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Show I 1 A Lot of Owe in Operation m . Government -1 Ipeiation ' j- Ku f Railroads A i CALLING A HALT .Bounding a warning against i tho "high-handed" policy pur- t sued by departmental officials I In Incurring Indebtedness which must bo mot by deficiency appropriations, ap-propriations, Senator Reed Smoot, .Republican, of Utah, told tho Sena'to Appropriation Commltteo that tho practice must bo brought to an abrupt I halt. "I will favor the prosecution under tho law of any official who Incurs Indebtedness In ox cess of that allowed by Congress," Con-gress," declared Senator Smoot. "It la a clear violation of the law for an official In an'oxecu-tlvo an'oxecu-tlvo department to Incur indebtedness in-debtedness for the government. Yet It has been going on unchecked un-checked and on a wholesale scale under this administration and I for ono do not propose to havo it continue unchallenged. unchal-lenged. Our authorized expenditures ex-penditures are a heavy burden. Further extravagance Is Intolerable. Intoler-able. It must bo stopped and will he topped."- |