| Show AN INTERVIEW WITH an RED SMOOT IL hanuss il lung Js 19 bast selection that could have been made says say smoot sli loot reed smoot senior senator from utah arrived in salt lake thursday afternoon after an absence of more than a year a year that has been the most strenuous during his long career as united states senator first of all I 1 am going to take a iest said senator smoot and declined to discuss any phase of the political situation in utah senator smoot declared that it will be the purpose of the republican administration after the election of senator warren G harding as president to cut down the cost of government operation by throe three hundred million dollars a ye year ar the republicans have made a good start in the reorganization and consolidation of oc bureaus and divisions at washington said senator smoot if we are arc successful next fall we can call go at the job of cutting down expenses without fear of being blocked there is no doubt that wo we can save three hundred million dollars a year by putting things on a business basis that is worthy of any senators ambition and I 1 expect to give the matter much of my time while I 1 am in the senate the war risk insurance bureau a year ago had a force of about men and women there were so many in the office that they do tile the ork and act et the administration find a way to deop I 1 any of them ahem senator harding is on record as saying that it was easier to demobilize the united states army than to demobilize a single stenographer in a department with a democratic head well the republicans have made a start we have dropped about of the and now the bureau is able to function probably this staff can be reduced by one half to tile the benefit of the service and the expedition of the work senator harding is the best selection that could have been made ho he has the ability and experience tor for the place and can work with the senate and house without tangling things up harding will carev his own state and will be the most popular popular president the white house has had tor lor many years |
