The Bismarck Tribune Newspaper, January 12, 1937, Page 7

THE BISMARCK TRIBUNE, TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1987 ~ Two New Posts Proposed in FDR’s Reorganization Plan 7 PUBLIC WORKS AND WELFARE MEMBERS IN CABINET ADVISED Extension of Civil Service and Elimination of Comptroller Are Advocated Washington, Jan. 12.—(%)—Presi- dent Roosevelt asked congress Tues- day to “take immediate action” on a broad five-point program of reorgan- ization of the federal government, asserting: “A government without good man- agement is @ house builded on sand.” He submitted a report of a special presidential committee recommending among other things, the lumping to- gether of more than 100 existing fed- eral agencies into 12 regular depart- ments, and creation of two new cabi- net places—social welfare and public ‘works. A major recommendation was the return of complete government fi- nancial responsibility to the presi- dent, For a decade the comptroller general has made pre-audits of gov- ernemnt expenditures. Transmitting a report of a special committee which has studied the question for months, he also pro- posed: 1, Extension of the civil service to all non-palicy-determining positions, ineluding all postmasters and depart- mental jobs except the highest execu- tives; increase cabinet salaries from $15,000 to $20,000 and substituting a civil service administrator and an un- paid citizens’ board for the civil ser- vice 5 Wants Six Assistants 2. Giving the president six “execu- tive assistants” to relieve him of tre- mendous detail work. 3. Substitution of an independent auditor general for the vacant post of comptroller general, with the attorney general passing on the legality of gov- ernment expenditures. 4. Strengthening and expanding of the budget bureau and the plen- ning and personnel services to make them “effective managerial arms” for the president. 5. Changing the name of the de- partment of the interior to depart- ment, of conservation. Predict Some Saving Although the committee ptedicted some saving in money, time and ef- fort, it said the proposed reorganiza- tion had but “one grand purpose, namely, to make democracy work to- day in our national government.” The report was expected to touch off warm debate in congress, where Senator Byrd (Dem., Va.), and others have contended large savings could be effected by abolishing, as well as consolidating, various federal agencies. Byrd heads a special senate commit- tee studying reorganization. “I think that the general program presented by the committee the pres- ident said in his message, “is ade- quate, reasonable and practical, and that it furnishes the basis for im- mediate action. The broad facts are known; the need is clear; what is now required is action.” Is Important Step The president said he would not thave congress adopt the program “without realizing that this rep- resents an important step in Ameri- “If we do this,” he continued, “we reduce from over 100 down to a dozen the operating executive agencies of the government, and we bring many little bureaucracies un- der broad coordinated democratic authority. “But in so doing, we shall know that we are going back to the con- stitution and giving to the executive branch modern tools of management and en up-to-adte organization which will enable the government to go forward efficiently. “We can prove to the world that American government is both demo- cratic and effective. Needs Overhauling “Now that we are out of the trough of the depression,” he said at an- other point in the message, “the time has come to set our house in} 4 order. The administrative mana; ment of the government needs over- hauling. We are confronted not alone by new activities, some of them temporary in character, but also by the growth of the work of the gov- ernment, matching the growth of the nation over more than a generation.” The president, explaining the report at a White House conference Mondey attended by the cabinet and newspa- permen, said that of a $7,000,000,000 budget about $4,000,000,000 embraced irreducible expenditures such as pen-| | a and army and navy pay end food. By removing overlapping functions. he said he hoped to save about 1 per cent of the remaining $3,000,000,000, or $80,000,000. ‘Wants Measure Passed He expressed the hope congress would pass the suggested reorganiza- tion this session, but said the entire plan could not be méde effective for two or three years. ‘The proposal would make for good administration, he said, and would ve than he has today. Although specific consolidations were left for future determination, the proposed department of social welfare conceivably might embrace the independent social security board and the public health service now under the treasury. John G. Winant, former