Show Bureaucracy's In a n recent magazine article C CW W Battley gives some striking il- il il illustrations of the amazing growth of government departments bur bur bur- bureaus and commissions during re- re recent recent re recent cent years He lie calls especial atten atten- attention attention tion to the expansion of the Fed Fed- Federal Federal Federal eral Trade Commission whose ex- ex expenditures ex expenditures increased from in 1915 to in in 1932 or more than ten fold Yet this commission which is supposed to regulate competition and prevent violations of trust anti anti laws has no power to enforce its decisions More than 50 per cent of its decisions which have been tested in the courts have been re- re reversed reversed re reversed versed the litigation causing great expense to the government and to j toj business men affected by these un un- un uni i lawful interferences with their I Ti rights I IOther Other instances of bureaucracy's II growth pointed out by Battley inS in- in elude I S the fact that theof the Department of Commerce increased its expenditures more than per cent in oft 18 years while the Department of t I ed S Agricultures Agriculture's expenditures increased increased ed from to 2 6 9 U in 20 about years or 1400 1100 per percent percent percent cent I The lie same general situation exists in every ery department of national isS state S and local government tI tl Is no S no wonder that taxpayers through through- throughout throughout S throughout out out the country are arc organizing to demand relief from the unbearable tax burden which has been Leen placed upon them Exchange them Exchange |