New-York tribune., 1921-06-30
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Dawes Chide
Budget Forces
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budget plan was not the same old story,
but was really going to amount to
something.
The volcanic director had them all
with him at the finish. He received
tremendous applause as, dripping with
perspiration, he concluded his Shadow
boxing" oration, His last words en-
bodied an appeal to the press and to
every one to let the Budget Bureau "sub-
merge" now and get busy. He indi-
Gated that enough noise and advertis-
ing concerning the new bureau had
been created. Sufficient attention to
what it planned to do has been at
tracted and from now ON the general
AT the conclusion of the speech the
President thanked the bureau cniefs
for attending and he too received a
big ovation.
General Pershing, under whom Gem
eral Dawes served in France, was there
and came in for boost from the fiery
director. Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon was cited" publicly by the di-'
rector for the efforts he has shown in
DONG all he can for the success of the
new bureau.
At one point in his speech Genera,
Dawes turned, and, facing the Presi-
dent and the Cabinet, said that one or
two of the Cabinet members had not
yet detailed man from their depart
ments TO act as burget representative.
he mentioned Secretary of State
Hughes and Attorney General Daueh-
erty.
II hope those departments will send
their men tomorrow" said General
Dawes. Every one else has done so,
and we must not lose time in waiting
Tor the other departments.
Every member of the Cabinet smiled
and Secretary Hughes gave a tug at
ms whlskers. The Attorney General
greeted cold glance in General
Dawes's direction.
The President, in presenting the new
Director of the Budget, said:
Fellow workers, | do not know that
there has ever baen meeting like
this, certainly none to my knowledge.
am very glad to come before YOU and
stand sponsor for this meeting. The
present Administration of the Federal
goN rr ment is committed to period
of economy and efficiency in govern
ment. The statement is not made with
any thought of criticizing the Admins
trations that have gone before. 1t is
made in a new realization OF the neces-
sity of driving out the loose, unscien-
tific expenditures of government. There
is not a menace in the world to-day
like that of growing public indebted
ness and mounting public expendi-
lures.
There has seemingly grown up an
impression that public treasures are
inexhaustible things, and conviction
that no efficiency and no economy are
ever thought of in public expenses. We
want to reverse this. Congress in or
der to change this policy, has provided
for the first time in the history of the
Federal government for a Bureau of
the Budget.
'ls has been my privilege and my re-
sponsibility to choose Director of the
Budget. After a conference with him
it was decided that the way to begin
with an efficient system under the
budget was to look to those who are in
fact responsible for government eff
cheney and economy. Some etimes, in our
habits, we overlook those who really
do things in this world, and in the Fed
eral government there are tens of thou
sands of public servants who are giving
the best thoughts in them to bringing
about a satisfactory administration of
affairs of whom the public never
knows.
81 have asked you to assemble to
present to you the new Director of
the Budget and to say to you that
every realization, every commitment,
overy determination of the Administra-
tion is TO Join with you and to have
you join with Ms in inaugurating a new
era OF efficiency and economy of admin
istraton in these United States. And
so, ladies and gentlemen, | have the
pleasure of presenting to you the new
Director of the Budget, Charles G.
Dawes"
The President no sooner concluded
his introductory speech than the Gen
eral, wearing his "fghting face"
jumped down into the trenches and
let go: He. first set forth the basic
principle of budget operation in the
United States by direction of the Pres
idcnt and acquiesced in unanimou ously
by the Cabinet. He said:
"The permanent success of the bud
get system in the United States de-
pends upon certain basic principles
which at its inception must be SO firm
ly established, both as to concept and
rules of action, that they will never
hereafter be questioned.
81. The budget bureau must be i'm
partial, impersonal and non-political
20. The Director of the Budget in the
matter of governmental business ad-
ministration has no responsibility un-
der the law save for the administration
of his own bureau. He is simply an
advisor of the President and Congress