The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-24
pv cItARLEs W. DUKE.

Tor a THINlf or WnputNutk V lhfF IN
his paws and proceeds forthwith to
mako the dirt nv Say 600 get 'cm"
~ him. and hc whinoE with excite
mont nud Algs deeper tho dirt fly
,ng rarcr md farther Any one stn-
tloncd TO wlndwnrd OF the onnine cx-
cnyntiug apparatus stands g. look
Ike sweet young thing in a Eiug-
ham piunfurc after an automobile
has passed her. plowing ils wry
through the rain ana mud 81 Il pock-
marked street
"Uou N Maria" Dawes or Hrg
zen Charles o. buwoE, or plain
"Chnri,y" Dawes whichever YOU
want 10 Cnll him. works lika the
aforesaid mentioned rabbit rabbit cN-
cn,ttor ~ director Of the budget,
the now Job 10 whloh hc was recent
ly transferred from tho presidency ~
Chicago hank 10y order of warren
g Harding, cummandcr-ln- -rhief OF
the United states army and navy.
'Tiis Masters Noicc"-.Uncle Sam
is usually pictured as man ~ ac-
tlon--Fnid. "Go get 'om" 20 "Chnr-
lcy' Dawes; and, believe those who
have socn tho now budget director
I'm action, he is literally "Roin' nnd
gottin' 'cm" Tho difference between
"Chnricy" ana tho dog In thnt whero-
~ the dog whlncP norvousiv while he
digs, '1tcll N Maria" indulgoS In
plain. old fashioned cuHHln'
some public men nrc sworn into
office" said warm friend Of Char
ley" Dawes, while others Cuas them
selves into officc"--thls reminiscent
Of torrld congregational hearing an
tedatinR the budget appointment by
several months upon which occasion
tho orstwhile business chicftnln of
tho 4. ". r md right hand buddy Of
BLACKJACK" John 7. pcrshing rhet-
oricnlly painted tho monotonous Mt
mosphorc of congress several new
hues Of the rainbow unknown TO tho
ultra liberals Of the fiiturlst -cublst
SCHOOL Of art,
Not long ago u was tho writcr's
privilege to spend portion or mn
afternoon IN Washington with the
now director Of the budget. watching
him work. seeing him IN action. oh
hoyi How no digs deep for the rabbit
In Rover,
Take nm adding machine from tho
treasury department, steam shovel
from New York subway, n Hog
Island ahiphuildcrs rlveting machine
motion picture "sct-up" director
from Blll Hart's camp. one Of Ralnh
ie pnlma's multi cylindorcd. high
powered. mooth-running racing
cars, and an Imported parrot with
black pirates vocahularv-mold
them all into one and the composite
n "Chnrlcy" Dawes In action.
No fuss and feathers. no fuming or
tretting, no posing for camcramon
with girl scouts from Omaha or pink
INK salesmen from tho orinoco. no
melodrnmatic stage play or high IA
luting talk about tho ideals of public
service. Just dSyring In for rabbits
mis- eyca and nose down to the Job.
oil fours In action, no union card In
his pocket nor any nearby clock to
tell him when rs duittln' time. Az
to the public--he doesn't give good
goshbang what NIL tho folks In Ge-
henna think Of him 40 long az he's
getting the Job at hand done In n
satisfactory manner,
Look n here. young fellow" he
thundered, "if you're looking for any
OF that personality stuff about yours
truly-nothing doing; absolutely
nothing.
II don't count. I'm nobody. It's
the tuh--the work 10 he donc--that
counts. when get through here I'm
apt to he about no small in the pub
lie mRtion"--iudicatin his possi-
bio piRmy proportions by holding
thumb and foretingcr several paper
thtckncsscs apart.
LAY oft Of me, for tho love of
Mike. " viii only dctract from tho
lob Tho country ~ large Ia IN n
bad way Staggering under a load
of taxation. Got TO be helped out OF
this tangle II it's tn revive and make
any progress. Congress put across
this budget law. and It's up to us To
put the machinery In motion and
clean UP tho whole mess. Get me;
It's the Job and not Charley Dawes"
Then you think the job IL bigger
than the man." l cssayed, keenly
apprcciativo OF the budget directors
ernestness
He'll" ne snortod. 'rd he n dam
fool II didn't take II that way
relaxing into n smile that quite took
the curse off his cuss words.
Funny thing. the wcrk "Charlev"
Dawes blew into Washington to take
hold of his job they were banning
beer as n medicine: Congressman
Nolstcnd. author of Nobody Knows
How Dry I Am" was being given the
large 'rawsherry" because he was
detected hitting ott large "chaw"
ot plug tobacco, and Congressma n
Paul II. johnson W Mississippi was
Introducing hul 90 prohibit the
smoking of cigarcts by women IN the
District ur Columbia,
with the cup that cheers shat
tered and the chew ~ tobacco under
tho ban, ana thumhs down Tor mi
lndy's nicuttnc--wou1rr n "loll m
M1rio's" undcrslung English viii I've
able 60 stand up under the gurs OF
the blue law administrators Tinker.
ing with tho intriCncios OF the ma
tional budget, he is ukcly 60 do a
heap lot more cussin' for, ms eN-
President raft saws, General Dawes
has at times startled the country
~Ih rougk emphasis that many
thAght mlaht have been ils, as e.
foctNx without the taste ON it."
u one OF "Charlyv" Dawes
methods Of getting results. Hes a
man of action" said Francis XII
kenny. the generals confidential as
sistant as / was being escorted into
thc presence OF the new budget dt--
rector. zone would expect a fight
inu leader Of the Dawes brand 20
surround himself with secretary