Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1921-09-16
FGlNl|NY PROGRAM
HALTED BY NAVY
D.oortment Makes No Estimate
If Expenditure Reduction.
EXECUTIVE PRESSURE SOUGHT
.. Reports to Senate Finance
/ r.,rittee on Estimates Of Saw
mas From Several of Federal
Government Departments.

washington, Sept. 15.-The Navy de-
,rtment has baked at the Republic
economy program. Director of the
$3.50 Dawes informed the senate
snance committee.
+ rvecutiye pressure is being brought
hear TO force the navy to join the
$tber federal government departments
an effort to reduce expenditures,
General Dawes said.
otber departments of the federal
royprnment have reduced their esti-
s.notes Of expenditures for the current
Escsl year a fetal Of $305,Oo0,000 which
4 S450O0OO0 less than the total saw
- Of S350000,0O0 which President
k1erding and Director Dawes recently
knpounced would be made.
Statement by Dawes.
5 The statement of Director Dawes
has transmitted to the senate commit
ea by Secretary of the Treasury Mel
I'M in response to a written request
En- details of the administrations
economy program. General Dawes
.kad:
an connection with the SAC, 000, 900,
additional reduction which must be
secured to bring the total to S350,000,-
AaN it will be noted that no esti-
hal, Is made Of any reduction for the
Now depart..ient. This is still under
kdvsementfand, as stated before, con
ftnuous executive pressure will be APP
billed in this connection as well as
bpon all other departments.
"This. and the better coordination
h the handling of departmental pur-
phases and safes and in the inter-de-
detrimental use of surplus supplies in
Eldent to the central agencies created
ty executive order and now in opera
Hon, can be relied upon TO secure at
least the S45,000,000 difference.
Both the secretary of the treasury
bnd myself feel it is possible to state
Mat there is such reasonable assur-
nce that the total reduction of $780,
$4,000 in ordinary expenditures dur
Dng the fiscal year 1922, heretofore de-
emined upon, win be reached that
EOur committee may safely consider it
bs fixed amount in the determina-
NJ bon Of the legislative taxation pro-
efam'
Cuts Shipping Board Saving.
II The saving cf more than 100000
poo in shipping board expenditures in
Erluded in the estimates submitted to
Pie house ways and means committee
Nby Secretary Mellon on August 10 has
been reduced S6,o00,0Oo, General
Dawes said. The shipping board will
require S6,00O,000 to continue con-
zSuction of vessels upon which the
budget officers had contemplated stop
ping work. General Dawes said.
The revised estimate of savings con-
tempated in the economy program
kTas set forth by General Dawes as
zfollOws:
q War department., $60,000,000; ship
ping board, $l00,000,0o0; In payments
No railroads, $s9,000,O00; veterans bu-
8reau, $37500,000; miscellaneous, $1S,-
100000.
u The reduction in fhe War depart
Sment appropriation from $450,000, 00C
NJ S59O'OO0,000 was made possible by
IA cut Of S50,000,000 In the cost OF
maintaining the army and a reduction
HI SlO,OO0,000 in expenditures for riv-
ers and harbors improvements, Brig
Gen' Fl. M. Lord, budget officer for
tne War department, informed the
committee in a letter attached to Gen
eral Dawes statement.