The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1921-06-30
GENERAL DAWES STARTS THE BAIL .
ROLLING I'M EWERA FOR ECONOMY
President and 900 Govern
ment Officials Hear Budget
Directors Inspiring lnau-
gural of New Vehicle for
Making Ends Meet

Washington. June 29.--PrcsIdent HARD
ing. tho cabinet and 500 odd othcials
who guide tn" government expenditures
net today with Director Dawes OF the
new budget system, to lay what was
hailed as the foundation for a me-" era
Of economy In federal Administration
The president opened tho conference
Will the declaration that there Is not
a menace in the world today like the
growing public Indebtedness and mount
ing ,Xpenditurcs." lie referred 10 the
gathering as 4 first and EXTRAORDINARY
method adopted 10 meet emergency. and
gave way to Mr.. Dawes.
The new director promptly jumped
off The PLATFORM. ito Get mentally
cinser." he said, TO his audicnc" and IN
III, I5-ninutc talk which followed alter
na,.Iy Cajolc, threatened and rcdSSurred
his auditors. addressed the president
and admonIShed the cabinet members
personally. In concluding. h" oruereu
tho bureau chiefs TO their feet ana
holding W his hand rccit"d IN" ioI!""-
Ing pledge addressed TO tn" presidents
Must Economic
..Thcsr men. Of whom | am ono.
realize tho pcrplcKity Of your POSITION
rcal;zr that the business Of the country
+; Illustrate. that it's workingmcn art
out Of employment. that NC arc iar"d
with incXorablr necessity ~ rcnuCihs
cxprnditures and "" propose. JUST No
ve did four years ago. I" win lhe war.
10 try 10 do it and that's ALI "" can 90
Tho little government auditorium SCI
aside for the gathering WAS Cramn''o
~ tie doors and window stills. S"cItCr-
ing in heat when tho secret service men
forced through 10 the stag" iTcSlu""'
uarding'S party with Ncc-lres'n'n
Coolidge, General Pcrsh;nG and the raoi-
net, major-gcnorals and T~"ar-ad'h'ra'
with their stifhy uniformed H'c'S
hacked in close ranks among clNl''ahS.
ard ,hcr. VAS also 4 ~SprinkIlnG OF
women. president Harding greeted 'h""'
all as fellow workers" Will" Director
Ta,rn. h,jIod them as "fr:"nds, L" folks"
and people.
After Information
us lob was To- be the ""yr* and cars
Of tho executive. not the myers ~
told Them, Ito .rl Information. from a
washcr-woman "r =, Nic:-preSlH.h'' n''
IN run a dcir"tiyc bureau, but MAKE
PICTURES for the president and FOR con-
gross :.
lyon have 4 right IL the information
h, said. turning /" President Harding.
"ius, As the rrrSfd'nt Of Il business cor
purarion has the right and needs TO
use il. for yours j. the responsibility
Dawes IN Action
~ have tho powcrs OF the president
To e, tho facts hr exclaimed. swing
ing back to his audience ana tneS WILL
be exercised.
The first 'pirturc' hc had 10 make
with thc assistance OF ihc congressional
aurrunizaiIcn commission. would be OF
present appropriations. he explained
and he wanted budget representatives.
On the job in each department "eulnirS
tn, night lights" 10 "c,t 4 out in July
The front rank e his auditors was
kept lodging as b" -yra:"d and swung
full arm gestures. tramr!inS around inc
haraS$cd newspaper mon in the pit "a
hc Emphasized his point.
Let me suhmcrEr now wv'N" got on
this Job" he said - the reporters. for
you can't ina giuc any man running a
street railroad or a mandatory with
thirty or forty Of YOU gentlemen run
ming in n ask questions every day. Walt
al We get out 4 budget and then. re-
member. give tho credit 20 the bureau
chiefs here. II ", ever get down whore
W van 10 get. IL will be th:>" m"n
who do II.
W propns" JUS, IN" organization
which is the backbone of every busi-
ness he said. Under the old system
IT'S always been the practice Of Il live
bureau to hold up congress for every
thing they had a nance L" SPEND.
Now they have to so the other way,
and just for my reputation I've got TO
u that s""j.ooo appropriation for the
budget bureau Just IS percent. If II
takes my salary this year"