The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-24
DAWES IN HIS ELEMENT
WHEN HE GETS ACTION

CDNTfNt'Eu FROM PACE FDUU
over, whether il IS crowned by euc-
Cos' or failure. whether uublic prais"
or public criticism results, you win
AT beet have been true to NDur Cuuu-
try"
Putting everything on merit
Dawes looks ont for the little fellow
down in the ranks, the inconspicu-
Gus chap without much chance. lie
is sure To reward faithful service.
While he was comptroller of the cur
renCy there occurred a vacancy In
the deputy Conptrollor's office.
/ Dawes called in Thomas f.. Kane. n
faithful cmploye. who had been long
IN the department.
.i'kane. | want To make the new
deputy by promoting some one In
{ the office for merit" said the comp
/ trollcr. Il am going to name over
/ the men and / want your opinion.
Kane spoke truthfully of each of
his associates and withotN knock
ing" them. when he had finished
, Dawes said: Take this letter "a Sec
retary Gage" Tho comptroller had
dictated as follows:
Dear Sir-I hereby recommend
for appointment as deputy comp
trollor of the currency, vice l.. ..
Murray, resigned. Thomas i.
kanp---"
Kane paused In his shorthand.
/ But there was no mistake.
Kane was good officer" said
Dawes aftorward, "and | never heard
him speak In jealousy or unkinditcss
I toward one of his associates He was
too good man to be kept at a type
writer all his lifc.'
| That General Dawes has forgotten
none of his appreciation Of the little
| fellows in the ranks. high though his
position may have become, is DEM
onstratcd in the new office he now
occupies. Strcssing the point that the
results In budget reform were only
TO he accomplished by a close liaison
between bureau chiefs. cabinet mem
bcrs and the civilian leaders TO lac
called into service from all over the
country. the director said:
mo penalty can be too severe OF
too inexorably pressed II opposition
should develop anywhere. But | will
say right here that whenever n sug
gcstion for Co-ord dination made by
n bureau chief is adopted by tho
budget bureau as a policy tOfho rec
commended to the president II Will
bear his name and not that Of IN Z
officers Of the budget. who, after all
act largely as "A cI~axIgg house for
the transmission Of theNralns and
industry of others"
II the budget director wanted 20
ne might let 70 Of finance and excel
in any one o: N1ny other lines. Take
music. for instance. AZ first hand
there is something Of an anomaly In
the character OF n man who can
wrestle all day with the appropria-
'tion columns OF a budget sheet and
20 homo at night and compose a new
piano melody. Yet such Is the Dawes
makeup. lie not only plays the pi-
ano superbly, but he is a composer
Of no mean merit. Nor are his com
position ~ jaz2y AS his cuss- words.
He Composcs Hitting lullabios and hIs
morcsqucs. with tinkling arpcggios
and haunting motifs. Fritz krcisler,
genius Of the violin. is playing one
Of General Dawes melodies Dawes
NJ the piano probably would outshino
President Harding and his cornet,
for the general is In practice when
ever ne gets n breathing spell in his
busy life.
And he IL quick with the pen or
Typewriter. He has written "A num-
Der Of things, his most notable vol