The Washington herald., 1922-05-08
MILLIONS
IN BUDGET PLAN,
REPORT SHOWS
President Will Transmit
Dawes Statement to
House Today.
DECLARES GREATER
ECONOMY POSSIBLE
Reduction of $45,550, 1886
From Estimate of Ex-
penses Predicted.

That economies totalling s325.-
100000 have been accomplished by
the new budget system in govern
ment expenditures for the current
fiscal year is disclosed In a report
by Budget Director Da~es, which
President Harding will transmit to
Chairman Madden of the House APP
propriations Committee today.
'on the whole" says the Presi-
dents letter, II believe Congress
will find the operation of the new
ly-adopted methods to be highly
gratifying, not only in having
brought about reductions in expen-
diture in accord with the manifest
wishes of Congress in repduced ap-
propriations, but also in revealing
the possibilities of large savings
through still more efficient meth DDS
in the future. thus conveying to
the people the determination of
those in authority to operate the
government effectively at the least
possible cost, to make the govern
ment's full contribution to a return
to the normal ways of peace and
ultimatelye lifting the excessiv
burden of taxation"
Chief Points Of Report.
The chief points brought out in
the report of Mr.. Dawes are the
following:
First-That the expenditures of
the government for the current fis-
cal year ending June 30, 1922, which
were given in the December bud
get estimates as S3,967.922,366, will
be as least s45.550,336 less than this
estimate; or approximately s3.922,-
$4,000, a reduction of over s1.60o,-
100000 from the actual expendi-
lures for 1921.
Second-That after eliminating
from the estimates. figures Incident
to operations in capital funds, the
public debt aud other similar ac--
counts, which have no real bearing
upon the question of expenditures
for operation of the routine busi-
ness of govrnment subject to ex-
ecutive control, there has been a
reduction in these latter expendi-
lures as compared with 1921, of
1907 500, 900. of which the Director
of the Budget details s225, 5,000. 900
as that which ca nbe fairly attrib-
uted to the imposition of executive
pressure on the routine business or
ganiZation of government under
the new system.
Savings Reserve Increased.
Third-That the savings reserve
against current appropriations of
112,000.000 set up by the depart
ments and establishments in Aug
ust, 1921, in response to executive
request, has been increased, not
withstanding appropriations by
Congress of over s7.000.000 of this
reserve for other purposes, to the
approximate sum of $136.0O0,O00. at
which it now stands. Only such
part of these reductions as are real
savings have been included in the
general estimate of savings.
Fourth-That he present esti-
mated expenditures for 1922 for the
operation of the routine business
of government generally subject
to executive control. afer eliminat-
ing certain expenditures amounting
to $7,5O0,000 authorized by Con-
gress after the submission of the
budget for representative of the
United States at the Brazil Expo
sition. seed loans, and fulfillment
of the treaty with Colombia. as
compared with the December budget
estimates show an excess of only
S25,767, ,457 on a total of S1,758,375.-
672. or a discrepancy of only about
y per cent.