Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1921-07-22
DAWESSHOWSCUT''|'
IN US. EXPENSES.
Budget Plan Will Save Nation
at Least 112 Millions
This Year.
REPORTS TO HARDING
informs President Of Plan For Eco
nomy-$300,C0o Saved in Treasury
Department Is Biggest
Item.

ashington-Charles G. Dawes, d.
rector of the budget, has swung the ak.
When he took over his job shortly
after the new budget bill was signed,
Mr. Dawes announced to the country
in general that he proposed to save a
lot of Americas money.
He called a meeting Of federal de-
partment executives and, in the pres
ence of President Harding, told them
they had to help him save money if
they cared to save tneir jobs.
Now he reports to the President
that an estimated saving of $112,512,-
62S can be effected in the appropria-
ton Of approximately $4,000,000,000
available for government expenditures
during the current fiscal year.
Included in the estimate of possible
saving, Mr.. Dawes said, was the sum
of $22,S22,113 pertaining to continuous
appropriations for building and con-
struction which would be postponed
for expenditure in future years.
At his meeting with department ex-
ecutives, Mr.. Dawes declared he pro-
posed to save half of the sum. allowed
him for his organization but he doesn't
mention this in his report.
Estimated savings of the more i'm
pOrtant departments were listed by Di-
rector Dawes as follows:
Site department S1,171,928; Treas
ury department $30,342,149; War Risk
bureau $16,534.523; War department
S15,OOO,000; Navy department $10,O47,-
891; Interior department $19,S27,191
Department Of Agriculture $1,687,8
Postoffice department $35,500; postal
service $14,920,421; Department of
commerce s2,063,3S3: Department of
Labor $10,660; Department of Justice
$94,3O0:
The estimate of government eco
nomy possible during the present fiscal
year was contained in letter directed
to the President.
Praises Department Heads.
"Th1s fine response to your request
from the heads of the departments and
Independent organizations and bureau
chiefs, incident to your assumption of
responsibility as the business head of
governmental administration, infers
the existence in their minds of three
principles involving improvement in
governmental business, which should
not be overlooked" the letter says.
First, that the business organiza.
ton of government hereafter assumes
that the minimum amount of money to
be expended in any fiscal year is not
OF necessity the sum appropriated In
advance by Congress. but the smallest
amount upon which the business Of the
government can be efficiently admins
tered under the program outlined by
Congress. g.:
Deficiency Appropriations.
second, that the minds of the bust.
ness administrators of government
have been directed from a too easy
reliance upon the custom of deficiency
appropriations.
.Third, that where Congress has d.
rected the expenditure of certain sums
Tor specific purposes, an executive
pressure will now be exerted for more
efficient and economical administra-
ton In order to produce greater re-
suits rpm the given expenditure and,
1kS2, whore possible to complete the
gSeza project for aless amount than
the total appropriated for the pur-
pose"