| Show i Government Pay Roll Lists 6 I I t I t Li s y FY H S w I I 1 S 1 C.- C. i 1 Chester C. C Davis 2 Harry L. L Hopkins 3 Donald 4 Harold Ickes 5 Jesse H. H Jones By WI WILLIAM LLIAM C. C UTLEY C MENU FOR TODAY f Little Pig Sausage AAA Sunshine Salad iRAti RA i ti t. r Plum Pudding RA like that may mayor or orY ormay t Y N may not look like an attract attractive t tive Uve menu to you rou and me but of ot our Inspired citizens citizens citi citi- zens zees are eating It or something ng like It every ever day and all of us are pa Ing lag a month just for forthe 1 the time salaries of the thc chefs We ma may not Dot be pa paying cash but were we're at least signing the time checks and so soon sooner ner er eror or r later well we'll have re to make them good the have bave added more than employees s to the executive department alone that Is the time amount of Increase since February 28 l 1933 33 Just before the New Deal administration came Into power It Is estimated that approximately approximate approximate- ly persons are on the lists who receive salaries and other payments ments from the government go from President Franklin D. D Roosevelt Roose Roose- Roosevelt velt down the line through the long J- J r rolls of ot executives and workers to i the least of the millions who are dependent upon the Federal Emergency Emergency Emergency Emer Emer- gency Relief administration This body that the IT says average family of ot four persons has but one wage earner In It This would seem to Indicate that persons are either wholly or partly depending 0 upon th the national government for support That Is one out of every five ll In the nation The Public Works administration under Secretary of the Interior h Harold arold L. L Ickes employs dIrectly directly di dl- Itself and Indirectly gives gh-es employment to another on Its various arIous projects Regular routine routine routine rou rou- tine employees of the government which Include the tile White House congress con con- press gress the departments and miscellaneous miscellaneous laneous commissions and some of the Independent agencies created b by bythe bythe y the New v Deal account for tor Many Are Employed Congress Itself which votes all the money the ithe administrations administration's spending employs less than 2000 persons 1003 for the house louse of representatives representatives representatives rep rep- and SO for the time senate Employees of the national labor relations relations relations re re- re- re lations board listed as a regular branch of ot the government total S. S 71 Military employees ees are arc more than r y Federal relief rolls rons account for tor of whom there are single persons and I families The Civilian Conservation I corps corps or or as It Is officially named the Emergency Conservation Work organization which which Is one of the early comers of the new bureaus created under the direction of ot Robert Rob Rob- Robert nobert ert Fechner on April 5 G 1 1933 1033 33 employed employed em em- at the last reckoning 03 The executive department with Its alphabetical bureaus- bureaus now boasts r f. f more employees than at nt any other l time In the country's history save the World war years Last October Octor Octo Octo- w r ber lIer the payroll passed time the mark of monthly the official figure figure figure fig fig- ure released by the civil elvil service commission being At Ati i r r. more than l a year the salaries of the time executive department depart depart- department ment civil branch now surpass one- one third of ot the total annual revenues rc of ot the rhe UnIt United 1 States It Is In the executive branch of ot the government of course where virtually virtually virtu virtu- ally all of the time bureaus and administrations administrations ad ministrations nn and 1 commissions lie He Else they could not have ha ve so efficiently accomplished their pose of centralizing the time authority and responsibility as the they ha have hae e done What all of f these bureaus are me and what they are Intended to do are shown by charts and outlines In the time United States government go manual recently recently re re- released with a cover message message mes meso sage from the President himself which reads rends On Only y through a clear understanding by b every citizen of the time objectives es organization and availability of the go government agencies can they render truly effective effective tive service and assure progress toward toward toward to to- ward economic security Rather Mystifying The average citizen who learned the structure of his government nt In Inthe Inthe the time schoolroom of the days before Is apt to become a bit befuddled befuddled befuddled If not altogether punch drunk after fingering the pages of this manual however howe The manual provided provided pro pro- vided in loose leaf form so that more pages can caD be added as ns more I bureaus are arc created Indicates that no less than 51 such ad additions have b been n made by the present administration adminis admInis- as as nearly as us I could count them