Pueblo chieftain., 1921-12-06
FIRST us. BUDGET CALLS
FOR 3 AhD HALF MILLION
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sible."
General Dawes says he feels that
the estimate for expenditures for 1922;
upon which the budget is based will
not be increased except through ap-
propriations initiated by Congress OF
by the executive as rcsult or emer-
gency or unforeseen conditions ar's-
Ing after the preparation OF the qua
Reiterating his recommendation thal
Congress Immediately repeal all out-
standing continuous approprlatlois
and REVOLVING f,Iuds,.' General Dawes
says the method OF appropriatins
money heretofore followed has res
suited in condition OF tnIngs unuer
which it is almost impossible for either
the executive. Congress, or the Se.re
tary of the Treasury to nave oefore
them q true picture Of the fiseai con
dition of the government at any par
ticular time"
THE whole habit of making continu-
Gus appropriations to which the gov
ernment has been committed IN the
past he adds, lis only an encour-
agement to lack of scrutiny of pub
lie work by the head of the depart.
ment under which it is carried on and
an encoura cement to shiftlessness anu
carelessness on the part OF the SUP
ordinateS more directly concerned IN
it. This system of preparing the bud
get will confine the attention OF the
executive, of congress, and of the pub
lie to the one great important qHes-
tiop, to-wit: the relation of the money
actually to be spent by the government
to the money actually to be received by
the government in any given year. all
its outstanding obligations and indef-
mite commitments, projects and enter
prises considered. This will enable
congress-, with more intelliSence. TO
determine at any time both the neces-
sity for re6renchment and the ability
of the government to engage In addi-
tionaI projerts to be Initiated by con-
gress outside of the budgetary pro-
Visions.
LikeninE the federal government to
a business corporation, General Dawes
points to these ''faults" which he says
existed:
The president OF the corporation dhe
president of the United Statesl gave
practically no attention to its ordinary
routine business.
The administrative vice-presidents
(members of the cabis1eD were allowed
to run their several departments as
If each separate department was an
independent authority hi all matters
of ru,ftine business.
Because of q lack of any outlined
BUSINESS plan. no system existed for
maHdng purchases or in selling mate
rial along business lines under uni
fled policy.
No balance sheet of the corporation
as a whole was ever prepared.
The treasurer kept no accurate ac-
count of the contingent obligations OF
the various federal departments, thus
resulting in money being drawn from
him continuously in excess Of 5he esti-
mated anr1ual running expenses.
The corporation. i'll effect. seldom
raconsidered an unwise project enter
I'd into by any department.
The administrative heads of the de-
partments were selected as = rule
with little reference to their busi-
ness qualific atoms and were compel
led to rely largely upon the advice OF
subordinates welded to the theory of
the department"
Outlining tho work OF the various
co-ordinating agencies established by
presidential order Ito rectify faults In
the routine business of the govern
ment." General Dawes says:
They involve no transfer Of author
ity the locat ton Of which has been fix.
ed otherwise by statute.
They involve the delegation OF no
questions of policy save that of eco
nomy and efficiency.
They are simply agents by which
unified methods o6 ordinary business
can be imposed by the chief executive.
They are created simply to give the
same agencies of contact and trans
mission of authority as obtained In any
private organization
They involve no material addition
to the expense Of governmental admin
istration.
They are nou-partisan. being COM
posed of men already in the govern
ment service
They are in effect simply a re-
grouping under an executive leader
ship OF certain of the present employees
Of government OF such experience. con-
tact and relation in its routine busi-
ness as enables them to make possible
the application of common sense busi-
ness methods.
1T can not be too often reiterated
that this most important reformation
In tho governmental business system
is dependent upon the president of the
United States himself. and upon his
continued assumption of his RESPONSE
bility as its business head. The min
ute he realizes his attitude OF atten-
tion to this duty there will be felt the
natural pull of the departments and
establishments toward the old system
OF complete independence and decen-
tralizatton."
General Dawes concludes his report
with this statement:
In making this report tho director
of the budget will state that his con-
nection with the bureau is limited as
to time. and accordance. with an un-
derstanding which he lad with the
president at the time of his appoint
ment His purpose in ma king this an
nouncemeut at this time is to empha
size the fact that his recomme dstions
are made in an impersonal way. with
fundamental business principles ana
their proper preservation in their ap-
plication to governmental business ad.
ministYation alone in mind
Here are the estimated expenditures
Of the federal government for the fis-
cal years 1928 and 1922 as transmitted
to congress today by the director of
the budget:
1928 1922
Ordinary
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