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The Reorganization of the Department of State

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  • Laves, Walter H. C.
  • Wilcox, Francis O.

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For many years there has been widespread discussion of the need for reorganizing the Department of State. Students, publicists, members of Congress, and members of the Department itself have repeatedly pointed out that the Department has not been geared up to performing the functions required of the foreign office of a great twentieth-century world power.The chief criticisms of the Department have been four: (1) that there was lacking a basic pattern of sound administrative organization, (2) that the type of personnel found both at home and abroad was inadequate for the job required in foreign affairs today, (3) that the Department was too far removed from the public and from Congress, and (4) that it was not prepared to provide leadership for, and maintain the necessary relations with, other federal agencies.

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  • Laves, Walter H. C. & Wilcox, Francis O., 1944. "The Reorganization of the Department of State," American Political Science Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 38(2), pages 289-301, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:apsrev:v:38:y:1944:i:02:p:289-301_04
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