Show I Hoover Urge New Compact Setup V WASHINGTON ASHINGTON Feb 7 UP iF- iF The Hoover Hoo commission called Monday for a vast government reshuffling which would squeeze 6 65 3 agencies Into a tight group one- one third that size all under firm control control control con con- of the president Reporting to congress on its month 16 search for ways to streamline the government the group headed by former President Herbert Hoover urged giving the president broad new powers over his official family powers family powers it said are needed in the present critical state of world affairs It said that under the present setup authority is diffused lines of authority are confused staff services are insufficient To remedy that the commission proposed a government pyramid based on the federal em em- and building up to a score of top-level top agencies directly under the president president Instead Instead of the 65 which now report to him if they report to anyone Powers Power Expanded At the head of this chain of or command the president would be fortified with new staff officials I a powerful managerial arm in La 1 an expanded budget office much I wider powers to reorganize government government gov gov- offices and authority to name many officials without the senates senate's approval Omitted from the list of offices tabbed for streamlining were nine regulatory agencies including three three the the interstate commerce commission federal reserve board and securities and exchange commission com corn mission which mission which many congressmen congress congress- men have proposed putting out of I Ithe the presidents president's reorganization reach The report was the first chapter chapter chap chap- ter of a massive blueprint for fed federal fed fedr eral reform which reform which Hoover has hns said could save the taxpayers billions bil lions to lions to be handed congress in 15 installments before March 31 Details Next Today's chapter is only a general general general gen eral skeleton the report said of the biggest reorganizing job in history his his- tory It promised that later re reports re- re ports three ports three a week will week will fill in that framework with the details of proposed mergers and and the patching of or weakened weakened weak ened or actually broken lines of authority I The 12 member commission is isSee isSee See Page 5 Column 1 t Hoover Urge Mew Compact Setup Continued from Page One half Democratic halt hall Republican created by law as the jt It t was organization of on commission the thc executive branch o of government govern govern- ment and its proposals are expected expected ex ex- to carry unusual weight I eX in congress Its members include Secretary of State Acheson and Defense Secretary Forrestal top ranking lawmakers of ot both parties and several former high officials now in m Industry education or other fields Among the shifts recommended I in the most gigantic business o on onearth onearth earth were these 1 The presidents president's multi headed council of economic ad- ad should be replaced b by an office of the economic adviser with one head The present three man s setup up invites In public di disagreement among its mem mem- bers 2 The president should be free freeto freeto freeto to shake up the national security council council council-a a major maker of ot defense I policy which policy which is now unduly weighted with the mil military tary The secretaries of army air and navy sit it on the council as well as Secretary Secretary Secretary Secre Secre- tary of Defense Forrestal 3 Lesser officials should not have o power independent of their bosses the department heads That proposal would seem to cut cutoff cutoff cutoff off the arm army na navy y and air secretaries secretaries secre secre- from their right of appeal to the president o er the head of the secretary of defense 4 4 The office of the budget now the budget bureau should bureau should be shaped for a bigger role as a watchdog of federal efficiency going far ar beyond strictly budgetary budgetary budgetary matters Clash of Opinions Here the commission overruled Its budget task force one of 24 private-citizen private groups which did the research spadework on individual individual individual indi indi- vidual offices The task force wanted the budget agency restored restored restored re re- stored to the treasury department where it was a decade ago The commission called this a step backward I The report suggested strengthening strengthening strengthening strength strength- ening the executive office of the i president by bj Creating an office of personnel directed by the chairman of the civic service commission to advise ise the president on making the government government government gov gov- one of the most progressive progressive progressive sive employers in the nation Giving the president a staff secretary to keep him posted on major issues looming ahead on the work of ot congress and on the problems being handled by his subordinates Placing the security council and its related agency for mobilization planning the national security resources resources resources re re- re- re sources board in the executive office office office of of- fice of the president Giving Giving- the president enough mone money to expand his use of ot adison advisory ad- ad ison commissions and to hire cons consultants and personal advisers advis advis- ers of or eminence and prestige Twenty seven specific w were e ere r e interlaced through the page 51 report Most would require legislation Some Some Some- including proposals to streamline the field services which employ 90 of all need need only the presidents president's orders |