G ANNUAL REPORTS OF DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE] 1951 
21, 1950, to succeed Frank (\ Craighead, who had retired the pre- 
ceding May 1. On October 23, L950, William A. Baker was appoi 
to head the Division of Cereal and Forage [nsect [nvestigations, to 
succeed Clyde M. Packard, who had retired the preceding September 
:;". Paul A. Hoidale, formerly in charge of the Division of Mexican 
Fruit Fly Control, was transferred to Denver, Colo., on November 
1. L950, in head the Division of Grasshopper Control. He succeeded 
Claude Wakeland, who for reasons of health had asked to be reli< 
of administrat ive responsibilit ies. 
Curtis Clausen, head of the Division of Contro] [nvestigations and 
the Division of Foreign Parasite Introduction, retired on January 
.".1. L95] : Randall Latta is acting in charge of these divisions. 
A major reorganization of i In- Bureau's administ rat ive se< -up. begun 
in May. was ready to operate at the end of the fiscal year. Special 
studies of headquarters and field organizal ion- were made to determine 
the best way to coordinate the diverse activities. Regionalization of 
control and regulatory activities was considered the most feasible 
move. The initial step in regionalizing the work was taken with the 
designation of Roy (r. Richmond, then head of the Division of Do- 
mestic riant Quarantines, a- regional director of tin' northeastern 
m. with headquarters at Greenfield, Ma—. Subsequently, Wesley 
(i. Bruce, in charge of the Savannah, (ia.. laboratory, was appointed 
director of the southeastern region, with headquarters at uulfport, 
Miss., Lev F. Curl, formerly in charge of the Division of Pink Boll- 
worm Control, as director of the southwestern region, with head- 
quarters at San Antonio, Tex., Harry L. Smith, formerly in charge 
of the Division of Golden Nematode Control, a- director of the north 
central region, with headquarters at Minneapolis, Minn., and Warren 
A'. Benedict, formerly in charge of white pine blister rust control on 
the west const, as director of the western region, with headquarters 
at Berkeley. Calif. Regional administrative officers were also ap- 
pointed for each region. 
The purpose of the reorganization was to provide the best possible 
utilization of the Bureau's manpower and equipment. It ha- per- 
mitted unification and standardization of many policies and proce- 
dures governing program operations. No change was made in the 
program direction of the Bureau's research activities or of the Divi- 
sion of Grasshopper Control and the Division of Foreign Plant 
Qua rant ines, although the held adminisl rative functions <»f t hese pro- 
grams are handled through the five regional offices. The individual 
regulatory and control activities previously havim_ r divisional status, 
ot her t lian the two mentioned, now maintain their identity as projects 
under the regional plan. 
The administrative organization of the Bureau was further 
gtrei L'i hened by the establishment, in May L951, of four new divisions 
under the general direction of the assistant chief for administration. 
They are the Administrative Services Division, the Accounting and 
Auditing Division, the Budget and Adminisl rat ive Management Divi- 
sion, and the Personnel Management Division. 
The Bureau's work on the utilization and adaptation of aircraft 
and other special equipment for the control of agricultural pests was 
olidated. In May L951. an Aircraft and Special Equipment 
Center was established at Oklahoma City, Okla., with Kenneth Mes- 
