Evening star., 1924-08-13
BUDGET FIGURES
GIVEN TO CHIEFS
Department Heads Get No.
tice of Amounts to Spend
Next Year.

ALLEGATIONS of the approximate
amount they may be expected to spend
during the fiscal year 192526 were
sent to all government departments
and establishments yesterday after
noon by the Bureau of the Budget.
Although the actual operation" Of
the bureau upon the preliminary eSti-
mates submitted some time ago by
the departments was kept a secret
as always, by officials, it wa under
stood that substantial reduction was
necessary in the majority of cases
in order to bring the total expected in
final estimates down to the max imum
ordered by President Coolidge.
"All ! can say" said Director Lord
of the Bureau of the Budget today.
lis that we sent out the ahocat tions
yesterday. and that the mandate of
the President will be thoroughly exc
cuted."
Gen. Lord expects to leave Wash
ington tomorrow for a short addi-
tional vacation at his summer home,
the Sentinels, at Martinsville, Me- on
Penobscot Bay.
$I.sO0, 0,OOO,OOO High Figure.
The maximum figure set b. Presi-
dent Coolidge for expenditures dur
ing the next fiscal year, = m. < imum
10 which it is known the Bud set Va
reau pared down the ALLEGATIONS s.nt
out yesterday. was sl,800. 100000, ex-
elusive of operation of the Post Office
Department. and payment Of principle
and interest on the public debt.
Departmental and establ shment
heads will now dive into the huge
problem of preparing their final esti-
mates to be submitted to the Bureau
Of the Budget by September 10. Gen
Lord will return to Washington be-
fore that time. The final estimates
viii then be whipped into the budget
for Congress.
In the preparation of their eSti-
mates. the departments will use as Il
basis for personnel cost the new class
specifications just issued by the Per
sonnel Classification Board. The last
nroof for the printing of these sDhCi-
fications went to the Government
, Printing Office this morning. accord
ing to Chairman Bailey of the Classi-
fication Board.
Book Ready Soon.
Public Printer Carter estimated to-
day that the book of class specifica-
tions would probably be ready for
the administrative officials of the
Government within day or two.
In preparing their estimates the ad-
mi istra tive heads will bear in mind
the admoniton of President Coolidge
that they must not go before Con-
greSs to boost the estimates higher
than those submitted by the President
and the Bureau of the Budget. Presi-
dent Harding, year previous, had
threatened with dismissal any person
who would so jump over the heads of
tthe Budget Bureau and the President
to ask additional money of Congress-
Il regret" said President Coolidge,
in speaking to the recent meeting Of
the business organization of the Gov
ernment, that there are still some
officials who apparently feel that the
estimates transmitted to the Bureau
of the Budget are the estimates which
fore the committees of the Congress.
Let me say here that under the
budget and accounting act the only
lawful estimates are those which the
Chief Executive transmits to Con-
greSs. 1t is these estimates that call
for your loyal support. Unless such
support be given, you are not fulfilling
your obligations to your Office. 1 trust
that neither the Chief Executive nor
the appropriations committees of
1 Congress again will have occasion to
call your attention to the provisions
of the budget and accounting act.
This law must be observed, not only
in its letter, but in it's spirit / here
with serve notice again as Chief Ex-
ecutive that I propose to protect the
integrity. of my budget"