New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-05-10
Republican subcommittee
Arraigns Administration
for Failure 10 Retrench
and Wasteful Program
Initiation as i'm War Time
Analysis Reveals Lack of
Adequate and Productive
Plan of Peace Economy


ton The chairman Of the sub-com-
1ttoe Is Congressman James W Good.
AIDING figure orr the appropriations
Committee o. the House. With him
ar associated Scuator Reed Smoot and
Congressman Frank NondcN. majority
leader III the lower house,
Wartime Agencies Survive
Agencies created during the war"
= report says. "have been allowed to
Ave thcIr usefulness: the cypendi-
oIcE sixteen month alter the
reflects Wartime initiation
than r-sd pcacc-time economy;
G. .Llt .plclty OF departments, boarda
er- independent agencies have lacked
rsa leadership and effective co0rdine-
ois many thousands of unnecessary
uioyces' now cucumber the Federal
service. The result has been waste
inefhciency in every direction.
re direct. and indirect tax levies
2 to-day are unparalleled in our his
for. But the total revenue from
ts and from sources approximating
s 00.Q0O,Q00 viii fan snort Of the
estimated expenditure OF the current
scar 10y Approximately $500 300 600 a
sum almost equal to the entire cost
g the Federal activities not including
the postal service) during the year
191s.
View and necessary obligations have
indeed been incurred during the war.
and the unit cost of personal service
sud OF materials has Increased from 25
90 80 per cent. At the same time the
present high cost of government is in
urge part unnecessary By a care
ti.T planned readjust ment TO a peace
TINE basis and by - policy OF rigid
economy the annual expenses Of Fed
era. operation can be reduced hundreds
O. millions Of dollars with out impair,
'lg the efficiency Of the public serv
1ce he immediate steps to accom-
p1sh this include the preparation Of q
plan OF organization. the rapid ter
nation Of war work and war agen-
c.es, Improvement in the coordination
az departmental activities. elimination
cI unnecessary Federal officials and en-
ices, raising the standard Of indi,
Vaual efficiency, and the Introduction
III budget system for the control Of
vepues and expenditures"
Revenue Greatly Exceeded
The extravaganza in Federal ex
rcndltures during 1920, the total o.
which viii exceed revenue from all
egrces by $500, 100000, is due directly
the failure of the Administration to
WIND UP those special activities taken
er or developed during the var emer-
ncy, the report shoWA.
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sianc for en1ergerc,, ,,,1ods as il.r4
under The nrisdic+id1 ~ ~, ' .n
I'd War Cabinet expended for the
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