Evening star., 1921-07-01
WHEELS Of BUDGET
BUREAU SMOOTHLY
PUT INTO MOTION
Gen. Dawes, U. S. Efficiency
Expert, Starts Cutting
Needless Expenses.
RESERVE FUND To GROW
by CONCENTRATED! PAIRING
Heads of Departments Must Give
Reports of Expenditures Not
y Absolutely Vital.

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Absolutely Vital.
With the eyes Of the world watch-
ing the efforts of the United States
government to redu0 it's expenses.
according to the statement of Presi-
dent Harding made directly to the
budget off1cers.of the departments and
independent bureaus in the office of
Director Dawes of the budget bureau
today. the machinery. for putting into
motion effective economy and eff
cheney measures was formally set in
motion today. ,-,
Within thirty days budget officers
must have in the hands Of the director
of the budget suggestions for econom-
ical cuts in their appropriations. and
by the end of July it is expected that
a large reserve fund of moneys. which
already made. will be established
PrexIdent's speech.
The President said:
Gentlemen of the bureau of the
budget. am very happy to come
over and meet you this morning be-
cause l feel that the success of the
very great work you are undertaking
lies in a more intiDate touch be-
tween those who are responsible for
details and those who must report to
the President.
Il remember a very striking incl
dent during the war period that led
me to resolve that l would try to
going on. One morning l had left
my office in the Senate office build
ing to go to the committee on COM
merce to discuss the very critical
ing ships. II had barely taken my
seat in the committe when teie-
phone call came ip that a gentleman
wished to see me- in the ante-room.
and I found it was the head Of the
steel industries board.
He said he had noted in the papers
that the matter of obtaining steel was
the question before our committee.
and might he see me moment l saw
him in the anteroom of the commit
tee room. and he opened up his memo
randum snd said: It is published that
steel, and We have furnished them
every pound they have asked for.
Something Is wrong somewhere I
asked him, Have you met Mi. Hurley,
chairman of the Shipping Board ?? No.
l never have met him. Have YOU met
Fleet Corporation" No. hare fever
met him.
There was that striking situation
the country at war, and the chair
man of the Shipping Board and the
chairman of the Emergency Fleet Cor
of the Steel Industries Board. and the
failure to get steel was due to the
fact that they had never understood
each other. The Emergency Fleet Cor
poration was trying to go over the
head of the chairman Of the Steel
Industries Board. Irecite that as a
recollection of wartime inefficiency.
Wishes for Success.
1T isn't possible. of course, for the
senting the bureau of the budget. but
he wants you to start on this great
work with the knowledge that he il
deeply interested, that he wants you
to succeed. and that he has un-
bounded 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 the sever
ance of connections with the govern.
ment. 1t isn't an easy thing to change
the habits of country. 1t isn't an easy
thing to stand up against those who
want to spend.
Our own country Is calling for a
change. and If it 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 expert
ment.
Foreign Country Watches.
ut is no violation of confidence to
tell you that one of the distinguished
diplomats in Washington at this time
told me that his own country had al
ready cabled him to keep close watch
on every step of our budget enter
f@ Ill
take it that perhaps habits and prac-
tices of extravaganza in govern
mental expenditures are not peculiar
to the United States Of America. and
the whole world would like to profit
by our example ha,h have s,sS'i.s eoms this his
liaison! and to assure you that the
executive il intensely interested in
this enterprise under the command Of
Gen. Dawes. I want you to give 1t
your earnest support. and know that as
far as the executive can return it I
Il only want to say before I go that
the rules to be promulgated this
morning by Gen. Dawes have been
gone over deliberately, and he comes
with the full authority that what he
says in this matter is not questioned"
start Work without Hitch.
There was not hitch in establish
ing the office Of the controller general
of the United States, which takes the
place of the controller of the Treas
ury and the six departmental auditors.
J. R. McCarl. as controller general.
and L. r. CHM, assistant controller
general, were sworn in before 9
o'clock this morning, and when. the
hour arrived for the formal starting
of the governmental business these
two officials were at their deak q
going over the appropriation measures
and preparing the papers necessary
for a smooth running Of the govern
ment's financial machinery.
When this work is completed Con-
troller McCarl said he would tackle
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