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Show I 1 IChan9jng 1Changing Changing Chan9jng Ti Times es Call forCreation for forCreation forCreation Creation of U U.S US . S . . Bureaus BureausVarious Bureausa . . , . a ' " r , . rrR e I r " N ' t tVarious Various Interests Jnterests Favor Special Agencies AgenciesFor AgenciesFor AgenciesFor For Own Problems ; Patronage Plums PlumsSought PlumsSought PlumsSought Sought by Political Pohtical Parties Parties . ' ) . 'ys ys ' , } u A i4 * ' fps " ' . By BAUKILAGENews BAUKHAGE BAUKIIAGE BAUKILAGE BAUKHAGEJVeic JVeic News Analy Analyst Analyitjin " nd and Commenlator Commentator WNU Service Union Unton Trust BuJldiDr Building BuJldiDrWashIncton BuildingWashington BuildingWashington WashIncton Washington , D CThe CThe C CThe The much mo mooted ted question otttates of ofstates ofstates states rights as against the over overcentralIzation overcentralization overcentralization centralIzation ot of government . ' In InWasbmgtonwluch inWashingtonwhich InWashington Wasbmgton-wluch Wasbmgton wluch Washington-which Washington which - which is lumped neatly neatlyInto neatlyInto neatlyInto Into the one word 'bureaucracy- 'bureaucracy bureaucracy 'bureaucracyIs ' 'bureaucracy bureaucracy tureaucracy ' ' - Is due for a thorough airing ainng In the thecommg thecoming thecommg commg coming political pohtlcal campaIgnThe campaignThe campaign campaignThe The recent debate In the senate senateover senateover senateover over reconversion reconverlon $ . , especially In thecontest the thecontest thecontest contest over whether th the " federal federalgovernment federalgovernment federalgovernment government should administer the theunemployment theunemployment theunemployment unemployment payments during the thechange thechange thechange change over from war 'War ' production to tocIvilian tocivilian tocivihan cIvilian production , , is a good ex example example example exampleThere ample ampleThere There will wlU wlf be much sound and andfury andury : . fury ( much thundering In the index IndexDn Indexon on Dn this subject subjecL . Little will wID be found foundto foundto foundto to have been accomplished accomphshed when . the thedust thedust thedust dust settles For in 1D this question questlon webehold we webehold webehold behold an interesting mteresUng paradox lfew New lfewDealers NewDealers NewDealers Dealers as well weU as Republicans leftwingers left- left leftwlngers left-wingers left wingers - - - wlngers wingers as well as right wingers wmgers de deplore deplore deplore plore the growing growmg centralization centrahzation centrabzaton of ofpoer ofpower ofpower po\\er po er power \ in the federal government asI asa as I a ( threat to democracy And yet , , all allof allof allof of them when they sit down to look lookat tookat ook ookat at the facts admit privately that thatthere thatthere tha thathere there Is little or no chance of check checkIng checklug checkIng Ing lug this trendThe trend trendThe The very groups which oppose the thelendenc thetendency thetendency lendenc tendency , . toward the creation of ofmore ofmore ofmore more federal machinery machmery and de- de denounce deaounce de denounce - - nounce aounce the bureaucrats the loudest , Ire re Insistent that enough of the thebureaucrats thebureaucrats thebureaucrats bureaucrats who handle their spe speclal specral special clal cral interests Jnterests be spared wheneverithe whenever wheneveri wheneverthe whenever'the wheneverthe ' the axe threatens to fallIt fall . It is upon 'Upon bpon ' this little Inconslstenc inconsistency inconsistencythat , . that President Roosevelt always alwaysbangs alwayshangs alwayshangs bangs hangs his rebuttal whenever Sena Senator Senator Senator tor Byrd Brrd and other critics cntlcs of bis lus ins lav lay lavIsh layIsh lavIsh Ish government spending can caU caf for a ateducb.on areduction areduction teducb.on teducbon reduction . of the government pay paytoll payroll payroll payrollOf toll roll tollOf rollOf Of course the war badly dls dis dlsturbed disCurbed disturbed turbed Curbed the traditional democratic in in.titutlon Institution inttitution .titutlon titutlon stitution . of checks and balances and andlifted andhoed andlifted lifted hoed private pnvate enterprise right out b by bythe bythe , . the hair and sat down in m an its place placeWIth placewith placemth WIth the brutal indifference mdl1Ierence which is isassociated isassociated istssociated associated with Mars The federal federalgovernment federalgovernment federalgovernment government today finds fords itself domg doing domgbusiness doingbusiness doingbusiness business on a scale larger than aU all aUpeacenme allpeacetime allpeacetime peacenme peacetime enterprise enterpnse put together togetherSome togetherSome togetherSome Some of these activities are bound boundto boundto boundto to stick when normal times fiDally finally fiDallyreturn finallyreturn finallyreturn return but the trend toward towardbureaucracy towardbureaucracy towardbureaucracy bureaucracy started even before beforethat beforethat beforethat beforethatAccording that thatAccording According Accordmg to Alfred Bmgham who whohas whohas whohas has written a book called ThePractice The ThePractice ThePractice Practice of Idealism Ideahsm which you youought youought youought ought