Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-07-19
DGUes May Save Nation
Cool Billion First Year
Budget Director SIashes Useless Government
Expense With Ruthless Hand.

WASHINGTON, July Wild dreams
Of bureau chiefs for expansion and heay-
Ter spending Of public funds have been
sadly shattered. These same bureau
chiefs are today falling over each other
IN a stampede for economy. The cuts In
public expenditures are TO be real. For
once in the history Of the Government
the saving habit Is being inculcated
among those who disburse the Treasury
funds. and they are getting the habit
in a rush They had to under the bold
economy strokes made by the dynamic
budget director, Charles G. Dawes.
In every Government bureau IN the
thirty or more executive and .ndepend
ent establishments budget officers are
pruning down ,beir estimates for an
other year They also are wading into
carefuIly-laid Plans for expenditures this
fiscal yesr to effect large savings Be
fore Aug. ], when the Budget Bureau ex-
poets to complete estimates, 20 be sent
later to Congress, covering Government
money needs for another fiscal year end
ing June 80 1923, a saving OF not less
than $500. O0O. 600 IN Government expenses
will be shown. Officials who are more
optimistic predict that before General
Dawes finishes his Job cut in general
Government outlays OF $1,000 100000
year win be possible.
DAWES GOES
STRAIGHT TO MARK.
Hell and Maria" Dawes. putting the
Government on a practical business
basis is doing things that never were
done before, and In q new way. There
are no frills about the Dawes methods.
HIS direct action gets results. He has
burdled over more red tape In the
brief time since he took the helm than
would have seemed physically possible
for any other man But that's Dawes
Officials soon found that either they
ere TO swing in behind General Dawes,
20 achieve the aims OF the Presidents
program, or that they were to be classi-
fed as not altogether indispensable TO
the working out Of a problem that means
so much for the prosperity Of the PEG
pie and the Nation.
General Dawes didn't wait to ask bu-
reau chiefs about the advisability Of an
inFentory Of Government stocks Of ma
terials, much Of It surplus war stocks,
that must be converted into cash, as
one way to cut down the tax burden.
He shot out an order that the thing
had to he done and put a limit on the
time in which the Job must lie accom-
pIished.
PUTS QUICK CRTMP
IN WASTE.
Dawes saw extravaganza rampant in
all Government departments and Gov
eminent funds wasted on imaginary needs
for supplies He put a Grip on that sort
Of waste by compelling every responsible
official Immediately to return to the
general supply committee all equipment
not now being used efficiently. Instead
Of letting lots OF materials and supplies
go eventually into junk from disuse,, it's
the Dawes way to turn it into cash. This
Will be done a soon Is the Government
inventory is completed.
Congress allotted Government depart
ments sums IL many cases far beyond
their actual needs. Dawes realized that
to permit bureau heads to go ahead and
draw from these funds the Government
would be the usual loser. SO ne directed
that not a dollar must be spent from
current appropriations until o. K. has
been given by the budget bureau. 1t
puts every responsible official dealing