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1936 › Alf Landon (Republican) › Reorganization of the executive branch
Cooperate with Congress to reorganize agencies, abolish unnecessary ones and eliminate duplication
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Solution
An 'effective reorganization of the numerous Government agencies' to save taxpayers' money; appoint 'those men best qualified' and hold them responsible.
Rationale
Seventy-five new agencies and 250,000 added employees had been 'foisted on the taxpayers.'
Statements (1)
I shall cooperate wholeheartedly with Congress in an effective reorganization of the numerous Government agencies, to get rid of those that are not necessary, to eliminate duplication, to insure better administration, and to save the taxpayers' money.
Follow-through
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The winner's 1937 reorganization bill failed in 1938 amid 'dictator' charges; a narrower Reorganization Act passed in 1939 and created the Executive Office of the President.
Enacted by others
| 1939-04-03 | Franklin D. Roosevelt | statute Reorganization Act of 1939 | Agency consolidation by presidential plan subject to legislative veto. source |
Other positions on this issue
- Consolidate the seven federal farm-mortgage agencies under a single purpose — Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 specific_pledge
- Reorganize the Department of Agriculture as the machinery for national agricultural planning — Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 specific_pledge
- A long-range plan consolidating the federal government's scattered public-health and welfare agencies — Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1932 specific_pledge
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