Franklin Roosevelt, sensing that there was some confusion in the labyrinthine operations of his Government, last week decided to clarify everything: he set up a new bureau, the Office of Facts & Figures.
It was not the first time the President had similarly tried to bring order out of chaos. Two years ago the President set up the Office of Government Reports. Purpose: to keep the President informed. He put Lowell Mellett, a keen-eyed onetime news editor, at its head. This year it got $1,500,000 appropriation from Congress. Three months ago, with another fiat,...
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