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Evening star., 1922-07-16

by the war-making establishments of
the government and the Shipping
Board, the federal liquidation board.
with the personal cooperation of the
director of the budget, will give spe-
cial attention during the fiscal year
just opening.
Purchasing C0-Ofdinated.
Another important activity in the
work of coordination is that of gov
eminent purchasing. Here govern
ment agencies have been running
riot. In the Treasury Department
there were twenty-six unco-ordinated
purchasing agencies; in the Depart
mont OF Agriculture, eighteen; and
so on throughout the length and
breadth Of the government service,
with the Navy as a notable exception,
where purchases were highly CO.
ordinated. In the Treasury Depart
ment the twenty six agencies are be-
ing consolidated and reorganized
along efficient lines. In the Depart
ment of Commerce this consolidation
has already been effected. In the
Interior Department It is in progress.
In the Department of Agriculture a
central organization has been set up
which is rapidly becoming effective.
Real estate coordination is cry
ing need. There is no available
consolidated record today of real
estate, buildings. blocks, warehouses,
wharyes and other properties belong
ing to the government. The. govern
ment's annual storage and rental bill
runs into millions. but until under the
budget co-ordinator was appointed,
charged with the task, there was no
person or agency to make an economf-
cal, use. disposal and distribution OF
such real estate and housing and
storage facilities. In the same cities
government space controlled by one
government agency stood utilized while
another government agency paid good
government money for rented space not
a. suitable.
q Real Estate Being Listed.
There Is now being prepared by the
real estate board a complete tabu-
iatAd list, Of the governments real
estate holdings. This tremendous job
Is about 30 per cent done. so the gov
ernment will soon know for the drst
time In history how much realty IT
owns.
AS one example of how many thou
sands of dollars have actually been
saved as result of the o-ordinating
work. OF the surveyor general uf real
estate and the federal real estate
hoard operating under the chief CO.
ordinator, space was found in the
Army dspttss in South Boston and
South Brooklyn for> the storage Of
seised liquor, enabling the govern
ment to cancel leases for storage that
were; costing s775. .oee annually. Cow
'srnIent quarters were found Ior
scAttsrAd government activities tn
Chicaso which permitted the caneel.
lEontl1ued On 1hlld FaSe.S i i
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BY WILL p. KENNEDY.

" YHILE the promised reorgani-
M zation of the administrative
" branch of the federad gov
crnment has been indefi-
nftely delayed by squabbling between
cabinet members, one Of the most i'm
portas. efficient-economy results aim
ed ut through reorganization is being
worked out as result of a series oil
executive orders. This is a co-ordina-
ton running throughout the service.
bringing the officials and employees OF
cacn particular agency to realization
that they are working for the gov
ernment as one big Industrial plant,
and not merely for one special unit,
and thus developing better esprit
de corps.
This new spirit of coordination Is
really a hand hand cooperation
with the federal budget system. AS
preyious to the installation of the
budget system there was little CO.
ordination of estimating. and little or
70 coordination Of appropriating, SO
there was little or no coordination Of
cxpending. There was too seldom a
definite fixed policy and too often lit
tie or no control in the government
departments Of obligations and ex-
penditures. ~
How It In Working Ont.
Here are some snapshots on how CO.
ordination has been working:
There was in possession OF various
bureaus surplus property that had
marketable value. Some Of 1t was
detericrating; much Of lit was held at
: continuing expense. Each holding
Evening star., 1922-07-16

