Are Government Organizations Immortal?

100 Pages·1976·11.199 MB·English

by  Herbert Kaufman

Are Government
HERBERT KAUFMAN
THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION

ARE GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS
IMMORTAL?

ARE GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS
IMMORTAL?
Herbert Kaufman
THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION
Washington, D.C.
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THE BROOKINGS INSTITUTION
7775 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20036
Library ofCongress Cataloging in Publication Data:
Kaufman, Herbert, 1922-
Are government organizations immortal?
Includes bibliographical references.
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1. United States—Executive departments. —
2. United States Politics and government 20th century.
I. Title.
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ISBN O-8157-4839-6
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Boardof Trustees Ill the brookings institution is an inde-
RobertV. Roosa pendent organization devoted to nonpartisan
Chairman ill research, education, and publication in eco-
LouisW. Cabot nomics, government, foreign policy, and the social
Chairman, sciencesgenerally. Itsprincipal purposes are to aidin
Executive Committee the development ofsound public policies and to pro-
VincentM. Barnett,Jr. immoptoertapnucbel.ic understanding of issues of national
LucyWilsonBenson The InstitutionwasfoundedonDecember8, 1927,
Barton M. Biggs tomergetheactivitiesoftheInstituteforGovernment
Edward W. Carter Research, founded in 1916, the Institute ofEconom-
George M. Elsey ics,foundedin 1922, andtheRobertBrookingsGrad-
John Fischer uate School ofEconomics and Government, founded
KermitGordon in 1924.
Huntington Harris TheBoardofTrusteesisresponsiblefor thegeneral
RogerW. Heyns administrationoftheInstitution,whiletheimmediate
LutherG. Holbrook direction ofthe policies, program, and staffis vested
inthe President, assistedby an advisory committeeof
RobertS. McNamara the officers and staff. The bylaws of the Institution
WilliamMcC. Martin,Jr. state: "It is the function of the Trustees to make
Arjay Miller possible the conduct of scientific research, and pub-
BarbaraW. Newell lication, under the most favorable conditions, and to
HerbertP. Patterson safeguard the independence of the research staff in
Woodward Redmond the pursuit oftheir studies and in the publication of
J.
H. Chapman Rose the results of such studies. It is not a part of their
Warren M. Shapleigh function to determine, control, or influence the con-
duct of particular investigations or the conclusions
Gerard C. Smith
reached."
PhyllisA. Wallace The President bears final responsibility for the de-
J. Harvie Wilkinson,Jr. cision topublishamanuscriptasaBrookingsbook. In
Honorary Trustees reaching hisjudgment on the competence, accuracy,
andobjectivityofeachstudy, the Presidentis advised
Arthur StantonAdams by the director of the appropriate research program
Eugene R. Black and weighs the views of a panel of expert outside
RobertD. Calkins readerswhoreporttohiminconfidenceonthequality
ColgateW. Darden,Jr. ofthe work. Publication ofa work signifies that it is
DouglasDillon deemed acompetenttreatmentworthyofpubliccon-
MarionB. Folsom sideration but does notimply endorsementofconclu-
John E. Lockwood sions or recommendations.
RobertBrookings Smith The Institution maintains its position ofneutrality
on issues of public policy in order to safeguard the
Sydney Stein,Jr. intellectualfreedomofthestaff. Henceinterpretations
or conclusions in Brookings publications should be
understoodtobesolelythoseoftheauthorsandshould
not be attributed to the Institution, to its trustees,
officers, or other staff members, or to the organiza-
tions that support its research.
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