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"Emerging Problems in Public Administration." Address before a joint session of the American Political Science Association and the Society for Public Administration, Washington, D.C., December 28

 Item — Box: Series 10, Box 42

Dates

  • Other: December 28

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Extent

From the Collection: 168.00 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Materials Specific Details

Administrators can keep in contact with only 20 men; general staff to keep government from running to seed as bureaucracy; qualities of a good staff man; specialists in Federal State relationships; role of government in a mature nation; cooperation between executive and legislative branches; understanding of fiscal policy; democratic type of mind, not dictator, required to run big cabinet department; with more centralization of policy, need more decentralization of administration; problem of carrying President's policies into action; contacts with Congress, public, etc.; contacts with own department; delegation of authority; got more in New Deal programs for dollar spent than would get in war period; more improvement in management needed; role of public servants

Repository Details

Part of the University of Iowa Special Collections Repository

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