prepared, tho politicians made a cam
paiEn on staying out of war, and
whom he won't in his political advisers
were surprised that the people turn
ed against him. The whole episode
was a.. miserable blunder.
Tho republicans are making another
blunder. not Of the same kind nor as
bad. They are concentrating ALL the
force, Of the republican party upon
three interesting measures. for which
there 10 no sentiment among the
American masses. the tariff, the bonus
and the ship subsidy.
The manufacturers want the tariff.
the soldiers bonus. heaven knows who
wants the ship subsidy. but some one
does doubtless. They are probably
all good measures. but they appeal to
restricted classes and the republican
party 10 put In the attitude of strain
ing itself to do things in which the
people At large have no interest
What's the sense in It?
President Harding's first message
was filled with suggestions for meas
ures that would have stirred the peo-
pie. tho federal control of Industrial
disputes, for instance, or some au-
thoritative federal supervision over
the coal industry or credits for the
farmer. But no, these things being
popular and more or less subject to
controversy and opposition are shelved
for measures in which the people have
no interest while they are pending
and. for which. great masses Of the
public will have q lively -antipathy
when these measures are passed.
1t IL politics. But politics IL sup
posed to. be the art of, translating
public sentiment into wise laws and
Politicians have their
place in the cosmos. But the fatheads
who are on the Job in this country
In both parties are not politicians.
They seem to be q lot Of hand -ahak-
ing lame wits who have edged them
selves Into. places OF power for the
pnrpass OF showing how to abuse it
most -unconcernably. 1t 10 not hard
to read public sentiment. Any good
reporter In any town can get the
sentiment Of the town In two days
upon any given proposition. the senti-
nent Of. the leadership Of the COM
munity. which doesn't mean the
chamber OF ccmnerce entirely. nor
the bar. asSociation.- nor the trades
council, nor the womar's city fed
erstion. but ali OF them combined.
And. any good reporter going his
sounds ,induiring what the people
think about the three major, meas
ures upon which the republicans are
swsating 20 copiousiy. would find that
tho psoples are thinking, pretty sener-
ally not about the tariff. the bonus
ana the ship. subsidy bill. but about
chat: wen known Irish patriot. Mr..
Pohel.
Take = iLast Ldngetin9. Lsek.
Travellers, from New York tell US
thst the nswl skirts shown In the 5th
- lC6qf1nue1- o.. Third RaSel !.
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How the Government Is Being
Put ON a Businesslke Basis

agency was carrying on its sales in
it's own Individual way. Government
tai agencies were buying at market
prices supplies that other government
agencies were selling at a sacrifice.
The President established, under su-
pervision of chief co-ordinator, the
federal liquidation board to co-ordi-
nate the sale Of all surplus property,
to provide for transfers between va
rious government agencies, to knit
the sales activities of the several
departments into a federal business
association and to install practical
business methods.
There was turned into the United
States Treasury from sales Of surplus
supplies during the fiscal year just
closed . total of s9e,ooo.oo0. The esti-
mated total Of prospective receipts
from sales of surplus property for the
current fiscal year, as furnished by
the selling departments, amounts to
$S0,000,00 But this tells only frac-
tional part Of the story. For exam
ple,> the lighthouse service Of the De-
partment Of Commerce had an sappro-
priation Of 81. 500. 900 for purchase of
lighthouse tenders. Army mine plant
ers, which had little of no market
value and which would have been
left rotting at their docks. were con-
verted and the $1.500.000 saved.
Again. the engineer department OF
the Army required dredEes which
would have cost $s4s,5eo. surpius
boats from the Quartermaster Corps
were transferred and the. money
saved.
& To the liquidation of the enormous
amount Of surplus property stili held
Evening star., 1922-07-16

Two distinguished foreigners
are giving America what
might be called the cursory
glance. Hugh Walpole, the
English novelist, so to speak. is
surveying our ictionists, and his
highness the Maharajah Of Ratpipla
of the Rewakata states Of Gujerat.
India, and tributary of the Gaekwar
of Baroda and a principality Of
100, 900 Inhabitants. arrived here re-
Gently aboard the steamship Ber-
engaria. His highness proposes to
see everything worth seeing in
America in two weeks.
Hugh waipole declares that we
have a new literature of which Joseph
Hereesheimer, villa Gather, Floyd
Dell, Sherwood Anderson and Sinclair
Lewis are the apostles.
His highness and Hugh Walpole
are making about the same mistake.
No man can see America In two
weeks, and no man dan cram all that
is worthy in American fiction into the
works of. half q dozen writer's.
In two weeks the maharajhh can
see the Bush Terminal building. the
Washington Monument, Congress, the
Chicago packing houses. the Min
neapolis feud with st. Paul, Kansas
City's parks, the Grand Canyon. Los
Angeles, the largest Iowa city in
California: the Golden Gate. Mount
Tacoma and Glacier Park. But that
is not America any more than Hugh
Walpole's list of authors represents
a fair view Of our writer's.
: Vast areas Of important serial and
economic prospects lie outside Of
what the gentle reader will find who
confines himself to Hugh Walpole's
authors. America cannot be reported
faithfully from Greenwich Village nor
seen from q car window and q club
reception room. Millions of people
ride in Fords. go to Sunday school,
Join the Chamber Of Commerce. eat
stewed tomatoes with bread in It, read
Harold Bell Wright and worship God.
They cannot be dismissed by ignoring
the reason In their hearts that makes
them do these things; merely laugh
ing at them because they do these
things is just one side Of the picture.
The other side. the human side. the
loving side, 10 as true rs a technical
side.
So what the maharajah says of
Trains de luxe. high-powered cars.
Union League clubs. and heaven
knows what Of bridal chambers In big
hotels at the show places. is much
like judging the fauna Of region
Eby the gentleman horses ct = fair
with ribbons in their tails.
American life. whether II is seen
Evening star., 1922-07-16
AS I SEE 1T.
By William, Allen White.

