work by different federal feder feder- al offices In the debate on the recently passed bill for tor the con- con sg of ot wild life Senator McKellar McKellar McKellar Mc- Mc Kellar declared that 13 bureaus for tor the protection of ot wild game had already been established in inthe inthe inthe the departments and that the measure aimed at a A joint committee on reorganization has pointed out that public works projects projects projects pro pro- are scattered among no less than 25 government agencies conservation conservation conservation con con- of natural resources among five bureaus direct aids to education among six bureaus public health among five bureaus rivers and harbors projects among 15 divisions visions and purchase of government government government gov gov- supplies among all the 10 departments Besides engineering engineering engineering engin engin- research la Is carried on in 22 bureaus while 24 are engaged in making topographical surveys and maps Is any of the work done by these government agencies unnecessary unnecessary un un- un- un necessary or useless 1 Those who have seen piles of ot government publications will hardly doubt this Continued on last page |