I04 The State and the Farmer 



of inter-state problems; the failure of the 

 states to meet all of their responsibilities. 



The question, therefore, is broadly one of 

 the governmental sphere and the local respon- 

 sibility. We need to distinguish sharply be- 

 tween governmental function and investiga- 

 tional function, particularly when the people 

 have already provided agencies for the two. 

 I would not deny to any federal depart- 

 ment either the right or the need to exercise 

 the investigational function, but it seems to 

 me that it is the secondary function and to be 

 exercised on occasion. Any government de- 

 partment investigates primarily in order that it 

 may coordinate, regulate, control, supervise, 

 set in motion, and determine policies ; it also 

 needs to maintain research for the purpose of 

 keeping its work vital and sound; but the great 

 questions of organization and public policy 

 are its particular sphere. 



The coordinating agencies. 



We may now enquire what are the proper 

 agencies for the coordinating of the isolated 



