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Report On The Organization Of The State Department, August 20, 1910, Charles De Lane Hine
Report On The Organization Of The State Department, August 20, 1910, Charles De Lane Hine
Organization of the State Department
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 …