Evening star., 1923-06-18
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BY PRESIDENT ON
FEDERAL ECONOMY
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the fiscal year. but should arrange
to conduct your business with a
with efficient administration.
expect you all to effect some saw
ings from your appropriations
for the coming fiscal year. . To
accomplish this and also to enable
you to have funds on hand with
quirements. you should not fail to
set aside a reasonable reserve
from your appropriation.
Test This Yenr.
The coming fiscal year will afford
us IL real opportunity to demon
strate our ability to carry on the
policy of economy in the conduct
of business and retrenchment in
expenditures. Congress has grant
ed for that year funds approx
mately in the amounts requested
by the chief executive as being
necessary to carry on the govern
what is necessary to be done with
a limited amount of funds. as will
be the case this coming fiscal year.
and at the same time effect saw
lngs, affords an opportunity for
really distinguished service. l am
sure that you all welcome this
opportunity, and that you will en-
ter upon the coming year with the
firm resolve to make a new record
III efficiency and economy in the
transaction of the business of gov
ernment. l realize that this will
call for further and greater de-
mands upon your ability, closer
scrutiny of your activities and the
installation generally of more ef-
hcfent methods. Let us here re-
solve that we will establish in
federal oper2tion|not only for the
coming but for succeeding years.
an earnest, friendly competition
between the nations multitudinous
operating agencies competition
for the honor of achieving the
maximum result with the minimum
of expenditure.
/ have noticed from the hearings
before the appropriations commit
tees of Congress that some of the
officials of the government have
not yet realized that under the
budget and accounting act the es-
Inmates which are before Congress
are those submitted by the chief
executive. The officials to whom I
refer We're apparently of the i'm
preston that the estimates which
their respective departments or
establishments submitted to the
bureau of the budget were the OFF,
Cial estimates which they were
authorized to advocate before the
congressional committees. / trust
that this erroneous impression will
not prevail hereafter. If Congress
desires estimates other than those
submitted by the chief executive, 1t
has reserved unto itself in the
budget and accounting act the au-
thority to request such estimates
and defined the methods OF OBJ
tanning them. But the administra-
tion officials, who are operating
under the executive. are expected
to subscribe cordially and Loyalty
to the budget estimate.
Preparation of Budget.
Another task which will shortly
confront us Is the preparation of
the budget for the fiscal year end
ing June 80: 1925. L contemplate
a substantial reduction in the esti-
mates of appropriations for 1925
as compared with the appropria-
tions for 1924. In fact, ] have eN-
pressed to the director of the bu-
reau of the budget my desire that
the 1925 estimates, exclusive of
the amount required to meet the
reduction in and the interest on
the public debt and the amount re-
quired for the Post Office Depart
ment. will not be in excess of
$1,700, 100000. To reach this
amount the estimates for 1925
must be s126,000,000 less than the
appropriations for 1924 This will
tax your best efforts, but l have
confidence in your ability to find
ways and means for 1essening the
amounts of your requests for
funds.
I realize that in your efforts to
comply with this constant and in
sistent call for economy and re-
trenchment in expenditures you
may sometimes become discour-
aged. And SO as a heartening
thought l ask you to keep in mind
payers of this nation the people
are looking to you for the utmost
care and supervision over the
things which you administer. 1t
is j. sacred trust involving not only
dollars and cents, but the care and
proper utilization Of public sup
plies and materials. 1t extends
also to your application to. your
respective tasks, so that govern
ment time as well as its funds and
property may be considered the
measure OF your responsibilities to
the people. Certainly 1t Is an honor
to be intrusted with these respon-
sibilities.
Trial to Patience.
/ can understand how the con-
stant call for reductions some
what tries your patience. But a
day will come when we must deal
with increases, because there must
be expanding activities and at
tending growth of cost in the gov
ernment of q growing nation. Our
~ hi tA IN Ayl "a
ducible minimum upon which We
may consistently enlarge.
know, too, the unpopularity of
insistent reductions anu enforced
economies. The spender is freely
though often thoughtlessly .ap-
plauded. But in the sober reflec-
tions of the people whom we serve.
the honest and Jealous endeavor to
reduce the cost of government,
which has an intimate relationship
with the cost of living, is sure to
win abiding favor. We are do
ing more than serving ourselves,
more than helping our own people,
we are proving to the world that
the way to recover from war ex
cesses is to halt the outflow and
build anew, with exacting watch
fulness in all public outlay.
Gen. Lord, the director of the
bureau of the budget, will tell
you in more detail of the work OF
this year and what confronts US
for the coming year. Before yield
ing to him wish to thank all of
those present here today and all
of my other federal colaborers for
the services which have been rem
dered. And / say that the recrod
of the past two years makes me
confident as to your future ac-
complishments in our onward
march for greater efficiency and
greater economy in the conduct
Of the hu 7inRss of RnYernmant