to read whether you can agree agreeWIth agreewith agreewith WIth it or not not , , the trend toward towardbureaucracy towardbureaucracy towardbureaucracy bureaucracy Is due largely to two twoof twoof twoof of five , revolutions which he says saysare saysare saysare are going on nowBingham now nowBmgham Bmgham Bingham says that revolution re resuIts resuits relulls suIts from the pent up pressure of ofdelayed ofdelayed ofdelayed delayed social change He believes believesthat believesthat believesthat that like hke water power it caneIther caneither can caneither either sweep in a destructive flood floodover floodover floodover over peaceful cities and farms or orIt orIt orIt It can be controlled and turned to tobeneficial tobeneficial tobeneficial beneficial useRevolt use use'Revolt 'Revolt Revolt ' of 01 Common Man Man'Encourages ManEncourages ' Encourage Encourages . Bureaucracy BureaucracyThe The first of the revolutions he heBames henames heaames Bames names and one of those whIch whIchhas whichbas whichhas has bas encouraged bureaucracy and m mcreased mcreased increased creased the demands on the fed federal federal fedtral eral government s manpower is as the'revolt the 'revolt revolt , ' revolt of the common man Of Ofcourse Ofcourse Ofcourse course that revolt has been gomg going gomgon goingon goingon on lustily lust1y ! with the start it et got at the thebarricades thebarricades thebarricades barricades in Pans Paris and the events eventswluch eventswhich eventswhich wluch which occurred between Lexington Lexingtonand Lexingtonand Lexingtonand and Yorktown but the depression of of1929 1929 moved it ahead quite a peg In Inthis inthis inthis this country to say nothing nothmg of what whathappened whathappened whathappened happened after World War I all aU over overIbe overthe overthe Ibe the world including mcludmg the birth of ofcommumsm ofcommumsm ofcommunism commumsm fascism and all theIr theIrlreak theirfreak theirtreak lreak freak off offshoots shoots Bmgham says it was the call of ofthe ofthe ofthe the common man tor for social and eco economic economic economic nomic security secunty which was one of the thetwo thetwo thetwo two chief causes of the growing growmg cen centraUabon centralzation centralizabon traUabon tralzation % of government He cItes cItesas citesas citesis as two examples the labor g1'oup g1oup group g1'oupwhIch groupwhich ' groupwhich whIch demanded that their interestsbe mterestsbe interests mterests ] be looked alter after and the farmers farmersThe farmersThe The < ( Isbor Ipbor labor department which had hadbeen hadbeen hadbeen been a part of the department of ofcommerce ofcommerce ofcommerce commerce since SlDce 1903 was created createda 11 a separate unit in 1913) 1913 1913 ) Bingham Binghamsays Binghamsays Binghamsays says that the vast organization orgamatIon % un under under unfler der the department of agriculture agriculturewas was byfarmers the result of the insistence mSlstence by farmers that agriculture be recog recogDlZed recogpeed recogpized DlZed peed and assistedThe assisted assistedThe The second revolution the de demands demands demands mands of which brought about addl adds addlbonal addshonal addibonal bonal honal federal activity according accordmg to o . . Bingham was the technical revo revolutIon revoIution revolution lutIon Iution another name for the Indus Indus'trial industrial Industrial 'trial trial ' revolution which has made mademass mademass mademass mass production and all aU the won wonders wonders wonders ders of the machine age pOSSIble pOSSIbleBIllion possibleBillion possibleBillion BIllion dollar corporations reqwred required reqwredsome requiredsome requiredsome some government control various variousIndustries variousindustries variousindustries Industries notably those producing producingand producingand producingand and using usmg the automobile autompbile and the theairplane theairplane theairplane airplane called tor for highway and sky skyway skyway skyway way encouragement regulator regulat on and andgwdance andguidance andguidance gwdance guidance The huge department of ofcommerce ofcommerce ofcommerce commerce with its many activIties activItiesconducted activitiesconducted activitiesconducted conducted to aid business became becamea a separate entity in fn 1903 and has hasgrown hasgrown hasgrown grown steadily steadlly smceAnd sinceAnd since smce sinceAnd And right here we might asse asset assetthat assertthat t tthat that the common man and if you youwill youwill youwill will the less common man worker workerfarmer workerfarmer workerfarmer farmer artisan executive or entre entrepreneur entrepreneur entrepreneur preneur although he joins joms merrily merrilyin In the chorus chOnlS denouncing the thebureaucrats thebureaucrats thebureaucrats bureaucrats in general doesn t want wantthe wantthe wantI the particular bureaucrat who is isready Isready isready ready to help his particular Inter Interest interest interest est disturbed disturbe dlsturbe4 | If H he does not notactually notactually notactually actually demand the services of ofsuch ofsuch ofsuch such a bureaucrat , , he may create a asituation asituation asituation situation which his Ius competitor or orthose orthose orthose those who may become his lus vIctim vIctiminSiSt victiminsist victimInsist inSiSt must