section to deal with all post-war problems,subordinate   
only to the Secretary of State, or under the general chairmanship   
of the Secretary of State, with three special chairmen, one   
each for Security, Political, and Economic Policy.
 
 
 
POLITICAL HINDRANCES
 
     
 
 
The foregoing excludes the question of political influence   
in the choice of Departmental officials. There is no doubt   
that this factor differentiates Government from industry.   
While business has a profit-and-loss account, and Government   
none, industry at least is free to choose its officers and   
employees (subject to in the latter only to the encroachment   
of union organizational control). If political obligations can   
only be met by official appointment, then the system suffers   
because of the lack of free choice by those who must be responsible   
for results.  For me to comment on this feature would be unwise and   
unproductive.
 
 
 
INTER-DEPARTMENTAL RIVALRY IN FOREIGN AFFAIRS
 
 
     
 
 
That inter-departmental rivalry exists is well known.