Evening star., 1921-06-20
OFFICIALS WORRIED
IN DELAY TO NAME
BUDGET PERSONNEL
No Appointments Made, Al
though. New Law Becomes
Effective July !.
EIGHT BUREAU HEADS
WILLLOSE POSITIONS
President Must Fill Four Offices Be-
fore Organization Of Forces
i Can Begin.


the whole accounting and disbursins
system of the government is complete
ly revolutionized under the terms oi
the budget law. so, 1t was learned To-
day. not a step has been taken toward
organizing the forces that will handie
these important problems in the iutufe'
Under the terms of the law eight
hnreau officials will be legislated out
Of office on July /. They are the con-
troller of the Treasury and his ASSIST
ant. and the six auditors. No provision
Ia made for taking them into the new
system.
President Harding has so far not an
1ounced the appointments OF the olrec-
tor and assistant director or the bureau
Of the budget and the controller gen.
eral and assistant Controller Sehei a. oA
the United States.
Must Drop 400.
The Office of the director of the
budget will have to be organized
there being no provision for taking
over any other office, while the con-
troller Of the United States will take
over the office of the present con-
troller of the Treasury. But while
he will not have to recruit force. ne
will be faced Immediately on July 1
with the problem of cutting down MS
staff by 400 positions.
Many of the present employees OF
the present controllers Office are be-
coming restless to know whether they
will be among those whose official
heads will be Topped off. Controller
Warwick is unable to give them any
thority ends on June so. and as the
controller of the United States has
not been appointed there is no one
with whom he can confer concerning
the situation.
After appointment the director Of
the budget first will have the i'm
portant duty of selecting a large
corps of experts who will be needed
to prepare the detailed information
which the act calls for the submis-
delay and necessitate that the work
of preparing the information will
have to be rushed after the staff of
the director is completed.
Power to Fix Salaries.
The director of the bureau o. the.
ed by the President. but do not have
to be confirmed by the Senate. Their
salaries are to be $4,000 and $1,000
a year, respectively. The former OFF,
cial has a wide latitude in making
up his staff, having the power to
himself appoint and fix the salaries
of attorneys and other employees.
The controller of the United States
and his assistant are to be appointed
by the President for q term of fifteen
ate. and can only be removed from
Office by a joint resolution of Con-
gress. for cause. Their salaries also
will be $4,000 and $500 year, re-
spectively.
Until the appointments are made.
ha
branch of the government are at a
loss as to just what steps to take.
They cannot go ahead and proceed
to organize in the case of the bu-
reau of budget or reorganize in the
case of the controller of the United
States office.
The auditor for the Post Office De-
partment, Charles a. Kram, it was
said today, was probably the only
auditor who would continue in office
The law provides for the administra-
tion of the accounts of the postal
service by special bureau in that
branch of the government. For this
duty, IT was said today, it is prob
able that the Department would just
take over the Office of the auditor for
that department.
Wide Scope of Law.
Some idea of the vast amount of
work which will have to be performed
budget after he is selected and or
ganiZes his force Is gained from the
following information which he must
provide for Congress. The law saws he
(a) Estimates of the expenditures
and appropriations necessary in his
judgment for the support of the gov
ernment for the ensuing fiscal year;
except that the estimates for such
year for the legislative branch Of the
government and the Supreme Court of
hn nj fofn cIol r.
to the President on or before October
Is Of each year, and shall be included
by him in the budget without revision;
(b) His estimates OF the receipts of
the government during the ensuing
fiscal year. under (1) laws existing at
the time the budget is transmitted and
also (2) under the revenue proposals.
II any. contained in the budget;
(c) The expenditures and receipts
OF the government during the last
completed fiscal year;
ID Estimates of the expenditures
and receipts OF the government during
the fiscal year in progress;
(e) The amount of annual. per-
manent or other appropriations. in
cluding balances of appropriations
for prior fiscal years. available for
expenditure during the fiscal year in
progress. as Of November Of such
year:
(f) Balanced statements of %
InS COHuIIiOuS VI lu6 treasury at
the end of the last completed fiscal
year. CD the estimated condition of
the Treasury at the end of the fiscal
year in progress and CD the estimate
ed condition of the Treasury at the
end of the ensuing fiscal year IL the
financial proposals contained in the
budget are adopted:
(g) All essential facts regarding
the bonded and other Indebtedness
OF the government; and
(h) Such other financial statements
and data as in his opinion are neces-
sary or desirable in order to make
known in all practicable detail the
financial condition Of the government.
Sec. 202. (a) If the estimated re-
ceipts for the ensuing fiscal year con-
tained in the budget, on the basis of
laws existing at the time the budget
IS transmitted, plus the estimated
amounts in the Treasury at the close
of the fiscal year in progress, avail
able for expenditure in the ensuing
fiscal year. are less than the estimated
expenditures for the ensuing fiscal
year contained in the budget, the
President in the budget shall make
recommendations to Congress for new
taxes, loans or other appropriate ac-
tfon to meet the estimated deficiency.
(b) II the aggregate of such esti-
mated receipts and such estimated
amounts in the Treasury is greater
than such estimated expenditures for
the ensuing fiscal year, he shall make
such Recommendations as in his opin-
a.