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Show THE HUNGRY BURE BUREAUSIt BUREAUS US , - USI I It is a chronic chromc condition that the thev theI thework thewoik I work v . all . of government : and tnd state depart depart- departI departments departments departments - I ments burea bureaus , commissions conull1ssions , boards boardsand boardsand boardsand and whit v.h\t v.ht v.h vh t what . ' \ not are hampered h3mpered foi for lack lackof lackof lackof of sufficient funds ftmds , ' according accordmg to theIr theIrI theIrreports theirreports theirreports reports reportsI reportsonder I I reportsW reportswe W Ws we \ wonder \\onder onder v.hatVould . what v.hat vhat ' \ would \Vould Vould happen if ifeach ifeach ifeach each of these innumerable tax-send tax send tax-spend- spend taxspendmg taxsending - - ing mg agencies were gn gi\en gi en given \ en "suffIcient suffIcient "suffIcientfunds "sufficientfunds "suficientfunds suficientfunds " funds , " accordmgto .accordmg.to accordmg.to accordingto . < , . the ideas of the thebureaucrats thebureaucrats thebureaucrats bureaucrats m in chaige chalge charge of them Our Ourguess Ourguess Ourguess guess is that half of _ the populatIOn populatIOnwot populationwould populationwould wot would d be on federal , state state and local localpayrolls localpayrolls localpayrolls payrolls within wIthm a year ye3r . One person personout personout personout out of every ten is on such a payro1l payroll payro1lnow payrollnow payrollnow now nowOne One needs only to read one or t\\'o t 'o o two t'oof twoof twoof \ " ' of the current bureau reports WhICh WhIChclamor whichclamor whichclamor clamor for more funds to get an Idea Ideaof ideaof ideaof of the crazy research fads " which "hICh hICh care are aresought caresought aresought sought to be promoted , and extended extendedFor extendedFor extendedFor For example , theVoman's the \ Woman's Womans \Voman's Voman's Vomans ' Bureau BureauUsts Bureaultsts Bureaulists Usts ltsts a few of the 'most most ' important important"subjects importantsubjects " subjects which a waiting world 18 is isdying 18dying Isdying dying to ha\e ha e hate \ mvestIgat investigated d , as follows fo11ows ' Surveys , studies and f.nd fnd ! . mfonnatlon information mfonnatlonconcermng informationconcerning informationconcerning concermng concerning the employment of married marriedwomen marriedwomen marriedwomen women , employment emplovment in 1n plants usmg using usmgpoIsonous usingpoisonous usingpoisonous poIsonous substances , investigation of ofthe ofthe ofthe the piecework iplecework system ; : a study of ofposture ofposture ofposture posture while sitting at work , a study studyof studyof studyof of women in m professional and semi semi- semiprofessional semi-professional semi professional - . I IproCessIonal proCessIonal professional pursuits , theeffect the - effect -effect of offatIgue offatigue offatigue fatIgue on production and on the theVorker theworker theworker ofI I \Vorker Vorker worker ' \ , and . , of course , an elaborate elaborateprplimmary elaborateprrlirnmary elaborateprpliminary prplimmary prrlirnmary investigation of the bestmethods best bestmethods bestmethods methods investigations of making makmg these thesc investiga invesUga investiga- . - tions tlon5 These , the bureau saysare says , -are are ore areonly oreonly - areonly problemsDozens only a few of the great , vital problems i Dozens of others should have prompt promptattention promptattention . attention if funds were avallableThen availableThen available avallable Then the results would be printed prmted in ingreat Ingreat . great volumes perhaps , and that would wouldI would"be wouldbe wouldDe wouldybe " " I De ybe the end of them of I course , Con- Con Congressmen Con Congressmen . - gressmen might read them in order to toget toget . get ideas for a lot of new laws la\\s la s \ \ requir requir- - ing requiring still st111 more thousands of 'Oublic Oublic public 'OublicI 'OublicofficiaIs publicofficials ' nubileofficials I officiaIs officials and emplo employees employeesIt ees . It seems that no bureaucrat ever In- In In1 Investigates investigates in investigates - 1 vestigates the effect of . all 0.11 011 this on the theI I taxpayer's taxpayers ta thetaxpayer's thetaxpayers theta pa er ' pocketbookI pocketbook I |
