Excerpt from Statement of the Secretary to the President Concerning the President's Inquiry in Re Economy and Efficiency: Before the Subcommittee of House Committee on Appropriations in Charge of Sundry Civil Appropriation Bill for 1912, February 6, 1911 Mr. Norton. Yes, sir; the office of the President, and, the Presi dent having assigned the matter to me, I in turn employed Mr. Cleveland to have general charge of the inquiry under my direction. The chairman. How many people are employed and paid from this appropriation at the present time? Mr. Norton. Eleven people are paid out of this appropriation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.