Show comptroller general vs navy secretary J it II decarl of nebraska portrait isk herewith who two years ago comptroller general of 0 the united states lins hns laid hild down the law to secretary VI denby in ili insisting that diat even cabinet off officers leers must bow before the luthor ity of ills his office in fiscal affairs at the same time Secret secretary nry denby prepared to take to the attorney general V for an opinion the question of 0 J how far the nut authority hority of the comptroller 2 ma general legally extends into tile the administrative workings of the navy department mr mccarle Mc Me Carls action constituting a warning that ho he intends to force strict compliance with the law in the expenditure of public money be became came known through a letter lie he addressed to the navy secretary in the letter he le ass asserted arted that so long as no nc ruled A on matters within ills jurisdiction 1118 hl authority under the law could be questioned by no official of the executive branch of the government provisions of the budget net act in which the of comptroller general wasa created say specifically that hp he as head of the general accounting office may exercise his powers without direction from any other officer t |