The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1919-10-10
Appropriations Committee About to
Report Measure to Congress-; Is
Expected to Pass; President
Wilson Favors Plan
DIFFER FROM PRESENT
LAWS OF OTHER NATIONS
Provides for TWO Officials to Be in
Charge of Work; Both are APP
pointlve by President With
Approval of Congress

Washington, Oct 10-A national
budget system, a scientific step for
ward in the interests of national
economy, is about to come before
congress in the form Of a bill to be
reported to the house of representa-
tives by the appropriations committee
Although a stubborn fight is expected
to be made upon it by old time con-
gressional privateers, jealous of their
historic privilege of spending the
governments money with lavish
hands, it is expected that the meas
ure will pass. AS President Wilson
has consistently urged the enactment
of such law there is no question
of his approval
Democratic and republican leaders
Of progressive tendencies have real
lied that something must be done to
abate the waste of money that is
annually appropriated by congress,
hence the efforts for budget legisla-
ton in the Goth congress have 81 far
met with less opposition than ever
before. Most of the large nations of
the earth are administrated on the
budget plan and the United States
has been practically alone in it's leg
islative appropriation system.
TIE bill as at present drawn will
differ materially from the budget
laws CT other nations this being due
the difference in the American
lyle of government and placing of
responsibilities. Former President
Taft, an ardent advocate of a bud |
get and Carter Glass, secretary of |
the treasury, another espouser of the
project, have been heard by the COM
mittee and their views obtained as to |
what they believe the bill's salient
features should be.
The United States government has
at the present time a law permitting |
the revision Of estimates, but it Non-
tains no provisions for the machinery |
necessary for investigation of the de- !!
STABILITY of the recommendations
If the budget bill now being evolv- |
ed by the house appropriations com
mittee becomes a law there will be |
two major officials in charge of the |
work. First, there will be a director |
of the bureau of the budget, or some
similar title, who would be appointed |
by the president and subject to con- |
firmation by the senate. His salary !
will be $4,000 a year and he will
have an assistant at $500 He will |
be assigned a sufficient force to in
vestigate all claims for appropria- |
tions and to keep tab on the neces- |
sites of the various departments, not !
only fro mmonth to month, but day
to ady.
THE director of the budget would !
be directly under the president, and
on him the chief executive would
largely depend for his departmental
and general information.
The other official will be styled
the auditorgeneral. He, too, will be
appointed by the president and con
firmed by the senate and it is plan
ned that he be subject to removal |
cnly by resolution of both senate and
house for misconduct, incapacity or
other such cause. This would re,
move this important office beyond
the reach of politics. His salary
would be commensurate with that of
the budget director, and he also
would have a suitable staff. The
business of the auditor-general would
be to check the appropriations, reve
nues and expenditures of the govern
ment, so that congress may obtain
at a moments notice rigures on the
state and national finances and ev
erything relative to expenditures.