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direct contact Avitli it and where he will pass on all work finally, 

 probably throufrh the Assistant Secretary. 



Mr. AxDEKSON. If appropriated for separately now. I do not see 

 anythin<r to prevent you puttin*; it anywliere you pleasx'. 



Assistant Secretary Pioslev. The appropriation !)ill provides 

 that the appropriation for the work in (piestion is a j^art of the work 

 of some bureau. We are askin<i that the wordinjr of this year's bill 

 will make the approi)riations run in the direction in which we think 

 they ought to run for the most efficient organization of the de- 

 partment. 



BUREAU OF HOME ECONOMICS. 



The Secretary, I think, is tremendously interested in another 

 chanire. The office of home economics, under the States Relations 

 Service, is to all intents and purposes a subject-matter bureau in 

 the same sense of the other bureaus in the dei)artment. He believes 

 that the time has come when this office should be made a Ijureau in 

 fact; and it is his intention, if Congress approves of the proj^osal to 

 make it a bureau, to place it in charge of a v.onian of st^ientific 

 training. 



Mr. Magee, What do we know about all this theory and red tape? 



Mr. Anderson. He is telling you something about it. 



Mr. Magee. He says he puts it up to us for determination. It 

 seems to me you have enougli horse sense to be aljle to put before the 

 committee the facts, and then we might be able to i-each some re:ison- 

 able conclusion. • 



Assistant Secretary Pixjsi.ey. That is wluit we are trying to do. 



Mr. Ma(jee. There is so much long-drawn-out postulations and red 

 tape that sometimes I think it is almost imi)ossibk' for men in Con- 

 gress to do any business, as it takes about half of the forenoon to 

 attend to one little job now. 



Assistant Secretary Pugsley. I fully symi)athize with you. 



Mr. Buchanan. When was this department reorganized? Was it 

 not organized a few years ago? 



Assistant Secretary Pitcj.si.ey. What department ? 



Mr. Buchanan. All this publication de[)artment, bureau of dis- 

 tribution or publication, whatever you want to call it. 



Assistant Secretary Pugsley. The Division of I'ublications has, 

 so far as I know, never been fixed in its organization by the api">ro- 

 priations which have been made 



Mr. Buchanan (interposing). Was reorganized in the department 



Assi.stant Secretary Pi'gsley (continuing). In all of its details 

 The Division of Publications has been created by the apj^ropriations. 

 but certain things have been added to and taken from, as Mr. Ander- 

 son suggested a moment ago, by various Secretaries when they 

 came in. 



Mr. BuciiAXA.N. My <|uestion was, A^^1s not the P)Ui"eau of Publica- 

 tions and pul)licity work of the deparlmeut reorganized or. at le:>st. 

 combined just a few years ago? 



Mr. JiTMP. About two years ago there were .se\eral lines of work 

 transferred into the Di\-ision ol' Publications. Tlu>y iin-luded (he 

 ])i'ess ser\ice. motion picture, and exhibits work. . 



