Arizona republican., 1921-06-30
LAY FOUNDATION
FOR ECONOMY IN
ADMINISTRATION
|OF GOVERNMENT
F e d eral Officials Meet
With Budget Director
Dawes And Hear Plans
For Cutting Expenses

WASHINGTON, June 29-Presi-
dent Harding, the cabinet and 500
odd officials who guide government
expenditures met today with Direc-
tor Dawes of the new budget system
to lay what was hailed as the foun-
dation for a new era of economy in
federal administration. The presi-
dent opened the conference with the
declaration that there Is not a men,
ace in the world today like growing
public indebtedness and mounting
expenditures He referred to the
gathering as a first and extraordf-
nary method adopted to meet an
emergency.
The new director. Mr.. Dawes.
promptly jumped off the platform ito
get mentally closer" he said to his
audience, and in the 45-minute talk
which followed alternately cajoled.
threatened and treasured his audi
tors. addressed the president and adj
monished the cabinet members per-
sonally. In concluding. he ordered
the bureau chiefs to their feet and.
holding up his hand, recited the fol-
lowing pledge addressed to the presi-
dent:
Pledge Economic Service
These men. of whom / am one,
realize the perplexity OF your posi-
| ton. realize that the business OF the
country is PROSTATE. that it's working
men are out of employment. that we
are faced with the memorable neces-
sity of reducing expenditures. and
we propose, just as we did four years
ago to win the war. to try to do II.
And that's all we can do"
The little auditorium set aside for
the gathering was crammed to its
doors, sweltering in heat. when the
l secret service men forced through tc
| the stage President Harding's party
with Vice President Coolidge. Gen.
eral Pershing and the cabinet. Major
generals and rear admirals with Their
stiffly uniformed aides. sat packed
in close ranks among civilians. and
ldhere was also sprinkling OF
women. President Harding greeted
them all as fellow workers" while
Director Dawes hailed them indis.
criminately as friends" folks" and
people"
His job was to be the "eyes an(
ears of the executive, not the fin.
gers he told them: ito get informa
ton from a washerwoman or a vice
president" not to run detectiv,
bureau. but make pictures for tn
president and for congress-"
You have a right to the informa
tfon." he said. turning to Presiden
Harding. Just as the president OF
business corporation has the RICH
and needs to use 1t. for yours Is tn
responsibility"
Il have the powers OF the presiden
to get the facts" he exclaimed
swinging back to his audience, IAN,
they will be exercised"
q The first picture" he had to make
with the assistance of the congress
sional reorganization commission
would be of present appropriation,
he explained. and he wanted bulge
representatives on the job in eac
. department. burning the night light
to get It out in July"
The front rank of his auditors wa
kept dodzing as he gyrated an
swung full-arm gestures.
Begins Siashing at Home
Let me submerge. now that we'v
got on this job he said to the news
paper men. for you can't imagin
any man running a street railroad {
mandatory with 80 or 40 of yo
gentlemen running in to ask ques
tons every day. Wait till we "a
1 out a budget. and then remember
!. give the credit to the bureau CHIEF
+ here II we ever get down wher
!. we want to get, II will be these me
r who do It"
I'VE propose just the oreanizatie
: which Is the backbone of everv bus
, ness" he said. Under the old sy.
tenn. it's always been the practice
a live bureau to hold up congress r,
everything 1t had a chance to spen
| know, because I did 1t myself whe
| was running bureau before.
Now. they had to go the 9th
way. and Just for my reputation T.
got to cut that s225.00o appropriate
for the BUDGET bureau just 25 d,
cont. ~ II takes NV salary this wear