The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1921-11-28
Congress Will Have. Aid
Of Budget Bureau
In Estimates.
ECONOMY is AIM
OF NEW SYSTEM
Sums Asked by Navy Will
Await Action of Arms
Farley.

Wnen congress meets December
5, 1t will be- asked to appropriate
approximately $4,000. 900, 900 for op-
Grafton of the government during
the fiscal year which begins July
l. 1922.
This sum is. roughly. about ST.
900, 900. 900 less than will be spent
during the current year. But it
is four times as great as the out
lay in pre-war years.
Interest on the war debt alone,
coupled with sinking fund require
ments, accounts for $1,000, ,0oo, 900
Of the increase. Hundreds of mil
lions are necessary for soldier re-
lief; the military establishments re-
quire greater sums and other hum
dreds OF millions will go for clean
ing up" war Obligations.
VIII Save by budget System.
Both executive and legislative
branches look forward to greater
economies in connection with the
appropriations than have been pos
sible in many years. The old hap
hazard method of submitting esti-
mates has been replaced by the bud
get system, which for the first time
will be in operation. Further, the
legislative machinery in Congress
itself has been overhauled.
Heretofore the estimates for ap-
priations have been an unscientific
compilation. with every bureau and
agency striving TO get all IL could
No effort was made to pare down
the requests, except in committees
of Congress. This was slow and
difficult. and oftentlmes resulted in
hacking and slashing instead of
businesslike pruning.
Bureau Revises Estimates.
Now. however, the estimates pass
through the Bureau Of the Budget
where. they are subjected 70. rigid
scrutiny. and revised and altered
in the interests OF economy. The
total amounts, are examined in re-
lation to expected income. and rec
concentrations are made for obtain
ing additional revenue, or utilizing
prospective surpluses.
The committees Of the House
where all appropriation bills orig
mate. have been reorganized. The
one big budget committee, created
last session, will remain, with all
addition. twelve subcommittee
have been organized, each one OF
which will have supervision of one
of the major supply bills.
Bill for Each Department.
The bills themselves will be diff
ferent. All expenditures of what.
ever sort to be made by depart.
ment will be included in a single
bill. where before appropriations fOr
one department were scattered
through several measures, making
IL difficult to ascertain the tota
amount. Each department will have
a bill, and there will be one fol
the independent Offices, which are
directly under the President an6
not attached to the departments
The sundry civil bill, which was q
collection of all sorts of appropria.
tions bearing no relation to each
other. will be abandoned. as will
the legislative. executive and Judi.
cial bill. which largely carried sal.
aries for all executive branches.
Estimates for the naval estab.
lishment will be submitted as usual
but they will be shelved until after
the conference on armament l.
ended. If the naval reduction plar
is adopted, no provision need be
made for additional building. and
personnel will be reduced