Report on the Organization of the State Department, August 20, 1910

Authors

Charles De Lane Hine

Document Type

Report

Files

Date

8-20-1910

Keywords

Charles de Lane Hine, State Department, Diplomatic and Consular Service, inspectors, Bureau of Indexes and Archives, Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Presidential Cabinet, Prime Minister, Chief of Staff, Civil Service Commission, William Howard Taft, Fred W. Carpenter, Gunn Richards & Company

Description

The document is a carbon copy of a typed preliminary report from Charles de Lane Hine to the President concerning the current and planned reorganization of the State Department. He discusses the organization from a business perspective, positing that the Government and its branches are less efficient, but in many ways more accomplished at maintaining policies and effects. He also emphasizes the need for change as the idea of the Secretary of State as a Prime Minister figure has changed since the conception of the post. In addition, to improve efficiency and effectiveness, the report states that there should be a bureau or committee for each Department dedicated to the inspection and review of said Department.

Sender

Charles de Lane Hine

Recipient

William Howard Taft

Corresponds to:

Folder 1-9, Document 18

City

Washington, D.C.

Comments

"Preliminary Report H-7" is typed at the top of the report.

Language

English

Rights Statement

Please contact the Myrin Library Special Collections Department for permissions to use this document. https://www.ursinus.edu/library/archives-special-collections/

Recommended Citation

Hine, Charles De Lane, "Report on the Organization of the State Department, August 20, 1910" (1910). Organization of the State Department. 9.
https://digitalcommons.ursinus.edu/fmhw_organization/9