Show woodpeckers AID UNCLE SAM IN ECONOMY PLANS save the government several million dollars yearly by thrift and efficiency washington the loyal order of oud uncle sams economy fraternity has eadd the jo eminent several million dollars in the last year by and efficiency under the guiding eye of the budget und efficiency bureaus federal cm hao faed supplies utilized equipment to the utmost and labored with as little lost motion as sale of surplus go eminent supplies brought in hundreds ot thousands of dollars it was stated at the treasury much of these materials had been rot ting or rusting away from nonuse then the government gained quite 6 profit through telephone coin boxes in buildings by a work ing agreement with the telephone coin pany the treasury collected a portion of the receipts from coin slots while federal phones could not be used for personal calls many departments economized by perome pero ml cuts in many instances high salaried employees who resigned wore replaced by employees at much lower salaries running the government costs 4 annually and because of this huge outlay no economies no matter how small could be overlooked lluther bands were aed over and over until postmaster general new exclaimed he could eel some of his around a bass drum the agricultural department even used its pay envelopes over again employees when paid returned the en vc lopes aliu i saving the container and also the labor of typing the aade ol 01 the receiver on each envelope once more j at the commerce department pap clips were used until they were wo thin chain envelopes ft ere used for interdepartmental communications pencils sharpened to their erasers an paper written on both sides f economy the navy and ar departments aed their communication facilities to send commercial and als practically all the governments bwl ness collecting funds for the treasury rj and at the same time sating other robnet 00 transmitting communications the woodpeckers were Inaugural 1 by general lord director of the budget to peck away continuously at unnecessary expenses |