THE INSTITUTE FOR GOVERNMENT RESEARCH 



Washington, D. C. 



_ The Institute for Government Research is an association of 

 citizens for cooperating with pubUc officials in the scientific 

 study of government with a view to promoting efficiency and 

 economy in its operations and advancing the science of ad- 

 ministration. It aims to bring into existence such informa- 

 tion and materials as will aid in the formation of public opin- 

 ion and will assist officials, particularly those of the national 

 government, in their efforts to put the public administration 

 upon a more efficient basis. 



To this end, it seeks by the thoroughgoing study and exam- 

 ination of the best administrative practice, public and private, 

 American and foreign, to formulate those principles wjiich lie 

 at the basis of all sound administration, and to determine their 

 proper adaptation to the specific needs of our public adminis- 

 tration. 



The accomplishment of specific reforms the Institute recog- 

 nizes to be the task of those who are charged with the respon- 

 sibility of legislation and administration; but it seeks to assist, 

 by scientific study and research, in laying a solid foundation of 

 information and experience upon which such reforms may be 

 successfully built. 



While some of the Institute's studies find application only in 

 the form of practical cooperation with the administrative of- 

 ficers directly concerned, many are of interest to other admin- 

 istrators and of general educational value. The results of 

 such studies the Institute purposes to publish in such form as 

 will insure for them the widest possible utilization. 



Officers 

 Robert S. Brookings, Frank J. Goodnow, 



Chainnan Vice-Cbairman 



James F. Curtis, Frederick Strauss, 



Secretary Treasurer 



Trustees 



Edwin A. Alderman Edwin F. Gay Charles D. Norton 



Robert S. Brookings Frank J. Goodnow Martin A. Ryerson 



James F. Curtis Jerome D. Greene Frederick Strauss 



R. Fulton Cutting Arthur T. Hadley Silas H. Strawn 



Frederic A. Delano Herbert C. Hoover William H. Taft 



Henry S. Dennison David F. Houston Ray Lyman Wilbur 



George Eastman A. Lawrence Lowell Robert S. Woodward 



Raymond B. Fosdick Samuel Mather 



Felix Frankfurter Richard B. Mellon 



Director 



W. F. Willoughby 



Editor 



F. W. Powell 



