Evening star., 1922-03-27
By the Associa ted press.

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NEW YORK. March 27.-The first
year of President Harding's admins
tration has been a period Of progress,
with an almost incredible achieve
ment in economy, Vice President
Calvin Coolidge declared in in ad-
dress yesterday before the Brooklyn
Institute of Arts and Sciences. :.
been reduced nearly $4,000. the ARM
by $4,000 and large reductions pro.
posed in the naval forces. all of
which were beginning to show In the
governments appropriations and ex-
penditures. the Vice President said:
Prior to the war the annual ap-
propriations were little over BILL
lion dollars. For the last fiscal year
they were slightly more than Ave and
one-half billions. For the present ms.
cal year 1t Is estimated that this will
be reduced to somewhat less than four
billions. and for the next fiscal year.
for which appropriations are now
being made, there will be a reduc-
ton to about three and one-half bill
lions. The interest and payments re-
quired for .he public debt are about
one billion three hundred and fifty
the requirements of the Veterans
Bureau is about one-half a billion.
The cost of the Army and Navy Is
over eight hundred millions and an
other quarter of q billion goes into
tensions.
'If from present expenditures
there be deducted those items that
arose from the war and the extra
amount now being expended on good
roads and the Army and Navy, the
present cost of running the govern
ment would not exceed the pre-war
cost by more than two or three hun
dred millions.
"This represents an achievement in
economy which is almost incredible"
Stating that the Washington arms
conference proceeded on the funda-
mental theory of substituting for the
sanction of force in international re-
lations the sanction OF reason.| Mr..
Coolidge asserted:
TT has been a year Of progress al
together worthy of a great people. IT
does not mean that the burdens OF
existence. are to be lifted from man
kind. 1t does not mean that military
establishments are to be no longer
required. An agreement to maintain
parity between navies Is not an
agreement to abolish navies. There
will be a great saving OF expendl-
ture. but it will not be so much In
present costs as I'M future REQUIRE
ments. These great remedial policies
which are being adopted are funda-
mental in principle. They mean that
hereafter a larger proportion OF hu-
man effort can go into productive
activity They diminish the material
waste Of extravaganza in govern
ment and the spiritual waste Of dis
trust in diplomacy. Liberty has taken
increased guarantees. Reason is more
firmly enthroned. Hope and faith are
revealed more clearly as the great
realities
An adequate organization for ad-
ministering government relief OF war
veterans was one of the first domes-
tic problems, he said, which later was
placed under supervision of the Vet
erans' Bureau.
TT is easy to realize" he added.
what a stupendous task this work
is when 1t is remembered that there
has already been paid to disabled vet
Grams and their dependent relatives
about a billion and half dollars. and
there is going out of the Treasury
each day close to a million and a
quarter dollars. The government al
ready has nearly 10000 hospital beds
and will soon have $4,000. There are
about $4,000 men already In hospitals
who receive, besides their keeping
and care, from $50 to $157 each month.
The awards for compensation run