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Generally fair, continued warm today and tomorrow. Temperature for twenty-four hours LY ended at 10 p.m. last nigl 83; lowest, 57. Full report on page 13. ‘ WEATHER. i District of Columbia and Maryland— [ ‘ht—Highest, No. 813—No. 28,147. NEW FRENCH NOTE ! WARNS BRITAIN OF DANGER IN SILESIA Communication Points Out | Persistent Reinforcing of German Corps. ASKS LONDON TO SUPPORT | STEPS TAKEN BY ENVOY 30,000 Armed Teutons Declared to Have Entered Disputed Ter- ' ritory of Silesia. i Entered as second-class matter Ppost_office Washington, D. C. Punishment of Youth Objected to by Woman, So She Becomes Mayor ST. LOUIS, Mo., May 21.—The mayor of St. James, Mo., in a pale gray satin gown, with i hoe and pumps to match, pink | cheeks and dark cyes, told the | St. Louis Leagwe of Women | Voters today how she came to be elected. Mre. James Ousley. the firnt woman mayor in Misveuri, said that officers were bent on tak- ing the wmall and mixchievous son of her domestic employe to reform school. To avoid a catas- trophe in domestic routine,-Mrx. | Ousley caught a train thut In- tercepted the officers with the amall prisoner. “What is thix?” she said she exelaimed tp the oficer. “You take little boys to the reforma- tory without even a trial in court. Why, you wouldnt treat the worst eriminal like tha From that day she mnid she rexolved “to met on the inside & e | | and xee how theme thinss were Ry the Associate: | | done,” xo. she ammonnced for | LONDON, May 21.—The French em-| | masor. bassy tod .0 & note to the | | %It wax a jokes” xhe ndded British for pointing out | | “until about 7 o’clock clection the seriousness of the Upper Silesian | | night.” ; tuation, in view of the pel'fllsl»l’ll}v | attitude of the German corps, which, | it is declared, is being constantly re- 5 inforced: the bolshevik tendencies of | | the workers and the difficulty of in- | 1 + tervening between the Poles and the | Germans. | The note says it therefore is neces- sary 10 make joint representations to | Germany to urge her “to put into| execution the measures she had an- | nounced.” and invites Baron D'Aber non. British ambassador to Germany. to support thé steps taken by the| French ambassador to Germany.! Charleés Laurent. M. Laurent recently requested Chan- | cellor Wirth to take steps to prevent ! the dispatch of war material or the! organization and transport of volun-| teers into Upper Silesia. | It is stated in French quarters here | that 30,000 armed Germans have en- | tered the disputed Silesian territory. Germany Sends Note. BERLIN, May 21.—Germany has| sent a mote to the supreme council | calling attention to the curtailment of coal pfdduction, due to the Upper| Silesign situation, and pointing out the probability of failure to deliver France's regular quotas. The note| asserts that the coal supply for home | consumption is becoming diminished, | and suggests that a serious situation is likely to arise unless the Silesian mines resume. y rimac, W. Vi FOR TOWN RAIDERS Mingo District Well Under Control Except for One Shooting Fracas. ENFORCE MARTIAL LAW National Guard and Civilian Police Have Situation Well in Hand Along Tug River. By the Associated Press. WILLIAMSON, W. Va, May 21— Kentucky national guardsmen were scouring the mountains on the Ken- tucky side of Tug river tonight in an effort to capture those responsible for the shooting into the. village of Mer- . late toda; According to reports of the shoot- ing received by the authorities here, ESCAPE FALLING WALLS. Children Among Score Imperiled | in Chicago Building . / actress, today lost a suit in drcuill s CHICAGO, May 21.—A scorf€ of per- sons, including several children, nar- rowly escaped death toduy wWhen a v cant four-story building collapsed in the heart of the West Side tenement district. Search by the police revealed that none of the children reported to have been playing in the building at the time was killed. The building was damaged by the; explosion of a fireworks factory sev- eral weeks ago. ——————— LOSES $132,000 SUIT. J. L. Crane, Husband of Alice Brady, Sued for Rent. | SPRINGFIELD, Mo. May James L. Crane, New York actor, hus- band of Alice Brady, motion picture 21—/ court here to recover $132.000 rental from proerty inherited from his for- mer wife, Mra. Blanche Stittler-Crane. Tte former Mrs Crane was killed by a fal! from a window of a New York hotel in December, 1916. The suit grew out of a dispute be- twene Crane and the heirs of Mrs. Elizabeth Stittler, mother of his for-| mer wife, concerning the income from | a rinety-nine-year lease om property! here. MRS. LANE GETS BEQUEST | | Widow of Former Secretary and Daughter Heirs to $5,000 Each. SAN FRANCISCO. Franklin K. Lane, w mer Secretary of the Interior, and| her daughter, Mrs. Nancy Lane Kauff- | mann, are left $5,000 cach in the will’ of Mrs. Augusta Bixlor. long a friend of the Lane family, which was filed | today for probate. The will disposes of property valued at more than one million dollars. | GUILTY ON 'BRIBE CHARGE. Former Deputy Marshal Declared | to Have Been Influenced. SAVANNAH, Ga., May 21—A. M. Kea, former deputy United States| marshal, charged with accepting 21.