South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-05-04
PARTY LEADERS
FAVOR BUDGET
President May Be Asked to Go
Before Congress With
Finance Plan.
BY JOHN CARSON.

WAGttINGTON, MAY 3-The
president viii bee urged by leaders
within his party 20 impress upon
Congress that one Of its first tasks
after the peace treaty is out of the
way should be the formulation Of
some financial system for the gov
eminent. There is no doubt the
president once again viii agree with
the congressional leaders and once
again viii go before congress and
ask that an up-to-date budget sys-
tenn be devised.
The next Congress viii provide "A
fine opportunity for the develop
ment OF the budget plan as congress
will be controlled by the republican
party and credit for the creation Of
the system would therefore be due
both parties as the president has
urged that il be devised and again
will repeat the request i'm an prob
ability
The sentiment for the creation or
modern system OF finance for the
government Il so strong now that it
cannot fail to be needed There is
hardly "a man in congress who has
studied the financial question that
does not admit the importance Of
This problem and IT, is agreed now
that IL is far more important with
The war debt and the increased ex-
penses confroutug the government
Many Would Assist
Already and long before there
can be any action TO push this re-
form. there was come forward many
names OF men who could assist in
building up the new budget system.
In the senate. the names of Sen.
owen ON the democratic side and
Sen. SmoOt ON the republican side
are mentioned lu the house. the
names of Representative Hull OF
Tennessee. and Speaker-elect GHlett
are mentioned Swagar Sherley
formerly chairman of the house
committee on appropriations and
now connected with the treas
ury. is regarded as being as famil-
lar with the financial problem as
any man about Washington. has de-
clared that were he a mem Der OF the
next congress ne would make the
budget question one OF his first
studies
Paul Warburg formerly a mem
Der Of the federal reserve board and
generally regarded as one of the
leading financial experts of the
country. has said that the improve
ment OF the financial system is one
OF the most important tasks for the
government and there has been
mention of his name as a member
Of a commission which might frame
such a system
To merely demand budget sys-
tenn and approve OF the demand
will not result in its creation for
there are many difficulties in the
path OF framing and enacting legis-
lation for this purpose II will not
be possible 10 appropriate the sys-
TENS OF other countries as there are
impediments in our form OF gov
eminent which the other countries
do not encounter. But there are ad-
vantages also that We have which
other countries do not have.
Sen. Kenyon, progressive OF Iowa.
has "A resolution before the senate
and probably ne Will rc-introduce
10 when the next congress convenes.
10 have commission appointed TO
make a study OF this question Tn
Offering his resolution. Sen Kenyon
paid high compliment 10 the presi-
dent and insisted tuat there was
only one branch of the government
20 be criticised for NOT working for
budget system and that branch
was congress. HE traced the his
tory of the many attempts 20 i'm
prove the financial system and
showed that Invariably congress had
not Joined with the executive i'm the
effort TO make Improvements Ii is
very possible that the president viii
urge that the Kenyon resolution be
adopted
Lodge Bitter Critic.
Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge floor
leader of the republican majority
IN the next senate and chairman of
the senate committee ON foreign re-
lations apparently has stepped into
trap OF his own making An
evident desire 90 hamper and criti-
else the president iu the effort no
prevent the port OF Fiume from be-
Ing appropriated by the italians has
caused Sen. Lodge 10 make and pub
lish statements bitterly criticiSing
'he president But immediately he
has drawn upon himself the severe
criticism of the editor of one of the
largest republican papers i'm the
east and a review of the statement
later by the New Nork Times shows
the editor is correct and shat Lodge
merely has offered "a eood arsun1ent
TO support the president. ru~r the
reverse OF what he intended 90 10.
Sen LodEe said the Flumc siru-
alton was similar 20 the View or
leans situation in our early history.
just as the United States would re-
gard the holding OF New Orleans Ir
foreign power JAS menace To this
country. the Italians must regard
the holding OF Fiume los any other
power than italy as menace 10
Italy, he contended. Fiume mus,
be had by italy 20 protect thar coun-
try from German aggression. he ir-
sisted
The republican editor one of the
ablest students OF history insists