Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-06-22

u sn 9 - man ss one seapiane and one army plane
We're wrecked. q fact witch indicates that ther.e isSsuM
4 good deAlto be done III increasing t6eS parsscidcnNSXund
certainty With which thessS engines can Sc handissd.Ss
- y VS. - remarked .fke atsthe outset. members I'D both!
justified dh ~ their position sa8s AL HILL %% sB8Ss1 #gg
FoR DIRECTOR OF TIE 5
The itntsnhhenSof PreSdent Harding Sthat the nssxxSsbbud-
st system shall ~ operated o on q business basis 81 md
Gated prettysclearly in his selec4tonss st the man who n
to head that work. Charles O. Dawes, a CHICAGO banker
the budget. 4 a@R@H
Mr.. Dawes vas at one time comptroller Of tho cur
rency. an once which does not bring the individual fnts
very close contact with the pubic. and Mis- connneotion:
With the government In that capacity has Doubtless been.
forgotten by q great many people. He came to the front,
however, In as1ather conspicuous Way last February when
ne appeared before the house committee on war IN
vestigatton, - tsstt&y - to certain facts which came With
IN his knowledge while he was In the service Of the row
eminent during the wal. During that period Mr.. Dawes
had borne the title. Of brtsader general, a title which lie
did not desire and which he did not care to use because
he says thatShe was in no sense . soldier and was not,
entitled to any such designation. In his testimony Be-
fore the house COMMITTEES he startled the committee and
entertained the pubic by interspersdng HIS remarks With
flanEuage which was decidedly unparliannentary and witch
We are accustomed to cali profane. Not to put too nn4 !
point upon It, he cursed until everything was blue, ana
everybody except those against whom his remarks were
directed enjoyed the entertainment to the utmost.
Mr.. Dawes gave forcefult and picturesque expression
to the indignation which has been felt by many other
persons who did, not feel quite free to express themselves
In the same manner at the petty efforts which have been
made by petty politicians to pick flaws for political pur-,
poses in the acts Of men who were doing the utmost that
really big men. could do to guide this nation through the
greatest war in which 1t Or any other country was ever
engaged: HeSdenounced this attempt to make political
ana personal capital of a national emergency, And wss
unsparing in his condemnation of persons who had en-
gagged in 1t, no matter what their political ahnliations
might have been. He gave evidence Of the indignation
of a strong, forceful, active and enicient man when he
and others like him were, subjected to the puerile and
criticism Of those who seemed to have no conception OF
the importance Of the work which had been attempted
and which was SO successfully performed:
Commenting before the committee on the charge that
food and clothing supplies which were left abroad afrer
the wal. might have been. sold for more than 400 milton
dollars paid by France, Mr.. Dawes said:
ut is just that sort Of fool argument: that
forced Great Britain to hold onto Its stocks and at
tempt to drive q hard bargain. The stuff is there
today. rotten. They are raising the devil, in En-
gland now because. England did not sell when we
Sold
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Again, answering questions as to whether or not ex-
orbitant prices had been paid for equipment and ma
terial, he said:
Sure we paid. We did not stop to dicker.
Why man alive. we had to win, the war. TWAS
a mans job. We would have paid horse prices
for sheep II the sheep could have pulled artillery
to the front. A man like johnson ( chairman. or J.
the committed there was standing at the front
to be shot at. We had to get him food and am-s
"a munition. But 1t u alright now to say shat we
bought too, much-vtnegar and: too many cold vi
chisels; bt we saved the civilization of the
world"
That gives something Of an indication Of the sort
OF man that Mr.. Dawes is. He makes up his mind
what is the desired object to be attained, and then, he
goes after 1t in the most direct manner that he knows
Of. That is the sort of man who. is needed in charge
Of the United States budget. There is needed in that
position the experience of a trained business man; in
order that there may be brought to the great problems
which the government must handle, knowledge and juas-
ment. There must be behind the knowledge and judg-
ment. force Of character which will not be diverted BY
political consideration, by personal favoritism or by any
other consideration which will stand in the way of achiev-
ing the purpose which is to be attained. The manner
in which Mr.. Dawes faced the house committee and tneY
manner in which he expressed himself indicates rnat
he Is not to be brow beaten or bullied, or diverted from
the path upon which he has set his foot. He has a long
record Of successful business experience which will en-
able him to judge wisely in reaching decisions on the
important matters which must be handled under the
new budget system; and the country is to be .consralu-l
lated that as 1t had the benefit of his services during the
war. lit is now to have a continuation of those services
in the solution of the tremendous problems Of reorsan-
ization which are now before us.
INDIAN.
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