The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1922-10-15

cut down to make way Tor some public
Improvement He never answered the
letter.
why you have no idea of the, AFRO
gance Of some Of those bureau chiefs In
maintaining their right to do as they
had done for 132 years In this Govern
ment, doing as they damned pleased in
the interest of their department. ire
spective of the interest of the great
country of which they were but part
How &1O,OoO,OOO Was Saved.
Il had the chief of operations of the
navy come over to me--we were trying
to get on those navy appropriations
very able body of men-and said to
him after he talked to me about the
navy clique that It didn't make any inn
preston upon me at all, because I heard
those terms applied to situations where
there is efficiency, where there is abil-
ity, where there is a fidelity to a pro-
gram, and said to him. You are not
giving to the President of the United
States the information from the Navy
Department which enables him to de-
termine an alternative policy
And the chief OF operations of the
navy. an Admiral said to me. I regard
1t my duty to the American people to
maintain the navy in an efficient con-
dition'
II said: The hell you do. Either
you leave this office or will leave this
office. You are responsible to the Com
mander-in-Chief of the Navy, you are a
'uhordinate official. The Constitution
of the United States puts upon the Pres
ident of the United States and the Con-
sress Of the United States the duty of
imposing policy upon the business oper-
ations of our country and you say that
you owe the duty that the people look
to the President and the Congress to
perform. Now you will go out of office
or i will go out of office on that issue,
and you bring me tomorrow morning
the information from the Navy Depart
ment which enables me to carry to the
President that upon which he In the per-
torrance of his duty can determine an
alterna tive policy and he came back.
THAT little conversation saved the
United States $4,000. 900, but he
brought the informat ton so that the
President could determine what he
wanted to do, and I am very glad to
say that the opinion of the President
opinion of the able Chief of Operations,
minus the S1o,O00,000. That is all we
got, but It was worth It.
HOspitHlizB ion Coordinated.
Now that Is the situation. that is
the situation in The Government as
whole. We have formed by executive
order these nine coordinating organiza-
tions. Take the disqualification. for in
stance, our Federal Board of Fospitali-
cation. Here are hosp ais ir Navy,
hospitals in the Army hospitals in the
Veterans Bureau hospitals On the Ma
uonal Soldiers ! ..'..r ln-
coordinated. 1t aces-
sary to have in ex .euC. body who
could get a bird's-eye vicW ne situa-
ton and compel the making of a birds
eye view of the situation in that regard
I mention that because 1t brings up
some ofNthe difficulties in this work to
which Mr.. Pratt and Mr.. Hedges Dob
z. Hedges, one of the speakers) has re-
ferred that is where the great people
come in.
Now it happens that in the Veterans
Bureau the American Legion Is greatly
Interested You shake the name Amer
lean Legion before these damned po-
liticaI peewits and they run like rats
to their holes! / would like to repeat
what the President said to some of
the papers about the bonus. what at
teppts were made to buy votes by men
In Congress In order to stay In their
places. He said, L can conceive OF no
worse use for Government funds than
to be distributed In doles to young.