—Mrs. | i ance of an armed camp. money from H. P. Howard and W. W. | Clanton, prohibition law violators, | with the intent to have his official duties influenced, was found guilty | in the United States court here to- night. i KILLED BY POLICEMEN. | LIMA. Ohio, May 21.—An unidenti- | fled colored man about thirty-five | years of age was shot and killed here ' today in a revolver battle with police- | men when the latter attempted to| stop a touring car in which he and another man, who gave his name as Joe Willis, were riding. Willis was captured. In the car, according to police, were| revolvers, sawed-off shotguns and a | quantity of ammunition. ‘ KLAN LEADER'S WIDOW DIES. YORK, §. C., May 21—Mrs. Rebecea | Massey Bratton, widow of Dr. James Rufus Bratton a leader of the Ku Klux Kian in reconstruction days. died here today at the home of her =on, Dr. Andpgl Bratton, at the age of 1 pinewy. |two employes of the White Star Min- ing Company, working at the plant at Merrimac, were the targets for the escaped injury. ° Oth¥r points in the trouble zone along the West Virginia-Kentucky border were reported quiet by Capt. J. R. Brockus of the state police and Sheriff A. C. Pinson of Mingo county. Maj. Tom B. Davis, acting adjutant general of West Virginia, who is in charge of the situation in the Mingo region, held a conference today with C. F. Keeney, president of district No. 17, United Mine Workers of America. Mr. Keeney said that he discussed with the major the proclamation of martial law for Mingo, issued by Gov. Morgan yesterday. Maj. Davis informed the union leader that provisions of the | proclamation were perfectly plain to him and that he would enforce it to the letter. Union Leader Leaves. Tonight Mr. Keeney left for Mate- wan, W. Va., the mining village which has been the scene of many shootings. The union official’ said he would make a brief stop at Matewan, proceeding to inis headquarters at Charleston from that town. Another “law and order” meeting was held tonight by representative business men of the county. Several volunteers were sworn in as state policemen, bring- ing the total number of deputized citi- zens here to 200. Quite a number have been deputized in towns and villages along the Tug. Citizeas Armed. Williamson has taken on the appear- The “citizen police” have been armed with rifles. Maj. Thompson, U. S. A., sent here by Gen. Reed as an observer, was preparing to leave for Indianapolis. his headquarters. The major said that with the county under martial law. citizens armed to suppress any dis- order and Maj. Davis in charge of the situation, it was evident that his presence was not needed. Maj. ‘Davis late -tonight reportted that the Tug River section was quiet. He 5aid he was well pleased with the attitude of the citizens who have joined the state forces to act in any emergency. from the Kentucky hills. They | he Sundiy Star DOCUMENTS SHOW SOVIET 1S FAILING Lenin Government Declared in Period of Agony Pre- ceding Death. | |[PARTY ABOUT BANKRUPT iUnity Destroyed as Result of Struggle Between Factions | Bringing on Chaos. By cable to The Star and New York Tribune. | Copyright, 1921. BERLIN, May 21.—Documents re- | lating to soviet Russia obtained by Your co-respondent cast valuable light | on the condition of the bolshevist |party and those currents and cros.s" currents of opinion prevailing in the | soviet government. | The documents cover a period up to | the end of April and demonstrate that, | despite the latest diplomatic vietories | of the bolsheviks in England and Ger- | many, the soviet government has en- tered into a period of agony preceding death. Party leaders are running around in circles in a desperate effort to find a way out of the existing situation. The ore-time party unity has been destroved as a result of the struggle between three distinct fac- tions within that party, which is now | in chaos. - | According