, 1924-06-26

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ordinary had to be done to arc
the press to the fact that the W
going on every day, adopted heoric
measures and shouted, Hell and
Maria, if you men would spend more
time trying to stem the millions of
waste going on under your noses,
instead of looking for flaws in the
brilliant record of the Army, we
would have a Hell and Maria of a
lot better Government" The news
paper men seeing a committee being
told the truth in a most emphatic
manner about the waste of the peo-
pies money, seized upon his Hell
and Maria expression as a good
point on which to hang a news story
and this secured for Dawes the at
tention of the citizens of the nation.
The explosion awakened the people
and they sided with Dawes in his
demand to stop the waste. This
"cuss" word undoubtedly was the
cause of the saving of millions of
dollars.
Dawes career has been a most in
teresting one. He was born in Ohio
in 1865. His father was General
Rufus Il. Dawes, Commander of the
famous Iron Brigade of Wisconsin.
"Charley' Dawes worked during his
college years as chief engineer on a
small railroad in Ohio. He gradu-
ated from Cincinnati Law School at
the age of 81. In 1887 he moved
to Lincoln. Nebraska. A great stream
of clients did not come hurrying to
the door of his office n odd jobs
of engineering during the intervals
of clients afforded him money on
which IN 1.-Two The ma inrifv nf hig
meals were eaten at a 15c lunch
counter conducted by a man named
Don Cameron, who catered to uni
versity students and struggling
young business and professional men.
Here Dawes met General John j.
Pershing, who had been sent as a
"shave-tail' from West Point to drill
cadets Of the Nebraska State Uni
versity. This friendship has been
further cemented as the years have
passed.
After building up a fair law prac-
tice. he moved to Wisconsin in 1894.
where he became President Of the
La Crosse Gas Light Company. later
B moving to Illinois. He was very
active in behalf OF President McKin-
Icy during the campaign Of 1895 and
later became Comptroller Of IN Cur
rency under the Ohio president. In
1902 he organized the Central Trust
Company OF Illinois and 1t was large
" through his personal efforts nat
many farmers throughout the middle
and the Northwest were helped thru
financial stringencies. He served
with distinction In France as Chair
man of the General Purchasing
Board and showed Europe how
American business men can handle
big things. He enlisted In the Army
and was made a Major Of Engineers
aud came out OF the service a Brig.
General. In June. 1921, General
Dawes was named as Director OF the
Budget. accepting the place with the
understanding that he could resign
At the end OF a year His first year
in Office resulted in a saving for
the year 1922 OF $l,60O.OOO.oOO OF
the peoples money. Useless expen-
ditures were stopped. superhuous
clerks were let go. and some heads
OF Departments were publicly axe
TO task for their slack cooperation In
behalf OF economy in government az
fairs. He headed what is known as
the Dawes Committee of experts to
see II order could not be brought
out Of economic chaos In Europe.
His report met with the favor OF the
German people. II disclosed n way
by which they could meet due obli-
cations and yet not be condemned 10
. life OF economic slavery. Strangely
enough, tho French did not look
with disfavor upon his plan n II
Germany regains her place In tne
Industrial world. II Will be largely
because OF the calm. sensible. busi-
ness-iike plan worked out by Chas.
q. Dawes.
While Dawes IL dynamic. hard
hitting, and forceful to the extreme.
there 10 an intensely human side to
his character. In memory OF MS son
Rufus, General Dawes erected n
operates tho Rufus r. Dawes Hotel
for Destitute Men. in Chicago. There
IL also . hotel OF like character IN
Boston. II might bo mentioned that
clean, comfortable beds In these
ulscos can be obtained for 8 and l0c
and excellent meals are served ~
the cost Of 7c each. and NO man who
In "0n his uppcrs" Ia over permitted
10 feel that he In the recipient OF
charity. A similar institution was
founded by Dawes for women.
with Coolidge IN the White House
and Daw m Vice President. the
people Of the United states can 70 TO
bed at night with tho feeling That
thess two men will see that mono OF
their money II wasted and that Z
will he brought to as low q point ns
n n humanity possible to bring them.
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