The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-11
Congress May Perfect
New System of Budget
During Present Session
Ry BASCON s. TIMMONS
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Noud's Washington correspondent
WASulNGTON Members ur con.
grcss who came back Monday tor the
regular session ot congress arc vor-
ricd
How Ions arc We Eoinr to he
hcrc'' was the query ~ representa-
tive to representative ne the session
began u h1su been answered vet
with primaries iU the summer and
election IN the ttll. members want tn
pas1 tine regular supply bills to keep
the government running got other
necessary legislation out OF tho way,
and Eo homo.
hut tho prospect for quick get
away ia not bright Tho tarifr btu
has not been dippuscd of. and a long.
hard fight ta under way here " COM
gross does not follow the advice Of
certain ~ the leaders who propose
/ putting tarifr revision oft until 1929
WIN DO TnN KIN over.
Tho t1N bill ut the special soasion,
/ 1t iV admitted ou att hands. was u
mHhc-ahift measure and viii have to-
F hc done over at the regular scsaion.
/ The foreign debt rcfuudiuE b.ll. rail
/ road legislation, soldlor'H bonus aud
other matters win take up great
/ deal of time.
But tine thing thnt is worrying
| house members is the failure of the
senate To rcorgaui2c To handle Tho
! big supply bills under the budget
/ The senate now faces tho task OF
doing what !s essential TO an ctfcr-
! tive budget system concentration OF
all approprlatinE power into ono
! master committee. as had already
| been done by the house.
Central control has now been ca.
! tablishod I'm the executive branch ut
! the government. ia tho budget hu-
reau. under control of the President
/ Al requests for appropriations must
ulter through the budget bureau, $50
/ that the director general, under ru-
| pervislon of the President can har.
I monizs the requests NJ the various
| departments and INDEPENDENT estab.
/ lishments, and present "a balanced
propose 10 congress.
/ The house has nut its machinery
| in order 10 consider that balanced
proposal through a single nppropri-
ating committee which has been re-
! "rgn nni7ed into various suhcnmmit
tees 10 wise these proposals depart
mentally
tp To senate Now.
The next improvement In budget
machinery ~ tor the ,rnato TO com
pleto It's machinery TOR unified ham
ding OF the budget by establishing
centralized control Of appropriatin
Jurisdiction In that body.
Eventually the budget system, as
perfected viii call for estimates OF
expenditures 10 go To congress i'm one
proposal, arranged departmentallY
After consideration In committee al
appropriations would come before
the house In one comprehensive bill
which would show all the costs Of
running Uncle SANS Workshop In
one layout Thcn tho money isiuE
| bills tariff and internal revenue or
| taNation--wouid he brought before
congress IN one measure. TO be bal
nnced against the appropriation bill,
Thus the entire financial situation Of
! the country costs and revenue TO
/ pay the Costs--Could be shown IN
comparison.
4 long step toward this most eff
Client form of budget system may be
taken within the next few months,
on tho initiative of the house appro-
I priAtions committee. Serious con
sidcrntion h being given to tho eco
nomic efficiency Of bringing all the
supply bills, or appropriation hills,
before the house IN one cO-ordinatcd
aud balanced general appropriation
budget for the entire federal service,
Public VIII Know Then.
The leaders who are behind this
proposal eHphaBi1c that this is 'ilu
first time that a balanced budget
Of estimates FOR expenditures VIII
come from the executive branch, ana
| that congress can well give the peo-
/ pie Of the country a chance To see.
all In one picture. what tho cost ot
government IL aud the relationship
uf expenditures on one department
/ 10 those Of another as compared
with the grand total
Even if this IL not done with the
Appropriation bills for the fiscal year
/ 1923. leaders say that II is certhlf
TO be adopted the year following
Strong effort viii be made. however
Ito have this advanced step taken nov
toward perfecting the budget system
Az II 10 now, the house has takcr
leadership for budget reform ava!
from the senate. and the upper body
7 customarily 80 sufficient AM
Jealous OF It's prerogatives. Is In th
position OF being compelled 10 rcor
ganiEe along lines laid down by tn
house Appropriation measures or
iRinate I'm tho house and as matter
noW Stand, unless tho senate r"or
ganizes ~ appropriation nachincr
In practically the same way IN
house has, there Pin be no place Il
which the appropriation measure
can properly be rcforrcd phSn th"
, come over from the houae.
The senate uoW haa nine appr"pr;
ating committees. Eight ot thes
d handle ono bin apiece. aud thc com
, nittcc on appropriations handles tIF'
|, bills legislative. District NJ 'oiun'
, bia Qualifications, sundry ciHl ana
dcfiricru,irs There ia prHru'hIIF
4. the same situation In the senate now