South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-08-08
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tween department need and caprice,
az the same time, paying little at
tentiOn 20 the relation as between
income and expense. Many OF the
states have adopted n budget sys-
tenn. and with a success that carries
no exception Efficiency has been
improved-dcpartmental responsible
ity has been centercd, and economies
have been effected. The same can
be done by the federal government.
The system VIII reveal at once. as
IL did in the states. a vast surplusaEc
Of employees. IL awakens individual
interest. encourages greater effort.
and gives opportunity for talent TO
assert itself The normal course Of
least resistance develops in govern
ment bureaus a hardpan, which re-
tards progress. When the reOrgan-
ization is made pay should bc COM
mcnsurate with service. Many fed
eral departments whose ramifiCations
touch the country generally. have
lost valuable men 10 business. Thls
has badly crippled post offices. the
railway mail service and other
branches.
FAVORS ECONOMY
IN GOVERNMENT.
i am convinced dALtt NbllsAttNi a hl'
study OF the subject that the eX-
pense OF the government can, with
put loss Of efficiency. be reduced 10
a maximum OF four billion dollars,
including sinking fund and interest
on the national debt When VIC enter
tho League OF Nations. we should at
the same time diminish our cost for
armament. To continue expenditures
in either the war or the navy de-
partments on a vast scale, once our
membership IN the league is assured,
would seem 20 be a very definite
refutation OF the advantages or the
world plan which we believe II
possesses. An appealing funda-
mental in the league method, is the
reduction OF ornaments. We can
not afford 20 do IL. until other ma
tons do likewise If we do not enter
the league, hundreds Of millions OF
dollars must be spent for ornaments.
II we go IN, and I believe the people
will insist on IL, then we can count
on economies
Since the last national conventions
OF the two great parties. world
war has been fought, historic. un-
precedented. For many, many
months. civilization hung in the bal
ance. In the despair OF dark hours,
10 seemed as LnOuBn 4 WoI4h hle-
tator was inevita BILE. and that hence
forth men and women who had lived
in freedom would stand at attention,
I'm he face Of the drawn sword OF
n-itary autoCraCy. The very soul
of America was touched as never
before with a fear that our liber-
ties were 10 be taken away. What
America did. needs no reiteration
here It is known Of all men. His
tory will acclaim it-poets will find
IL an inspiration throughout the
ages. And yet there is not line
In the republican platform that
breathes an emotion OF pride. or re-
cites our national achievement In
fact. IL a man from Mars were 70
depend upon the republican plat
form or its spoken interpretation, by
the candidate Of that party, as ms
first means Of information, he would
not find a syllable telling him that
the war had been won, and that
America had saved the world. How
llngenerous. how ungracious all OF
this is; how unfair that a mere
group OF leaders should so demean
themselves in the name OF the party
uf Lincoln and Mckinley and Roose-