to Trotsky. “our best workers, especially those connected ! | with economic affairs, realize clearly | that the present situation is unbear- j able.” | ! Divided Into Three Groups. d { Consciousness of the party’s bank- | ruptcy is permeating every stratum of | {the membership, particularly the| rank and file. The party is divided into three main groups, to wit, the right opportunist, center and extreme | left. There are also several in-be- itween factions The right wing is| |divided into three groups, namely: The { workers' opposition, led by Schalip- nikoff; the democratic center, led by Ossiansky and Soffronoff, and a group led by Bucharin, including Larin, Preobrajensky and Sokolinikoff, These groups assert that the soviet machine as constituted is unable to| deal with the situation, and demand the syndicalization of the state, the transfer to the state of the economic apparatus in the hands of the trades | unions and the reintroduction of the elcctive system in the choosing of offi- cials and freedom of speech and press | within the bolshevist party. . Bitterly Oppose Tende: ‘These groups represent the consensus of the opinion of the rank and file. | Foth Lenin and Trotsky oppose bitter- ly this tendency, believing that its; triumph would result in the crash of | the bolshevist regime. This, however, | does not mean that Lenin and Trotsky | are agreed. Trotsky demands the complete mili- tarization of industry and the aboli- tion of the last prestige of the work- | ers, eelf-government, and the complete | | subjugation of the trades unions to | | the atate and the unqualified dictator- | ship of the bolshevist party, excluding recent concessions to so-called non- partisans and “the application ‘of all methods of compulsion and merciless discipline with regard to the work- ers.” Preparation for Get-Away. The situation of the rank and file in [tha party is marked by the niost seri- ous disorganization, und 2,000 mem-| | bers left the Petrograd organization | | one month, and what is perhaps most | sensational are the preparations ac-| tually made recently by hallhavht: chieftains to clear the roads for a safe get-away. Anxious to preserve the so-called ‘cream of the bolshevist leaders, a plan was actually prepared to retreat to Reval and Kovno. Large funds were forwarded to bolshevist agents in Switzerland with orders to ex- change the same for_South American money. The families of some bolshe- vist leaders were actually sent to Reval. The smaller fry, however, were told to beat it to the Volga re- | glon in Turkestan in the event of a|} crash, Feverish military preparations arc under way in Turkestan to this end, where Sokolnikoff is stationed with five cavalry and eight infanttry divisions. Simultaneously, they are seeking to keep a road of retreat to India open. A cavalry division was sent to Kabulla, where Stallin, the commissar for eastern affairs, is guarding the retreat toward India, and a special wireless station has been erected at Kabujla. ‘ I WASHIN GTON, D. C., NEWBERRY TO FAGE. INQUIRY BY SENATE Investigation of ‘His Right to Seat Is Predicted by Re- | publican Leaders. The right of Senator Newberry of Michigan to his seat in the Senate will be determined by the Senate it- self, republican leaders predicted last night. The' investigation by the Senate will be made notwithstanding the re- cent decision of the Supreme Court in the Newberry case, holding the corrupt practices act unconstitutional. This is contrary to the general im- | pression which gained ground here| following the decision of the Supremel Court. *The 'decision to have the Senate proceed with the Ford-New- berry case has been reached infor- mally, it was said, but & definite an- néuncement regarding the coming in- | vestigation will be made when the Senate committee on privileges and elections meets Tuesday. Wil Take Testimony. In. spite of strong opposition within the republican Senate membership. influential leaders were said last night to take the view that, from many aspects, it was desirable to pro- ceed with the separate investigation by the committee and have the Senate act finally on the title of Senator Newberry. It is now planned to re- appoint the subcommittee, headed by Senator Spencer, republican, Mis- ‘souri, which has had charge of past! | proceedings“to go ahead with taking |,that their rings might be taken. One iof testimony and render a verdict for ultimate consideration of the committee and the Senate, in the form of a resolution. 