or described. Is rather \ complicated
and composite affair. No one knows
all about It: indeed, probably no one
knows much about 1t, even though
he be deeply wise and infinitely
patient. But the wiser he IL. the
palmer he will make 1t that the little
section he has seen or has written
about is the truth as 1t is seen from
ono Of the hundred facets Of q ny's
eye. I'VE are fearfully and wonder
fully made"
The Non-Partisaa Mirage.
Henry Ford's friends seem to think
that they can make . presidential
candidate out Of him by dallyins
with his partisanship. allowing him
to fiirt with both parties, keeping his
choice Of q party moro or less In sus-
pense until his friends see which way
the cat Is going to jump.
That sounds reasonable. But 1T
won't work. His friends will have no
trouble getting q lot Of popularity
worked up for Mr.. Ford. They Will
have no difficulty in getting men to
shout for him, and to organise clubs
for him and to get up torchlight pro-
cessions.
But hurrahing does not nominate
candidates. Roosevelt found that out
Hoover learned 1t, and Fords friends
should have sense enough to know
that Presidents are nominated In con-
ventions. and that conventions are
controlled by temple Pharisees.: These
temple Pharisees have strict codes;
they believe deeply in party regu-
larity. It counts for more than abti-
ity with them. They are sticklcrs
for party service, party loyalty. party
traditions. And no man can win in
any convention in normal times who
ignores these traditions and loyaltfes.
The democratic Pharisees are just
as encrusted in caste az the .republi.
can Pharisees. And Henry Ford's
friends are merely conducting q ghost
dance whom they think that they are
running a candidate for tho ,presi-
Dental nomination in either party
who is not q regular member OF the
party.
It is a fool rule that puts regularity
ahead Of ability. But it is q WORKING
rule, and whoever ignores it 10 barred
from work You cannot nominats =
President or settie war with good
intentions. The games Of war and
politics have definite rules, and who
ever wins must play the game.
: = laf
why II . Rsli4ieian InHslitiet
why are politicians supposed TO be
% smart7 Time and again they show
| q stupidity beyond words. When VII.
SON headed straight for rswsr. Al mn.
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Wages Adjusted Monthly.

Financial figures mean literally nothing un-
der such conditions. 1t is wiser not to make a
single statistical quotation. The essential fact
Is that there is vast deficit in the govern
ment's income compared with its expenses.
There can be seen here in the most exaRger-
ated FORM as II under high powered micro
scopical magnification, the effect of food sub
sides; civil service crowded beyond belief
Evening star., 1922-07-16
BY FRANK A. ANDERLIP.

Special Correspondence Of The, STAR
BUDAPEST. July 3.-Thes boy in the fable
falsely cried Wolf" until the shepherd ceased
to believe iRsthe warning. Finally the wolves
really came The boys Warning cries were
dsregarded and the flock was destroyed. -,
For more than two years snbservers Of Aus
trian; affairs have crfedtTedf. The world
has been told a disaster was imminent Never
tAeiess; the general condition of life in Austria
ter-than at Sany .tiHeS since the armistice.
The cry Of "wolf!"tis beginning to fall on dull
ears. The world. says 1t has heard the cry
before too often and no longer believes it. u
I have spent some weeksa fp Austria. care
fully investigating the situation. have mo-
tored from one end of the country to the other
l have seen prosperity in the agricultural sec
tions and entirely bearab1e conditions of life
have been apparent in the cities. have had
unusual facilities for getting the facts. These
have included ample opportunity to exchange
views with the president the new premier
and other government officials and party lead
ers, as well as with bankers. industrialists
and many other representative citizens in all
grades Of life. If my conclusions are wrong
1t Is because Of erroneous Interpretation, not
from any lack Of opportunity.
My conclusion is that there are wolves, real
wolves this time, surrounding the Austrian
republic. They strong. dangerous capable
wolves. They are planning an early attack
and the stateSis undefended. The shepherds
of Europe, IL one may so far stretch the meta
phor to call the powers shepherds. either
have cara dulled to the cry of Wolf" are
otherwise occupied Or else they find them
selves in such position that, while believing
vivfdly in the real peril of the wolves. they
are impotent to guard the flock.
Evening star., 1922-07-16
SAYS u. S. BANKERS
CAN=gSAVE AUSTRIA FROM RUIN

