Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1921-11-04
DAWES HAS NEW
SAVINGS PLAN
FEDERAL TRAFFIC BOARD FOR
CHECKING OF LEAKAGE is
CREATED BY HIM.
EFFICIENCY ALSO is SOUGHT
Governments Shipments Are to Be Re-
listed and Reciassified and Its Busi-
ness Correctly Routed-PracticaI
Railway Men to Help.
BY EDWARD 3. CLARK.


Observation-Disclosures of thousands
of dollars of government funds into
the railroad Golfers through wrong
classification of shipments and wrong
routing is to be checked through the
appointment of a federal traffic board
provided for by Brig. Gen Charles g.
Dawes, director OF the bureau of
budget.
Every department and Independent
bureau of the government is to APP
point member of the traffic BIC as,
which will come under the United
States co-ordinator for traffic, who
in turn will be under the chief CO.
ORIGINATOR for general supply.
AS soon as the board is formed a
committee of practical railroad men
will be invited TO confer with the
governments representatives regard
ing the changes, which will involve a
complete relsting and Reconsideration
of government shipments
Under the present system, accord
ing to General Dawes, the classified
ton committees of the railroads in
specifying rates applicable TO thou
sands of articles listed in the classifi-
cation have given the government little
! or no consideration as TO the volume
| or nature of its business.
In addition to the expected saving
of government funds through these
practices, the work Of the board is
expected to bring about greater eff
cheney in handling government ship
lnents and prevent much duplication
now found to prevail.
The report of r. G. Caples, the ex-
pert who has been examining the sit
,uation for the budget bureau, esti-
mated that the government transpor-
tation bill annually is $200000,000.
Classification Is Wrong.
! In the present situation, SAID Gen.
ieral Dawes, no attention is given to
the proper classification of articles
shipped by the United States and gov
1 ernment classification is out Of line
with commercial business. The board
| will relist government property under
| commercial names. Raw materials
now shipped by the government are
many times billed as finished prod
iucts.
The general said that the saving to
be effected through proper handling
of the governments traffic, including
! Redistribution, the correct routing
/ lof it's business and a reduction in
/ number of the various rate groups
and departmental traffic departments,
is difficult to compute, but should be
large.
| The board not only will have juris-
| diction over freight shipments, but
win have general supervision Of han
dling express, parcel post and pas
senger traffic.
| at shall be the duty of the federal
| traffic board to make a complete
study of the traffic problems con
/ fronting the various departments and
! independent establishments of the
/ government" the order says. "In CO.
| operation with representatives Of the
! interstate commerce commission and
I HIte curriers', IL VIII eSldBliSu u1Il pIul
/ 'classifications for all commodities
| Iincluding raw materials as well as
finished products, shipped by the gov
eminent, so that shipments may be
/ made at the lowest tariff rates The
board will draw up plans for i'm
proving and standardizing methods Of
making shipments, and for the settle
,ment Of accounts. These plans will be
submitted to the chief co-ordinator
/ general supply, who will take the
! necessary action In each case.
other Rules In Order.
1.-THE classification Of commodities
and the instructions governing ship
ments and methods of settling trans
! portation accounts that are adopted
lby the board and approved by the CO.
lordinator for traffic shall, as far as APP
plicable and in conformity with law,
be binding upon and govern all de
/ 'partments, bureaus, agencies and
Offices Of the government in all ship
ments made by them.
II "All questions pertaining TO the
J classification Of materials or terminal