Republican governor of New Hampshire and present chairman of the social secur- ity board, was mentioned by some for the social welfare post. Se was Harry L. Hopkins, works progress adminis- Hopkins Mentioned Should the public works post take {in relief, Hopkins also was mentioned for this assignment. The present Public Works administrator is Secre- tary Ickes of the interlor, who under the tion probably would head the new department of conser- vation. ‘ing “evils of patronage” and opening up the government as a “sound career service” would result, the report said, from extension of the merit system under a civil service ad- ministrator. More than 250,000 positions would: Where Black Gold Flows PAYMENT OF TAXES ON INCREASE SAYS LOCAL COMMITTEE Reports Good Response to Ap- peal; Delinquents Can | To HONOR HIM | Pope Pius Weakened ——— By Unrelenting Pain Vatican City, Jan. 12.—(7)—Weak- ened by a night of pain and fatigued by labored breathing, Pope Pius mus- tered his strength in the service of the church Tuesday so his successor’ will not “find things undone.” The 79-year-old holy father’s con- dition kept medical attendants close to his bedside during a restless night in which his sleep was disturbed by OIL WELL Ned (Sec.17, F4N-R62E) T-3-N FEDERAL PETROLEUM RESERVES N°43%44 CEDAR CREEK ANTICLINE - 1N MONTANA 440 NORTH DAKOT. BOUNDARY OF RESERVE Seti: OIL WELL : GAS WELL gas Pipe LINE (Reserves Creoted- Jon.1916) ae were Cy an eons i Keen Boys These_ | | College Students | LaFayette, Ind., Jan. 12—()— The answers of Purdue university students to an education depart- ment questionnaire were: “Haile Selassie was the grand champion Angus steer at the Chi- cago Livestock show.” “Wallis Simpson was the hus- band of the woman former King Edward loves.” “Shirley Temple movie star.” That last one? Ninety per cent scored it correctly, but not a single student identified Maxim Gorky. : is a child 22 MISSING IN WRECK London, Jan. 12—()—Twenty-two persons were reported missing in a lifeboat Tuesday after the Finnish motor vessel Johanna Phorder sank off the Orkney islands. Another boat reached shore. Several bodies al- ready have been tossed up on the beach, : be brought under civil service within @ year by executive order, but not until qualifying examinations had de- termined the incumbents’ fitness. Temporary or policy-determining jobs would be exempt. Would Fix Responsibility In transferring commissions and boards to regular departments, the president told the presss, such agen- cies would continue their present judicial functions, like the Interstate Commerce Commission in fixing rail- road rates, but would be responsible administratively to the new depart- ment and the president. Urging abolition of the office, the report said the comptrojler general in passing on the legality of federal ex- penditures was making an “unconsti+ tutional usurpation of power” belong- ing to the executive. To assist the president in national planning to “ nt waste and im- prove our national living standards,” the report recommended the nationa: Tesources be made permanent. cial soromiiiee eis it made no esti- mat of savings from proposed reorganization. ___, MAP OF OIL-BEARING AREA Pictured above are the two drill- ing derricks and the area in south~ western North Dakota and south- eastern Montana upon which oil men and many others have fixed their eyes in recent weeks. ‘The upper picture shows the two derricks which are expected to be the forerunners of hundreds of others which will dot this section if the field produces oil in-the quantities which initial tests indicate. In the foreground is the discovery well which definitely proved that oil exists in that area. It now is pro- ducing between 200 and. 300 barrels aday by pumping. Note the tanks which are being used to store the oil. In the distance, less than half a mile away, can be seen the derrick for well No. 3 where drillers re- cently entered the oil-bearing strata nearly 7,090 feet below the surface. {Arrangements now are being made to |“pring in” this well and if it veri- {fies the findings of the first well a real boom is anticipated in that area. Below is shown # map of the area, with the location of existing oil and gas wells and gas pipe lines. No gas is being taken from the five gas wells in North Dakota at this time. Oil Well No. 2 is a wildcat develop- ment north of, Baker, Mont., which is being drilled to determine the ex- tent of the field. Petrolettm Reserve No. 43, only a part of which is shown, contains 585,000 acres, while No. 44 contains 91,000 acres in North Dakota alone. Bills to encourage the development of the North Dakota part of the field will be presented at this ses- sion of the legislature and are ex- pected to win early approval. Both of the wells shown in the upper