The New York herald., 1921-07-02
DAWES PROMISES TO SAVE
5000, 900 900 FROM BUDGET

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forces into action by declaring that Gen.
Dawes 'is going to have all the author
ity of this Government back OF HIM
The Presidents Remarks.
The President said:
fGentlemen of the Bureau Of the Bud
get. / am very happy to come over and
meet you this morning because / feel
that the success of the very great work
you are undertaking lies in q more in
innate touch between those who are re-
sponsible for details and those who
must report to the President.
Il remember very striking incident
during the war period that led me to
resolve that / would try to know lit
tie more about what is going on. One
morning / had left my office in the
Senate office building to go to the Com
mittee on Commerce to discuss the very
critical question of getting steel for fab
ricating ships. / had barely taken my
seat in the committee when telephone
call came in that gentleman wished
to see mo in the anteroom, and I found
1t was the head OF the Steel Industries
papers that the matter of obtaining
steel was the question before our COM
mfttee and might he see me a moment
Il saw him in the anteroom of the
committee room and he opened up his
memo. and said: 1T Is published that
fabricating plants cannot get any steel
and we have furnished them every
pound they have asked for Something Is
wrong somewhere I asked him: Have
you met Mr.. Hurley, chairman Of the
Shipping Board? No. / have never met
him. Have you met Mr.. Piez. chair
man of the Emergency Fleet Corpora
ton? No. l have never met him.
There was that striking situation
the country at war and the chairman of
the Shipping Board and the chairman Of
the Emergency Fleet Corporation had
never met the chairman OF the Steel In
dustries Board, and the failure TO get
steel was due to the fact that they had
never understood each other. The Emer-
gency Fleet Corporation was trying to
go over the head of tho chairman Of the
Steel Industries Board. I recite that an
a recollection of war time inefficiency.
Faith I'm Dawes.
at isn't possible of course, for the
President to see every one representing
the Bureau of the Budget, but he wants
you to start on this great work with the
knowledge that he is deeply interested.
that he wants you to succeed and that
he has unbounded faith in your chief
He Is going to have all the authority
OF this Government back of him. There
will be many heartburnings 1t isn't any
simple thing to bring about a severance
Of connections with the Government 1t
isn't an easy thing to change the habits
or century. 1t isn't an easy thing to
stand UP against those who want to
spend. Our own country Is calling for
change. and IL 1t will add TO your in
terest in your work, let me tell you
something else
This may seem like an extravagant
statement. The world is watching this
we'll resolved experiment. 1t Is no vio-
lation of confidence TO tell you that one
of the distinguished diplomats in Wash
ington at this time told me that his own
country had already cabled him to keep
close watch on every step of our budget
enterprise and report TO his country.
II take It that perhaps habits and
practices of extravaganza IN govern
mental expenditure are not peculiar to
the United States OF America, and the
whole world would like to profit by our
example.
Il have come this morning just to
help establish the liaison and to assure
you that the Executive Is intensely in
terested In this enterprise under the
command of Gen. Dawes. 7 want you
to give II your earnest support and know
that as far as the Executive can return
II / promise you the assurance OF appre-
citation.
rs there anything else now? ] can't
stop to follow the meeting through
only want TO say befofe ! go that the
rules to be promulgated this morning by
Gen. Dawes have been gone over deIib-
crately and he comes with full authority
that what he says In this matter is not
questioned"
Text of Regulations.
The regulations promulgated by Cen
Dawes for his gigantic task are:
IL The budget officer for each de-
partment or independent establishment
will secure from the head OF each bu-
rcau or branch thereof responsible for
the obligation OF appropriations an
estimate OF the portion of the funds
available for the fiscal year 1922. the
expenditure OF which is Indispensable
IN carrying on the activities OF such
bureau or branch and the resulting
balance which may be saved under each
APPROPRIATION, ana Will submit suCn
estimates TO the head OF his depart
ment or establishment for approval or
modification. Upon such approval OF
modification by the head OF the depart
ment or establishment the estimates
will be returned 20 the budget officer
thereof, who will communicate them
to the Director OF the Budget. The
Director OF the Budget will in his dis
cretlon confer directly with the head
Of the department or establishment or
with the chief OF the bureau or branch
with "a view to modification of the
estimates, or will make recommended
tions in regard thereto TO the President.
%. The estimated savings under the
several appropriations will be submitted
by the Director OF the Budget 70 the
President for his approval and upon such
approval the balances thus saved. which
will be designated as general re-
serve and VIII be carried under their
respective apprcpriatio totals on the
records OF the Director OF the Budget
and of the department or Independent
establishment
"3. The amounts approved by the
President for expenditure under ar APP
propriatic1 title shall be considered az
the maximum available for obligs ton
during the fiscal year The estimates Of
expenditures thus approved will be sub