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Show OFF ON THE RIGHT FOOT President Harding was looking for a man of fiscal experience who would not be afraid to use the pruning prun-ing knife in governmental expenditures. expendi-tures. Such a man was required to head the budget bureau of the federal feder-al government. The instant approval approv-al wdiich has met his selection of General Charles G. Dawes must be gratifying to the president. General Dawes, who is chairman of the central trust company of Chicago, Chica-go, former comptroller of the currency cur-rency and former brigadier general in charge of purchases with the Am erican expeditionary forces, has been keenly interested in the question of governmental economy and is certain cer-tain to make the new federal office one of commanding importance. Under the budget law, the director prepares a complete budget, including includ-ing estimates of the expenditures and revenues, making cuts from the estimates as furnished by the department de-partment heads. The president transmits the budget to congress. The director of the budget therefore becomes one of the most powerful figures in the. federal service. In Dawes, the president has one of the ablest of financial experts, a man who disdains long routes when j short-cuts better serve his purposes. The budget system is given a mo.-t ! excellent start in its work of useful-! useful-! ness in the selection of Dawes to see to its successful operation. Salt Lake Tribune. 1 : |