The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-09-18
President Determined
to Cut Nations Tax
Arms Meeting Involved

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WASHINGTON. - Having i'm.
pressed congress with tho import.
anco OF reducing taxation, the ma.
tional administration now finds il.
self face To face with tho problem
OF reducing expenditures to meet
TINS cut. For whom the income 4,
reduced the expenditures must fol
low.
Just how tho reduction In OK
penditures is to be brought about il
not yet fully apparent. but the ad-
miuistratiou has determined upou
IN cut and assurances have been
given from a high administrative
authority that the cut must be- and
VIII be made. \ statement from
The white house has made 70 APP
parent that the president himself Is
determined that his administration
shall be known for its economy.
ana that the governmental cNpcn-
d%ltures for the coming year shall
De less than Tor the current one.
Saves the wheel Horse"
SO far, the hspc OF reduction I'm
the high cost OF government has
been based largely upon the scrv-
ices Of Gen, Charles G. Dawes
has been expected TO perform. but
II has been made evident that. I'm
spite OF the glazing promises he
made regarding tho savings ia
sight, he has found It practically
impossible TO retain the forces
which the heads OF departments
consider necessary 90 carry on their
work ana to make u material
reduction In expenditures at the
same time. The several hundred
millions which IL was stated some
weeks ago. General Dawes proposed
60 cut from mex years n%ppropria-
lions are uHdcrstond now 10 have
dWindl,d to n paltry million or so.
and this Will not satisfy the admin
|istration.
General Dawes, az director Of tho
budget, has been working on the
appropriation measures for the
coming fiscal year, appropriations
Tor which Will have TO be made by
congress at the session beginning
in December. During the Labor
Day holiday ~ the president. whom
he spent several days upon the
presidential yacht MHyfiuwcr, Cen
oral Dawes was ono OF his guests
and the entire matter Of govern
mental expenditures was gone over
by them, without interruption.
To Establish ~ Minimum
The understanding lis that Cen
eral Dawes has completed "A gcner-
al plan for the reduction OF ex-
penditures for the coming year. "a
large part of which will be brought
about through cuts In the war de-
partment. But It is Not this depart
ment alone which Is to suffer from
the economy program. For q is in
tended that Il minimum OF expcn-
diture shall be required OF every
head In the govern
mont. How far this plan will be
In by the heads of the
various departments, who are re-
sponsiblc for tho work thcy turn
out, remains TO be seen. There g.
understood to De considerable re-
l~uctance among the cabinet mem
hers to having their forces reduced.
and It may not be possible 10 put
through the plan OF General Dawes
for noXt year.
Serious consideration was given
to the plan, down to the most
minute detail, by the president on
Mayflower trip, Il is learned
here. The story is that after Cen
aral Dawes had outlined TO the
president his comprehensive plan
Tor cutting the expenses OF the gov
3rnment, the president took them
% his cabin for personal considora-
Ion. while General Dawes sat down
o the piano and with some OF his
compositions ana other classi-
al music entertained the other
while the president was de-
his time and thought 10 the
Of governmental economy
Whether the president approved
plan OF General Dawes In whole
n IN part has not been made
but II IL known that the
pirit Of hOpefulncss prevails At the
White house regarding the prospect
or keeping expenditures down.
Brown Plays Big Part, Too.
The belief prevails on the outside Z
hat the chief reliance In tho mat :
er Of cutting the high cost Of gov
rnmcnt isnin Walter Il. Brown. the
'~rcsidcnt'ss ]apppintcc as chairman
I the Joint congressional commit {
ne on reorganization. The prCsi- {
ent is understood 10 be convinced
hat no material Swings can be q
under the existing plan OF or !
~ani2ation OF the executive depart !
1euts. The reduction in the amount !
'hiCh directors OF the budget Dawes q
ropCscd TO save indicates this Z
nd. while considerable objection u
'il be made by heads Of depart e
to tho elimination Of any of n
1eir functions and the COnEOllda- !
on Of various bureaus. il rs bciiry- =
d to be through this method alone
nat any considerable saving a Dee =
iade. r
In fact. much doubt is expressed @
2 10 whether the governmental exc d
endituros can be cut 70 such am o.