The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-16
OSCAR UNDERWOOD
 WILL CALL A HALT
Must Have More Economy
 in Administration
AND WILL FIGHT FOR TT
Action of House in Passing Sher- wood Pension Bill Gives Prom inent Democrats Bad
 Case of Shivers
By WALTER HARPER


 Washington, December 15.-(SpecisL) When oscar W. Underwood declared for tariff for revenue only and an economic administration of the affairs of the government he meant 1t and will fight for it.
 He expressed himself In no uncertain terms today in discussing the tendency to extravaganza that seems to have overtaken the House of Representatives MT. Underwood voted against the Sherwood pension bill. not because he disapproves of tair relief to needy federal soldiers. but because the bill will impose upon the people of the country burdens of taxation that can not we'll be borne under existing condi- | tions
 l MT. Underwood would also call a | halt on reckless and hasty appropria- tions for rivers and harbors and public
 buildings, at least until the country and the departments in charge of these | Improvements can take care of them. The action of the House of Repre- sentatiyes in passing the Sherwood service pension bill, which, it is es- timated by the Secretary of the Treas ury, will increase the annual eXpendi- ture for pensions $6O,oo0,0o0. the an | nounoed agreement of the committee on public buildings and grounds to report upon bill at this session and the projecting shadow of a rivers and har- bors bill carrying $40,000,000, admonish MT. Underwood of the immediate neces- sity of keeping down unnecessary ap- propriations lest the Sixty y-second Con- gress makes fatal connection with a stupendous deficit. Undeniably the passage of the Sherwood dollar-a day pension bill has given many democrats especially those who are gifted with faI sightedness, a disuufSing case 6i the shivers.
 MT. Underwood said that the country needs and must have an economical ad | ministration of government, not parsi rnonicus, put sn economicnl administra fon. He- declaxd thateH9der the pre- 1 ent estimates ss submi- "a by the sec
 etary of the Treasury, with the Sher-
 wood pension bill not taken into consid'
 eration, there would be deficit the next | fiscal year ending June 9, 1912, of $1S,- l 0O0,00t He also said that until the Sher-
 wood pension bill is disposed of. that IS
 until the fate of the measure is estao- | lished. the public buildings bill the rivers 1 dnC, ndrpOfS Dill ana all Olnef appIOpTl- ations bill for projects, special or gen eral, would have to be held in abeyance. Mir Underwood made it clear that if the 1 Sherwood pension bill became a law there could be no rivers and harbors, no pub | lie buildings bill providing for expendi- | lures not absolutely necessary for the ad- ministration of the government.
 As to the public buildings bill, MT. Un- derwood said Supervising Architect Tay- ha6 inf al aY,,
 was already three years behind with plans for buildings already provided for.
 MT. Underwood sees no necessity for passing a public buildings bill at this ses- sion, as the office of the supervising arch- itect could not possibly make the plans necessary for rendering available the ex- penditure of the appropriation before two years, or possibly longer Therefore. he urges the holding back of buildings bill.
 With the Sherwood pension bill side tracked, Mir. Underwood says there will be no embarrassment to the ways and means committee in the preparation of a tariff bill along the lines already tenta- lively agreed to and now In process of construction. The new tariff bill, he says will be able to take care of the situation as contemplated. provided the S60, 900, ,00C increase of pensions is put out of the way
 With that included in bill of expenses there probably will be rearranging of the whole tariff programme for this ses- sion of Congress There will also be maA teria. changes in the proposed naval pro- gramme if the Sherwood bill becomes law In other words, the Sherwood bill if successful, will compel the mos, rigid economy in providing for the sev- eral debts of the government.
 The feeling Is spreading in legislative circles, especially among the democrats that although we are a nation of enor- mous and varied resources. there is linn it to our responding ability through the committee on appropriations.