Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-09-12
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Confers at Once With Cabi-
net Members and Gen.
Lord on Budget.
BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG.

President and Mrs Coolidge arrived
| back at the White House this morning
from their vacation in Wisconsin.
Scarcely Is minutes afterward Mr.
Coolidge was at his desk in the execu-
tive Office, where. during the forenoon
he conducted series of conferences
with members of his cabinet and Gen.
Lord, director of the budget.
The President has been greatly con-
cerned about the s94.O00.000 deficit
Gen. Lord predicted for the present
fiscal year. and he did not lose any
time upon his return seeing what might
be done by the administration TO cur
tail expenses, with the view to keeping
the Treasury ON the right side of the
ledger.
First he conferred with Secretary OF
State Kellogg, who has just returned
from Paris for the signing of the anti
war treaty. They were together nearly
an hour Then ne talked with Secre-
tary of the Navy Wilbur and later with
William F. Whiting, his old friend from
Massachusetts, whom he recently ap-
/ pointed to succeed Herbert Hoover as
| Secretary of Commerce; Attorney Gen.
| eral Sargent, who has just returned to
! the Capital from Vermont. was the
Presidents next caller. and he was
followed by Postmaster General New.
Discussed Deficit.
Gen. Lord, following his conference
with the President, admitted that he
l,oI fny. I1t,f 40 a
| that they had discussed the prospective
| deficit as we'll as other matters re-
| lating to- the estimates for the next
| fiscal year. When asked If he thought
| they would be successful in cutting
down expenses between now and the
| end of June to avoid a deficit. Gen
Lord said they would try hard to dc
! so.
There is no mistake about the Presi-
dents worry over the prospects of a
deficit. He has given it much thought
since Gen. Lord discussed the subject
with him at Cedar Island Lodge more
than month ago. He announced to
correspondents shortly after Gen. Lords
deficit prediction that shortly after his
return to Washington he would take
the matter up with the members of his
cabinet to see if something could not
| Ut uUIle VI Wlpe UuJ bliC
| reduce 1t considerably below the Stagger-
| ing amount included in Gen. Lords pre-
| diction.
| Associates of the President we're in
clined to think that the Presidents S
conference with the cabinet members to-
day was his first definite move with this
object in view.
Both Appear Rested.
The presidential train reached here
at $50 o'clock this morning, and neither
the President nor Mrs Coolidge showed
any signs of weariness from the long
trip from Superior. They had been
! joined in Newcastle Junction, Pa. last
night by Secretary of Labor James j.
Davis, and additional members of the
official family. as we'll as Herbert Hoo
ver Republican presidential nominee,
and Mrs Hoover. and Dr. Hubert Work
chairman of the Republican national
committee, greeted them on arrival
here.
Those in the group included also the
! Secretary Of State and Mrs. Kellogg
Attorney General Sargent and Dwight
Davis, Secretary of War. Secretary
Kellogg was the first to greet the Pres1-
dent as Mr. Coolidge stepped from his
private car with Mrs. Coolidge imme-
diately behind him. The President
bronzed from his stay on the Brule
River, smiled broadly as he shook
hands with each member of the vel
coming group. Mr.. Hoover being the
second one he greeted. The candidate
and the President had time for only a
handshake and a word or two, then
entered a waiting car.
The President and Mrs. Coolidge
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