Evening star., 1925-09-20
BUDGET BUREAU
SUBMITS REPORT
Claims ''Record of Accom-.
pIishment" in Carrying Out
Coolidge Economy Plans.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Displaying what Director Lord de-
Scribed as "a record of accomplish
ment" in carrying forward the admin
istration policy of economy, the Bureau
of the Budget yesterday submitted it's
annual report to the President cover
ing operations for the fiscal year ended
last June 80.
The report, the first of an annual
crop from Governmental agencies, car
ried the statement that the detailed
survey given was published primarily
! for the purpose of inspiring the rank
and fie of Government personnel to
economic and to initiate and carry
into effect more efficient methods of
transacting the Governments bust.
ness"
Many of the economies reported
herein may seem trivial" Director
Lords statement said, but large
number of small individual economies
continued year after year, produce
substantial savings in the aggregate
Moreover the habit of saving, acquired
by the practice Of small economies, de-
Velops an alertness and initiative that
will detect larger wastes of Govern.
ment funds and of property, and
evolve means Of eliminating them"
Next Budget Not Predicted.
Countless numbers of the small
economies were recited in the report.
but little regarding the next budget
estimate was disclosed. President
Coo1dge's announcement, made at the
meeting of the Government officials in
June, that Government expenses for
the year beginning next July / should
not exceed $3,080, 900, 900 was recalled.
but Director Lord failed to- give any
indication as to whether the budget
pairing of estimates would result in a
lower figure. The annual hearings on
estimates of the several departments
is now under way in prepartion for
tnelr SUBMISSION to Congress in Decem-
Der.
The budget director believed that the
four-year-o policy of establishing ire
serves in the appropriation of each
eceral agency merited commendation
lnasmuch as the total remaining bal
ances of all Government agencies now
Is nearly a quarter of a billion dollars.
Whlle the funds set up as a reserve
are turned back to the Treasury an
nually in most instances, Director
Lord insisted that their estab ablishnent
had meant much in the way of pre-
venting calls for deficiency appropria-
tions.
Patrol Coordination Favored.
time was definite suggestion of bene.
hts that might derive from co-ordina-
ton of all border patrol activities of
the Federal Government. There was
no recommendation for legislation, but
Director Lord expressed the belief that
important reductions in expenditures
or the several agencies concerned
would result if the border services
were co-ordinated.
The director reported excellent pro-
gress by the several bureau commit
tees engaged in standardized Govern.
ment blank forms, contracts and pro.
cedure, and announced that seven new
government contract forms, to be used
by every Federal agency, had been
drawn up. Standard specifications also
were increased during the year by 1873
new articles.
The specifications board is continu.
ing its studies under direction of ex
perts of the Bureau of Standards. and
Director Lord declared that the re-.
suits of the investigations and the es.
adjustment of Federal standards were
carrying great influence He believed
ultimately there would be tangible
evidence Of industrial savings from
them.