8everal considerations were said to be involved in the matter, least of which, republican leaders asserted last night, was insistence of promi- nent democratic -leaders and of Mr. Ford himself on a thorough investi- gation and final determination by the Senate. The chief reason given for pro- cedure by the Senate was said to be the difference between the charges passed upon by the Supreme Court and those, much broader, before the Senate. The Supreme Court case, it was said, deait only with the federal corrupt practices act, declared uncon- stitutional, and, also, only with the primary campaign between Senator Newberry and Mr. Ford. On the other |band, the Senate charges cover ex- penditures and activities of not only | the primary but the general election campaign. full probably Claim of “Clean BiIL” Another reason advanced for con- tinuing with the Senate case was the | dispute over the issue settled by the {Supreme Court decision. Senator Newberry's friends have contended that the senator was given “a clean bill” by the highest court of the land - ~“He Felt His Heart Stop Beating and a Cold Shiver Shook His Frame—~" But this is only a dramatic point in the second chapter of E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM’S STORY, “The Avenger” ~ Beginning in The Eve ning Star Next Tuesday Never has Oppenhelm, yarns, ever written a more | the creator of many thrilling nteresting story than this one. He has exercised all the powers of his fertile imagination and with exceeding skill has unraveled one of the most intricate problems ever faced. Read the Opening Chapters Tuesday. {and that, therefore, the Senate cage ishould be dropped. Democrats i generally, including Mr. Ford himsel, jand several republicans, including | ! Senator Spencer, have expressed the { view that only a part of the charges i were before the court, and that, there- | fore, the Senate should preceed with | the remainder. It also has been con- | tended that the Senate, after all, is the final judge of its own member- | ship and of their qualifications. ! Several prominent republican lead- lers, who were inclined, upon first! | reading of the court decree, to be- | | lieve that further Senate action was| | unnecessary, are said to have come| |to the view that, for many reasons, | the Senate should go ahead Independ- “ ently. . The contention also is made by those in control of the matter that it would be better for the Senate and | for Senator Newberry as well to have {a Benate verdict rendered after re- {celpt of all testimony. The effect inl a Senate decision politicaliy in the future was said to be a consideration ‘.uo. although comparatively a minor one. J SUNDAY 2 MORNING, MAY 1921. r T | Temperature of 93 I in Boston Kills One and Prostrates Five BOSTON May 21.—One man died nnd five persons were pros- trated by the heat in Boston to- day, the hottest May 21 in the history of the wenther bureau here. The official thermometer hung at ninety-three degrees, from 2 until 4 o’clock this after- noon. - - CHICAGO, May 21.—Many heat prostrations were reported as the mercury climbed to 90 today, the highest mark ever recorded in Chicago May 21. FIUME BRIGANDS SLAY N REVENGE FOR VOTE City in Terror From Secret Mur- ders Following Autonomist Victory. ROME, May 21.—Bands of brigands terrorize Fiume with clandestine assassinations, vowing vengeance against the city for the autonomists’ victory in the April elections, says Il Paese, the organ of former Premier Nitti, which declares the brigands are mostly former d’Annunzio legionaries. Five prominent autonomists have already been murdered, the brigands operating at night, sometimes, ac- cording to the newspaper, in collu- sion with the carbineers. The bodies of citizens have been found in the streets, while others. have been way- laid on the hilisides and found stab- bed to death, with fingers cut off so ‘man’s body was thrown over a cliff. Many families have left the city be- cause of the terrorism. Prof. Riccardo Zanella, leader of the victorious ‘au- tonomists, still is being kept out of Fiume. He lives in Buccari, on the Jugoslav side of the bay, where he has formed his government and is ready to enter Fiume at the oppor- tune moment. —_— FOREST FIRE IN PARK.” Big Minnesota Blaze Sweeps Into | National Reserve. . DULUTH, Minn, May 21.—Head- quarters of the Superior national forest at Ely reported late this aft- ernoon that the fire which had been raging in the Wales branch of the state forest reserve had crossed the boundary and was sweeping into the national reserve. Camps Nos. 8 and 10 of the St. Croix Lumber Company have been burned. $40,000 GEMS PICKED UP. Mystery Surrounds Necklace Found by Officer on Pier. NEW YORK, May 21.