Show where the responsibility Is upon the individual he cannot shirk it lav FRANK 0 LOWDEN former governor of illinois it is said that there are ten departments of government at washington in fact there aro are many times ton ten independent and practically unrelated agencies of government there no dep department ariment under these circumstances circum stanca can avoid becom becoming rigid and law bound and red tape necessarily becomes the rule if instead tile the department heads were authorized to prescribe the duties of subordinates the red tape would largely disappear slid and the responsible head would have power commensurate with his responsibility instead of an inert mass you would havo have a living organism with an actual head bead there are some who have assumed that largo large responsibility could be more safely deposited in a body of men than in a single man E experience has not justified this where the responsibility is ia upon the individual he cannot shirk it where it I 1 is s placed in a body of men the individual can find shelter behind that body when called to account for the manner in which he has exercised his power good and efficient public service malma it mandatory that responsibility be fixed definitely |