| Show HOOVER REPORT TELLS OF THE TIE BURDEN PLACED PLACE ON PRESIDENT setup tiie the executive branch of the federal government nent places ls an almost Into bp intolerable lemble burden u on the chief executive according to the hoover report tete there are a total of 1816 departments bureaus sections service services branches tr anches offices divisions administrations agencies areas boards commands coan colons corporations c groups r 0 u p a headquarters units authorities and miscellaneous and functionally designated p parts a r t a employing people this is hodgepodge makes for divided responsibility causes wasteful conflict and duplication and does riot permit effective direction from the top about 65 departments adminis orations agencies boards and now report dire directly cit to the president obviously no executive can effectively au u gervise that many subordinates even if he were put in a amour 63 hour week in the attempt and if he did that the president t would be neglecting important affairs of state that properly demand his attention it Is impossible to establish clear lines of command and responsibility in this chaas of bureaus and subdivisions which exist due largely to haphazard growth and organization many other factors including practices and political pressures have contributed tri buted to weakening or breaking the lines in some instances congress has hot grant continued on page 16 HOOVER commission continued from pace page 8 9 ed authority for a subordinate to defy his superior for example the secretary at of the interior is at liberty to sell helium to a foreign power regardless of whether the president approves or not essential to eff efficient lelent administration Is that every executive have commet competent ent staff as assistance si stance to fan familiarize him with the facts and opinions on which to base his decisions and to report on the manner in which his directives and policies are being carried out the president and his lieutenants lack such assis tance in coping with the innumerable and complex problem of gigantic govern ment essential also t to 0 good administration leesma gaa n are good 0 d administrators d str a aided by efficient subordinates but present pay and personnel practices tend to discourage competent ambitious young people from embarking on government careers administrators should be at liberty to exercise initiative and enterprise in adapting their organizations to changing situations yet the commission found that most of them are now by a maze of laws and regulations most of them archaic which prescribe in minute detail mandatory forms and procedures A budgeting system that will show clearly what work is to be done and an accounting account ins system idt that will measure dayto day to day progress and efficiency in the work being done are further essentials to good administration the federal governments present budgeting and accounting systems are detrimental to efficient management these facts together with innumerable others revealed in the hoover commissions exhaustive hau stive study of the federal government lead the citizens committee tor for the hoover report to believe belleve that from 3 to 5 billions a year can be saved in the operating coat of the federal establishment if the recommendations ions for reforms are adopted and vigorously pursued about 20 percent of the reforms have already been bee put into effect making possible i savings of at least 5 billions a year th the e action of vi an informed public was responsible it if you will win do your part the I 1 I 1 remainder of the proposals can be made effective tr e join the citizens committee in your community participate in its educational program and urge others to do so it is an obligation of citizenship to help this nationwide nation wide crusade to obtain better government at a better price 11 |