there are so many wheels within wheels I am Inclined to think the average citizen might close the time book gaze thoughtfully over Its green coyer Into space and murmur My Iy my how mow smart must be the folks folIes at the helm to keep track of all nil these things The AAA or Agricultural Adjustment Adjustment Adjustment Adjust Adjust- ment administration under the direction direction di dl- I of Chester C. C Davis which I was approved by the President President May May Ia 12 1933 1033 to promote national economic eco eco- recovery reco by restoring the purchasing power pozer of American farmers to the level le It occupied inthe In Inthe Inthe the five years preceding the World war 1909 1014 l H has employees employees em em- plo ees on Its payroll The Farm Credit administration not a n New Deal product since It was created I In 1 1923 1023 23 but an outlet of plenty of ot the New Deals Deal's easy money employs em ploys persons Of the time easy money let loose by government bureaus during 1 1034 1 3 It dispersed disperse 1 Employed In the tIle actual agencies of the time PW A are Jm persons all striving for the reduction of ot unemployment unemployment un un- employment ment and tho the restoration of purchasing pur power through the construction construction con con- of ot useful public works an antho and tho time encouragement of ot long range planning In the field 1 of public works HOLC HOLO the Home Owners' Owners Loan corporation supervised by the Federal Home lloma Loan Bank board and organized June 13 1933 1033 with an nn ultimate view vIe of loaning to assist In the emergency emergency emergency emer emer- gency financing of homes bomes spent In 1034 l 31 an and 1 has stopped loaning mone money It still sUll employs cm- cm plo ploys s 's persons In Its agencies Another billion may be grant l l HOLC HOLO b by congress Codes and Codes The Time RA Itself employs 30 3 Cu In Its agencies not among then however however how how- ever one Gen Hugh Hughi S. S Johnson who has called the time Blue Eagle dead as the dodo which Is extinct ant and who has written a book and several magazine articles about what Is wrong with NHA Administering NnA codes for business might well keep many more persons than that busy a perusal of the government manual suggests Listed there are arc more codes than you ou can shake a n. astick astick stick sUck at even If It happens to be a avery avery er very big stick sUck They're Donald Donnld R. R worry now not the fiery generals Some of them are arc InterestIng Interesting Interesting Inter Inter- esting to contemplate Another large lIa payroll rollis Is that of the Tennessee Valley Valle authority which which's Is s spending a billion dollars In n IrrIgation Irrigation irrigation gation flood prevention soil erosion lon and power development projects on the time Tennessee river The FERA FEllA Federal Emergency Relief commission a administered by Harry I. I L L. L Hopkins spent last year some of It In payment of ot the bills of the time OWA Jesse H. H Jones and the UFO disbursed a 11 total of ot the FAA and the Many of ot the lie bureaus have been added only during the past year car Among these are the Federal Credit Union s system stem FCC Federal Feder Feder- al nl Communications commission National Power Policy commIssion commission commission com com- mission lI National Mediation board RRB Railroad Retirement board NAE National Archives establishment establishment establishment es es- on and 1 Its subsidiary NAG NAO National Archives Archires council Tennessee Valley Associated ed operatives Co-operatives Inc FAO Federal Federal Fed led eral Aviation commission SAB Science Advisory Ad board which was created 1 with authority to appoint committees to deal with special problems In various departments departments departments depart depart- ments a n function which ought to tobe tobe tobe be the er very acme of the Alphabet Soup Industry FC Farm Credit administration Federal Farm Mortgage corporation I HA Federal Housing administration NIl National Resources board CES Committee on Economic SecurIty Security Security Se Se- NLRB National Labor Relations Relations Relations Re Re- lations board Textile Work Worl Assignment boards and National Steel Labor Relations board What 1 1935 1035 35 will bring In the way of augmentation n of ot time tile bureaucracy will begin to reveal rc Itself In a few Cew weeks The President has announced announced an nn- that ho lie himself will administer admin ister ster the which he recently recently recently re re- re- re demanded from congress to tobe tobe tobe be use used 1 for work relief purposes Although he has said that he will m name an advisory board boord to assist him New v Dealers were emphatic In Inthe Inthe the time declaration that It Is the tile President PresIdent dent who will have the time last word about expenditures of the fund Continuation of ot the rich New Deal menu will no doubt create new ru rugged ed Individual gas pains for the tho die hards s especially as the food tood gets more expensive 0 Western Newspaper Union |
