The New York herald., 1922-10-17
MILLER GIVES HIGH
PRAISE TO HARDING
FOR ENDING WASTE
Cites Budget Procedure as
Example in Running
Government.
HIS ANSWER TO SMITH
Declares in Administrative
Machinery It's Man
That Counts.
HIS ANSWER TO SMITH
GOOD FELLOW is COSTLY
Democratic Candidate Charged
With Putting $54,000,000
New Taxes on People.

New TaXeS on PGOplc.
Special Dispatch to THE New YORK HERALD
BINGHAMToN. Oct. 16.-Gov. Miller,
who spoke here tonight, said that If
Mr.. Smith cared to examine the budget
making performance of President Har-
ding and Gen. Dawes he might be able
to see that it's the caliber of the man
running the machinery, not the ma
chinery itself that counts.
In citing the record of the national
Administration in putting to an end
1872 years of logrolling and legislative
trading by making department heads
and bureau chiefs toe TO the mark.
Gov Miller took occasion to pay to the
President one of the handsomest COM
pliments ever extended to the gentle
man in the White House. Speaking of
Mr.. Harding's courage in stopping ex-
travagancc and making the spenders
like the procedure, Mr.. Miller referred
been made possible by "the firm, pa
tient, constant steadfast courage of
President Harding" This reference
made the rafters ring
Hitherto the Governor had seen no
sensible reason TO drag in the Wash
ington Government just TO follow the
old tradition of handing out bouquets
but tonight he had reasonable and
proper pretext for praislng the Pres-
dent. since the budget saving accom-
plishsd by Gen. Hell Maria" and the
President was peculiarly apropos of his
own argument and his own administra-
ton accomplishments.
Quotes Gen. Dawes's Speech.
The Governor had Just read the com
plete text of Gen T,awess s remarkable
speech as delivered in New York last
Friday night and as published in full
by THE New YORK HERALD. II struck
him as precisely what the doctor ordered
and he gave his Binghamton audi
cnce diverting extracts OF the Dawes
talk.
Mr. Smith says that executive budget
by constitutional amendments is the
only way TO stop the log rolling which
has been going on" said the Governor.
"Wel. we have heard n good deal of
late about Federal executive budget.
The former Director of that Budget
recently made an address before
the National Budget Committee on
the subject OF how the budget woESS.
would like to read his whole speech
because 1t is filled with truth. with
common sense. and gives a vivid picture
OF precisely what goes on In govern
ment both at Washington and in the
State when government is administered
to please and not to serve.
Gen. Dawes describes the system of
budget making that prevailed at Wash
ington. which was precisely like the
system that prevailed in this State, and
he says It was not the budget law that
changed that. He says all that the bud
get OF the United States was sent in for
was simply to show the addition of the
amounts Of money that each man
wanted to run his particular part OF the
Government without any reference to
what the needs OF the Government We're
as whole. or without any reference
&c the needs OF the other departments
and a most disgraceful condition of
affairs has grown up.
"He injuries why no effort was made
Gus departments and to have them
made with reference both to the needs
OF the Government as a whole and 20
the needs of the other departments as
well as the revenues.
UamperIng Precedents.
"Why wasn't It done?' he inquiries
and his answer Is, Simply because every
precedent Of the United States up until
the time President Harding, business
man. took his position In that office,
hadn't done his duty as the head Of thr
routine administration Of the Govern
ment. Everybody did as they damned
pleased. everybody
Further. Now call your attention
TO the fact about the budget. The budget
had nothing 10 do with the expenditures
for this fiscal year Nothing whatever.
The budget law was supposed to be con-
cerned with the expenditures for 1923.
in the making OF estimates. and when
went into the office ] told the President
II there was anything In the executive
pressure and anything in this principle
or having the Government run as busl-
ness organization would run, that we
could just as we'll make the reductions
on the expenditures already appropriated
Tor az we fONiu 10 stN u IfuhfAlDi III lilt
estimates of the expenditures for last
year
Then he shows precisely how that
was done. how one billion seven hundred
million dollars were cut out of the ex-
penditures for a single year, because
there was coordinating agency OF
which Gen. Dawes was the head. insist
Ing upon the introduction OF business
principles in the conduct of the business
OF the Government and because he was
backed by the firm. patient. consistent
steadfast courage OF President Harding.
Gen. Dawes further says: Why, you
have no idea of the arrogance OF some
OF these bureau chiefs In maintain ig
their right to dc as they had done for n
hundred and thlrty-two years In tn,
Government. doing as they damned
pleased in the interest Of the depart
Continued on Page seven.
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