New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1920-05-07

ihuhs-siueu inVesuSatl0n. The Il
evitable outcome Of this will be tn,
the public mind will be left In mo,
or less of a confused state.
Disagree as to WiIIfuI Waste.
Before the subcommittee bega
their work there was an all-aroun
agreement to the statement that ID
government had spent enormous sun
Of money In hurrying the United State
into the war. The task laid out fo
the subcommittee was to ascertai
whether this enormous expenditur
was warranted. whether there wer
any dishonest expenditures Of govern
ment funds and whether there was In
excusable waste of money. AS the in
vestigatiOns of the various actiyitie
OF the government went on there wa
confirmation of the statement tina
money was spent with a lavish hand
The disagreement is as to whethei
there was willful waste Of money
The majority Of each sub-committe,
says there was, while the minority say!
there was not. The majority, speak
ing in a general way, maintains that |
business methods had been employed
vast sums of money would have beer
saved. The minority asserts that the
best business talent In the country
was employed by the government, and
that in order to win the war quickly
1t was necessary to do things In a biz
way and that they could not be done
In a big way without spending money
freely.
Persons who are not governed by
partisanship will naturally regret that
such an investigation took a partisan
turn. As such persons view the situa-
tion, the public mind will In all prob
ability divide along partisan lines in
discussing the reports of the various
subcommittee.
Air Mail to Cross Continent.
The bill appropriatlng money for
the support Of the postal establish
ment for the fiscal year which
VIII begin July 1 provides for the con-
tinuation of the airplane mail service
and for Its further development. The
postmaster general may spend not to
exceed Sl,250,0OO on the service dur
Ing the fiscal year.. This money must
be used In carrying mail by air from
New York city to San Francisco by
way of Chicago and Omaha. The
air mail service extends from
to New York and from
York to Chicago.
The post office department, 1t is an
bounced, will Immediately begin maxi
arrangements for the extension of
he service to San Francisco. Add
ional airplanes will have to be pur-
and a considerable number of
anding stations provided before the
ranscontinental air route can be es-
ahilshed. The territory adjacent the
ranscontlnental route will, of course,
g served. While the long route has
OF yet been finally agreed on, 1t Is
r~actically certain that It will take
direct course from Chicago to
'maha, from Omaha to Denver, from
'enver to Salt Lake City, and from
alt Lake City TO San Francisco. The
tation Will be so arranged as to pro-
lde for the most effective distribu-
North and South Routes Wanted.
A large number of cities lying north
nd south Of the transcontinental
ute have been clamoring for the air
'rvice, but unless congress shall grant
l additional appropriation 1t will not
possible for the post Office depart
ent to provide for the collateral serv-
e. There has been a pressing de- {
and, for instance, for a service that G
,uld extend south from Chicago ]
rough Indiana, Kentucky and down Z
the south as far as Memphis. and t
ssibly on to New Orleans. There s
also n demand for a collateral serv- a
that would serve Milwaukee and n
nneapolis and st. Paul. The postal
thorities believe that 1t Is only a n
OF time until the air serv- v
will cover the country completely. o
In view OF the fact that up until Is
zee years ago no one was giving S
" serious thought to n regular air r
Ill service, the strides that have Il
IN made are regarded as remark c
e. The service between Washing II
and New York and between New S
rk and Chicago for n long time has Il
n as regular as the train service
J of course much quicker. Il
Other Features Of the Bill. CO
he post office appropriation bill in m
form In which II has finally gone u
he president for his signature does eA
contain a great deal Of new legis- Sc
on. II authorizes the secretary of CT
:, when So requested by the high by
: department OF any state, to turn IL
r TO the state tractors that were on
ght during the war and that have III
been heretofore distributed. ~
Sc tractors are to be used in high %
construction. re-
he bill makes plain what Is to be .'
2 whenever the office of a postmas- .e
becomes vacant through death, res. III,
tion or removal. 1t provides that
postmaster general shall designate ~
e person to act as postmaster I'M 10
regular appointment can be made ~
he president. and the postmaster w.
raj must notify the auditor of the 81
office department Of the change. -,
is made for the creation =
commission TO investigate "all ~
and prospective methods and -,
rms of handling, dispatching, NJ
and delivering the mails, ,rn
the facilities thereof; and espe- to,,
: all methods and systems which TO-
g to the handling, delivery and dis ,ho
ling of the mails in the large cit Tor
z tho TTnifed Statac" rrbfs ,o-