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to work out a plan of reorganization. The members included six Democrats and six Republicans. There was no tinge of politics in their selection. These men worked tirelessly for nearly two years, digging into every section of the executive branch of the government—f r o m the White House on down,” he explained.
‘‘It is amazing but true,” he said, “the Hoover Commission fouml that the Navy cannot even tell how much it costs to run a ship.
“The Navy hospital, just outside Washington, gets its money from 12 different Navy. sources, including the Bureau of Ships; the bureau of ordnance; the bureau of supplies and accounts; and the bureau of medicine and surgery. Yet nowhere in the budget is the total cost of operating this or any other Navy hospital shown.
“The Commission also found that at the same time the Veterans Administration was demanding 38,000 more hospitaj beds at an additional cost of 280milBon of our tax dollars, there was a bij? surplus of beds in other government hospitals. In fact, as of June 30, 1948, the government had beds for 255,000 patients, but only 155,000 patients on hand, and they had only enough doctors to treat 120,000 patien^
Calling on all citizens to Urge adoption of some of these moneysaving recommendations, Bird said citizens should tell their Congressmen that they want their support in “saving the poor taxpayer a few dollars.”
Saying that it is the average wage earner that pays the bills of government, he urged all citizens to make econoifiy in government politically popular.
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