The New York herald., 1921-07-13
DAWES TO STRIKE AT
WASTE IN PRINTING
Harding Approves Plan to
Put End to Unnecessary
Documents.
REVIEW BOARD URGED
Budget Director Would Cut
Down Jobs and Put In
Business Methods.
CONGRESS MUST ASSIST
Members Now Waste Thou
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CONGRESS MUST ASSIST
Members Now Waste Thou
sands by Ordering Copies of
Their Own Speeches.

Special Despatch to THE New YORK HERALD
New York Herald Bureau.
Washington, ID. c., July IL.
President Harding has approved a
new plan to check waste of Govern
ment funds in printing public docu-
ments and has authorized Director Of
the Budget Dawes to accept the sug-
gestion Of Public Printer Carter to
simplify and reduce expenses in this
branch.
Mr.. Dawes tonight announced that
he would strike at once at this form Of
extravaganza and assemble the repre-
sentatives Of the Government branches
in a permanent conference on printing
to establish business methods and in
troduce proper economies in the work
done by the Government Printing Of
flee.
The new economy move will save
money in printing the Congressional
Record. Miss Alice Robertson. Repre-
sentative from Oklahoma, recently
warned the House that 1t must do less
talking If it was to help the economy
drive Mr.. Dawes cannot stop this talk
ing perhaps. but he hopes to cut out
some extravagances in putting 1t into
print.
Under the authority given to him by
the President Mr. Dawes will endeavor
to reduce the waste occasioned by ex
pensive and unnecessary orders for
printed copies of their speeches placed
by members of Congress with the Gov
ernment Printer and by establishing uni
formity in forms and styles Of printing.
Demands made by Congress on the
Government Printer are said to constf-
tute the largest single item Of expense In
the Governments printing bill. The cost
of printing ard binding Of the Congress
siondl Record, with an average daily
issue of about 80. 900, is $566.323 a year.
Other costs, including the items Of re-
porting and mailing, bring the total cost
Of the Record close to S1,000,000 a year.
But the Record forms only minor part
of the total expenditures for which Con-
gress is responsible.
One result now foreseen from Mr..
Dawes's effort will be to reduce distri-
button Of many millions Of copies of
Government publications. Many publi-
cations can be stopped entirely without
danger to the Governments efficiency.
It is figured that millions OF expensively
printed publications go out each month
But few publications of certain classes
are read or preserved for permanent
use.
Mr.. Dawes in his announcement to-
night incorporated letter from Public
Printer Carter to the President outlining
suggestions for economies which the
President approved and which are to
be followed out in detail by the Budget
Bureau.
Mr. Carter called attention to sin
Vulnerable wastes and duplication in
binding and printing that have multi
piled from year to year" Mr.. Carter
said such wastes can be prevented by the
cooperation of a conference of Govern
ment printing representatives duly con-
stituted under the Budget Director.
Mr.. Dawes as a first step will favor
the organization within the Government
Printing Office of a acquisitions review
board. The board will examine orders
given the Public Printer for printing and
binding, with view to determining be-
fore expensive work is undertaken
whether the job so ordered is authorized
by law or will occasion waste or dupli-
cation, and IL any real economy can be
effected by adopting more businesslike
method of handling the job in question.