Arizona republican., 1922-03-27
COOLIDGE LAUDS
HARDING s WORK
FOR ECONOMY IN
ADMINISTRATION
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NEW YORK. Mar. 2s-The first
year OF President Harding's admin
stration has been period of prog
ress with an almost incredible
achievement in economy. Vice Presi-
dent Calvin Coolidge declared in an
address today before the Brooklyn
Institute of Arts and Sciences.
Asserting that public employees had
been reduced nearly $4,000 the army
$4,000 and large reductions proposed
in the naval forces. all OF which were
beginning to show in the govern
ment's appropria tons and expenses,
the vice president said
Prior to the war. the annual ex-
penses were a little over a billion
dollars. For the last fiscal year they
were slightly morA than five and one
half billions. For the present fiscal
year it is estimated that this will
be reduced to somewhat less than
four billions and for the next fiscal
year for which appropriations now
are being made. there will be a re-
duction to about three and one-half
billions.
IF, from the present expenditures.
there be deducted those items that
arise from the war and the extra now
being expended on good roads and
the army and navy, the present cost
of running the government would not
exceed the pre-War cost by more
than TWO or three hundred millions.
This represents an achievement in
economy which is almost incredible =
Stating that the washington arms
conference proceeded on the funda-
mental theory of substituting for the
saction of force in international re-
lations the saction OF reason" Mr..
Coolidge asserted:
1T has been a year Of progress al
together worthy OF a great people.
1t does not mean that the burdens
OF existence are to be lifted from
mankind. 1t does not mean that mill
taIy establishments are to be no
longer required. An agreement to
maintain a parity between the ma
vies is not an agreement TO abolish
navies. This will be a great saving
OF expenditure, but it will not be SO
much in present costs as in future
requirements. These great remedial
policies which were being adopted
are fundamental in principle. They
mean that hereafter larger proper
tion of human effort can go into pro
ductiye activity"
Relief for War Vets
An adequate organization for ad-
ministering government relief of war
veterans was one of the first domestic
problems, he said. which was later
placed under the supervision of tho
veterans bureau.
1T is not difficult to realize" he
added. what a stupendous task this
work is. when it is remembered that
/ there already has been paid to dis
abIed veterans and their dependent
| relatives, about a billion and a. hall
dollars and there is going out of the
| treasury each day close to millior
| and a quarter dollars. The govern
ment already had nearly 10000 hos
pitaI beds and will sooE have $4,000
4 There are about $4,000 mon already
in hospitals who receive, besides
| their keeping and care, from $50 tt
/ S157 each month. There are about
los, 600 men receiving vocationa
training. most of them under pay anc
at a maximum cost of $3.50 pei
month. There are 5000 schools uset
throughout the country for training
ex-service men and 1000 institution:
! for placement training"
He said the shipping board prob
lem was ito get the government ou
/ of the shipping business with as lit.
tie loss as possible and to provide al
American merchant marine tha
American goods might not have to b'
| carried to market in the ships O.
competitors. and that there might b'
sufficient ships to provide an ade
quate national defense" There nov
is fair prospect, he asserted tina
the country will have a merchan
marine, supported from 2. small pro
portion of the revenue derived from
shipping and holding place on tn
seas worthy Of the American people
Constructive Economy
Constructive economy. Mr.. Cool
| idKe said. has been the first though
and the chief effort OF the presen
administration. To secure that, n
declared, is to accomplish recon
struction.
There has been steady determ
ination not to interfere in those Eu
ropean affairs with which we had n
direct concern" he said.
when there was an attempt I
|
ment for the fixing of the repara
tions, it was firmly declined, but wit
the assertion that reparations mus
be met to the limit OF ability.
There likewise has been refusa
to participate in the Genoa confer
Ejence out Of a feeling that the chic
Ecauses OF economic disturbances j
Europe can only be settle by thei
own domestic action and our unwil
lingness to become involved in an
way in their political questions"
The vice president referred TO tn
refusal of maintenance to execute tn
treaty offered her. (which woul
have recognized her government an
declared her adherence to those prin
ciples of protection Of the rights c
persons and of property which ar
the necessary mark Of q civilize
J state.