—A pearl necklace, with platinum clasp, valued at $40,000, was picked up today by |a customs guard at the pier where the Aquitania docked last night. The necklace did not appear in the ship's manifest, and the theory was advanced that it had been lost or thrown away by some one attempt- ing to smuggle it into the country. e MACHADO CABINET QUITS. LISBON, May 21.—The Portuguese cabinet, of which Bernardino Machado was head, resigned today. No dis- turbances have occurred. Political conferences were held throughout the day in an endeavor to bring about a satisfactory ministerial rearrange- ment. TYPHUS SCARE OVER. NEW YORK, May 21.—The quaran- tine placed on ENis Island Thursday, after a death from typhus had oc- curred there, was lifted today and examination completed of 2,90 of the 6,000 tmmigrants held on liners in the harbor. Officials expected to handle the rest tomorrow, - | | i i ] i | | BOOTLEGGERS MAY ESCAPE CONVICTON Kramer Expects Lawless- ness During Furlough of 700 Dry Agents. Thousands of bootleggers may escape punishment for violation of the liquor laws as a result of the furlough of 700 federal prohibition agents until July 1, Commissioner Kramer declared last night. In any. event. he added, many of the cases will havo to be continued over the forty days, which will add to the congestion of already crowded court dockets. Most of the government's important witnesses in the liquor cases now before the courts, Mr. Kramer cxplained, are the agents who worked up the evidence against the defendants. Most of these men, he said, would return to their homes, making it necessary either to subpoena them and pay their way to the places of trial or continue the cases. At present, Mr. Kramer said, it is jtoo soon to gauge the effect en the illegal liquor traffic which may result from the loss of 700 agents for forty days because of the lack of funds to pay their salaries. However, he asserted, i the cut would hurt the prohibition en- forcement unit in every way and set back, if not undo, the work done in or- ganizing the force. “Millions have been lost.” he said, “in an attempt to save a few hundred thou- sand dollars.” Mr. Kramer said he could not prophesy whether there would be greater boot- legging activity over the country during the forty-day lay-off of most of the gov- ernment agents, but he indicated that he expected some increasc of lawlessness. As far as real whisky is concerned, Mr. Kramer sald, the supply in the country could be controlled at the sources by restrictions on withdrawals from warehouses, and that any trouble to be cxpected would come from smuggled liquors and the use of alcohol diverted to illegal purposes.s- —_— DELAY LEAGUE SESSION. GENEVA, May 21.—The next ses- slon of the council of the league of nations has been postponed from June 9 until June 17. The postponement was caused by the fact that other en- gagements would prevent certain rep- resentatives from being present on June 9. Member of the Associated Press The Associated Press is exclusively entitied to the use for republication of all news dispatches credited to it or nit niherwise crodited o this paper and also the local news published netein. All Tights of publicatfon of spectal _— dispatches herein are also reserved. 1 | Colored Boy's Song | On “Mammy” Brings | Him Gift of Diamond | After Master Lenore Cook, & | | colored boy, had finished stng- | | ing “Mammy” by special re- | | quest, at the Conmvemtion for | | Amity Between the White and | | Colored Races last night, and the sexsion had ndjourned, a young white woman walked up to a centered around the | | | She delved nervously into = silver handbng which whe car- took someth ed it to the bay. took it. Before any one in the group realized what was goink i on she lost herself in the | crowd and disappeared. i In the boy's hand was a hand- | | some diamond in n beautiful setting of tinum. Then every ome present mought to learn the identity of the gen- erous stramger. But thix she had successfully concealed. An sung by the colored youth, | | the nong had apparently touched n tender spot in the heart of the woman. The nong was written by the boy's , uncle, William Marion Cook, and was dedicated to the latter's mother, whom the fam- 11y all called “Mam.” UNTED CITZENS - ASK CUT INFARE IFederation' [\dopts Platform | Including Lower Rate on | - Capital Traction Line. | | | !OPPOSES POWER MERGER ? Favors Repeal of Charters nnd% Granting New Ome to ! Single