The Bismarck tribune., 1920-12-07
FL We BILLIONS
NATIONS NEED
FOR FISCAL YEAR
Increase Of Billion Over Appro-
priations for the Current
Year-War Costs Continue

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Washington, Dec. 7.--7By the AS
sociated Press.)-Another peace-timt
estimate of nearly five billion Of dol
lars for the governments expenseH
during the fiscal year 1922 faced con.
gress when it reassembled yesterday
The exact figures as transmitted bJ
Secretary Houston were $4,653,S56,
759, an increase Of nearly one billion
dollars over the appropriation for tn!
current year, but $211, ,00GS00 less
than the estimates submitted a year
ago. ..t ,. ~ d
Continuing war costs were directly
reflected throughout the estimates
indicating that the government might
be- on a four billion dollar basis for
some years to come as compared with
the one billion dollar maximum pre-
ceding the war Tho single item o!
interest on the public debt was al
most the pre-war maximum Of all
appropriations this total being 1922,
$4,000. In addition, there was an es
innate of S265,754,S64 for the war
debt sinking fund.
OF the individual departments, the
army and navy, as usual asked for
the greatest amounts, the estimate
for the military establishment being
$669,275,502 and for the naval estab-
llshment $65S.5z2,z31.
-. How Money Is Spent
T,hn. ocf;p, ut 90 uivou h,, Mr.
Houston follow: .i-t ......
Legislative (Congress) $9,324,O40. '
Executive (White House and gov~
ernment departments), $125,448,379.
Judicial (supreme COURT, $780,
215. ~. ,r., .>~.. :. i,,} "~
Department of agriculture, 41,989,-
359.t
Foreign intercourse, $11,9S3,S4S.
Indian affairs, $11,9S9,703.
Pensions, $265, ,l9O, O,00O.u
Panama Canal, $16,1S7,255.
Public works, $250,92S,194
Postal service, $585,406,9O2
Miscellaneous, $675,154,741. l.
Permanent annual appropriations,
$1,000, ,776,S61. r ,1r .~.. .....
These estimates, prepared by the
Democratic administration, are foy
the operation Of the government dur
ing the first fiscal year Of the New
Republican administration. Republi-
can leaders in, the Senate and House
already have forecast a sharp cut in
the total and within the week the
house committees will begin the work
Of shaping the bills which will carry
the sums for the various departments.
The estimate for the postal service
will not actually figure in government
expenditures since the postal rev
enues practically cover the cost, OF
operation. H. -. + lssl.@
Included in the estimates for the
army and navy, is a total of $96,000,-
600 for development and maintenance
Of the air service in the two defenl
sive' branches of the government, the
navy asks for $35,000,OOO and the
army seeks $6O,OOO,OOO. - ...
Navy costs =, I ,.
Chief amUng the estimates for the
navy is one of l$1S4,OOO,00O to con-
tinue the 1852 three-yearI building
program. Pay for the navy person.
mel exceeds it by $923,910.
The army's greatest single item is
$2l5,659,S3O for the pay and mileage
Of officers and men. Subsistence cos
for the. force is estimated at s64, AGO.
$685.. An appropriation of i$74,SOS, 900
is proposed for the national guard.
Expenditures on public works sug-
gested under the war department to-
tai $185, 5,134,928 Of which $68, ,097 1868
goes to river and harbor development.
rVr, improvement and maintenance OF
military posts, Notifications and other
works Of defense, the army lists $117,-
1854. r'l, 8, 4ra /. : w.
Included i'm the miscellaneous
items is an estim ate of $147,S98,520
for the shipping board and one IF
$16O,O00,00O for the bureau of war risk
insurance. t3-.t ~. N,aY y
Disabled Soldier Efn
a In its. program to take care of dis
'abled soldiers, sailors and marines
under the war risk act, the treasury
department seeks, appropriations OF
$35,000,000 for additional hospitals
and dispensary facilities and $50,0OO,-
900 for medical and hospital supplies.
The federal board for vocational edu-
cation asks $7S,O00,0OO to carry on its
works. E.",s st}M * t.nr r..
The treasury also seeks $57,O3S,OOO
for the internal revenue department,
which compares with $4303S,O0)
spent in the current fiscal year. For
prohibition enforcement, $7,500,000 is
asked. ~. Et.t. =. r, :s.1l1-t
p, Included in the miscellaneous ex~
penditures are estimates by the vari-
GUS departments for the conduct OF
strictly departmental affairs some OF
which follow: ~.
Interstate commerce, commission,
$5,574,000; federal trade commission.
$1,055,00o; Unit b States employees
compensation commission, and COM
peflsation fund, $2,926,S4O, and rail-
road labor board. $3.50 o,oeoo2