OFFICE OF INDIAN
• AFFAIRS EFFECTED
FIVE FIELD DIVISIONS WITH
TECHNICAL EXPERT HEAD
OF EACH
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Corhplet-e reorganization of the
Office of Indian Affairs has been
^out into effect. The plan for re
organization, which has just been
approved by Ray Lyman Wilbur,
Secretary of the Interior, is the
result of more than a year’s study
by Charles J. Rhoads, Commis-1
sioner of Indian Affairs, and J. I
Henry Scattergood, Assistant Com- j
missioner.
Five field divisions of- Health,;
Education, Agriculture Extensionj
and industry, Forestry, and Irre-1
Jgation have been organized with a j
technical or professional director
at the head of each division. This
new staff of experts now has di
rect executive and administrative
powers over the respective field
services. These divisions are group
ed under two Assistants to the
Commissioner whose spheres are
defined as: “Human Relations/’
and “Property.’’
The old organization, basically
+ unchanged for over 50 years and
operated largely along purely cler
ical lines, was cumbersome. Divi
sion heads lacked the necessary
executive powers and, with the ex
ception of those of Health and
Forestry, none had technically
trained men in authority. The
standards of qualification for the
administrative offices, directors
and assistant directors, have now
been raised, and salaries have
been made more attractive.
Both Mr. Rhoads and Mr. Scat
•Lergood consider that the new plan
will work out to the best advan
tage in the administration of In
dian Affairs. They hope it will
make for a simplifcation in the
management of the complicated
affairs of the Indian Service and
will make the Office much more j
responsive to the needs of the1
field through simplified proce
dures and direction by trained
peopljp who know the Service con
ditiorls.
^ Coordination and cooperation
is th« keynote of the new system.
For Instance, the New Assistant
to tile Commissioner on Human
Relations will be directly respon
sible io the Commissioner for the
coordination of the divisions of
Healtfi, Education, and Agriculture
Extension and Industry. His office
will .serve as a coordinating cen
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ter for all reports and corres
pondence between the directors
and their assistants. All personal
problems and policies of the field
activities will be worked out by
him, and he will be responsible for
conducting a recruiting program
for all types of positions. The
directors are to keep actively in
touch with the field and are to
make trips to the field as often
as it is found necessary, in order
to maintain the efficient working
of their divisions. They are to
aid the Assistant to the Commis
sioner in the selection of new
employees, and are to recommend
to him any change needed for
the continuance of a high stan
dard of work.
The Assistant to the Commis
sioner on Property will be directly
responsible for all activities deal- j
ing with the guardianshp of In-1
dan property, tribal and individ-1
ual, Land, Irrigation, and Forestry.
He will keep all the activities of
his group in harmony with the
plans and projects of the branches
of th elndan Service which affect l
the human side.
Since Mr. Rhoads and Mr. Scat
tergood first started to map out
a constructive program for the
betterment of the Indian Service,'
they have gradually taken on new
people, technically-trained in their
lines of work, who now form the
complete corps of directors and as
sistant directors.
Dr. W. Carson Ryan, Jr., form
erly Professor of Education at the
Swarthmore College, is Director of
Educaton. He was appointed last
August, and now will have full
authority over the educational act
ivities of the Indian Service. Un
der Doctor Ryan, Miss Mary Stew
art, formerly of the Department
of Labor, is Assstant Director of
Education.
Dr. M. C. Guthrie is Director of
Health. He was detailed to the
Indian Service in 192&~ by the
United States Pubic Health Ser
vice and was formerly Executive
Officer in the Surgeon General’s
Office.
The Director of Agriculture Ex
tension and Industry is A. C. Coo
ley, who joined the Indian Ser
vice in February last year. Pre
viously he had been in charge of
Demonstration on Federal Re
clamation Projects for the Unit
ed States Department of Agricul
ture.
An experienced social executive,
Robert T. Lansdale. formerly Ex
ecutive Secretary of the Council
of Social Agencies of Monclair,
New Jersey, and member of the
staff of the New York School of
Social Work, is the Acting Assis
tant to the Commissioner of the
above group. Mr. Lansdale is an
other who joined the Office of In
dan Affairs last year and has been
field representative and person
nel officer.
The Assistant to the Commis
sioner on Property has not as yet
been appointed.
Director of Irrigation is Maj. W.
S. Post, who is the most recent
of newcomers to the Indian Ser
vice. Major Post was appointed on
January 20 of this year and is
well known in the field of hy
draulic engineering in the Pacific
Coast States. He was also, for some
years, with the United States
Geological Survey.
The Director of Forestry is J.
P. Kinney, who has been in the
Indian Service since 1910 as Chief
Forester.
During the past two years 12 j
new and highly qualified people |
have been added to the super-!
visory staff of the Indian Office, |
in addition to the directors and j
assistants named above.
In contrast with the old system
in which the financial and fiscal
matters of the Indian Office were
scattered and spread over three
divisions, the Chief Finance Of- j
ficer, Samuel W. Dodd, is now re
sponsible for all fiscal and fin
ancial details, including account
ing and bookkeeping, and the Pur
chase and Construction Sections.
Matters of a routine nature,
which so often in the past have
hampered the administrative
working of the various divisions,
will be handled by the Chief Clerk’s
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tail. B. S. Garber will be Chief
Clerk on the retirement April 30
□f Charles F. Hauke, who has
been with the Indian Service for
32 years.
Their view of all legal procedure
will be handled by the Chief
Counsel, John R. T. Reeves, who
will have charge of the Probate
Division and all other legal work.
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