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Show BIG REOUGTiQN IN FEDEBOUDGET EC0N0MIE8 OF 5225,000,000 EF FECTED IN CURRENT FI8CAL YEAR, DAWES FIQURE8 Estimates for Expenditures In Principal Prin-cipal Government Departments Are Severely Slashed by Budget Director Washington. That oconoralos totaling total-ing $225,000,000 have been accomplished accom-plished by tho now government bud-got bud-got system for tho current fiscal year is dlsclosod in n report by lludget Director Di-rector Dawes, which President Harding Hard-ing Monday transmitted to Chulrman Madden of tho Iioubo npropriatloni commltteo Monday. "On tho whole," tho president's letter let-ter roads, "I bellcvo congress will find tho oporatlon ot the nowly adopted mothods to he highly gratifying, not only In having brought about reductions reduc-tions in expenditures in accord with the manifost wishes of congress In reduced appropriations, but In revealing reveal-ing tho possibilities of snvlngs through moro efficient mothods In tho future, thus convoying to tho peoplo the demonstrations dem-onstrations of thoso in authority to operate tho government effectively at the lonst posstblo cost, to maku the government's full ways of pcuco and ultimately lifting the excesslvo burden of tnxiitlon." Tho chlof points brought out In the report of Mr. Dawes uro the following: First, that the expenditures of government gov-ernment for tho fiscal yoar endlns Juno 30, 1022, which, nfter exocutivo pressure plan and policy had been im-posod im-posod upon the business organization, wero glvon in Uio Decembor budget ostlmate as $3,007,922,3(50, will bo at least $4.V50.330 less than this estimate, estim-ate, or approximately tho sum of $3,022,372,030, a reduction of over $1,000,000,000 from the actual oxjwn-diurcs oxjwn-diurcs for tho proceeding fiscal your 1021. Second, that aftor eliminating from tho estimates, tho confusing flguros Incident to oporatlons In capital funds, tho public debt And other similar accounts, ac-counts, which hnvo no real bearing upon tho question of expenditures for operation of tho routine business ot government subject, In general to executive control, thore has boon a reduction re-duction In these latter expenditures ns compared with 1021 of $007,500,000, of which the director of tho budgot details de-tails $225,000,000 as that which can bo fairly attributed to the Imposition of oxecutlve plan and pressure on Uio routine business organization of gov-ernmon gov-ernmon under the new system. Third, that tho saving ngalnst current cur-rent appropriations of $112,000,000 set up by thu departments and establishments establish-ments In August, 1021, In response to oxccutlvo requost has boen Increased, notwithstanding roapproprlatlons of congross of ovor $7,000,000 of this re-servo re-servo for other purposes, to tho approximate ap-proximate sum of $11(0,000,000, ut which It now stands. Only such port of these reductions ns nro real sav-I sav-I Ingti and not postiKined expendlturoB liavo been Included In tho general estimate es-timate of savings given. Fourth, that tho present estimated I expenditures for 1022 for tho oporatlon I of the routine business of government govern-ment generally subject to cxecutho control, ufter eliminating certain expenditures ex-penditures amounting to $7,500,000 authorized by congrress after tho submission sub-mission of tho budget for representation representa-tion of the Cnlted States at the Itrnzlt exjHisltlon, seed hmns, und fulfillment of tho treaty with Colombia, as compared com-pared with tho December budget es-tlmntos es-tlmntos show un excess of only $23,-707,157 $23,-707,157 on n total of $1.758;i75,072, or a dlscropuncy of only aliout 1 por cent. |