picture were drilled in Mon- tana, a few hundred feet from the North Dakota line, because North Dakota's present laws are not favor- able to such development. Morton Resident 35 Years Dies at Farm Funeral services for Peter Wilmes, 92, Mandan, resident of Morton coun- ty 35 years, who died suddenly Mon- day at his farm home a mile north of Mandan, will be Thursday from Man- dan. The former Glen Ullin farmer is survived by his widow, daughter, Mrs. J, F. Tavis, Mandan; one sister, half-sister and two half-brothers. REACH AGREEMENT ON CHILD WELFARE PROPOSED LAWS All Agencies in State Approve Suggested Procedure for N. D. Enactments Agreement on proposed legislation on child welfare was reached at a ;meeting of various agencies interested jin the work with the North Dakota |public welfare board here, Frank Mil- jhollan, Bismarck, president of the welfare board, said Tuesday. With a few minor amendments sug- jgested at the conference called by District Judge George McKenna of |Napoleon, president of the North Da- |kota Conference of Social Workers, the tentatively drawn bill was ap- proved by all the agencies repre- |sented, he said. The plan incorporated in the pro- |posal, designed to aid dependent jchildren, is to be submitted to the legislature for passage s0 that tlie state may qualify for aid under the social security act, Milhollan ex- plained. Detailed study of the proposal was given as it was taken up, section by section, at the conference over which Judge McKenna presided. Represented at the meeting besides members of the welfare board were the Catholic, Elks, Masonic, and Chil- dren homes organizations, district judges and juvenile officers working under the district judges. E. A. Willson, executive director of the state welfare board, left after the \|neeting for a conference in Minne- lapolis Tuesday called by the social security board to consider legislation in North and South Dakota. 40 DROP INTO RIVER Nice, France, Jan. 12.—(#)—Forty persons, including a number of wom- en, were thrown into the Paillon riv- er when a section of the Promendade des Anglais, consrete walk along the Mediterranean, collapsed Tuesday. Save by Paying Now Good response to the campaign to induce Bismarck citizens to pay their delinquent taxes now was re- ported Tuesday by the tax payment committee of Bismarck and Burleigh county. _. The reason, officers said, was that it clearly is good judgment ‘to pay before February 1 since the law en- abling delinquents to pay without penalty and interest expires on that date and indications are that it will not be renewed in its present form. Even the most enthusiastic ad- sy eee) VETERANTUTOR OF UNIVERSITY MEDICS tage of the concessions offered by the law for the benefit of those who cannot pay. Dean H. E. French Completes 25 Years of Service Teach- ing in State 200) DEAN FRENCH * * * Seek Legislative Cure Several bills now are being drawn to meet this condition and the pros- pect is that the law will be amended to penalize those who can pay but will not and still protect those who cannot pay. It probably will require that ail persons seeking benefit of the mora- forum eppest, in court and prove ree ee their ty ot pay before its terms) Grand Forks, Jan. 12—In recogni- will apply to them. Unless adequate | tion of his 25 years of service tothe showing is made they will be ordered |state of North Dakota, students of to pay, not only the face of the taxes|the University of North Dakota medi- but the penalty and interest. cal school will hold a testimonial A further proposal is to add to the/dinner for Dean H. E. French, Feb. 5. statute that where taxes are unpai@} - Many of the 350 graduates of the on income-producing property of!medical school, including a score of property which can produce an in-|the 65 practicing physicians in North come, that the county levy upon the;Dakota who are graduates, are ex- real or potential income for taxes|pected to attend the dinner. and make all collections until the] Dr. French has served as president taxes are paid. Such laws alreadyjof the state medical association. are in force in some other states and, While he has been head of the school have had the effect of causing/Of medicine only two graduates have marked improvement in tax collec- failed entrance requirements at other tions, colleges in attempting to complete the last two years of their educa- ion. Unpaid Sum Is Huge The situation in Burleigh county, Ex ‘ as disclosed by a committee study Is), ‘Aga at ihe school have been that tax delinquencies on city Prop- Prench Era ee) Gane Had Ke alle aie ate of medical education for @ North Das total f he ediatieas ‘a ee h $750,- kotan at the university approximates eo e 6 4 Wi Site ies |the sum paid for tuition alone at most . If all of these delinquencies other medical schools in the country. yee Baldabe eornmtee Lassen it ld possi to uel x ate. |‘North Dakota’ Plan Studied in Nebraska reductions in the tax rate. As it is, failure to make tax col- lections has caused sharp increases in the tax rate with attendant pro- Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 12.