The New York herald., 1921-07-04
DAWES TO INSIST ON
CUTS BY DRY CREWS
All Of $7,500,000 ApprOpria-
tion Is Not Likely to Be
Used in L. s. Drive.
Special Despatch TO THE New YORK HEIALD.
New York Herald Bureau,
WA shin 9tnn. ID. G.. July 3. I

Special Dcspdfch 10 The NEW foRk hEfALD'
New York Herald Bureau,
Washington. ID. c., July 3.
A big reduction In the running ex-
penses of the Federal prohibition en-
forcement organization in the new fiscal
year, which began July I. Is planned to
meet the demand of Director Of the
Budget Dawes for rigid economies in all
Government branches.
The result of the reductions may be to
alter seriously the expansion plans OF
leading prohibition officers and fore
stall efforts to raise salaries of State
prohibition directors.
The budget officer of the Treasury has
been directed by Gen. Dawes to make
an immediate canvass Of the actual
needs of the prohibition enforcement
organization throughout the country for
the year regardless of the amount al
lowed by Congress in appropriations al
ready available.
officials tonight interpreted Gen.
Dawes's instructions to mean that the
butget bureau will restrict expenditures
in this branch to actual necessities and
will WELD the pruning knife on every
item proposing an outlay of public funds
when such expenditures might be pre-
vented without endangering efficiency.
There has become available for use
during the twelve months ending June
80, 1922, a total of s7.500.000 for en-
forcement of the Volstead law. This
was about $2,500,000 in excess of the
allowance for the same purpose last
year. Prohibition officials in hearings
before committees OF Congress were
able to obtain the larger sum this year
for the purpose of increasing the field
agencies of the dicerent State organiza-
tions, higher salaries in the case Of many
State directors and liberal contingent
allowances for travel and crime de-
lection
The actual needs of the enforcement
officers are to be set forth in a special
report which may be in the hands of
the budget bureau within few days.
Unless the enforcement items are re-
duced to a point regarded by the budget
bureau as indispensable" it is under
stood that Commissioner Haynes will
be called before the budget bureau and
asked for an explanation.
Mr.. Haynes, before Gen. Dawes made
his peremptory demand for universal
economy cuts in Government spending
to expand his organization. This was
In connection with abolition of offices
of Federal supervising agents and or
ders lodging undivided authority here
after in State directors in their own
territories.
Commissioner Haynes's plan to in
crease salaries and expand along cer-
tain lines may be changed as an
economy measure. 1t Is not expected.
however. that the reduction in running
expenses will affect the efficiency of
the organization or reduce it's personnel
below the numbers employed in the
last fiscal year. Prohibition officials,
discussing the economies contemplated
were of the opinion that by system
Of replacements In the field efficiency
may be actually increased without add
ing more field men to the payroll
The work Of reconstructing the field
agencies in the large States Ia now
being vigorously prosecuted under the
new scheme OF reorganization. 1t was
further declared that the demands made
upon the Federal enforcement unit are
being gradually lessaned by the course
of several large States in Northeastern
territory in providing for State enforce
ment units under state prohibition
codes.