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Show 1 URGES BUDGET i COMMISSIONER I EOR EXECUTIVE III Democratic Nominee Amazed j; At West's Reclamation of 1 Once Waste Sands HE FAVORS DEVELOPMENT M OF ALASKAN TERRITORY Must Apply Business Principles To Federal Government, IT J He Says PORTLAND Ort Sepl 1 2 Out-W Out-W lining details or hi flnan 11 policy, which includes proposals for 0 budgt ' mL commissioner to act as an executive inn the need far constructive m in , i,i the developn i 1 I Alaak i 1 rrnor James M. Cox delivered an ad- dress todav here at noon. ffmfjfi vftcr discussing the league of na lions In terms of material results to the m'M j.ation and pomlhm out that in. ' ' mM juslment worth while can torn, under leaeionary guidance, Governor Co:-; ' AMAZED IT it it LAMATION. I achieved in our irrigation and recla- j fH matlon projects, sonu of which I have, M .-- en for the first time In nr. pih.-rim- age to the western coast, and l am' !Hfl appalled by the thought that selfish mTAsV partisanship in the Tinted Slates sen- te. holdinrr up by the heels me civilisation civili-sation of the world, would make it necessary for Ui ' cintlnue the building build-ing of big armaments when the amount necessary to expend in thai program would increase the produc live acreage ol the I'nited Slates by hundreds of thousands of square mllee. When it Is considered that the development de-velopment of th? Yakima Valley cost tin government only SHKOOO.00U. ap-pi ap-pi oxlmately, and the price of a modern mod-ern battleship such us being constructed construct-ed today Is S40,ooo."0o, the averag l.inn can grasp the possibilities of a permanent peace and B I DlpPlete disarmament dis-armament If we omi stop building hattleshlps and cunstrva -ting agencies lor the destruction Of human life, Bte can turn our thoughts to the development develop-ment of agencies for the conservation of life and the happim -3 oi mankind-A mankind-A l sk ill I LOPMEN i "And this brings us to c nsuleratlon of one of the greatest Immediate busi-l-ess potentialities In the development of the great territory la tne north us. The time has come to Lake the restraints re-straints off of Alaska and perinn the development of her resources.' This should be done under governmental supervision, in a way which will guarantee guar-antee the benefiUi of that great dum.nr. to the American puhilc and Insure for ftll time against the capitalization of any portion, ot those resources by selfish self-ish and sinister interests. POP1 LA i lOS i'l CUE IS1 l "It is appalling to think that the population of Alaska today has decreased de-creased In great percentage from that of five years ago, m the face of the conotruction oi the government railroad rail-road which should hac been the means ot aiding development Something Some-thing is radically wrong with our treatment of the territory and that wrong must be remedied. 1 am not! so sure but that the public domain oi n Alaska offers the means In some measure meas-ure of the government's payment of Its debt to thost who fought our battles fa if- the world's war. a well-planned p jl program ot development ol Alaska fB should go hand In hand with , jGfl opening of our western gateway of 'J Dommsrce, , jjM "No plan of developmcnl should bi 'H undertaken in a haphazard way. Log- . -B rolling methods of se urine approprla- KHi lion's can no longer be condoned, Re- HHl adjustment of affairs must contem-1 RpBlj plate readjustment at the bead. j Ml si ( ORItl 01 I RHORS. Mjfll "The demand of war bi ought us the HjH necessity for departmental addition tfltfll and extension at Washington. SpJ must see to It at onoe that the failure! jM if the last congress is remedied as quickly as possible by the return of ! . 9 poa i -tlmt i;i !. and correi ( long-existing errors Not only inuet we junk the machinery that cams j With war, but we must repeal the WB burdensome war taxes and definitely 1 reduce tla- cost of government In nor- mal times The administration of i 5 government functions can le put upon 'fl' an economical and efficient hasN 5pB Throughout my public life I have bei i "jB . interested in the organization and ad-1 m i ; inistr-atlon of great activities along I "S- approved business lines, i- in othei words, in securing the maximum of j i bi effectiveness with the minimum of ex- h v-flH pansc. and I am convinced frorp my ' l.ywB n personal experience, as well as i V i he experience of other states, that it! pjfl can be done. We have applied busl- IpH ness principles to all our other eollec- BpPJ , live activities in social and Industrial BpB life There is no reason why they cannot be applied to the federal ad-H ad-H ministration It we sincerely set our J minds and consciences to the task XELD BlDtiKT SVsTIAl "Our pre-war experience had already al-ready shown the necessity for adopt-P adopt-P Ing the budget system as the basis of HpJ public finance. Our experience dur pH ing the war demonstrated that we IpH should not longer delay in applying It to the national Kovernment. and also showed that a business nrganlza-l J Hon and administration of the federal j J departments and bureaus Is Impera- J needed An economical and efflch nt ;ni-mlnistration ;ni-mlnistration of government buslnt is J must be preceded by two measures. J In the first place, thero must be business re-organixatlon of govern-.J govern-.J mental bureaus and agency lor the purpose of eliminating overlapping or f functions and duplication of aetivltle V It is reported that there are fourteen l iiisilnct oftlcea In the federal cstab- H lishment dealing with foreign iradc. PPj slxteon oflfces having to do with n L Continued on 1 'agi p i uu , Urges Budget Commissioner For Executive I (Continued from Page One.) IS Kineerng. forty-two offices engagel In I S the complication of statlstleal Informs-I I tlon and sixty-four bureaus of dl I - i ious having to do with educational ( 0 activity strictly service sections of I the government should be co-ordinated I under one general head to the advan-II tage of nil departments To do these I things properly will require lime for I necessary Investigation and .study. A I good beginning already has been made. 9 however by the wori of the economy I and efficiency commission under for- I mer President Taft. by congressional , H and private inquirien, and by the pres. I ent committee on the rcclasslf ication 1 1 Of salaries of federal employes Con- I structlve reforms may be immediately I Inaugurated and developed from year I to year as Investigation and Mudy would Indicate." A UTIJCj t RGE DUDG1 I Governor Cox decjared 'h.it If 1 elected he would ask congress for I authority to appoint a budget commie- I loner and would urge upon congress U the desirability of accepting the bud- I gel system and creating a budget com- I mlttee. r- The duties of the budget commissi I sioner. he continued, would be "to j study methods of coordination of ad- ! mlnistrative activities and the needs B Of the various Hnnn rlmnnlc nn,l I I j agencies and also to analyze and make I recommendations to the president on I the estimates submitted by the heads i of departments and bureau chiefs forjB transmission to congress. Tinder the ) I budget system should be grouped all j I the distinctive branches of the j I government so all branches may boil received from one centrallzer admlnls- I tratlve control ' DUTIES OP PRESIDES I The need for such an offlelal as I the budget commissioner to advise the I president and. to work under his ad-I R ministration Is apparent. From a, financial standpoint the president baa B h-irx of the liirK'"' buelness in tilL- , S world, but his time must be devoted 1 1 to the consideration and elaboration 1 1 of policies and lo reaching proper E decisions upon many questions of u grave national ad International im- H poi anoe He does not have time for detail. L'nder his direction and on tho basis of general principles which the president would lay down, tho budget commissioner, would analyze estimates for the administrative departments! de-partments! and would report the president in th- form of relo ,i-. po.xals upon which the president could act " Concerning the proposed budgel y committee he said H would "receive E the estimates for the regular govern- merit establishment from the. presi- B dent, as well fis for all other meas- B ures requiring outlays and should Co- B ordinate on a sound business basis B tho work of congress In raising and S appropriating publlt money." 5 |