Show Red Tape Inherited From Old Regime Still Hinders Austria i i i VIENNA Aug 3 31 1 AP Def AP-Def Defeat at in war changed the whole political g geographical structure of old Austro- Austro Hu Hungarian garan monarchy but red tape an inheritance has Jias survived Austria is indeed often called the most bureaucratic country of Europe Although th tho little state with Its Is admittedly the poor poorest st country or of Europe Europe- the number of It its civil servants as compiled with before the war has has almost doubled This paradoxical paradox paradox- ical situation was referred to the council of the league of of nations Austria promised to apply the ax mind and thousand of government off 1 LO js have hav been fired Yet the Wiener Journal says that in the federal chancellors chancellor's rs r's department alone there are ministerial min counselors aa as against half that number when Whelm Austria held sway over the large dual empire L similarly overstaffed All the oUter other departments departments' employ more than the old monarchy mon archy had On It its payroll for the administration o of a a- country ten times th the size of the present re republic ze- ze public publiO of Austria the paper says The journal further states states' that each of thea counselors has an minor officials official and typists typists' his jurisdiction This This' con contrasted with the th sad plight of professors pro pro- and school teachers teachers' who In Inconsequence Inconsequence consequence of low low- wages desert their calling it follows that the country Is' Is in tn the grip of a. a real ii 4 |