The Chattanooga news. [volume] (Chattanooga, Tenn.) 1891-1939, 1920-09-13

ForWand, ore, sept. fS.--U. NJ, 81
REORGANIZATION Of national govern.
mental bureaus with a "buduet
commission" acting az executive az.
slstAnt TO the president, were the
main features OF q financial pro.
gram outlined by Gov. James N.
Cox In q speech here today,
The administration Of government
functions can be put on seonomloaI
and etislent basis" Cox declared.
Throughout my public ilte I have
been Interested In the organization
and naturalization Of government
activities along approved business
Hines or In other words, In securing
the maximum Of effectiveness with
the minimum Of expense, and | am
convinced from my own personal
experience, AZ we'll as the experience
OF other states, that II can be done"
THE demands OF war;" said Cox,
brought to us necessity for depart
mental addition and extension at WASH
ington. We must see to Il at once
that the failure of the last congress-
ia remedied as quickly as possible. Not
only must We Junk the machinery that
came with war. but we must repea.
the burdensome war taxes and definitely
reduce the cost OF government In norma,
times.
our prewar experience has already
shown tho necessity tor adopting the
budget system as the basis OF public
finance. Our experience during the war
demonstrated thgt We should no longer
government"
The. governor pledged himself. IL
elected. 10 nsk congress authority 20
appoint q budget comnisslonor ITO act
sistant ~ the president,
Attacks mn or Miss" Plan.
The present hit or misa' method OF
npproprinting money tho governor has
resulted In extravaganza and waste on
one hand or governmental inefilciency
on the other, and appropriations are
Of political expediency.
Overlapping VI governmental bureau,
the governor charged. IN also n prolific
source Of waste and inefllciency. There
are, no said, fourteen distinct offices IN
tho federal government dealing with
foreign trade. sixteen officers having 20
do with engineering, forty.twO engaged
in compiling statistical Information, ana
tlxty,touA having Ia do with edncaliona
striytiy. nerVice sections OF govern :
mcnt Should DO ooyordinuied under ono
snry bureau eliminated.
Gov. Cox discuHused the league OF
nations from the point OF view OF ma
torinl results to the nation and insisted
that no readjuEtment worth while can
como Under rcnctlonnry guidance.
LAND FOR Ex.soLDiERs
Service men, the governor aug
s sssHis; might sr ss ss repaid tSr 'h.
share In lands Of the west, hundreds
OF thousands OF square miles Of
which, he sald, could be reclaimed,
with money saved or armament A
well planned process q dsvelopmcntt
OF Alaska, he said, should 40 hand
In hand With the reopsninn Of our
I. western YaateWays 20 commerce.
Tho governor spoke this morning Mt
thc arfuory IN Salem, returning To Port
land by interurhan for the meeting IN
tho auditorium and another to an au-
dicnce. OF women in the forenoon.
Gen, CoN's voice showed considerable
Improvement M result Of Ms ress
Sunday and tho treatment ~ throat
specialists who went with him To Salem.
Y was announeed. however that upon
phyHicinnE' orders he VIII not make any
more roar platform addresses and nll
outdoor speeches scheduled for Idaho,
Utah and Nevada hnvo been cancelled
What Could Ne Done.
~ have been amazed at tho results
achieved IN our irrigation and recla-
nation projects. some Of which ! have
seen for tho first time in my pilgrimage
70 tho western const, and am appalled,
by. the thought that selfish partisan.
shin In the United states senate. hold
ing up by the heels Of the civilization
N the world. would make II necessary
for W to continue the building Of biE
ornaments when the amount neoes.
sary tn expend IN that program would
Increase the productive creaRe ~ the
United states by hundreds ~ thou.
sands Of square miles
when II Ia considered that the de
yelopnient Of the Yakima valley cost
proNimately and that the price NJ n
modern bnttlcHhip such ~ Ia being ran
Htructed today II so. 900 900. tho aver.
tKe man can grasp the possibilities ~
, permanent peace and n complete dis
1rmnmsnt II We can stop building
and constructing agencies
for the destruction OF human lifc. We
3nn turn our thoughts 90 the develop
reni NJ agencies for the conservation
u life mud the happiness Of mankind.
And this brings IN To consideration
n one ~ the greatest immediate busl-
,oAs potentalities' IN the development
u the great territory TO tho north NJ
~ The time has come TO take the
'chtraints or OF AlhHkh and permit tho
development Of her resources This
should he done under governmental su-
Dcrvirion. lu n way which viii guar
70 the American public and Insure tor
~ time against capitalization ~ any
portion ~ those resources by selfish
md sinister interests"