Evening star., 1921-06-27
GEN. DAWES CALLS
OFFICIALS TO HEAR
HIS BUDGETPL
President and Cabinet to
Attend Mass Meeting
Wednesday Afternoon.
NEBRASKA MAN is NAMED
CONTROLLER GENERAL
J. Raymond McCarl, Secretary OF
G. o. P. Congressional Campaign
Committee, Given Post.

Active preparations for putting more
business in government were instl-
tuted today, when Charles G. Dawes
director of the budget. issued instroc-
tions for a mass meeting OF govern
ment officials to be held in the audi
torium of the Interior Department al
o'clock Wednesday afternoon.
The order was addressed to heads
of departments and of independent es,
Establishments, chief clerks, chiefs and
assistant chiefs Of bureaus" and was
signed by Gen. Dawes, by dlrection
OF the President
President Harding will be. present
with his cabinet, and every admins
is in the city will be there to listen to
Gen. Dawes instructions for getting
the first budget ready for Congress.
First Step In Coordination.
The assembling of the people who
have charge of making the estimates
will be the first real step TO CO.
ordinate this work with a view TO
sound business basis such as Is found
in the big corporations of the coun-
try.
j. Raymond McCarl of McCook, Neb,
secretary of the republican congress
sional campaign committee. was NOM
be controller general of the United
States, a position created by the new
budget law Mr.. McCarl is about
forty years old. and has been secre-
tary Of the congressional committee
for about three years. He Is a grad
uate of the University of Nebraska
Law School and was secretary to Sen
ator Norris, republican, Nebraska,
for a number of years.
As comptroller general. Mr.. McCarl
will have charge of government
finances. expenditures of appropria-
settlement and adjustment of claims
of and against the government, and
management of all fiscal affairs with
the exception only of postal accounts.
which are to be under a special
comptroller of the Post Office Depart
Activities to He C0-OFAinated.
Many government activities will be
co-ordinated undeRe the comptroller.
documents and ofi1ces of the con-
trol1er Of the Treasury. whose posi-
tion and those OF six auditors for
various government departments. are
abolished July by the new act.
The controller IL given a term OF
1eappointment. A similar term Is
atven an assistant controller. Their
respective salaries are $4,000 and
1880.
The controller general also is
charged with tho investigation of all
maktors relating to the receipt. dis
bursement and application of public
funds. with reports to the President
AAA Congress recommending legisla-
faon to facilitate the governments
,isoa1s ofYaira The law also requires
Recommendations looking to greater
economy or efficiency in public expen-
Giituroa" He is required to report
especially every expenditure or gov
ernment contract in violation of law.
While the law establishing the bureau
Of the budget does not become effective
until Friday, the machinery for it will
be working under Gen. Dawes direc-
ton before that time. Gen. Dawes is
perfecting the machinery Of his own Of
fee with rapid military precision.
Following the instructions to be given
to the departmental and Independent bu-
reau officials at the conference on We'd
neSday, It is expected that the work of
formulating the budget machinery will
be we'll mapped out and the work of
getting up the first budget will proceed
along a smooth path.