The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1922-03-29
MILL Be CHECK
ON EXPENDITURES.
FRIENDS OF BUDGET SYSTEM
+ CONFIDENT or tTs MEET.
S ING APPROVAL. ~ =
SCHEME NOT WORKED. OUT
Idea, to Put Il Simply, Il to Inject
a.. more Business Into Government
Women's Clubs to Have Headquar-
tiers in Capital. ~. - 81 -:
By EDWARD 3. CLARK

- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS waiting LOT u
year, the senate has finally taken
steps to adjust its legislative functions
to the budget system. It has changed
Its rules, SO that oil appropriation bills
will hereafter be handled by one COM
mittee, the COMMITTEES on appropria-
tiOns. rs. 3 -. = t;,E..
In the past, seven Of the big annual
supply bills have been considered by.
other committees. The post Office bill
has been handled by the post Office
committee; the army bill, by the, mill
tary affairs coInmittee; the navy bill,
by the naval affairs committee; the
agricultural bill, by the committee on
agriculture; the rivers and iharbors
bill, BY the committee on commerce;
the diplomatic and consular: bill, by
the foreign relations committee, and
the Indian appropriation bill, by the
committee on Indian affairs.
The house, III which the appropria-
ton bills always originate, was forced
to- act earlier than: the senate. and
adopted a plan for a single enlarged
appropriations committee Further,
q plan was worked out under which
the appropriation bills were entirely
rearranged, with different grouping of
items and different titles. I
idea New III This Country.
The whole question of the budget
system Is new vet. The system il
a tremendous effort to improve the or
ganization Of the government and to
group Its activities in such way that
the public at large can see them and
the average citizen may know what
his government Is doing With the
money It takes from him In taxes.
The President, when he came into
Office, pleaded for. more, business in
government. The budget system il
one Of the means undertaken to bring
this about. m the business world
the president Of a corporation and gem
eral managers are the executives. They
propose lines Of policy to the board OF
directors involving various expendi-
lures. The board Of directors, who
represent the stockholders of the cor
poratlon, pass upon these proposals.
Roughly spenking, the President of
the United States and his cabinet may
be considered the executives OF the
country, the congress. may be cOnsld.
cred the board OF directors and the
people are the stockholders of the gov
eminent. The executive submits, with
the assistance Of his cabinet and the
bureau of the budget, the estimates 81
what Is needed for the government,
to the congress or board OF directors,
who, In turn pass upon these matters
for the people or stockholders Of the
government. But congress reserves
to itself the right to cut down OF add
to these estimates as It deems wise.
The suggestion was made that IN
!, the process, OF evolution Of che budget
system there shall eventually be
formed a joint congressional budget
committee. This joint committees
duties would be to canvass both the
estimates Of the revenue for the en-
suing fiscal year and the, estimates
submitted by the executive Of expendi.
lures for. the government, and then
determine what the total amount O1
!. the expenditures for that year should
sbe, and allocate a maximum to be ex:
nended BY the various hranehes o1
the. governments,as, for insta9aee III
army, the navy the Department Ut Al
d ticidtAre, etc. Then only BY ~ M
SBenSiSn of the rules Of the house AM
senate would 1t he possible 10 exNSes
this amount. Such a plan, they hdiu
would still further tend to put mort
business In the government = s
Women to Have Headquarters:
The expectation OF the Genera
Federation Of Women's Clubs Il
establish a permanent clubhouse II
Washington Is an evidence Of tn,
intention of this organization ,oi
2,OOO,OOO women to watch the work Of
/, congress and the national government
The house Of which the general fed
GRAFTON is taking possession is at No
1734 N street, N. w, Washington, in
the Immediate vicinity Of the National
Education building, the National Geo
graphic society, and several embassies
A group of members Of the clus
who were interested loaned $50. 600 fol