Evening journal., 1919-09-27
BUDGET PLAN 0. I'D
BY GOV. TOWNSEND
Would Curb Federal Ex-
iravsgsnes aud Provide
Legitimate Use olMoney
BASES HIS VIEW ON
STATE EXPERIENCE

krla0sins tht c&r,p& eO .nsUgsrstct
ny the NalNNll Rutsgl Committee to
,ecurc iht S3opitoD hy Consr'>s 10 q
feirrsl bUtS.i SyStsa UoNcnVr 3ohn
G roNn,fat Dr.. 10 nalsWarc declares
in statement prtpSrci for thc COM
mItife lhsl nutisci would produce
Che SoVcrrmrni NTH machinery ncccs-
sarN ll curA cNir3NSsSncc IN federal
cNpcnd'tu q ana so thc same Time adc-
tItiaitis F.4s4Ae for departmental ef-
FORTS GoNcrnoc Townsend Is tho tWcn-
ty-Scncnil chief executive iu thc United
states Do ursc thc hmdget as a medium
of economy and tllcicnc1 In the fed
crN government hroush the National
Rudeei Committee.
Under ihc chairmanship Of Henry p.
scott. of Wilmington. this state has
taken lead am0ng the states or the
Union in organizing for The National
Budeet Committees campaign Mr..
scott has a corps Of sixty of the States
leading citizens cooperating with MIN
In mapping out plans Of campaign IN
This stale. Eight other states are max
ing rapid progress IN their organization
work and within the next month,
Charles r. Ncsbit former Insurance
Commissioner Tor the District OF Co
mmbia. who Is In charge Of the ma
uonal organization, expects to have
every state ready 10 prosecute a Nigor-
ous campaign in behalf Of the budget.
Commenting on the National Budget
Commuters plan, Governor Townsend
says:
After two years experience as Gov
ernor Of Delaware, ! heartily endorse
tho effort to bring about a National
Budget system.
"A National Budget would provide |
the government with the machinery |
that would curb extravaganza and at
the same time provide adequately for
the legitimate use OF the public money |
/ sincerely trust that IL can be adopted
Select committees of the House and /
Senate are now comforting in Wash
IngtOn on six budget bills and five resO-
Iutions presented at the current session !
Of Congress. At the hearings being
held. leading authorities on the sub
iect Of budgetary procedure are being
before the committees. as
we'll as others yersed in the immediate !
needs Of the government In the admin (
stratiOn Of It's financial affairs.
At present, twenty-nine separate X
OF the House and Senate,
working Independently OF each other
md OF the executive branch Of the
government report out bills carrying
demands on the Federal Treasury. In
,Ome cases several committees deal
With special parts of the estimates Of a
single executive department None OF 4
he committees sees departmental esti-
mates in their relation 90 each other Z
and none can adjust expenditures with
estimated revenue, as separate commit I!
lees in both houses have the power OF
ievislng ways and means TO meet
through taxation, the monetary needs
0f the government.
Through the Incorporation OF a genu-
Inc budget system, a bureau in the eX-
'cutive branch Of The government. COM
POSED OF nOn-partisan experts, would
recommend for the needs OF the depart
nenis and plan revenue accordingly,
Judging the needs OF one department in ;
Is relation to the needs Of the others !
nd IN relation to possible revenue. {
Il is estimated that the adoption Of 5
genuine budget system would save !
he country hundreds of millions annu-
ally, now wasted in Implications OF ex-
enditures and extravaganza.