Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1921-07-15
TWO CHICAGOANs
TAKE HARD JOBS
COUNTRY KNOWS DIFFICULTIES
THAT CONFRONT A. D. LASKER
AND CHARLES G. DAWES.
cHAGcE OF FAILURE is BIG
Chief Of the Budget, Calling Attention
to NiggardIiness of Congress, Gets
Help From the Army and Volunteer
Business Men.
Rv EDWARD 3. CLARK.


BY EDWARD B. CLARK.
Washington-Wh the new chief
of the shipping board entered on his
duties he appeared grateful because
the press Of the country had set forth
the extreme difficulties of the work
which he was to undertake. 1t does
not take long memory to recall that
the shipping board since its organiza-
tion has had various kinds of troubles
to upset it.
A man who takes hold of a govern.
ment job with the chances of failure,
from the very physical aspects of the
case, fully equaling the chances of sue
cess, is, of course, grateful if the coun-
try knows that he must work Loyalty
and hard in order to overcome, and
that if he shaH fail it will not be al
together from lack of trying.
The country has been pretty well
informed concerning the specific duties
which confront the new chief of the
budget, Charles G. Dawes, formerly
brigadier general in charge in France
of purchases and supplies for the
American army. Like his fellow Chi
cagoan, A. d. L.asker, the chairman of
the shipping board, Mr.. Dawes, has
let the country know that he also has
a hard job ahead of him.
In his statement to the public con-
cerning his new work, Mr. Dawes took
occasion virtually to charge congress
with niggardliness in making an APP
preparation for the new budget Office.
He gave the amount Of the appropria-
ton, outlined the necessities in the
case and then said that so far as prof
fered implements were concerned
for proper conduct of his work, he
was about as badly off as man who
was given a "toothpick and told to
tunnel Pixies Peak"
Dawes Plain Speaking May Help.
The quoted words occurred in
the statement prepared by Mr.. Dawes.
1t was not an extemporaneous deliv-
cry in any sense. He had thought
over what he was going to say, and
he said it. There seems to be a feel
ing in Washington, that his plain
speaking may be of service in
the future, when congress intends
to put men at work on big tasks and
Is thinking on the subject of supply
ing them with the tools of the new
trade
The chief Of the budget will get $1O,-
900 a year. All things are compare
tive. Mr.. Dawes left a much better
paying position in order to take up
his new work. This thing is true of
Ington. It was true during the war
under the Wilson administration and
lit continues to be true in peace under
the Harding administration.
The day after he made his statement
MIR. Dawes went to work on his new
job. In order to put it through with
the limited paid force at his command,
he must be given the aid Of all the
cabinet officers and of the heads of
virtually all the bureaus and all the de-
Ipartments of government. It will be
Mr.. Dawes job to prepare estimates
for the fiscal year which ends June 80,
1928, and as congress makes the APP
preparations for these expenditures, at
Hts next session, which begins in De-
cember, the work of preparation of
the Estimates must be done in five
months time.
MIR. Dawes brought to Washington
with him w. T. Abbott, vice president
of the Central Trust company of Hi
nois, who will be acting assistant di-
rector of the budget for a few months
Then a permanent assistant director
will be chosen.
Gets Help From Army.
The new budget chief has gone to
the army for help. He had vide
field Of work in France as director Of
purchases and supplies and he had an
opportunity there to study the qualifi-
cations of army officers who assisted
him in his task He has asked the
government to assign to the budget
work as his aids Brig. Gen. George
". Moseley, who was assistant chief
of staff at general headquarters in
France, and Col Harry G.. Smither,
who served unGer General Harbord
i'm France in the great service of sup
plies with headquarters at Tours.
In August number of leading
American. business men will be asked
ITO come to Washington to serve with
out pay in an advisory capacity in
the budget bureau They first will
be assigned to the different depart
ments of government to advise and
cooperate with the respective budget
Officers therefor, while they are at
their estimating work. These bust
ness men volunteers will take up all
controversial points with the director
of the budget"
New Legion Head Sees President
John III. Emery, wounded veteran
of the great war, who has been chosen
by the executive committee of the
american Legion as the organizations
commander TO I'LL out the unexpired
term Of Col. F. w. Galbraith, who met
his death accidentally recently has
been in. Washington. With Col. Theo-
dore Roosevelt, assistant secretary Of
the navy, he called upon President