+ Cleveland p84 O ’20 20w Review 2:403 Ap 17 ’20 80w
CLEVELAND, FREDERICK ALBERT, and BUCK, ARTHUR EUGENE. Budget and responsible government. (American social progress ser.) *$3 (2½c) Macmillan 353
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“A description and interpretation of the struggle for responsible government in the United States, with special reference to recent changes in state constitutions and statute laws providing for administrative reorganization and budget reform.” (Sub-title) The preface by Mr Cleveland states that the work was begun as a report to the National budget committee. Later its scope was expanded and Mr Buck of the New York Bureau of municipal research, who had been preparing a report dealing with administrative reorganization in the several states, was asked to collaborate. In addition to the editor’s note by Samuel McCune Lindsay, there is an introduction by ex-President Taft, who during his term of office urged the adoption of the budget system. The book is in five parts: Historic background and interpretation of the recent movement for administrative reorganization and budget procedure; Detailed accounts of proposed plans and recent legal enactments for administrative reorganization in state governments; Detailed accounts of the characteristics and operation of recent state enactments providing for a budget procedure; Proposed national budget legislation; Conclusion. There is no index, a want partly supplied by the analytical table of contents.
+ Am Hist R 26:148 O ’20 200w
Reviewed by A. C. Hanford
+ Am Pol Sci R 14:711 N ’20 500w
“Sound, careful work for students and those interested in problems of government.”
+ Booklist 16:328 Jl ’20