Show President Utters Warning Against Military Gesture Coolidge Gives Assurance of Adequate Pr Preparedness S But Opposes Policy Leading to- to Competitive Armament Congress Praised for Supporting His Budget Policy Two Billion Lopped Off in Six Years Director Lord Says Department Heads Send Too Many Letters Jan By 29 The Associated P Pr 0 assurance o of adequate military preparedness wa va d 1 tonight by President Coolidge with a warning against militar militaristic r gestures or acts leading to competition in Speaking before the semi annual business met meeting ng 01 OJ tIr t Ir government the president ent also reported a pro prosperous CI c I tion of the treasury but again withheld promise ol- ol crl rh c-rh t reduction pending a a study of the producing ability of the new revenue law Mr fr Coolidge made no dir reference to the I li In on ingress n gross gress to override his nd immediate construction ot tim th new Dew cruisers or to th I to Increase the th budget f ur fw fOI the th army but ho ha took th thi oi 0 slon sion to remind congre ts s that tl t question of national d di nao i always given civen the In me it t io thought in my no na nm's to the congress In the bud IDease mu sage ADEQUATE TE PREPAREDNESS PREP What we need and 0 11 ti th h I iwo we need for national Peel prof lOll ion adequate preparedness hi said sald saidI I 1 am ama for adequate minia p As chi in of the army and ot or the n a I t chief executive of ot this nati in n a hi-an hi h an emphatic responsibility for this phase of ot our welfare As a nation we are advocat or of peace Not only should w w r l frain from any act WIll which 11 ml mt r I Ibe be construed as a cailIn for In mm petition in armament but r l L I should we w bend our eIry e orto orto or to eliminate forever any ary u tm u n a competition We Ve W can not ind should l not divorce our on Int tnt r r cats In this direction m n ni I Interests ot or all the DI n ion dUI duj ly by tho the best Interests of or all a r found In directing to th c ft bJ iii a ni n which t h p pm rn without r l ull ui MOST IT Pointing out t tO tn m n ment reduced I Ia p pi rn rJ 1 1 below bolow the U n fl I 1 and now Is moro more than l ahead of the d b r n ri i J mi ml m It r schedule tho the Jl sdi nt ni d di r r n I Ithe ith the nation was prot pro mv tv L in th lb most fortunate for fin fie 1 I 01 Oi liUn of all the great creal nations nation 01 om th tb world worl 1 But from froze a fin m I i 1 point alone h he hp ii d a United States munt niu t r I in 11 from any gesture whit Ii 11 p pt ot III be construed aa as a mm mil i k l I There are in iu Hi Ui n mm on p n a apie pIe who poll l Ii i i nl v e would place us In a mill ti 1 he saM said aid i i t i i r ers Cr who beguile tIm mu m mi ui 11 mm h ha mma a feeling of t a t anu preach a doctrine or 01 is me p 0 Both of o t Ci ti r m to our d ci p ana prosperity PRAISES CONGRESS Mr Coolidge r conr-r tor for Its support 01 o the budget I d pro ps Is d a il l I this year ear and 1 tot bot t A surplus the th next y tx r 1 It It Is too 11 ear to to fo whether or not the the the- c n b A further permanent r l dui taxes t in the th near ner fiLm added We Ve ar arr tIC W w a Ii t of the producing bill I o revenue revenue act of 19 Bu But BUI v i- I 1 we can sho ld and mu tir 1 t day is i to keep a firm m o D on our expenditure program ram The Tho executive called n ml that In the last six yeats years t Continued on AO CALVIN CAlUIN r MMES AKES BUDGET TALK Continued from Page Pasc One costs of government Ita hate e been cut nearly and the tho total taxes taxes have bavo been sliced by about annually or ora II of for tor o r each working day The COSt cose of the ther government tor the next fiscal year he estimated at compared with for this year This readjustment of ot the the fi- fi finances finances fi finances nances of o the government has been beena a large contributing f factor In the which the tho country has enJoyed he be saI said In conclusion Out of our surplus earnings we have bave paid off oft nearly nea a 0 quarter of our national debt deM and billIons of dollars to stabilize and aneS refinance other parts of ot the world M Measured by Its productive productive productive tive capacity and by Its distribution distribution I tion in wages and It IL results inthe In the tho general raising of o the stand stand- standards stands standards ards of o living it 13 is far In excess or of anything ever enjoyed before by any people anywhere at nt any anytime anytime anytime time It If wo we had l tho courage to adopt this policy when Its bene beneficial tidal results appeared to bo be tar far tarIn farIn In the future now that w wc e e nee In the midst of their enjoyment wo we ought to havo have the tho courage and the self control control self to continuo It There It-There There Is not a a home ome anywhere within the tho broad confines of this republic which is not better ort oft because of the services which you OU have rendered and the sacrifices which you OU have made These results re- re results re results are aro unprecedented In the tho financial history of oC o the world They havo have placed America at tho pinnacle of success and prosper prosper- ity lIy prosperity It Is our business to do our part to keep It there thero APPARENT APP SURPLUS 1 Public debt retirement of el 1 this fiscal year Is In prospect Director Lord of the budget bureau tonight Informed the semi-annual semi business meeting of the government General Lord reiterated that the apparent surplus for tor this ns- ns fiscal fis fiscal cal year ear was while the margin for next no year ap- ap appeared ap appeared to be Le lIe did not discuss tax reduction y o Relating the results of the bud bud- budget budget get the director said eald that in the six budgets so far tar submitted to congress the estimates totaled which was 1 1 1 less than was asked by tho the executive departments In that billion and an a half estimate overestimate he said are burled proposals that never should have been seriously con con- considered considered Generous contributions to that vast ast total were made by executives newly Identified with the tho government service TOO MANY AXY LETTERS General Lord reported progress In tho the Two Percent Personnel club made up of bureau chiefs chief who effect a reduction of two tWI per cent In the number of their during the year The Tho budget chief urged govern govern- government government ment beads heads to cut down on their correspondence as os a II means of savIng There Is too much dicta dicta- dictation dictation tion lion and too much typewriting lie argued Stenographers and typewriters typewriters ers he lie Ie said are alluring temp temp- temptations temptations to verbosity loquacity garrulity and prolixity Those who cant can't write out their message In hr longhand and make mako It readable tan an dictate to an Intelligent stenographer who can make a fairly pre presentable production out of a jumble of bad grammar anda and anda anda a halting vocabulary and thus make possible correspondence that otherwise would never have hll troubled the mails malls and otherwise would never have been missed |