Company. | i The Federation of Citizens’ Associa- tions will. file a petition with the Public Utilities Commission this week | asking for an immediate reduction in| the rate of fare on the lines of the! Capital Traction Company. This course was decided upon at a special meeting of the organization | at the District building last night, called for the purpose of considering the street car situation. The resolution authorizing the of- ficers of the federation to seek a re- duction in the Capital Traction fare was one of seven planks in a platform adopted by the delegates on which to work for a merger. The six other statements of policy adopted by the federation are: 1. Opposition to a merger only of the Washington Railway and Electric and the Potomac Electric Power com- panies. 2. Opposition to an excess profits [ tax on the railway companies to bring jabout a merger. Against Contrel by W. R. & E. Co. 3. Opposition to any merger that pany under control of the W. R. and E. 4. Repeal by Congress of the charters of all existing street car companles and the granting of a new charter to”one consolidated company with provision for the service-at-cost plan. 5. Ask Congress to resume the rate- making power over public utilities in the District, now that their valua- tions have been determined by the utilities commission. 6. Reafliri the federation’s position in favor of a Public Utilities Commis- sion separate from the board of Dis- trict Commissioners. Proposes Purchase and Resale. *After this program had been adopt- ed, Albert Schultejs, delegate from Georgetown, suggested a new method of bringing, about a street railway merger, which was referred to the utilities committee for report at the ‘June meeting. Mr. Schuiteis proposed that te federation ask Congress to (Continued on Page 2, Column 7.) —_ $90,800,000 Washirgton’s Bill for Luxuries During Last Year Approximately $90.800,000 of the $22,700,000,000 spent for' luxuries by the people of the United States last year came out of the pockets of Washingtonians, according to statistics compiled last night by P. P. Claxton, federal commissioner of education. - The largest item in the District's luxury bill—$20,000,000—came un- der the classification of foods. Next came joy rides to pleasure resorts and luxurious service, cost- ing $12,000,000 each. The smokers of the nationa’s capital sent up in smoke and the chewers chewed $8,440,000 worth of tobacco, while women placed in the hands of druggists $3,000,000 for face powders, cosmetics and perfumes. Of the total amount, $2,000,000 was spent for jewelry. $1,600,000 for tollet soaps, $1,400,000 for soft drinks and $200,000 for chewing gum. Exceeds School Expenditures. Dr. Claxton also delved further into the figures and ascertalned that the money spent for chewing gum was nearly one-third of tHe total salarfes pald Washington's high school teachers last year, while soft drinks cost more than itures for the public schools. He also figured that the total luxury bill is more than five times the salaries of all the teachers in the public schools in 1920, and millians more than the total cost of the public schools since their inception a half century ago, until now, which is estimated at $69.161,545. “In the light of these figures,” said Commissioner Claxton, “the amounts asked by the people and the school board for new buildings and more adequate suvport of the schools seem small, and it is quite clear that they might be granted without bankrupting or impover- ishing the people of the District or the Treasury of the United States, which would share the expense. Urges Education Support. “All the eighteen millions of dollars needed to provide buildings and equipment and ample play- grounds for the next fifteen or twenty years could be had without increase o burden by the simple device of diverting to this use for two years $1 in $10 of the amount spent in the District for what the Secretary of the Treasury has call- | ed luxurles. Here, 88 elsewhers In the United States, the expend- the salartes of all teachers in the elementary schoois, and face pow- ders, cosmetics and perfumes 50 BSEgAAE moco than all the expend: 3% itures for public education when compared with other expenditures, are almost Insignificant and pras- - tically mezlizible.” would-place the Capital Traction Com- ¢ v FIVE CENTS. - FEDERAL AGENRIES REGROUPED IN NEW SYSTEM PROPOSED Institute for Research Has Eleven Departments in Report Submitted. COMMERCE AND INTERIOR WOULD BE ELIMINATED Four New Departments Would Be Established, and Each Would