Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1921-12-19
ALBUQUERQUE TO
ASSIST FEDERAL
ECONOMY DRIVE
Local Committee Has Been
Formed to Organize a
Branch of the National
Budget Committee Here.

Announcement has been made
that as result Of the budget guard
meeting held In this city on De-
cember s, a local committee, head
ed by Walter M. Council, has been
formed to organize an Albuquer-
que branch OF the national budget
committee which is conducting
nationwide movement to support
Gen. Charles G.. Dawes, In his eff
forts to effect a reduction of the
burden of federal taxation! John
T. Pratt, national chairman of the
budget committee, who is heading
a transcontinental tour of business
men to arouse interest in the bud
get guard movement, was the guest
Of honor and principal speaker at
the recent local meeting.
Members of the committee are:
Walter M. Connell, chairman; DR..
David r. Spence Hill, president of
state university; DR. David Ross
Boyd. president Rotary club; Hen
ry G. Coors, Jr., president Kiwanis
club; G. f. Breeze, president
Chamber of Commerce; ]. b.
Herndon, president State National
bank; j. M. Reynolds, president
First National bank: A. G. Simms,
president Citizens National bank;
Mrs. ]. G. Gould, president Wo-
ans club; Mrs. e. j. Strong, presi-
dent Business and Professional
Women's club; John Milne, super
intendent of city schools; and Miss
Irene Burke, superintendent of
county schools.
The Albuquerque committee will
join forces with hundreds of city
chairmen Of the nation budget
committee, in the organization 5
newly budget guard" q
committee of volunteers re-
cruited from its membership to
arouse public sentiment in favor of
eliminating every unnecessary
item of governmental expense from
federal appropriations.
The Albuquerque committee IS
expected to enter actively into the
work of the national budget COM
mittee, and its first duties will he
the enrolment of "budget guard"
selected from the most prominent
business and professional men in
the city. 1t will be their duty to
enroll every taxpayer who favors
a reduction of the present unbear-
able tax burden. Members of the
budget guard will pledge their
support to General Dawes in es-
tablishing q businesslille admins
tration OF government appropria-
tons and expenditures, as provid-
cd by the recently established
budget system which the national
budget committee sponsored for
two years and which it was instru-
mental in initiating and passing
The organization of the local
committee was announced by STAN
ley 3. Howe, director of organiza-
ton of the national budget COM
mittee, whose headquarters are at
7 West Eighth street, New York
City Among the directors of the
committee are Chief Justice Will
liam Howard Taft. Alton B. Park
err, Paul M. Warburg, Nanny
Strauss. Henry L. Stimson, Benja-
min Strong. DIR. Nicholas Murray
Butler, John T. Pratt, Joseph p.
Cotton, William M. Chadbourne
and Samuel McCune Lindsay.
John r. Clark is active state
chairman for New Mexico and
Governor NJ. C. Mechem of Santa
Fe is honorary chairman. =. A.
Cahoon is active city chairman for
Roswell. Walter NJ. Cornell has
been the honorary city chairman
in Albuquerque for several
months.