Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-07-25

ASso complimentary VerHS
what might reasonably havs been ex.
pected, that young T. r. possesses the
qualities Of honesty, courage, Loyalty.
stubbornness and combativeness, 90
strlkingly manifest in his father. These
ore a natural inheritance. He Is fun
damentally honest. He Possesses moral
and physical courage. He Is more than
ordinarily stubborn, a trait Of his Dutch
ancestry. And he will 6ght-with his
fists. his wits or with a gun. Tho
smoke and dust Of combat are as incense
to his nostrils.
Then taking the testimony Of ap.
pearances, you find he has a peculiarly
hearty laugh-not the laugh OF the
first T. R., but one that Is all his
own. You find he Is good mixer.
You find his voice plays tricks with
him and cracks and breaks aud trails
of into curious falsettos.
Pose? The question is futile.
Let certain high Government OH.
cial express his opinion Of T. H.; pnr-
ticularly his capacity or willingness to
CO. operate with associates in the Ad-
1AlHloITutlUu at NdbuluSIOus
1T. r.? Humph! VIII he do what
he's told? Will he cooperate? Yes =;
II lie knows he's got to. But you ve
got to hit him over the head with a
club to convince him before he'll do It 7"
illustrating this very trait is tic
story of the two mine sweepers.
General Dawes, who recently retired
as director of the budget, set up a sys.
TEN by. which surplus property In the
possession Of one executive department
could be transferred with little formal.
ity to any other department that needed
1t. 1t was part Of his budget plan, a
move in the interest Of economy. Dawes
took the view that the Government was
especially the executive departments.
He did his best-'"his damndest," as
he said--during the year Of his incum.
bency as budget director to break down
the rivalries and jealousies between de-
partment heads, most Of whom are
more or less under tho influence Of
bureau chiefs below them, and always
anxious to make a good showing for
their own. departments regardless Of
the general good.
Budget Director DalUes
Forces 2 Ships From r. r.
One day the Coast and Geodetic Sur
1--WE need two vessels for our work."
"All right" said Dawes, after salts.
flying himself the need was genuine.
"You shall have them"
So he looked about over tho field. He
looked over the list headed Surplus
vessels" Easy! Take couple of the
navy's old mine sweepers and convert
'em. Simple. Spend a million dollars
to buy two now vessels? Not much.
Get 'em from the navy"
When Dawes makes up his mind &C.
ton usually follows. 1t did in this
case. 4. II. was called in. Secretary
Of tho Navy Denby had started for
~. R." said Dawes, shifting his
jimmy pipe to the corner of his mouth,
II want couple of your mine. sweep.
ers. You're not using them. We need
them"
1t isn't recorded what T. RS spe-
In substance it was mot a chance"
"We need 'em, too" said the colonel
to the general, "can't let 'em co."
Dawes thereupon removed his pipe
and laid It carefully ON the desk where
n sudden blow from his fist wouldn't
knock 1t to the floor. He unlimbered
his vocal artillery.
"Do you realize" he demanded, with
proper embellishments, that It will
cost this Government million dollars
--one-mil- -lion-dollars.-to buy two
new vessels of that general type. and
mept saves a million dollars?'
Il. r. hadn't realized 1t. Moreover,
he didn't care a continental-or even
two CONFERENCE.-The navy had to have
those mine -sweepers and couldn't give
them up. Emitting long string OF
high verbal explosives, Dawes roared:
''You will give them up, or We'll take
It to the President. You're not using
those vessels. These other people can
use them. They're rusting on your
hands. 1t means a mil lion dollars to
the Government to transfer them. Now
are you going to do It or are We going
to the White HouseT'
There were few members Of the Cab
met, assistant secretaries OF the Cab
met, bureau chiefs or other officials who
cared to appeal to the White House
over Dawes budget decisions. The ex-
PLANTATION was easy-Dawes always
won. He won because he was right.
And T. II. knew It. He gave In.
finally. The navy went down to defeat
before the attack of the belligerent
Budget Director. The order for trans
fer was issued.
But that wasn't the end Of It.
C0knpels Navy to Spend
$4,000 to Outft Ships
As soon as assured they could get the
two mine -sweepers, the Coast and Geo
detic Survey inspected them. It was