Evening Star Newspaper, November 25, 1923, Page 11

Federal Budget In Scientific (Continued from First Page.) Pared as the one that now goes to Congress, but this time the investiga- tors under Brig. Gen. Herbert M. Tord, the director of the budget, have “een able to bring to their task a greater familiarity and keener insight “hich must result in a more finished Job. System Simplified. One of the important advantages of the budget system has been found n the way in which each department or independent establishment sends s estimates directly to an with which ft deals directly, of having to submit them another as in es went to nt to Con- «ress by the Treasury. The Treasury Ocpartment now submi sti- mates to the budget bur ame as other departr ‘nstend ¢ the President, who is onsibie for it. Under this new it will readily be seen that trict of Columbia or any other b of the government service has ccided advantage in the tunity to justfy its est through a disinter or sym: third party rather than ther branch of the de- a is The set-up is director. 0 the dirccto A Ra Fred W. Wight, e as ch ssificatio eway, Char Kram and nt. :§88383’.33232333333338333‘333833%38&&““8&:3338%83%&8&3“&“% Cash Makes Our outside | ! | budset, Gen. Lo oppor- | Reflects Best Financial Study who especlally Each ione of these assistants has been given supervision over.a cervtalr number of the: executive departments and independent establishments. For example, Capt. Stephens’ supervision includes the District of Columbla and the Army and Navy money needs. Then, there :are a number of In- vestigators. In each of the larger actlvities one ‘of these investigators keeps in touch with that one all the |year round, and in the case of | smaller activities one Investigator is assigned to cover several. | The investigator's job Is to see for | himself what thase activities want | and then what use they are making of it. The investigator for the Dis- | trict of Columblia last year was W.| W. Matthews, and this year George B. Kennedy 13 on the job. | “About August 1 every year each of | | the govommr-m‘\l cstablishments sub- Charles: Conard, ! watches receipts. | mits its tentatife or preliminary estl- urcan the or of the | to the ¥ coming fiscal yeir. | ; and | with him sits ini conference the assist- | ant in charge of ihat particular activity, jand the investigator, Then tentative | allocations are inade, | The var fctivities ‘then have | until Septem r 15 to come in \\(lh‘ their so- rmanent estimatos | us |a { In most of th2 activities hearings | are held before the director and his| assistants. y the bureau chiefs | | and aiv come in and-tell | ! their stories why the estimates they have made: should be included | the budzet. So it will be s e budget s first compiled on timates and pol- mature constd- 3 ziven to the needs of each service ind the responsible have denc their best to the estimates. A great deal f investigation is eration | war_period, | be THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, done outside of the hearings, and this is proving a great rellef to Con- gresa. For examp! of Columbia, Capt. Stephen: a Chicago lawyer, who was in the military service as assistant to Gen. Lord during the war and who was for a time a “dollar a year man,” made a personanl inspection, covering weeks, of all the public works in progress and urged for inclusion in the budget. With Dr. Frank W, Ballou, superin- tendent of schools, and with Ernest Greenwood, vice president of the board of education, Capt. Stephens made a personal investigation of every one of the school properties and studied the situation regarding those the board has in mind. He paid particular attention to the phys- ical conditions and the overcrowded conditions in a large part of the schools. He was guided by a chart showing the ehifts in population in the capital with reference to the pro- posed location of new schools. Capt. Stephens also went out with the municipal engineers and Inspected every one of the streets which need repairs and the places where it is proposed to open new streets. Hel realized that in justice to the capital, | where practically nothing was done | on street improvements during the | while the heavy Army ! trucks ruined many of the best streots, in justice much more might asked for this work than Con- | gress could possibly appropriate next vear. So his work was largely to | determine which streets need atten- | tion most Imperatively, and to com-, pile a priority list of street improve- | ments. | n the current zppropriation bill, | a result of Capt. Stephens’ per- sonal investigation, the appropriation for street repairs is much larger than | during the war yea | Through a sury. de in co-opera- | tion tment of Agri- | . it 1s found | with the I considering rdage of stree 3 in | rict the st ts appropriation | that of the ! untry for road sympathetic | of this con- | s the appro- | Se in 1924 was | per cent. | ation in the Cap- | itals and charita- | average cf maintenance. Due to th and busin dition by ( iar s ital regarding h ble institutions has been developed by thess budget investigations. In other large cities there are many hospitals which are supported by en- dowments or by private organiza- tions. Here in Washington Capt. Stophens has found that most of the charity work in hospitals and insti- tutions is at public expense. Here the .community pays for its hospital service more largely through taxes and less through individual endow- ment than in other cities. This show-down on actual condi- tions as compared with other cities has been effected through getting figures from comparable cities and lining up in parallel columns the al- locations of funds (or the fractional part of the taxpayer's dollar) in each city as agalust the funds allocated in Washington. Capt. Stephens has for the most part used comparisons with such cities as Boston, Buffalo, Albany, Detroit, Cleveland, Milwaukee and Cincinnati. Street Lighting Studied. Street lighting in the Capital is another illustration of Wnprovement ught about by careful study by e higet burchu. - Capt.” Stevenn went into this question thoroughly. About two years ago he I:un;l W(;uhr on’s per capita cost of stree e o ¥ half the average clties In the United States. the appropriation was in- largely | creased, so, that the street lighting situation here is on the mend. In considering the needs of the District the local activities In the National Capital are grouped by the budget officials under general heads: Protection of life and property through the police and fire depart- ments with the courts correlated with the police. Living conditfons, such as water, sewers and street lighting. Education, the schools. Hospitals and ¢! ities. Recreational provisions and outdoor health conditions, such 2s parks and laygrounds e this way the hudget officer gets a general survey of the city's sctivities. What Is done to learn the real necds of the National Capital as @ municipal- ity Is done throughout the departments ependent establishments. on invitation from the appro- ‘committees of the House and the budget officers go before he Congressional committees to jus- tify the appropriations recommended. Are Asked for Reserve. One other big feature of the work of the u is that after the ap- propriati o made and about the partment set up a where _the siderably Ject appropriation is every con- to administrative ,§ NOVEMBER 25, control, & worthwhile saving can be ef- fected in this way. Those reserves represent what the administrative of- ficer thinks he may be able to get along without. They can be drawp upon only by the head of each department or ac- tivity. If a bureau chief sets up a reserve he cannot cut into it without th:dwrluen consent of the department ead. This s done to get every one thruogh- out the federal service practicing econ- omy and it has already resulted in a very considerable saving. It is a con- llnulng proposition with the budget bu- reau, because there are frequent meet- ings between the administrative officer and the budget officers during the en- tire year. When a bureau chlef gets permission to enter the reserve the budget officers are hotified. There are also a number of branch agencles of the budget bureau. One of these is the office of chief co-ordi- nator, set up by Presidential order. Col. H. C. Smither, U. S. A., who was assistant co-ordinator for the A. E. F., was selected by Gen. (“Hell and Maria”) Dawes, while chief of the budget, for the post as chief co-ordi- nator. ' The work of this officer i3 to get the most economic and efficient use of government property, to get all gov- ernment activities working in co-oper- atlon, so that goods that are surplus In one activity can be transferred to the use of another activity instead of being held in storage, and thus save the use of new money when there is already too much of certain property on hand. The federal traffic board is another branch of the budget work. This agency has charge of the routing and classification of all traffic for all branches of the government service. Then there Is the federal specifica- tions board for standardizing govern- ment epecifications, and those stand- ardized epecification adopted by a considerable number of the states. This is done that instead of many descriptions of articles to Mmeet government requirements there may be one standard description drawn along the lines of commercial practice. This does away with a very great amount of “special made” stuff and promotes simplicity in_filling overnment requirements. Hereto- ore in a number of Instances the objective to be to get the most perf fcle for a particular