The Bozeman courier., 1921-07-20
National News
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
FEDERAL OFFICIALS
NOSE TO GRINDSTONE

FEDERAL OFFICIALS
NOSE TO GRINDSTONE
Word Has Been Passed "SOft Snaps"
and Easy Times" Are Over
Washington, July 20.-Tbe order has
gone forth. from the highest to the
lowest, that economy is imperative
and that every emplOye who hopes
to remain in the government payroll
must give a little more than a dol
lars worth of work for every dol
lar in salary. The saying has been |
current in the business and indus |
trial world that "hard times are not
coming; it's just the easy times that
are going" But it is only recently |
that this bit of wisdom has found |
lodgment amorlg the thousands of |
employees in government offices. Not |
in the memory Of the oldest of them
was there ever time when they had |
to apply themselves as closely and
conscientiously as they are now do
ing.
The situation is not peculiar to the
employees in the ranks. With the eX-
ception of the hectic days of the war
period, he higher officials of the
federal government have never kept
so diligently on the job as they are
doing under the present administra-
ton.
Everybody on the Job.
All Washington has accepted the
situation philosophically and has ar
ranged to remain on the job all sum-
mer. Several foreign diplomats nave
cancelled their plans for a two or
three months vacation at summer re-
sorts. 1t is advisable that represen-
tatives of foreign governments re
main in close and constant touch
with the seat of government to which
they are assigned. Inasmuch as the
: president, secretary of state and 9TH
er government executives who deal
with the foreign situation are to re-
main in Washington all summer, it
was deemed advisable for the diplO-
matte corps to do likewise.
Regardless of whether the senate
. .recesses or makes an adjournment un-
! till fall, a large number of senator's
will remain in Washington as there
i will be several important committees
holding sessions throughout the sum
mer, preparatory to introducing legis-
= lation in the regular session of con-
gress which convenes in December
The house will most likely remain ir
session the entire summer.
n AS an example of how diligently
the executive branch of the govern
- ment is sticking to the job, it ma!
=. be cited that during the Fourth o.
- July holiday period, the majority O.
!, the presidents cabinet remained a
20 work. Although Vice President Cool
=, idge had a double reason for cele
20 brating the Fourth Of July, mas
=. much as it was his 49th birthday an
II niversary, he did not leave Washing
y, ton, but remained at his desk all da.
July 2 and part of July 4. Secretar.
of State Hughes also remained il
~ Washington.
NO OuTIn IOT lUeHs
- Secretary of the Interior Fal
u, spent the holidays in intesive wor
- at his office, so also did Secretar.
- Hoover. Postmaster General Hay
spent the holidays at his home in Su
lican, Ind, in conferences regarding
sweeping reforms in the postal saw
-, ings division of his department. AT
10 torney General Daugherty packed
o1' case full of briefs and memorand
OF covering legal matters requiring hi
70 prompt attention and went to Bait
~, more where he spent the holiday
y with Mrs. Daugherty, who is in
Baltimore hospital.
J. R. McGarl, newly appointed cor
- troller general of the United State
- under the ne wbudget law, set an e1
a ample, not only for his newly create
7 department, but for all executive d.
4 partments. Taking office on July
< he called his chief clerks togethe
and 'broke the news" there wouI
A be no holidays for them. All we1
ordered to report for a full day
work on Saturday, July 2, and Q
the Fourth. Led by Controller Ger
eral McCarl, the force Loyalty remo7
ed their coats and stuck to the
desks. In practically every depar
ment scores of bureau chiefs, clerk
accountants, stenographers, etC
spent the holiday at their desks.
To stand in firm and cantin1s i