Evening star., 1921-07-31
MADDEN WILL HELP
IN BUDGET SLASHES
Head of Appropriations CON-
mittee to Join Dawes in
Quest for Savings.
PRINTING BILL TO BE CUT
Publication of Multitude of Bureau
Reports at Great Cost Held
to Be Needless.
PRINTING BILL TO BE CUT

Chairman Madden Of the House ap-
prnpriattcns committee has arranged to
start conferences with Director Of the
Budget Dawes this week with a view to
working out an economy-eficiency budget
that will originate in the administrative
branch and meet the approval of Con-
gress.
The heartiest cooperation has been
promised by both Gen. Dawes and Chair
man Madden. both Of whom are opti-
mistic that they can effect substantial
savings while improving the federal
service and cutting out many cogs that
now incumber the government ma
chinery. BY holding regular conferences
they believe that much valuable time
will be saved when the presidential
budget is sent to Congress, because in
this way Congress will be in constant
budget and can offer suggestions while
it is in the works rather than wait until
it comes before the committee in COM
pleted form.
In general 1t may be said that the
preparation OF the budget does not
mean an intention to cut down SAL
aries in the various offices here-it
may mean substantial increases for
those efficient specialists who have
sacrificed better offers outside to do
really valuable work for Uncle Sam.
It does not mean wholesale discharge
~ mil
ing up an opportunity for ambitious
men and women to get out Of rut,
to work up to better jobs by study
and work we'll done. 1t will aim to
make the federal service a position Of
honor by developing the highest grade
of employees possible.
Mostly in Field Service.
The economies will be for the most
part in the field service.
One Of the first matters of economy
which Chairman Madden will discuss
with Director Dawes will be to re-
lieve the government printing Office
from a tremendous amount OF work
that has been very costly to the gov
ernment. Public Printer Carter will
be called into these conferences be-
cause he can give practical advice nor
only from his present position. but be-
cause he was previously secretary Of
the Joint congressional committee on
printing. :.
Chairman Madden introduced in the
last Congress- several bills aiming to
cut down the printing bill. For years
each bureau chief has made an annual
report, of which there were prac-
tically unlimited numbers printed.
Then each department head got out
a report in which the reports OF the
bureau chiefs were printed all over
again. Representative Madden pro-
poses that only the head Of each de-
partment shall have his report print
ed and then in such limited volume
and restriction as to number of copies
as to meet all proper requirements,
but to result in tremendous saving.
Representative Madden also is ia
therine another bill calling upon the
Postmaster General to make a report
on the amount of matter sent out un-
der government frank. showing where
the matter originated, and how much
1t would cost to send this matter at
the usual rate of postage.
Repeal of Laws Necessary.
The conferences starting this week
between Chairman Madden and Direc-
tor Dawes are expected to lead to
new legislation for the repeal of some
laws now on the statute books. For
example-in the printing economy
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