involved In putting the country on a sound
financial basis IL grotesqnely small CONSIDER
ing the Importance Of the service-that wouid
be performed and in view OF the propaohity
that financial loans could ultimately be re-
paid. -
The true problem Of Austria is not financial
but political. II there should be given abun-
dsnt credits to Austria. they would, in her
present political plight. be unavaifing for re-
construction and might even be total losses
to tho lenders. \
Austria is bankrupt. but she is not truly
financial bankrupt. Her bankruptcy is politi-
CAL She is utterly bankrupt Of political au-
thority. In that respect her bankruptcy has
reached such q point that 1t IL absolutely i'm
possible to collect suhicient political authority
out Of her own political resources economically
to rehabilitate the state.
Must Borrow Authority. !.
Here is presented. then. noval political
problem. The remnants OF great empire,
still a state Of great economic possibilities,
must find a way to borrow political authority
If the state is to be saved from complete catas-
trophe. +"
The most depressing feature of the crisis is
its immnencs There are actual wolves bear
ing in on every hand There 10 no time to be
lost and, indeed, there is grave doubt in my
mind II enough time be left to accomplish that
thing that 10 perhaps without precedence IN
political Nfe-the voluntary. borrowing by
nation from some outside source OF sumclent
political authority to put Its house in order.
What exactly do mean by the bankruptcy
Of political authority? Let me illustrate. The
balancing OF 4 governments budget may ap-
pear to be a financial matter. In this case 1t Is
not. The wisest nnanciers in the world could
not balance the budget OF Austria under the
existing political conditions unless they OBJ
tained political help from outside of Austria.
The budget cannot be balanced and the devlish
activity of the printing press stopped except
by a government firmly placed politically
that 1t can put in force measures which states
men and hnanciers would equally agree to be
necessary. For instance. the civil service
must be radically reformed. One out Of every
six of the adult working population OF Austria
is now the public pay roll.
Evening star., 1922-07-16

with unnecessary employees; public under
takings. such as the railroads and fndustriai
monopolies, operated with enormous dencits,
and fresh demands successfully, made on the
government monthly for increases in the pay
Of officials. In the hope Of having incomes
keep pace in some measure with the rapidly
rising prices
And we See here. magnihed to horrible
clearness, the effect Of almost -unrestrained
issues of paper currency. followed by wildly
huctuating prices. which make conditions OF
life well nigh impossible. because income and
the cost Of living cannot synchronize It has
become the custom of industry to read3ust
wages every month on the basis Of the average
index price, Of commodities and the ADJUST
ment is always upward
Sometimes wages nearly doubled as
compared with the preceding month. and even
then the increase is inffective so far as modi-
flying the conditions of life is concerned.
Mutilated Austria was by the Paris peace
surgeons, who seemed to have no conception
of the various fundamentals Of the economic
life of a state, there would be no doubt, under
the most favorable conditions, about the abil-
ity of present-day Austria to advance her
foreign trade to the point where she could
sell abroad enough of the product OF her labor
to pay for the food which she must have.
Evening star., 1922-07-16
Aid Has Been as Aims.

