New Britain herald., 1921-05-23
PRESIDENT PLEDGES
 BUSINESS REGIME
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Economy Is Difficult.


 none in dffffc Itx-sa-z Few peopIe-sfrl or out of the =governIfa en tFhaye any ception of the growth of government business in the last decades before ths
 World war: still fewer at all realize the pace to which the growth has been speeded up since the war started. The multiplication of departments bureaus. divisions, functions, has re- suited in d sort of .geometrical in crease Tn the tasks which confront the heads of executive departmentA when they face reconstruction prob
 Fortunately the prospect is not hopeless as might appear. because the present organization is so bad that the inslstent application of a few estab- lished principles of sound busine>e organization will result in imm ediate economies and provide margin Of available means to meet new de-. mands. The party in power is pledged to economy and efficiency: and you may be assured that every energy Is being directed to redeem that pledge to the last degree and with all , promptness. Taft Report Available.
 "At the beginning of his adminis- trations President Taft secured from congress the establishment of an economy and efficiency mission. It made n comprehensive survey of activities. organization and personnel of the whole government establish ment. The report on that survey was never printed. But it is available and can be consulted to determine where swastaEes and verlappings of functiou'. are The present congress has already provided for a joint com rr1fff hn ,iyaf If administrative branch of the govern ment. A representative of the ex- ecutive, wiIls serve with this-comnit- tee so that now there is in progress a therough study of the whole prob | lem. The task VIII require some time | and ultimate results must await 1t. More. it will demand a resoIute cour- age to effect the abolition of the use | Jess and the coordination of the use | tful.
 Budget System. But meanwhile We shall. I trust | have a budget system in operation | under the law before the opening of | the new fiscal year. .Esta bliShment of a budget system | is the foundation on which regulation is based. It is hardly conceivable, indeed. that a proper budget system | u. for any orcefvabIe time without fore ing attention to the evils and effect ing the reform of many deficiencies | in the present system. But the budg- | et program will not do everything. | There must still be much and con tinuing effort to keep expense down, to insure full value for every dollar of the taxpayers money the govern ment spends. Eternal Vigilance
 Too murfT stress cauot be laid on the fact that eternal vigilance is the price of economy and efficiency. It requires persistent. determined, stony hearted devotion. to the public interest. There must he utter sacrifice of all | sympathy for the place holder whose real reason for keeping his position is | that he wants the salary. The men | was conscientieusiv-@ and intelligently do this work must not expect to pop ulariZe themselves with the office holders or with the liberal spenders. F Even the administration which de- votes itself relentlessIy to such work | must understand that it will lose a good deal of immediate loyalty on the | part of a certain class of politicians which will not be compensated tO il at | once in the appreciation of the public; | for the public will not have the deep. | inn edia te Interest .tfIat activea criS- cern which will animate the person who finds himself being pried loose from the pilrsc strings
 r'uhfic Sunporf Nccdcd|
 "Newert hclessg- ihanlfcss and un- gracious as the task will be for most l of those who devote their efforts to h. il must and will be attacked. il is being attacked with all determination. Something can he done even bending the effective iITd astIration of the bud i get and the survey by the joint com mittee toward bettering conditions. Tn all the departfne I may say to You. this sort" of work fs already proSress- ing under executive orders within the + power Df tfe executives. We shall nnpd | the full suppofta6 of enlightened public | opinion and. realizing this. I am glad | that such bodies as tic Academy of | Political Science he I,. S. Chamber | of Commerce. the Engin eering So- | cieties and business organizations gen | eraf1y are studying and discussing | these questions. Out of such counsels | difficulties and magnitude of govern | ment business. a larger sense df public | responsibility and a highly desirable i co-operation between public and private business for the common | good
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