Arizona republican., 1922-06-15
WORK LAUDS
REPUBLICAN
saw N GS To
GOVERNME Mt
Postmaster General Says
Republican Party Has
Carried Out Pledge For
Economies
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WILKESBARRE, Pa, June Ii
'The accomplishments and economies
effected by the present Republican
administration were detailed by
Postmaster General Work here to-
night in an address which it was
learned authoritatively had been ap-
proved by President Harding.
The postmaster general, speaking be-
fore the PENNSYLVANIA state conven-
ton of postmasters, declared he re-
sented tne '.unjustified' criticism of
the President and his cabinet in the
face of what he described as "unpar-
allied accomplishments" since the Re-
publican party came into power. The
administration now in office came
into control pledged to install busi-
ness methods in government he
said, and he added, 'the achievement
of this objective is the outstanding
accomplishment of the executive
branch thus far.
Economy in the handling of gov
ernment funds after the lavish eX-
penditures of previous years, which
reached the high water mark OF $27,-
000,000,000 in 1919, became neces.
sity,'' declared DR.. Work. In 1920,
the expenditures had been reduced to
Sc, 500, 100000 by the cessation of the
war and the economy of a Republican
congress-; in 1921, present business
methods further reduced the appro-
priations to 81, ,000, 900 and for the
fiscal year about to close it has been
brought down to $S,909,000,0 600, and
we are not through YET"
Establishment of the budget sys-
tenn alone which had been repudiated
by the Democratic party, already had
saved more than million dollars of
the peoples money" DR.. Work as
serted. adding that incidentally the
number of government employees had
been reduced by more than $1,000
since January, 1921.
AS a result of business economies,
the postmaster general further de-
clared, Liberty bonds further de-
ebb had fallen more than Is points,
are now selling at par. The Veterans
bureau has been reorganized and half
a billion dollars Is being expended
this year for the relief of ex- service
men.
''The farmer has benefited by the
emergency tariff law and the people
generally have found their taxes re-
duced.
our military ana naval eXpendl-
lures have been cut to the bone and
our foreign relations, which were
sadly muddled following the armistice.
have been gradually settled in a dig
nified manner. The arms conference
promises to be one of the greatest
achievements of history"
Patience and hard work now oc-
cupy the time of official Washington,
the postmaster general declared.
ITO paraphase the language of
Kipling," he added, "the officers of
the government are keeping their
heads when some of those about them
of opposite political faith are losing
theirs ard blaming it on them. The
sensible people of the country will
not be beguiled by false issues raised
by critics for election purposes. The
effort of critics to befog the real is
sue is pitiable in the face of the fact
that on the leaders of their party
rests the responsibility of the very
conditions about which they COM
plain and the additional fact that
they, too. are sworn officers of the
government, charged with aiding and
not to destroy the confidence of the
people in their own government of
their own choosing"