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E ARE all too busy in the modern world to be sensible or deliberate. We get too hot and bothered by events, and pressures, and ambitions, most of which have little significance. For this reason I propose today to take a long look at our profession, with its practices and theories, and sketch out, if I can, the next lines of development we may expect and reach for in the field of public administration. Our world differs from the world of one

In the preface John W. Bunn described the situation and the philosophy of James Naismith who invented basket ball. James Naismith explained his new game using several figures to help the under-standing of the players. As this booklet was used as a guide book, the explanation included the information about the grounds, goals, balls and players as well as the play itself.

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New York City is second only to the federal government in amount of taxpayers' money which it spends.

Many states have what they call executive budgets but in numerous cases the officials evade the spirit and purpose of the new procedure. In Massachusetts, however, the budget, despite some bad organization, is beginning to work out as intended, and there is visible progress toward sound finance.

Not graft and corruption, not boss rule, but lasy citizens, lack of city pride, failure to plan termed principal failure.

The article presents information on the implementation of management science to everyday management practice and describes the evolution of scientific thinking and the structural design of humans a...

Economical urban transportation systems to meet the present and future circulation demands of the urban complex must evolve through comprehensive analysis, research, and design based on an understa...

A comparison of American and English statements regarding principles of administrative organization andd practice.

Metropolitan organization must now recognize unprecedented prob lems of dynamics and scale. Both have their effect on management, costs, and "democratics." In designing governmental changes to give us the required comprehensiveness and regional self-government we are controlled by eight objectives. Where existing government falls short of these goals, we must turn to political inventions. Four are suggested: The creation in each state of a new department of local affairs with a "metropolitan desk"; the drastic reconstruction of metropolitan counties; the creation of open-ended metropolitan service agencies; and the creation of an entirely new layer of regional government, the metropolitan council.

Calling for the final abolition of the spoils system through the substitution of career service, Franklin D. Roosevelt has come forward with the boldest, the most courageous, and the most constructive step in his career. This program is part of his plan for the reorganization of the administrative structure and the fiscal controls of the government. There may be minor debatable issues. However, the comprehensive program is a weaving together of the best constructive thought of the past generation with regard to American government.

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