Book Reviews and Notices : Washington State Government. BY DONALD H. WEBSTER, ERNEST H. CAMPBELL, AND GEORGE D. SMITH. (Seattle: University of Washington Press. 1948. Pp. viii, 113. $2.50.)

• Author: Ellsworth E. Weaver
• Published date: 01 September 1949
• DOI: 10.1177/106591294900200350
• Date: 01 September 1949
• Subject Matter: Articles

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This

study

is

largely

concerned

with

policy

questions

such

as

the

one

hundred

sixty

acre

limitation,

the

control

of

electric

power

derived

from

a

water

storage

plan,

federal

versus

state

management,

and

the

competition

of

the

Army

Corps

of

Engineers

and

the

Bureau

of

Reclama-

tion

as

to

who

is

to

build

at

certain

sites.

The

complex

forces

participating

and

frequently

competing

in

the

activities

of

this

valley

project

are

unraveled

in

this

volume

which

should

be

of

vital

concern

to

many

Californians.

Those

interested

in

pending

legislation

relating

to

river

valley

developments

will

also

find

much

of

value

in

this

university

press

publication.

University

of

California.

JOHN

C.

BOLLENS.

Washington

State

Government.

BY

DONALD

H.

WEBSTER,

ERNEST H.

CAMPBELL,

AND

GEORGE

D.

SMITH.

(Seattle:

University

of

Washing-

ton

Press.

1948.

Pp.

viii,

113.

$2.50.)

Two

basic

criticisms

are

raised

over

this

work.

First,

the

type

is

too

small

for

easy

reading.

Second,

the

treatment

is

too

concise

and

brief.

One

puts

the

book

down

with

the

feeling

he

has

been

reading

thumb-

nail

sketches

rather

than

a

description

of

the

administrative

organization

and

functions

of

the

government

in

the

state

of

Washington.

When

one

has

said

these

things

he

has

about

exhausted

the

field

of

adverse

criticism

of

the

book.

The

publication

bears

evidence

of

careful

compilation

and

appears

to

be

authoritative.

The

authors

submitted

the

manuscript

to

responsible

public

officials

for

correction

and

evaluation

before

publication.

Each

section

of

the

book

follows

a

general

pattern.

The

unit

of

government

is

first

described,

then

a

statement

of

functions,

and

lastly,

the

internal

organization

of

the

unit.

University

of

Utah.

ELLSWORTH

E.

WEAVER.

Constructive

Government

in

Ohio.

BY

HARVEY

WALKER.

(Columbus,

Ohio:

The

Ohio

History

Press,

The

Ohio

State

Archaeological

and

Historical

Society.

1948.

Pp.

249.

$3.00.)

More

than

a

biography

this

book

covers

many

historical

facts

of

Ohio’s

governmental

organization.

The

central

theme

is,

however,

the

story

of

Myers

Y.

Cooper

as

governor

of

Ohio

in

the

period

1929-1930.

The

presentation

is

laudatory

while

remaining

largely

factual.

In

only

one

chapter

does

Mr.

Walker

allow

his

personal

feelings

to

protrude.

This

is

the

chapter

dealing

with

the

1930

campaign

and

election.

The

defeat

of

the

Republican

Cooper

by

the

Democrat

White

was

apparently

a

dis-

appointment

that

the

years

have

not

mitigated.

University

of

Utah.

ELLSWORTH

E.

WEAVER.