Omaha daily bee., 1922-05-09
Democrats
Rap Report
of Dawes
Representative Byrns
Charges Analysis Shows
Figures by Director Of
Budget Deceptive
Denies Tax Reduction


crsiie attacks were made in the house
today on The report by Director
Dawes OF the budget bureau. trans.
muicd 20 the appropriations com.
rii,,ee by Pfesiden, Harding. setting
forth reductions IN government cx-
renditures.
Representative Byfns, Tennessee,
ranking democrat OF the committee.
who asked .or specific information
IN a resolution. charged that careful
analysis OF the report showed that
the figures were plainly deceptive. -
and that they had been manipulated
in an effort 10 mislead the public
into the belief that some economy
lad been effected by tho adminis,ra.
ton"
Joining in the attack, Representa-
tive Byrnes. democrat, South Caro-.
lima. also a member OF the appro-
priation committee. declared that il
the president had an opportunity
10 examine the ''ilemized statement
or alleged savings constituting the
total OF Sljo,000.O00 he would dis
cover that i; is pure bunk"
Says Byrns "Quibblins."
Defending the report, Representa-
tive Mondcll, Wyoming. the republi.
can leader, asserted that Mr.. Byrns,
tennessee, was ''quibbling' as to de-
tails of savings effected. and that
some OF the economies had resulted
cutie as much from the vigilance of
congress as from the activities OF tho
budget bureau director"
Chairman Madden OF the appro-
priations committee said somebody
had raised the question OF the vera.
city, and that while Mr.. Byrncs had
mentioned deficiency estimates for
this year Of S447 100000 il was
fact only Sl2,0OOO0O of this total
could be attributed to the Harding
administration, the balance being
hangover.
1T has been said that figures will
not lie, but every one knows that
they may be jugglcd, and even cas-
ual observation OF the immense array
of figures submitted by the very
large accounting force Of the bureau
of the budget shows they have
been manipulated in an effort TO mis-
lead the public into the belief thar
economy has been effected by the adj
ministration. In this connection it
should not be forgotten that the an
preparations tor the expenditures in
1921 were made by republican con-
gress.
No Reduction in Taxes.
The administration banks heavily
on the crcdulty Of the American
people for reduction of taxes as
the only test as to whether or not
there has been a reduction in cx-
penditures. The plain fact is thai
there has been no reduction Of taxes
by the congress except that of the
big trusts and the multmillionaircs
OF the country. The vast body Of
taxpayers have been given no relief
whatever"
"Thc director of the budget states
that only such reductions as are real
savings and not postponed cxpendi-
lures are included in his general es-
innate OF savings" said Mr.. Byrnes,
South Carolina. Conclusive evi-
dcnce that this is not true is con-
tanned in the fact that this claim in
alleged savings was first made pub
ice in July, 1921, and tho largest
single savings was claimed for the
Treasury department amounting to
S30543,l43. On the same day let
ter was addressedsby the reprcsen-
tative Of the budget bureau in the
Treasury department to the chiefs
Of the various divisions. complaining
that in their responses to budget cir
cular No. |, they had not saved
enough money, when an analysis
showed the total amount to be saved
from the bureaus in the Treasury de-
partmcnt amounted to but $1,000, co.,"