egardloss of the cost. whereas is to get a standard article | 1l do the work. The head of | the bureau of standards is chairman | Wall Papers Countinued Values from of this board, on which all activities of the government are represented. So, considering all this, the people throughout the country must realize that when the budget now goes to Congress, year-round careful study, needs, but of ‘the relative priority of needs, practice and lightens conslderably the work of the appropriations commit- tees, pollcy of each activity pressing for and expending all it could get from Congress. r From the Boston Transcript. “Congress,” whom New York has elected to the Senate, members draw their pa. evidenfly called to merely to sign the death certificate. R2R R A S AR AR 2 IR A AN A A AR AN P AR AN A2 AR 2 e Store of Practical Gifts> [SBURGH &Bp@%flt@ 1923—PART 1. with the background of efficient economy and not only of the real it represents sound business as_against the old haphazard | Staff of ¢ An Emergency Call. station. says Dr. Copeland, “doesn’t do any good; its never do_anything except Dr. Copeland was with Congress' bedside hold. AID OFFICERS’ MOTHERS. Free Ticket to New Stations for Dependent Parents. In accordance with a recent decision of the United States controller general, Maj. Gen. J. L. Hines, acting chief of Army, has given official no- tice that “the dependent mother of an officer of the Army, change of officer's station, s entitled to transportation at pense from the officer’s old to his new government ex- Others graphs have Taft, Crane, Pinchot of Pen Arthur Becretary of State: Secretary of Commerce; James J. Da- vis, Secretary of Labo: Brisbane, the _writer, ) i O — COOLIDGE HONORS BOYS. | Autographs Photos to Be Placed im Newsies’ Home. President Coolidge yesterday signed his name to a photograph for James M. Place of 1857 Park road, which is to be framed and placed in the home of the Newsboys’ Thrift Club at Corry, Pa. on permanent | It was explained to the President that | this club is for the purpose of Instilling thrift in the minds of the carriers and | sellers of newspapers. whose autographed photo- been given to Mr. Place It is explained, however, that affida- | for the club are: vits must be submitted by the officer and his mother as to the latter’s de- endency and show that she resides itk “hith s a member of his house- Charles E. Hughes, Herbert Hoover, r; Chief Justice Dr. Frank and Gov. Gifford This Is the Brunswick “Royal” Console $115 IVE the family this Christmas gift that never grows old. A gift just as pleasing, just as good for years to come as today —good music always. Can you think of anything that will do as much? That will make every member of Down Monthly 7%a0 to 300 your family happier; your per single roll. Sult- able for ev: ery room in the house. 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BRBEDRAPDRD FDND DE D EDTRRET e Westinghouse Watffle Iron For Waffles, Short Cake, Fritters—Even Cookies Westinghouse Sales & Service Another of Sigmund’s Big value-giving events in Fine Dresses In: this group are Frocks made to sell at $15-and $20— # 8 4 3 : b3 bo b+ $ # g b+ # Do d b1 # 12X 224223 2243 034 t Note the Sizes: 16 to 52 Why limit your opinion of the Westinghouse Waffie Iron by Westinghouse Appliances Include thinking of it only in terms of the wonderful waffles it makes? Tumover Toaster Tron Try it for fritters, corn pone, short cake, cheese cake, Bea omelettes, cookies and cocoanut cakes, and you’ll make up your mind then and there to own this handy electrical helper. Why not order yours now? Buy From These Wesfingbouse Dealers Carroll~Erwin, 707 12th St. N.W.,, City John E. Lawrence, 1110 F St. N.W., City Brightwood Hdw. Co., 5415 Georgia Ave. N.W.,, City Artcraft Light Shop, 12th and H Sts. N.W,, Cit; S. H. Landy & Sons, 3930 Georgia Ave. N.W,, sity Southeast Section Southeast Hardware Co., 611 Pa. Ave. S.E, City Northeast Section F. E. Day, 912 H St. N.E, City Maryland Hyattsville Hardware Co., Hyattsville, Md. Silver Spring Electric Co,, Silver Spring, Md. ‘W. B. Spire, 3615 34th St., Mount Rainier, Md. Virginia Hynson & Bradford, Manassas, Va. Horace E. Brown, Fa'ls Church, Va. Washington & Ladd, 706 King St, Alexandria, Va. ‘The Electric Shop, 716 Main St., Fredericksburg, Va. J. Kent White, 502 King St., Alexandria, Va. H. W. Beattie, 10 Garrison Ave, Clarendon, Va. R. E. Knight & Son, 621 King St., Alexandria, Va. H. M. Dickerson Elec. & Plumbing Co., Warrenton, Va. Harrisonburg Electric Supply Co., 85 North Main St, Harrisonburg, Va, Shenandoah River Light & Power Co., Luray, Va. Conspicuous among the variety are real Chiffon Velvets—together with Canton Crepe, Crepe de Chine, All-wool Poiret Twills and beau- tiful combinations of Lace and Silk. . 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