Become Unifunctional. of articles will be daily in The Star « each agency, bureau or office | , fits in departmentally in the Proposed scheme of reorgantes’ thon, and giving, ax_{aean pos- sible in limited-apace, the rea- | soms for.the changes recom- mended. - “BY WILL P. KENNEDY. After five years of intensive study on the problem of reorganizing the federal government for maximum efficiency. and economy, the institue for Government Research, which was extremely helpful to Congress in framing the federal budget system, has now submitted to the joint con- i gressional committee on reorganiza- tion of the administrative branch of the government a comprehensive plan for scientifically regrouping the countless government agencies. This plan‘calls for eleven government departments, four of which are new. and the abolition of two existing de- partments. It takes as a framework for the regrouping, co-ordination and consolidation these departments: State, Treasury, War and Navy (consoli- dated as urged by President Hard- ing) Maritimes Affairs or Transporta- tion, Public Works and Public Domain, education and 'nce, Public Health, Justice, Post Office, Agriculture and Labor. It proposes to 'abolish the existing departments of Interior and Commerce. The Institute for Government Re- search, making’ these recommenda- tions, explains that it has for its sole | object the study, in a scientific spirit, {of the problems of public adminis- { tration, and particularly those of the | national government. for the purpose i of making known those facts and the formulation of those principles that ilie at the basis of all sound adminis- | tration which it believes will aid in the securing of a progréssive im- provement in the conduct of public | afrairs. Next in Importance to Budget. It has been generally recognized at {the Capitol that this institute would perform a great service in co-opera- tion on reorganization. As a corner istone of its proposals, the institute. {in its report submitted by William F. { Willoughby, says that of the several | steps required to put the administra- tion of the affairs of the national gov- ernment upon an efficient and eco- nomical basis, none, with the possible exception of the adoption of a scien- tific budget system, exceeds jn im- portance that of effecting a thorough reorganization of the whole system { now obtaining, of the grouping of ad- ministrative services departmentally and of the distribution of specific activities among the several services. The institute telis the joint reorgan- ization committee, headed by a per- sonal representative of President Harding, that it believes the follow- ing principles should find expression in a reorganized administrative sys- tem: | 1. That the type of organization to be adopted should be that known as the integrated or departmental. 2. That a clear distinction should be made hetween those services which are of a purely administrative charac- ter and those which are of a quasi- legislative, quasi-judigial or’ other special character, and that the a tempt to apply the principle of de- partmentalization should only be made in reference to -the first. 3. That the principle of depart- mentalization should be that of group- ing services, according to their pur- pose or function, rather than the char- acter of activities engaged in. 4. That each department should, as far as practicable, be made unifunc- tional in the sense that it will em- brace only those services whose spe- clal functions pertain to the general function for the performance of which ! the department is established. Various Other Proposals. That the whole problem of the pro- | posed reorganization should be con- sered at one time and a systematio and scientific job done, is emphasized by the institute's report. At present various proposals are pending to pro- vide for the creation of new depart- {ments or the regrouping of service within existing departments: The National Education Association, in conjunction with other educational organizations, is strongly urging the creation of a department of education. The engineering societies or ~he country have united inedsmanding tba creation of a depart.aent of paduis worke. The public health Interests are mak- ing a similar request for the creation of a department of public heaith. There is also a strong movement for the establishment of a department of soclal welfare. (President Harding has personally pledged himselt to this.) In the meansime specific proposals are being advocated for the consel ‘#gonumnd on Page 7, Column §* <