The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1920-06-11
THE REPUBLICAN PLATFORM

, uu!ry uu III" coordination Of rail. water
and motor transportation with adequate
! facilities for receiving, hanullHS anu
marketing food: the encouragement oil
our export trade, an end TO unnc'"S-
, Sury price hNlnS AMI Ill considered Ell
tor - arbltrarIly To reduce prices ut
iarm Products which invariably result
To the disadvantage both al producer
and consumer; and the "n'"uraS"mrnl /
OF the production and Importation "l
/ irrtIl!zing material and OF Its extensive
Thc federal farm loan act should be
So administered $" as 10 facllltalr the
ACQUISITION al farm land by those de-
slrIng to bcruIn" owners and proprlclurS
and thus mluIIuImIZc tn" evils OF farm
tcnantrN. and Ia furnish such loan time
CrcdItS as farmers may need TO nnahcc
adequately their larger and !UnS Time
production operations.
National Economy.
\ Republican congress reduced the
estimates submitted by the admlnlstra-
non for the fiscal Year. l92u almost
three bIlllan dollars and for tho fiscal
year 1871 over "A billion and quarter
dollars. Greater economies could have
been affected had II not been Tor tn"
stubborn refusal uf the administration
To cooperate with congress IN an econ
omy program. The universal demand
for an executive budget is rccoEni-
tinn of the inrontrONcrtibl" fact that
leadership and sincere assistance on the
part Of the rNrcutiVc departments are
essential to effective economy and con-
Struclivr rctr,nchm"nt.,
The Ovrrman act invested the prcsi-
dent of. the United States with all the
authority and power n"c"ssary I" re-
store the federal government to nor
NAL peace basis and To rrnrSaniZc. re-
trench and d"mobllzc. The dominant
fact IL that IL months after tn" armlS-
tire. the United States government Is
still on a wartime basis, and tn" cX-
pcndIturc program Of the executive re-
fleets wartime rNtraNaganC" rather
than rigid pCacc-timc economy.
As an example OF the failure tn re-
trench which has characterized the post
war policy of tn" administration. We
cite the fact that. not including the war
and navy departments. IN" cH.cutlN" de-
parlmcnts and other establishments at
Washington actually record an increase
subsequent In the armisticr OF 2.lSt
employees. The net d"Creas" in payroll
costs contained in th" l'2l demands
submitted by the administration is only
one percent under that of 1920. Th"
annual expenses of federal operation
can be reduced hundreds Of millions OF
dollars without lmpairlng the efficiency
Of the public service.
We pledge ourselves TO carefully
manned read djuStmcnt To n pcacc-time
basis and t" IA policy Of rigid economy
10 the better coordination Of depart
| mental activities, Ia the elimination Of
unnecessary officials and employees. and
, 10 tho rising of the standard Of indl-
Vidual efficiency.
The Executive Budget
| We congratulate The republican con-
gross on the enactment Of a law prOvid-
ing for establishment Of an executive
| budget as necessary instrument for
! n sound and business lill" adminIstra ra =
| tom or lhc national finances. and ""
| condemn the veto Of tn" pres Sldrut
! which defeated this great financial re-
! form
Reorg anization Of Federal Departments
| And Bureaus
! We advocate "A thorough investigate
Of tho present organization Of tho fed
| eral departments and bureaus with a
| view To securing consolidation. a more
! husiness-like distribution or functions.
| the elimination Of duplIcations. delays
and overlapping OF work and the e<tab-
| lishmcnt Of an up-tn-date and efficient
| administrative organization.
war Powers OF The President
! The PreSdNnt cling> tenaciously T.
| his autrcratic wartime powers.
! His NClo OF the resolution declaring
| peace and his refusal 10 siEn the bill
| repeating wartime legislation. no long
| er necessary. evidenced his dctcrmina-
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