—(#)—Ne- braska’s unicameral legislators Tues- dya studied the “North Dakota” plan for a federation of farm states to tests from those who pay their taxes and the demand that steps be taken to collect from those who also can pay but who do not do so. The committee is sending out no-| “lobby” for agricultural interests in tices to all delinquent taxpayers,| Washington and in state lawmaking bodies. C. W. Fine of Sheyenne, N. D., Nonpartisan League member of the North Dakota senate, conferred with several Nebraska legislators re- calling to their attention the fact that they can save substantial sums garding introduction of a bill similar to one adopted in 1935 in this state. of money by paying before the lent- ency law expires on February 1. Ask Employers’ Help It also is soliciting the cooperation of employers in collecting delinquent, unceasing pain in his right leg from swollen veins. % He awoke determined. to continue transaction of Vatican affairs. NEW TREATY EXPECTED Washington, Jav. 12.—(4)—Belief that President Riaevell would send a new St. Lawrence walcrway treaty to the senate was stimulated Tuesday with the convening of 3 White Howe conference of state department and power officials. 120 Third St. See our store for specials Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. Phone 1030 personal property taxes from em- ployes. It is being called to their attention that “when hundreds of employes fail to pay personal prop- erty taxes the loss naturally falls upon the owners of business and resi- dence property and others who do pay their taxes.” Upon an employers request the committee is furnishing each firm or businessman with a list of employes who are delinquent in their taxes, in the hope that employers will as- sist the committee in its tax collect ing effort. Reasons for the campaign are that failure to pay taxes has forced the ‘county government off a cash basis and has greatly handicapped the county in providing its share of money for poor relief and it also threatens to force the city school district off a cash basis, forcing it to pay interest on borrowed money and eanrepy, increasing the cost of opera- their overdue taxes. |'Buttreys Buyers on Way to Style Marts) Seven style specialists from But- treye’ central buying office left last week for the centers of fashion mer- chandise, according to Willis Brew- ster, manager of the Bismarck store. Included in the group were Ferda Buttrey, Miss Mildred Smith and Miss Marion Connole, who went di- rectly to Hollywood. From Hollywood they will go to New York, where they will meet H. E. Wickizer, Ted Buttrey, Harvey Caron and Miss Gertrude Stenson, who will go to New York from Chicago. Hollywood has become important as @ style center because of the moving picture influence, according to Brewster. European designers go there to forecast the styles several months in advance which will be current when various pictures are released. Within a short time Brewster ex- pects to have a representative show- ing of styles from all over the coun- try. Minnesota Supreme Court Justice Quits St. Paul, Jan. 12—(?}—Chief Jus- tice John M. Devaney of the state supreme court resigned Tuesday, ef- fective Feb. 15, and Gov. Elmer A. Benson appointed Henry M. Gal- lagher, Waseca attorney, to succeed him. Devaney said he is planning to return to the private practice of law in Minneapolis. Gallagher had the endorsement of the Minnesote Bar association and groups of prom~ inent attorneys throughout the state. comes effective. Amount Due $100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 Tax Year 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 Your Watch cleaned for $1.25 O. 5. WEIST All Work Guaranteed 417 Broadway If Paid by Feb. 1 $100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 Pay Your Taxes NOW and Save BIG MONEY Delinquent taxpayers of Bismarck have just 19 DAYS in which to make substantial savings by paying On Feb. 1 the law which enables them to pay without the addition of penalty or interest expires and the old law providing heavy penalties and interest again be- If you pay BEFORE February 1 you pay only the face of the taxes overdue. If you pay AFTER February 1 you will pay more—MUCH MORE. . . How much you can save by PAYING NOW is shown -by the following table: If Paid After Feb. 1 $191.50 182.50 173.50 164.50 155.50 146.50 137.50 126.00 120.00 114.00 108.00 Pay Your Taxes NOW and Save MONEY Tax Payment Committee of Bismarck and Burleigh County.