Show unai unwinding i adi ng red tape of war davis is about to unwind a lot of red tape ui n the war department and not let it be wound up again while assistant secretary ho he made a survey of the methods of doing business and saw that it w vs too much centralized not enough discretionary authority wai wali given to responsible offit officials fals below the head of de pirt ments too much of the time of aba tbd chiefs i ft as taken up in going oscr detailed matters and gning documents that might as well mell I hao ime me stopp stopped in the program pru gresa up the line nt tit a it much lower louer point all tim is put into writing in ju a hug suggested plan of opiL operation ration ot the department but the illness of set secretary detary weeks prevented it brwn going beyond be ind his office now the new secretary may approve in full his own recommendations and put them into progress those mho know secretory secretary well uell have havo expected something like this lie held official position in portland and showed both a disposition and capacity to organize the largo large park department there in a practicable ablo working basis ile 14 is a quiet man with a strong leaning toNi towards ardi simplicity and practicality lie ile doca dol s ter cr latue for allow how or effect that the war department has long needed a great simplification of its processes ever soldier who has lias como come into contact with them thel 4 understands when even eden the mall small details of operation of an all army in in the field gulve to be checked up by some clerk lu W NN buo ug knows i nothing about the condit conditions lons and circumstances it is ea easily 31 I 1 Y acen that commanders fiel restricted and an unable to do their best liest there is such a thing aa as burning an arm too much by bv rule and thus thug lessening its mobility and efficiency it w seem that all the details of operation of an arm arni in itt the f field should be andee the immedi ate discretionary control of its coina ader and not of departments and bureaus perhaps of miles distant it may ruay bo be aliat hat secretary davia davis recommendations recommendation do not extend bc beyond ond the work of the department lit in washington but if t so its a pity k tJ Ks |