ABSTRACT
Reforms in government are difficult under any circumstances. Reforms in government which actually serve the purposes intended by their designers and advocates may be rarest of all. In the executive branch and in Congress, saw the Foreign Service as an unfairly privileged "subculture," which probably should be returned to the larger Civil Service, and certainly should not be the beneficiary of the additional benefits and perquisites contained in the plan. Most who came into contact with the exercise, however, could be characterized by lack of knowledge and indifference. Yet this kind of legislation can be argued to represent the predominant form of congressional activity. Not every issue can be the Panama Canal Treaty, SALT II, and rejection of major presidential nominees for high office, the possible impeachment of a president, landmark budget resolutions, or fundamental changes in national social, defense, or taxation policy.
