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Government’s expanding role in public service described
A historical review traces government growth from police power to broad public service. It covers the Bank of the United States, the independent treasury, currency, postal service reforms, weather forecasting, life saving stations, and the shift toward national duties beyond mere peacekeeping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tan
United States
Hamilton
Bank of the United States
Webster
the Treasury
Jefferson
National Bank
Bank of the
Jackson
National
Congress
van Duren
Treasury Department
Treasury
Washington
Buston
Alaltimore
New York
Philadelphia
Chicago
Cincinnati
St. Louis
New Orleans
San Francisco
Civil Service
Post Office
Special
United States Mail
Department
Suilor
Torricelli
Calileo
John Lining
Charleston
Benjamin Franklin
Monticello
Willis F. Moore
United States Weather Bureau
State Department
Weather Bureau
Department of Agriculture
Isaac Newton
Army
Telegraph
Telephone
Atlantic
Moore
Weather Service
Great Lakes
Herolem