Show DAWES DAES EXPECTS BIG SAVINGS Budget Director Hopes to Save By ay HARRY HUNT WASHINGTON Aug Au 27 The 7 The saving reported by Budget Director trimmed from sums appropriated Dawes nl as printed by congress for tor op operating the va various various va- va rious prated departments and bureaus burnuL during the fiscal year Is fl only R a. R beginner Dawes hopes to be bo able to save for es Da hundred d millions during the tho year b by co coordination coordination co- co ordination of the tho purchasing machinery of the t. t government and by stopping by th the tha u. u use Uce J. J 4 of or hidden assets and revolving funds such Buch as tS enabled tho the shipping board alone alono to 10 spend last lut year more moro than appropriated ted for it I b by congress and what tho the fleet feet earned too to Tho The first firt step towar toward this greater grenter saving was as taken in tho the issuance I of ot a pre presidential order stopping for the present all an Bales saies of or surplus property owned by an any department of ot the govern govern- go er men ment mente 1 Tho next will wI be bo an order establishing establish establish- ing regional zones zone for tor all al materials owned by the government and tho luu- luu ln anle e of now rules rule governing all an sales salea lu and purchases of ot government supplies Under the old system where thor there was no compulsory coordination between departments de do- the government not only lost millions by one department selling at nt low prices materials which another department depart depart- ment mont would woul b be be In the open market at high prices but In many cases receipts from sales Instead of or being turned into the treasury were used by the tho bureau or department for tor expenditures over o and above the summa appropriated Dawes has estimated that In recent years tho the government o has been spending through the tho use of ot these hidden nu assets anti and revolving established er by y congress con con- gress greas not loss less than a a. A year yur res more than congress has hns provided Dawes Dawe h has hag found ca cases es where surplus materials held by y one department have 41 I 3 e I been sold for from 2 to 5 5 per unit uni at nt atthe tho the time when department departmentS deI declining de de- de- de clining to purchase from surplus stocks stock has been paying from 35 to 40 fO per pcr unit I for tho the same saino sao article in tho to open market maket This I U Is tho the condition Dawe is t determined determined determined deter deter- mined to correct Since the bureaus and und departments s have declined tp to coordinate i voluntarily he is I bringing to bear presidential or orders that will wi make inako such coordination coordination co co- co- co ordination compulsory In the case of ot revolving re funds established established b by law he will wi take tho the situation I up with wih congress a. a point out the wastes and loa louses losses u that have resulted and ask I le legislation to e end d the tho evil 1 |