Show Test o of Government Business Efficiency So you think government operation of business would be a good thing Well Vell before you as a voter sign the contract for that take a quick look at some things the Hoover commission on reorganization reorganization reorganization of the executive branch of the government found out about the operation of just one small activity of government the government the handling of veterans veterans' life insurance policies by the Veterans administration tion Investigation revealed appalling mishandling mishandling mishandling mis mis- handling of records delay and Many veterans have been converting converting converting con con- their wartime insurance to regular regular regular regu regu- lar l life e insurance policies Investigators found that more than half of these conversions conversions conversions con con- versions had been unnecessarily delayed and a quarter were mishandled There are a number of privately- privately managed life insurance firms whose efficiency efficiency efficiency ef ef- ef- ef can be compared with that of the managed government-managed veterans l life e insurance operation Investigators found that V. V A. A em em- handle only 12 policy conversions a day Clerks in a big life insurance company company company com com- pany office handle 32 on the average a day The average time of clearing death claims in one V. V A A. A office was days whereas most private insurance companies companies companies com com- settle claims within 15 days Investigators Investigators Investigators In In- found that one private insurance insurance insurance in in- company with fewer in an office which is comparable to one of the V. V A A. A branch offices handled seven times as many policies twice as many premium notices six times as many address changes eight times as many changes in and 12 times as many death claims If that's a fair sample of the efficiency efficiency efficiency effi effi- of government its it's no wonder it takes so many hundreds of thousands of and so many billions of dollars dollars dollars dol dol- lars to run the governments government's business |