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in black and white what their reasons are for any changes.

For example, I've often thought that in the Internal Revenue problem, if every time they compromised a case or permitted a somewhat different arrangement for paying taxes, which they must do obviously, they'd set it out in black and white and write it out with their own hands, setting down the reason why they permitted it, what the terms and conditions are, what limitations, if any, are put on this, it would do an awful lot to stop the easy assent to doing what ought not to be done, because they would have to check themselves. A great deal of this nodding and saying, “Oh well, I guess that'll be all right,” is intellectual carelessness. If they saw it all written out in black and white, they would sometimes say, “Well, I guess I better not do it. I haven't really got reasons enough.” On he other hand, it gives a perfectly sound basis for the legitimate variation from the exact requirement of the law.

I did that recently in the Civil Service Commission. I had them write something like that out and it proved to be a miraculous change of thinking on the part of the people involved.

Anyway, to get back to the New York Labor Department, I speeded along the codes. I've forgotten how many code