The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1922-02-08
HARDING
PREDICTS
SURPLUS
Government Expendi-
lures Reduced and
There is Prospect Of
Wiping Out Deficit

TO-DAY at the second business meet
ing OF the government, President
Harding announced that instead of
Il deficit in governmental finances
rs was forecast in December. there
now were prospects Of n surplus OF
receipts over expenditures when
the books are balanced at the end
. Of next June.
The president further announced
it had been possible TO reduce the
governments expenditures from 4
scale based on $500. 000. 900 a year
10 q scale OF 1000. 600 and de-
, clarcd that even in its formative
period the budget system has justi-
lied our most confident eXpecta-
tons
More than 900 officials from all
the departments and hureaus OF
the government met the president
lnd received the report OF the rari
ous coordinatins agencies trans
mittcd by Director Dawes OF the
l.u,lgct hnrrau. whom the preSi-
den. G"&crih"i as the genius" who
made possible the cat in expendi-
;urcS.
ili"h officials who sat with the
president At the meeting included
Vice President Coolidge. Secretar-
les Mellon. DENLY and Wallace,
General Pershing. Admiral koontz.
Under Secretary Fletcher of the
state department and Assistant
/ Secretary Roosevelt Of the navy.
Direct Saving Announced.
Both the president and General
! Dawcs. who made the only other
address OF the meeting. announced
~ direct saving OF $32 900, 600 and
, indirect saving OF more than $780,
900. 900 accomplished in less than
six months through the operation Of
the coordinating agencies OF the
! budget bureau.
Mr. Harding farther declared the
efforts Of the government toward
economy had heen reflected among
, the people at large
Director Dawes declared the for
; n.ation OF the coordinatins boards
as the installation OF routine ousi-
ness methods into the govern
ment was the only effort made in
40 years to curb the riotous and
d!ssraceful eXtraragance Of busI-
,r.Ss organization that ran without
n head. each man trying TO get
what he could fer his own depart
nont.
Hrandishing a broom in either
band, striding rapidly from on
end Of the platform to he othe-
ond stamping his feet until the
echoes rang in the D. y. r. hall.
where the arms conference meets
in disnificd session. Charles D.
Dawes. director Of the budget.
brought home TO the thousand or
more officials assembled today in
the second business meeting OF the
government the appropriateness OF
his hell and Maria" nickname. For
more than half an hour he poured
forth criticism and praise alike on
officials CT high and low degree.
where Are Those EroomS?"
Stopping suddenly in the midst
ol 4 citation OF instances of lack
Of cooperation Ey governmental
oapar,ments q with budget bureau
cGordinators. which instances he
described rs Fly spccks' on the
bureaus record OF accomplish
n,ents. Mr.. Dawes suddenly shout
cd:
Where are those brooms?'
Three brooms were produced
from under table by an assistant.
There the budget director en-
claimed. pounding the floor with
rhe handle of one OF the brooms.
lis Your broom that meets navy
snecii;cations. And here are
hrooms that don't meet those spec
itications but sweep just as Well
The navy hough. 5000 Of its spec
itica.ion hrooms when it could nave
h:.. go 600 army broonls for notn-
ing.
The budget director Went on to
say il -oo!i a months persuasion I"
make the marine corps adopt
s,i.ht change in color II order u
use 400 arr.H shirts and save
So4 200. He TOLD Secretary Denny
however the record OF the navy
for cooperation With the bureau
u-os the best of the departments
.Ns an Instance Of cooperation ~
,hr treasury h. declared that when
it was ,nund there We're N dliiri
.nt purchasing agencies IN that de-
nartmeuI their coordination w;'>
effected without delay.
Secretary Mei.en is Il business
man" he added His :nr didn''
GO up or his back arch when n:J
LoorainatorS c:Ir-. In.
legislative and executive heads
If ,h. government better mir"
hoy the ship sails. hut the hud"',
burcall better mind how far she
>a;l4 Mr.. Dawes said at another
point. and add".'
..lf congress sn"uld declare tha,
earl.arr should h. spraad on the
Whit. House .tcpS-much rs ""
loo the president would h" Tor
thn hna."t bureau 70 advise HOY
the largest amount OF sarSaSc
could be spread in the most eco
,.omir mamrcr.
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