The Cordova daily times., 1921-11-16
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 WASHINGTON. Nov. 16.-The chief trouble with the national purse has been that it has had too many strings
 Until the budget system was evolved those strings either danged loosely while the taxpayers money was split in many directions or were loosencd by those who, at the Capitol particu- larly. had an eye on the local pork barrel"
 The efforts of President Harding and Budget Director Dawes to tigh ten the strings are being ably second. cd by Representative Martin B. Mad. den. of Chicago the new chairman of the House Appropriations Committcc.
 Little is heard of what Madden is doing to effect real economies in the making of Congressional appropria- tions. He has permitted Dawes To crowd him out of the spotlight. But that is the Madden way. He works better without band music His mod. esty is attostod by the fact that his is the shortest sketch in the Con. grcssional Directory, where long. windcd Biographies" are the rule and not the exception.
 Here is all that the Congressional Directory says of Madden:
 Martin E. Madden. Republican of Chicago, was elected to the Fiftyninth and each succeeding Congress-"
 The brevity of that is typical of the man who is recognized as one of the ablest and most potential leaders of the House, and whose unusual attain ments caused him to be selected to preside over it's all-important Appro- priation Committed
 MADDEN WORKING HARD
 Madden has just effected not only complete reorganization of the com mittee. but what is of more impor- tance, of the system of turning out approximations from the committee hopper" Upon the House devolves the constitutional prerogatiye of originating fiscal legislation, and upon Madden and his committee rests the difficult and complex task of drafting the different appropriations bills for each fiscal year.
 In his efforts to effect real reforms and economies Madden has an eff. cient and experienced assistant in Mar cellus C. Shield, who has been chief clerk of the committee for number of years and under a succession of committee chairman Madden frank ly admits that Shield knows more about appropriations than any mcmbcr of the House or even Director Dawes can ever hope to know.
 Madden has just reorganized his commiuc to enable it to consider the first budget which President Harding will submit to Congress under the Budget act at the opening Of the regular session in December
 SUBMIT TWO BUDGETS
 The act provides for the submis- sion of two budgets one to follow the outline of the old book of estimates and the old appropriations bills and the other the alternative budget to be made up according to such arrange ment as the Budget Director with the approval of the President shall pre- scribe.
 The House Appropriations Commit tee heretofore has been subdivided into thirteen committees, one for each of the twelve annual appropriations bills and one for all the deficiency ap- propriations bills
 These bills. with few exceptions. were not constructed upon any we'll defined. logical lines Most govern Iment departments and bureaus got part of their appropriations in one bin and part in another. It was i'm possible to ascertain the total appro. priations for the departments or bu' reaus without consulting two or more of the bills. The War Department furnished an apt illustration of this unbusinesslikc distribution of public money. Army appropriations wcr" carried in the army, Qualifications and Sundry civil bills, and civil activi- ties over which the War Department has jurisdiction were found scattered through the Legislative, Executive and Judicial, Rivers and Harbors and Sun dry Civil bills.
 BILLS UNBUsINEssLiKE
 Appropriations bills were, in the main, so lacking in business system