Show BY MOBLEY special to the park record washington D C oct free spenders ot of government money are wearing a harassed look these days particularly secretary of 0 the navy charles T adams who has had to bow to the presidents si ri dictum that he lop oft off the naval estimates it is said by the gossipers gossl pers here that he be did not take the cut kindly and had bad many objections to raise the net result ot of his kicks was att he made the slice as ordered secretary adams Is only one or of many who have suffered but his case Is perhaps the t he most glaring glar lag particularly because ot of the la being cast upon the cormons mormons expenditures being made by european governments an on their land sea and air forces the secretary Is said to have pointed out the dangers ol of pa redness to mr hoover but all the answer i he got in return was the order to stop mp ahat what the president called unnecessary spending it Is well known here that mr hoover has definitely put down his toot foot on all proposals that mean added expenditures and that fill all those close to him have found that he be Is not to be tricked into letting up on them I 1 most mort ot of the taxpayers in the country fall all to appreciate the exact position of 0 cabinet officers few realize that the men who sit in with the president at the cabinet meetings have less actual power than almost any set of men in the government they are there tor for the simple purpose of advising their chief who makes decisions which are then carried out cabinet officers are merely the presidents appointees and can be dismissed at any time 0 the united states comes nearer to being I 1 an absolute monarchy than al most almost any of the world powers it Is a one man country not unlike that of mussolini stalin and the other so called advanced european powers the only real brake on the president Is congress particularly the senate which can lop off all appropriations and kill any action of any other branch of the national go government verrin abent but when the president orders chaj that spending be stopped it is almost impossible for anybody to alter his ruling right or wrong mr hoover has set his hand to a career of economy in an effort to avoid an increase in taxes next year a condition that would certainly work to the disadvantage of the republican party when it goes before the country with an appeal to be returned to power 0 while nis his attack on the navy 1 budget has been the most publicized aati action on government spending in recent weeks yet it is known that he has pared down many other demands for increased ali appropriations and all bureau chief here are squirming in their comfortable swivel chairs trying to make four dollars do the work of five public approval Is not wanting the average taxpayer feeling that too much money Is being spent on unneeded up needed improvements by its civil servants one certain effect that will result from president hoovers economy budget Is that a chorus of complaint will arise from the coteries of admirals major generals and permanent under secretaries of the various washington bureaus only a few months ago the government clamped down on interviews that the brass hats like to give out in the public press major general smedley D butlers utterances aces a few months ago came near costing that fire eating marine his official head bead there mere will be no such restriction on him from now on as he Is about to go on the retired list and from that desirable position can speak his mind freely it Is being predicted here that gen butler will be a particular favorite with lecture audiences this his binter winter uniformed men still in the service however are prevented from commenting or lobbying I 1 or financial relief only a short time ago congress passed laws providing for instant dismissal from the service of the government of any man found guilty of spreading propaganda or lobbying against the orders of those in authority they gre a re only permitted to address criticism to the director of the budget an official who Is completely under the thumb of the executive bran branch cli or to their immediate superiors who can act only through the president I 1 f years ago all congressmen were drowned out by the demands of civil service bureau chiefs and leaders of the armed forces for increased appropriations their incessant lobbying finally interfered with the orderly processes of 0 legi legislation station and capitol hill replied by putting 9 up the bars against all lobbyists hobbyists on the public payroll since then several bureau chiefs have lost their effi official cial lives as a consequence and the evil has practically all ceased to exist when it Is realized that there are roughly about three quarters of a million people on the government payroll all of whom want to see their pay increased or their powers added to by increased appropriations it can call be seen that capitol hill took the only logical action to stop the underground attacks on the public purse at that time the opinion was freely expressed toy by congressmen that there are too many on the civil service payroll |