Evening star. [volume], June 21, 1932, Page A-14, Image 14

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LAYS ILLS OF US.
"
James M. Beck’s Book Pre
dicts Present Government
Will Disappear.
By the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. June 21. —James M.
Berk, former Solicitor General of the
United States and now Representative
from Pennsylvania, predicts the even
tual disappearance of America's pres
ent form of government under the en
croachments of Federal bureaus in his
book. "Our Wonderland of Bureau
cracy.” published today.
Philosophically and basically this
will be due. Berk says, to the American
people's apathy, their willingness to
Hccept an apparent immediate gain at
the sacrifice of a principle, and their
lost appreciation of these moral values.
"Each generation of Americans,” Mr.
Beck says, "to gain some immediate
mm piaAiuiiu HuuuiiMtr, win sacrmce
some remaining principle of the Con
stitution, until that noble edifice will
one day become as the Parthenon,
beautiful in its ruins, but nevertheless
» useless and deserted temple of lib
erty.”
Ten Million Jobholders.
Here are some of the things which
lead Representative Beck to his con
clusion :
“The taxpayers are directly or indi
rectly supporting at least 10,000,000
people in the Government, Federal,
State and municipal, or one-twelfth of
the population of the country, and as
many of them exercise large discretion
ary powers, bureaucracy has become a
real menace to the welfare of the Na
tion.
•'Many of the Federal bureaus have
no justification in any grant of power,
and are fast making the Constitution a
mere rhapsody of words.”
•'Publicity has been a potent factor
In the growth of bureaucracy. • • •
When the Government was removed in
1300 from New York to Philadelphia
all the records were shipped in seven
large and five small boxes, but in the
year 1930 It required eight hours a day
for 64 linotype machines to set the
type for the printing required by one
bureau of the Department of Commerce.
oovermneni ice pons increase.
"The Public Printer reports that
copies of each of the various annual
Issues of Government publications will
fill 150 feet of shelf space.”
' The Secretary of the Navy admits
In his annual report for 1931 that there
were 2.017 i administrative) clerks in
the department at Washington, and
45.956 at stations outside of Washing
ton. an increase from 787 and 35.285.
respectively, since the prewar year of
1916 ”
"Had our civil service grown propor
tionately with population, It would to
day be about 100,000. Today It ap
proximates 750,000."
‘ The House of Representatives can
never regain its lost prestige as a leg
islative body until its membership is
reduced to about 200 members and
their tenure increased.
"Above all, there should be a re
vival of that jealousy of the rights of
the people, so much in evidence In the
Continental Congresses, the Congress of
the Confederation, and the early Con
gresses under our Constitution.
"Otherwise, our form of Government
Will disintegrate and become less and
Jess representative, as the bureaucracy
completes its conquest of a Constitu
tion whose ideal once was that it was
tor. of and by the people.
"To prevent this the people must
reform themselves. Once they prided
themselves upon the fact they lived
linder a benign and free Government.
Today many are indifferent to the fate
fcf their Constitution.
"To them government Is an agency
to live on, and not under.”
You will be amazed how
far you can 90 and how
much you can see—even in
two weeks. '
• Californio
• Hollywood
• Olympic Games
• Agua Caliente
• Yosemite and Big Trees
• Colorado Rockies
• Grand Canyon
without change of Pullman
• Indian-detours !
• Other National Parks
• All-Expense Tours on certain
days this summer
The Golf Counts of Celifornie ere
famous ... Take your golf
clubs with you.
Aik for booklets and map*
O. C. PILT.ARP, Plst. Pass. Agent
SANTA l'K RY.
302 Franklin Trust Bldg.
1500 Chestnut St. at 15th
l’HII.APKI.PHIA. PA.
Phones: Rittenhouse 11H4-1465
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HOUSE GROUP 0. K.’S GIFT
OF CLOTHES TO JOBLESS
Johnson Bill Would Provide for
Donation of Surplus Stocks of
Cloth and Garments.
By the Associated Press
The Johnson bill for free distribution
to the unemployed of surplus Govern
ment cloth and wearing apparel was
approved yesterday by the House Labor
Committee.
It would direct the chief co-ordlnator
to determine the surplus stocks held
by Government departments of cloth,
shoes, hats, clothing and material from
which wearing apparel may be made.
These surpluses would be turned over
to the Red Cross, American Legion,
Veterans of Foreign Wars and Disabled
American Veterans for free distribution
to unemployed persons and their fam
ilies during the Winter of 1932-3.
The bill Is sponsored by Representa
tive Johnson, Democrat, of Oklahoma.
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