Word: budgeting
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...survey of health department expenditures showed that every city in the list increased its budget between 1910 and 1920. In 24 cities the increase was over 100%. In Milwaukee it was 343%. The greatest average increase was made by cities of 250,000 to 500,000. The per capita expenditures for 1920 ranged from 104.9 cents (Bridgeport) to 11.9 (Scranton). One-half of the cities spent less than 43.9 cents per capita. Twenty-seven cities spent more than the average. They were: Bridgeport 104.9 Memphis...
...extensive program of that department must be seriously curtailed unless the funds are forthcoming from the present drive. The entire quota of $4000 will have to be raised by Tuesday night if the social service work is to receive the full share planned for it in this year's budget...
Prohibition Commissioner Roy Asa Haynes requested the Budget Bureau for an extra million dollars next year to enforce the Volstead Act. The present expenditure for that purpose is $8,250,000. With the extra appropriation Mr. Haynes would increase his force of agents from 1,800 to 2,050 and add 50 legal and clerical workers to his staff. He desires also an increase of the appropriation for enforcing the antinarcotic act from...
Naval economy in which politicians are rejoicing since the ratification of the Five-Power Naval Treaty ran seriously counter to the plans of the Navy Department. The Budget Bureau lopped off $70,000,000 of the needs of the Department as estimated by the General Board. Assistant Secretary Roosevelt took a protest over this action to President Coolidge, on the grounds that such a course would take us down from our proper place in the 5-5-3 ratio...
Director Lord of the Budget Bureau issued the final figures on the Treasury's year-writing the final chapter of the book which might be written on the expectations and predictions on how the year would end. At the low end of the scale was the point where a deficit of $823,000,000 was expected. At the other end of the scale was the final announcement of General Lord, a $310,000,000 surplus on June 30. While the $310,000,000 surplus of revenues over expenditures (including sinking fund and interest on the public debt) was unexpectedly...