The Key West Citizen Newspaper, February 20, 1934, Page 3

PAGE THREE TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1934 THE KEY WEST CITIZEN _ GENERAL RIVERS URGES UNIFIED RE in Major General William C. Riv- air branches in one department of ‘national defense, with one Air} sae el iat in i f = #t, who spent last winter in Key Corns? Recent press information | ‘West, and who also contributed is that Holland, France, Germany | jand Italy are consolidating. their several articles dealing with army army and navy air forces into one other subjects, which were department. Great Britain has} cranes _ jlong had one Air Corps for both! printed in The Citizen, during his|army and navy. Many students of ; itaxation and administration who a cojourn here, recently fad Pab- | year ago questioned such a pro- lished in the New York Times an; posal have come to lgok on a sin-| e sf ® gle department under a secretary! article urging a unified air corps! 47 national defense as a useful | as one department of national de- plan. I am eonvinced that such a! department would lessen jealousy fense, represented as being tess! and distrust (the rust of bureauc- racy), save much money and re- ee me ener | sutt in better service. The article is question is rope: | “The objections to+unified con- trol of the war and navy depart- eae loses seem to fall into two gen-j; “Press reports state that the/eral classes. One appears to be! president is to appoint a commit- nae — to eee rach an e war iepartments ave os * aces frown of our | Sealy functioned well. and the ae Cae \present separate control followed three Air Corps. Washington dis-'the trial of a single department patches also say that Chairman jabout 135 years ago. Then there McSwain of the House Military is the natural dislike of the heads Committee has introduced a bill to lot well-conducted organizations to eréate a mammoth Air Corps for -geabagpiremd change—the fear of sing power and prestige and of Oe arate & the confusion of change. “The new bill provides for an! «shouid not all the ten execu- army Air Corps of 3,000 officers, | tive departments at Washington be 33,000 soldiers and 4,850 airplanes|in four groups under four addi- —an air force several times: the|tionnb cabinet officers? Would not i i ent diminish the | Mei tren ue ene top and ease the burden of the president by lessen- ing the number of cabinet officers ‘with whom he must ordinarily con- fer directly?, Such a plan should give the president more time to think. “For several years press reports have contained notices of the crea- tion of agencies to report upon or aid in coordinating the different government units. This need for the use of outside committees would be lesséned by better organ- ization of the government depart- ments, Free from daily deep im- mersion in the pressing and com- plex details of bureau administra- ‘tion, would not be four chief cab- inet officers soon obtain clearer views of their responsibilities? coordinating the | They would be able to settle most of |matters in accordance with the the civil river and har-{policy of the president—matters k of the army engineers jthat now go to the chief executive Bureau of Insular Affairs, | with their accumulated mass of de- will be his army ‘tail. Some countries with govern- it and supply division. under! ments similar to our own have i assistant secretary uf war, the cabinet officers with and without unt. branches super-} bureaus under them and with wide. a chief of staff) a fulljly varying > responhibilties and and the Air Corps under | salaries. lieutenant general, “WILLIAM C. 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