Show t I S 1 r Lets Let's Carry Through I S 5 t pRESIDENT PRESIDENT PRE HARDING has appointed CharlesS diaries Charles S G. G Dawes as director of the budget Da Dawes wes Ms is in investigating gaUng the activities of e every government govern government govern govern- ment department and learning how money mone can canS I S be saved But Dawes no power to force any department t or official to cut expenditures He HeS S cannot even make suggestions directly t to a department de de- de- de head I IS I. I S Dawes' Dawes status is that of an adviser iser to o the president After After he has c collected his i information oma tio tion he will ill lay a plan of reorganization and f retrenchment before the president and congress Then Dawes will be through Whether r any S money poney is actually saved depends on op what action the he pr president and congress may may take lake on on Dawes' Dawes s. s suggestions Dawes can investigate advise and suggest surest until he is blue blu bIu in the face without savin I S a single penny unless the president and congress back hint him up S In ln 19 1910 f 0 President Taft appointed a commission commission commis commis- sion on economy and efficiency which was to serve serve th the same purpose Dawes is expected to serve This commission painstakingly gathered information tion from every g government agency Then Thel it it t. t presented retrenchment suggestions to congress S The suggestions were vere entirely disregarded and government waste went merrily on After spending spend spend- spending ing in fruitless investigation the commission commission com corn mission nisson was disbanded Lets Let's see to it that his his- tor tory does not repeat itself If we ve I fare are are to end government waste we must insist that cor congress ress go through with th the Da Dawes es program dr or or improve e upon upon o it S S |