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Senator WaaNER. If the appropriation is made, I should think so. 
Those things go pretty quickly. 
Mr. BacamanN. Well under your -eivil-service provision, you 
would have to go ahead and select all the employees under the civil 
service law. 
Senator WAGNER. That is only here in Washington: that would 
not be for the offices such as your office. 
Mr. Bacamann. If the States did not go ahead and elect to adopt 
this bill— 
Senator Waener. The State is unhampered. 
Mr. BacaMaxn (continuing). Then the director goes ahead and 
establishes these different offices out through the States; and those 
employees, there is no doubt, would have to be selected under the 
sivil service law. 
Senator WaaNER. There is very little of that. Of course, that 
can be done to-day; the employment service to-day can 20 into any 
State and erect an employment exchange. That is not new at all, 
I can not imagine a director doing that excent in a case where there 
was an absolute necessity, because we want this cooperation between 
the States. I am certain there are some States where perhaps an 
exchange would not serve much purpose; if it has no laree industrial 
cities where an unemployment problem really exists. 
Mr. Tucker. This bill is framed very much on the lines of the old 
educational bill, 50-50; pretty much the same thing. 
Senator WaaneR. That, of course, is true. The advance planning 
bill ought to be passed at once, because it takes the Government 
about six months to get ready; and if there is another slump, they 
ought to be already prepared with their blue prints and all the other 
preliminaries, so that the work can start at once. 
Mr. MonTAGUE. Senator, why can not they do that now? 
Senator Waener. Well the difficulty is, Governor, they have not 
the information to know when the economic depression is coming. 
We only know it when it is here. Now that is the purpose of this 
whole legislation and, as I said before you entered, while some people 
have been talking here about some temporary palliatives, this is to be 
a permanent governmental instrumentality. 
Mr. MonTaGUE. I understand that. 
Senator WaeNER. To deal with this subject. 
Mr. MontacuEe. I understand that. 
Senator WAGNER. To plan ahead. 
Mr. MonTAGUE. That is a great help. 
Senator WAGNER. Yes, and you can not do it without this accurate 
information. That is why I say it is of primary importance. 
Mr. MonTaGUE. But here is a matter where the Government has 
appropriated a great deal of money for public buildings of one sort 
and another; it has blue prints and plans that have been drawn for 
two or three years: Why do not they go along and do something 
with it? They have the money already appropriated and they won’s 
do anything. 
Senator Waaner. They ought to do it and here you have a man- 
date from Congress, a policy declared that this must be done during 
periods of depression, and they have to be all ready with the planning. 
Mr. MoNTAGUE. Suppose the Executive does not do it: what are 
vou going to do then?