New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1921-07-22
TWO CH|CACOANs
TAKE HARD JOBS
COUNTRY KNOWS DIFFICULTIES
THAT CONFRONT A. D. LAskER
AND CHARLES G. DAWES.
CHANCE OF FAILURE is BIG
Chief of the Budget, Calling Attention
to NiegardIiness Of Congress, Gets
Help From the Army and Volunteer
Business Men,
BY EDWARD B. Ar

BY EDWARD B. CLARK.
Washington.-When the new chic
of the shipping board entered on hi
duties he appeared grateful becaus
the press of the country had set fort
the extreme difficulties of the worl
Which he was TO undertake. Ii doe
not take a long memory to recall tina
the shipping board since its ~organiza
lion has had various kinds of trouble,
to upset IL.
A man who takes hold of a govern
ment job with the chances of failure
from the very physical aspects of tn,
case, fully equaling the chances of sue
cess, is, of course, grateful If the coun
Try Knows that he must work Loyalty
d hard In order to overcome. and
that If he shall fail 1t will not be al
together from lack of trying.
The country has been pretty we'll
INFORMED concerning the specific duties
which confront the new chief of the
budget, Charles q. Dawes, formerly
a ~brlgadler general in charge In France
OF purchases and supplies for the
American army. Like his fellow Chi
'agoan. A. ID. Lasker, the chairman of
The shipping board, Mr.. Dawes, has
let the country know that he also has
Il hard job ahead of him.
In his statement to the public con.
corning his new work, Mr.. Dawes took
occasion virtually to charge congress
with niggardliness In making an an
preparation for the new budget office.
lie gave the amount Of the a%ppropria-
ton, outlined the necessities I'm the
case, ana then said that so far as prof.
iered implements were concerned
Tor proper conduct of his work, he
was about as badly off as a man who
was given a .toothplck and told to
tunnel Pixies Peak"
Dawes Plain Speaking May Help.
The quoted words occurred in
the statement prepared by Mr.. Dawes.
IL was no an eXtemporaneous deliv.
cry III any sense. lie had thought
over what he was going to say ana
he said il. There seems to be a feel
ing in Washington, that his plain
speaking may be of service in
the future, when congress intends
TO put men at work on big tasks and
Is thinking on the subject of supply
ing them with the tools of the new
trade.
The chief of the budget will get SO.
WO a year. All things are eompara-
tive. Mr.. Dawes left a much better
paying position I'm order to take IN
his new work. This thing is true of
half n dozen other officials in Wash.
ington. Ii was true during the war
under the Wilson administration and
it continues to he true In peace under
The Harding administration.
The day after he made his statement
Mr.. Dawes went to work on his new
job. In order to put it through with
the limited paid force at his command,
he must be given the aid of all the
cabinet officers and Of the heads of
virtually all the bureaus and all the de-
partments Of government. Ii will be
Mr.. Dawes job 10 prepare estimates
for the fiscal year which ends June 80,
1923, and as congress makes the ap-
preparations for these expenditures, at
its next session, which begins in De-
cember, the work of preparation OF
the estimates must be done In five
months time.
Mr.. Dawes brought to Washington
with him w. T. Abbott, vice president
of the Central Trust company Of I'LL.
nois, who Will be acting assistant dl.
of the budget for a few months
Then a permanent assistant director
will be chosen.
Gets Help From Army.
The new budget chief has gone to
the army for help. He had a wide
field Of work in France as director of
purchases and supplies, and he had an
opportunity there TO study the qualih.
Of army officers who assisted
him In his task. He has asked the
government to assign 10 the budget
as his aids Brig. Gen. George
Moseley. who was assistant chief
Il staff at general headquarters in
and Col. Harry c. Smither
who served under General Hartford
n France in the great service of sup
with headquarters at Tours.
In August a number OF leading
american business men will be asked
o come to Washington to serve with
ut pay In an advisory capacity in
he budget bureau. They first win I
'e assigned to the different depart-
of government to advise and
cooperate with the respective budget, .
therefor, while they are at !,
heir estimating work. These bust ,
ess men volunteers will take I'D ali !,
Controversial points with the director =
f the budget" !.
New Legion Head Sees President. :
John II. Emery. wounded veteran S
Z the great war, who has been chosen $
y the executive committee of the 0
-merican Legion as the o~rganization's I
TO fill out the unexpired G
srm of Col. F. W. G~albralth. who met
Is death accidentally recently has
cen In Washington. With Col. Theo
ore Roosevelt, assistant secretary of o
ne navy, he called upon President b