Word: mccarl
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Many members of the Interstate Commerce Commission, the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Trade Commission, the Tariff Commission, the Shipping Board, and even that "watchdog of the Treasury," Comptroller General John R. McCarl, read diligently last week Chief Justice Taft's 55-page decision which upholds the President's power to remove all executive officials without the consent of the Senate (TIME, Nov. 1). Although none of these officials is in any immediate danger of being ousted, yet the feeling hangs heavy that they can be dismissed at the caprice or hostility of the President...
Last week it was ascertained that Comptroller General McCarl, "watchdog of the treasury," had spent $1,650 for new rugs in his office. Criticism from various departmental heads who have felt Mr. McCarl's blue pencil slashes, brought forth the explanation that "he might have paid $6,000 for one rug, as did a certain Cabinet official...
...President Coolidge has approved of an economy program in the form of a new expense schedule for Government employes. Forthwith, able Comptroller General J. R. McCarl* issued the rules of the game, some of which...
Comptroller General McCarl last week saved the Government $25 by ruling that a man's lifeblood is no commodity. One gob, Charles A. Smingler, recently contributed liberally from his veins to save by blood transfusion the life of Lieutenant Commander Thomas M. Cochran, ill unto death. The Navy Department issued an order to pay Smingler $25. Mr. McCarl overruled the order, maintaining that Smingler's act was a personal service, "not the sale of a commodity...
...McCarl shook his head, overruled Mr. Mellon...