be controlled by the government gov gov- governmenL government - ernment ernmenL . ernmenLOf Of course Mr Bingham Bmgham s answer answerto answerto answerto to all aU this is that a growing ex expanslon expension expansion panslon pension of governmental powers IS as asall ISall isall all right , , so long as it is self govern government governmerit government ment merit Without debating debatmg that ques question question question tion let s see exactly how badly the thebureaucrat thebureaucrat thebureaucrat bureaucrat is really hatedBut hatedBut hated hatedBut But you will find that there are arebureaucrats arebureaucrats arebureaucrats bureaucrats and bureaucratsYou bureaucratsYou bureaucrats bureaucratsYou You will find no complaint complalDt about aboutthe aboutthe aboutthe the civil servant who carries carnes out the thedecrees 1 1decrees I Idecrees decrees of the people s duly elected electedrepresentatives electedrepresentatives electedrepresentatives representatives provided those de decrees detrees decrees crees trees have been sponsored , , not to tosa tosay tosay sa say , . lobbied through c congress ng1'ess ng1ess ' at atsaId atsaid atsaid saId complainant s request . . Let us consider the following state statement statemeat statement ment meat concerning one bureau pre presum presumably presumably sum sumably ably administered admmlstered it if I read my myWebster myWebster myWebster Webster aright by bureaucratsFederal bureaucratsFederal bureaucrats bureaucratsFederal Federal aid in building buildmg and andmBmtammg andmaintaining andmaintaining mBmtammg maintaining highways as carned carried carnedout carriedout carriedout out under Republican Repubhcan admlnlstra admlnistra admlnlstrabons admlnistratrons adrnlnistrations bons trons and since smce continued is a sound soundand soundand soundand and comparatively narmomous pro program program program programOOP gramCOP gram OOP GOP COP Has Hcu Some Kind Ksnd KsndWords KindWords Word Words . for lor BureausFederal BureausFederal Bureaus BureausFederal Federal responsibility ( regard regardIng regarding regardtog Ing agriculture ) should be directed directedto directedto to such economic stabIl1zation stabilization stabIl1zationthrough stabilizationthrough stabilizationthrough through disposition of surpluses as assurance assurance assurance surance of fair market pricesWho pricesWho prices pricesWho Who says thiS this7 ' The 26 Repubhcan Republican Repubhcangovernors Republicangovernors Republicangovernors governors assembled in 10 m St LouIs LouIsearly Louisearly Louisearly early this month to back Mr MrDewey MrDewey MrDewey Dewey s : > presidential campaignThey campaignThey campaign campaignthe They represented we opm.e opme opine . both boththe boththe the common man and hkewlse likewise hkewlsethe likewisethe likewisethe the uncommon manAnd manAnd man manAnd And it 1f of you want further fUfther support supportfor supportfor supporttor for Mr Bingham Bmgbam Bmgham s thesis that the theleaders theleaders theleaders leaders in lD the world of technology technologythe technologythe the men who own the machines and andsupervIse andsupervise andsupervise supervIse their operation like some someof someof someof of the bureaucrats note the state statement statewent statement ment went from authentic sources that thatalter thatafter thatafter alter after the war industry mdustoy industy } ? is going gomg to toencourage toencourage toencourage encourage the perpetuation of some someof someof someof of the functions of the OPA and the theWPB theWPB , WPB because it is thought they can canhelp canhelp canhelp help stabilize industryOn industryOn Industry IndustryOn On the other side of the medal medalagam medalagain medalagain agam again just to preserve a nice Dice bal bat balance batance balance ance what about the GI Bill of ofRights ofRights ofRights Rights ? That law puts into the thehands thehands thehands hands of the federal government governmentthe , the administration of the greatest greatestwelfare greatestwelfare greatestwelfare welfare program ever framed I Itake Itake Itake take it that high low and rmddle middle rmddleare middleare middleare are w willing llng to pay for the bureau bureaucrats bureaucrats bureaucrats crats to run this program out of ofthe ofthe o othe the federal treasury It was passed passedunammously passedunanimously passedunanimously unammously unanimously by congress So it goesWe goesWe goes goesWe We can boil boll down the debate m in mcongress incongress incongress congress over unemployment Insur Insuran insuran insuran an e a and the effort to put the ad admlOlstratlon administration administration mlOlstratlon ministration of the payments into intothe intothe intothe the hands of the states into a much muchmore muchmore muchmore more Immediate and practical ques questIon question question tIon than the broad principle of ofstates ofstates ofstates states rights centralization of gov government government government ernment or the growth of bureauc bureaucracy bureaucracy bureaucracy racy It is a simple sunple matter here hereof hereof hereof of whether the administration ( any anyadmmlstration anyadministration anyadministration admmlstration administration ) ) banding handmg handing out the thebenefits thebenefits thebenefits benefits directly sets up |