vi She-has been aided to purchase food since
the armistice by the so-called loans from the
United States, England, Czechoslovakia, ana
has been sustained by the promises OF other
states. She has received altogether thirty mil
lions of such aid, but. this aid has been only
in the nature of aims to hungry mendicant
and has contributed nothing toward putting
Austria into position of such economic sound-
ness as would enable her to sustain herself
by her own efforts.
That being the case, the world is scarcely
in position to criticize Austria with justice
for failing to do what she should for herself.
1t is perfectly true that the superficial aspects
of life in Austria present fewer conditions
of terrible deprivation than was the case i'm
mediately following the armistice, but the
present superficial aspect is deceptive.
There perhaps no greater number OF
undernourished people in Vienna today than
before the war. but they are of an entirely
different class. Labor has been measurably
successful in readjustng income to rising
prices.
Those who have fixed incomes have become
involved in actual want. They include the
intelligentsia of former days have lunched
with 500 university professors who have been
enabled to live only through the generosity
OF the American Foundation, which contributes
the food for their mess
1t is misleading. however. to say that con-
ditions Of life have soundly improved Austria
must have food imports to live.
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why II Rsli4ieian InHslitset
why are politicians supposed TO be
70 smart7 Time and again they show
q stupidity beyond words, When vii.
SON headed straight for twar. Al nm.
Evening star., 1922-07-16

Take Last LdngekinG. LssA.
TravslssS from New York tell US
thst tie nswt skirts shown In the 5th
: - 0C09fln1s1 O. Third FsSs.l s
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-08
GREEK TENOR IN
 SONG RECITAL HERE
Music Lovers Give Approval to Fine Program Rendered
 at Cable Hall

Before large and discriminating audience of the music lovers of Bir- mingham, Nicholas Mulinos, Greek Tenor, gave song recital last night at the Cable Hall. Mir. Mulinos was assisted by Fred G. Wiegand vio- linist. with Mrs. L. O. Torna at the piano.
 The program rendered by Mr. Mulinos included several inspiring. creratic selections in Cree. and Italian and two musical sentiment al ballads in English. He has a voice of wonderful power, range and sweetness and made q great im- pression on the audience
 Perhaps his best operatic num- bers were 70 Dolci Bacci" from Tosca by Puccini. "Serenata" by E. Toselli while of the ballads "The Girl of the Golden West" seemed to please the best. MT. Mulinos arew rapturous applause for all his num- bers.
 MT. Wiegand, who had four num- bers on the program which he rem dered with rare skill and artistry drew his greatest applause with "Berceuse" from Goddard.
 The concert was a decided suc- cess from the artistic standpoint and it is understood Mir. Mulines will again appear in concert in the near future.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-08
ALLEGED STOLEN
 PROPERTY FOUND
Husband and Wife Held on Charges Preferred by
 Officers

Following raid conducted by City Detectives J. T. Moser and o. D. Brown on the residence of D. T. Harris. 1909 Twenty-fir, street north, yesterday afternoon. two typewriters, an adding machine and several hats and dresses, all of which is believed by tho detectives to be stolen property. were found. Mrs. Harris was arrested and Is be- ing held in connection with the theft of the articles. while her husband was arrested and charged with re- ceiving stolen property. by the of- ficers.
 Detective Moser stated that he has had one of the typewriters and the adding machine identified as stolen in Bessemer some time ago One of the dresses has been identi- fled. he said, by the label 1t bore, by officials of Loveman, Joseph & Loeb, as one of many such dresses lifted" from their counters during the past six weeks.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-08
BIRMINGHAM AND
 ITS POSSIBILITIES
Secretary Bum Makes First Talk Over Radiophone on
 Greater Birmingham

U. IL. Bum, secretary manager of the Birmingham Chamber of Com merce and manager of the Brming- ham Traffic Bureau delivered the first of a series of Greater Ala bama talks over tho Alabama Power company's radiophone last night. Mir. Bum spoke on Birmingham. Its Possibilities and opportunitier He outlined the lavish natural advant- ages of the Birmingham district and severely scored those who are hos tile to the entrance to the ..tate of outside capital, saying that modern civilization finds it's very warp and weof in the perfect coordination of the capital and resources of differ ent and distant sections.
 MT. Bum pied for the greater en- lightenment of the citizens of the state as to it's advantages and as- sets so that every resident might become an intelligent booster. In outlining the multitude of assets possessed by the Birmingham dis trict, MT. Bum drew a picture of Birmingham as 1t was 50 years ago and gradually drew his hearers to the present day through the magic growth of the city.
 The Alabama Power company has requested the Chambers of Com merce of every city in the state to send a representative to tell the thousands of radio listeners about their town and their state. Response has been highly gratifying. every city in Alabama having promised a speaker to tell the world about their district