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Show SENATOR KING SAYS PAYROLLS ARbTOOLAREG WASHINGTON, July 29 One or the sharpest attacks which has yut been made In congictm upon the policy pol-icy of the executive departments and bureaus to keep as many persons on the government paroll nt the expense ex-pense ot taxpayers as possible was Hindu by Snautor King of Utah, one ot the Democratic leaders. Senator King's statements bo to out much that has been mild with lespect to tho extravagant Insistence of of-flails of-flails to employ practically as many people as they employed while tho war was on. Senator King declared sumo of tho heads of bureaus ought to be Investigated Investi-gated and perhnps suit ought to he Instituted against them to recover expenditures Illegally made. MOKE THAN llEgl'lltEl) "When our countiy entoied tho war, ot couiso It. became necesmry to incieaso the number of employes," employ-es," said Senator King. "Tho result was that tens of thoumimls came to Washington, many more, In my opinion, opin-ion, than weie needed. "It lias seemed to iiiu that there Is a predomination upon the part or departments, bureaus and governmental govern-mental agencies to keep lu Washington Washing-ton and in the service ot the government govern-ment all those who were brought hero tor an emergency. Instead "ot thcro being an attempt to separate some of these Individuals from tho rolls there seems to bo a determination determina-tion to kep them upon the rolli an employes of the government. "Only a tew thousand havo been dlschaiged from the various depart ments and In many ot the departments depart-ments and bureaus there are moro people employed now than thtro were at any tlmo during the period of the war. CONTINUE TO SPEND "Instead of endeavoring to reduco expenses ond practice, economy many , of these oxecutlvo ngencles are ovln-. clng a purpose to continue upon a war basis and expend tho same or, larger amounts than the necessities of tho war called for. "Reductions will only como when Congress enacts appropriate legislation legisla-tion and refuses to make tho appropriations appro-priations demanded by such agencies nttd departments. As long ns the appeals ap-peals and demands of buroaus and departments nnd agencies nnd Instrumentalities In-strumentalities are controlling this vast army of employes In Washington Washing-ton and throughout the country will bo continued. HI venture tho opinion that every department and every oxecutlvo agency ag-ency ropiOBonted hero lily Washington lias submitted tho war agencies and war machinery and war appropriations, appropria-tions, Thero aro outcries and wails of despair when congress attempts economies nnd threntens to leduro tbo number of employes or tho compensation com-pensation which was based upon war conditions," |
