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Truman's proposals were largely based on recommendations of the Hoover Commission, a non-partisan body established in 1947 to work out ways of simplifying the government's bureaucracy. The Commission reported in 1948, and last year the president sent his first seven plans to Capitol Hill where six passed. Under a regulation, the President is empowered to make changes in his branch of government so long as neither house of Congress disapproves of his plans before a set date--this time May 23. This rule was intended by Congress as self-defense against interest-group pressure--pressure more likely...
...group claims that the reorganization along Commission Report lines would save about four billions yearly, and unsnarl a sizable amount of Federal red tape. They point out that the Commission was non-partisan and expert, and argue that the plans would efficiently clean up a chaotic bureaucracy...
...changing some of the original proposals Truman compromised their non-partisan character and laid them open to partisan attacks by certain legislators and by lobbyists who make cash on government confusion. Congress, by keeping its collective head, can still pass all the Commission-backed proposals. But to save these plans, it must survive pressure and outwit the Capitol's balcony quarterbacks in the next few days...
...League set itself up as an Independent non-partisan club and with the Harvard Liberal Union devoted some attention to "postwar problems" in jointly organized study groups...
...Council executive board, in an attempt to revitalize 'Cliffe politics, suggested that all remaining groups combine in a non-partisan organization, reminiscent of the 1914 Civics Club and the 1940 League for Democracy. While the Progressives approved the proposal, SDA rejected the entire idea...