Show WOULD AMERICANIZE GOVERNMENT fiRST fiRSTI Franklin D. D Roo Roosevelt Declares res I evelt Congress and Executive Departments De De- DeI I p Need It Most CALL L FOR REORGANIZATION TION t Urges s Better Pay for Federal Em Em- and Greater Discretion for Department He Heads ds V WASHINGTON SI March h l 19 Frank lFrank Frank Frank- Franklin lin Un D D. Roose Roosevelt assistant assistant secretary of ot the the na navy has written to s tentative n R Walton alton l I Moore re of ot Virginia Virginiaa a letter in which he asserts that radical radical radical radi radi- cal im improvements r Inthe should be e made inthe in inthe the organization n of tf the various various various' de departments de- de of th fh the government government with a aview I Vi view v ie to to increasing its its QU business Iness effi- effi ff clency as an up to going going- concern con concern con cern v 1 I. I Mi Mr ri Roosevelt takes take practically the the same stand as Franklin K Lane former for tor- mer secretary tary of th the the- Interior who in a aill ill letter to President Wilson Vilson recently criticised the shortcomings and red tape of- of of'S oth the governmental in Washington Washington-as as he had found it after atter serving serving seven years year In the cabinet and prior to that in other government positions I j Need eed Americanizing I Mr Joos elf dec declares ares that he believes es the American people favor f business efficiency in the c conduct of I government l affairs he is U after T seVen Year years years' experience In Washington i fr tl that congress and the government executive departments need Americanizing more mora than any of our other institutions His l letter tr follows follows' Replying ing t to pur pur letter of f ar ary 28 I hope y you will succeed in getting etting some ac action lon in the matter of ot improving ins the organization and busl bui- I ness efficiency of ot the he executive departments de de- de- de of the national government Seven Seyen years Ears experience in Washing ton and a certain amount of study stud 1 of nf prove pro to me conclusively hel tHat there Is a tremendous field for lor improvement in three broad and distinct distinct distinct dis dis- dis- dis particulars Overlapping Exists First There First There exists an overlapping and duplication of ot administrative work in Iti the different departments New activities cU have haye gr grown wn up in or 1 been assigned to departments with little regard legard to go good d business methods A i large part of this his work vork should be re reassigned reassigned reassigned re- re i assigned and much of it now scattered scattered scat cat I between different departments should be consolidated in one I Second Second Departmental methods of i ia a administration should be made uniform uni uni- i form rm For instance no two departments departments departments depart depart- ments have ha the same accounting system tern tem Tn In this sam same category there is equal need of reform in the method of ot making appropriations by congress The appropriation measures for the different departments show a ridiculous lous bus hodgepodge of ot subdivisions re restrictions ye- ye ns etc with a complete Jack lack of I Adequate Pay Urged I Third Congress Third Congress must make malie u up up its mind Ind to give ghe adequate pa pay to government government government govern govern- I ment servants and to allow greater latitude and discretion to the executive executive I tive e heads of departments In the fix fixing fixing fixing fix fix- I ing of ot rates of ot compensation Without i any reference to the secretaries and assistant se in the different departments it is a fad fact that the administrative ad ad- officials officials' directly under them are aie now paid salaries which pi prevent event the best men from staying in inthe the the- government service The result is apparent all the way down the line Une It means that the I younger men hav have e no incentive e e to I II give their best energies for there is I I no future to look forward to and I they see sea in many of their ther superiors j I men who have been willing to stay I on ort because of ot lack of or ambition on and anda a Il wm willingness ngn ss to remain in a a. rut I Salary Salary- No Inducement I r 1 do not hesitate to say that I T I could run the navy department more efficiently in every way nay with 1 15 per percent percent cent fewer employ es if it I Iv could have hav e authority to take the salaries of or these and add the amount in my discretion to the pay of those who are experts ts in their own line of work and nd who would command far higher pay in ip private employ J r have in mind the men who are making good hut but will not stay under present con con- I 1 kr ow v o YOU vou Kill will pardon me if I yOU ou quite frankly that I believe America stands as a whole for busie business busi- busi ues ness e efficiency nc Jn in the tho of t Us its Usand affairs and that u in this r re respect the i congress of ot the United Sj ates aM t executive departments I o 0 lie ment need more t any other o of our pur other I I |