Show Hoover Hooper Board Requests Overseas Affairs Office WASHINGTON ASHINGTON V March 25 UP A AThe P The The Hoover commission Friday asked congress to consider creating creating creat creat- ing a new administration of overseas over over- overseas seas affairs to manage territories territories territories terri terri- tories occupied areas and the Marshall Marshall Mar Mar- shall plan The report next to last in the commissions commission's series of 18 on govA gov- gov 4 J.-i J. mr f A JM em emment anent reorganization made no flat recommendation on for laws to cure what it called the present con confusion inconsistencies and uncertainty uncertainty uncertainty un un- certainty in the handling of overseas responsibilities But it declared that of three likely solutions such as independent ent agency holds the greatest W f ji possibilities of ending confusion and serious friction among among- the offices now sharing the job the job the army navy state and interior departments departments de de- and four independent agencies Hoover Asks Speed Former Pres Pros Herbert Hoover chairman of the 12 member bi bipartisan bipartisan bipartisan bi- bi partisan commission went further He declared the agency should be beset beset beset set up immediately Two vo other members shared his view view James James K Ii Pollock political scientist and George H H. Mead Ohio industrialist industrial industrial- Y fR s 3 y q m f t. a x hY The rest of the commission thought more study is needed Two members Secy of ot State Acheson and retiring Secy of Defense Defense Defense De De- De- De Forrestal took no position their agencies are directly concerned con con- The proposal might solve one major problem The army wants to get out of civil rule in occupied Germany Austria Japan and I Korea the state department I doesn't want the job Meanwhile the commission said there have been uncertainty and delay on the state departments department's part In drafting policies for the it kW 1 17 0 t l areas area so that the arm army r has tended through its daily aily decisions to tomake tomake tomake make its own policy What Would lI Happen If congress adopts the tho suggestion suggestion suggestion tion the new administration would take over The occupied areas are J in Europe and the far east from the army The European recovery program and aid to China from the year-old year Economic Cooperation a administration tion Special missions to Greece and and I Turkey from the state department depart depart- 1 ment mente I l y W C Jr I The trust territories of the I Caroline Marshall and Marianas islands from the navy The sel self governing territories of Alaska Hawaii Puerto Rico and the Virgin islands from the interior interior interior inte inte- department The governing territories terri terri- territories tories of Guam an and Samoa from the navy The entire E EGA C A and three lesser independent agencies the agencies the Philippine war damage commission commission commis commis- sion Philippine alien property administration administration administration ad ad- ministration and American battle monuments commission would commission would go into the new office intact i p The same report dealt with two unrelated topics both more or less inconclusively 1 Congress was asked to establish establish lish a national science foundation for federal research and to empower empower empower em em- power Pres Truman to coordinate the existing scattered research agencies The Hoover group gave no guide for organizing the proposed proposed proposed pro pro- posed foundation Mr Truman in 19 1917 j 7 vetoed with regret a bill creating such a research clearing house He felt the ruling body proposed by congress congress-a a mem 24 x f M g q ff 7 I i ber committee of CiC wouldn't work 1 W 2 2 The commission urge an effort be made to det which governmental jobs be done by the federal gove I and which b by the states ciU citi counties and further further- J i ft I We Ve recommend that o 0 Q r s systems systems national national r state an anbe be be generally revised I and tj r this revision every Possible be made to lo leave to the lod- lod lo 10 i and states adequate resource which to raise revenue to toI tol to I the duties and responsibility local and state government rcY 3 |