Evening star., 1920-12-29

SUNDRY CIVIL BILL,
CUT TO $383,611,292,
REPORTED TO HOUSE

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service. $4.4S7,O3s: interdepartmental
social hygiene board. $1.S06.s24; emer-
sency shipping fund. S147. 900. 900:
tary posts. $60.s42.s15; nitrate plants.
I0.0o0.0O0; national cemeteries, 49,
OBS, 455; flood control. Mississippi river.
S3.330.0 900; transportation, inland and
coastwise waterways, 3s.s74. $50: ou-
service, ss.s0s. 600; Howard University,
$1.6s8.437; Department Of Justice, 81
9S9 ,304: lighthouses, beacons. etc, &c.
sI5,25o; lighthouse service. $780, 200;
coast and geodetic survey, 1882. .ls1:
Immigration service S2.5e7,58S: en-
pioyment service s1.3e4.ss1: govern
ment printing office. s2,215.10o; Pana-
ma canal. s7,1S7,255.
Increase for Reclamation.
The principal increase in any item
for the current fiscal year 10 the in
crease Of $11,S03,o for the reclama-
tion service. The amount carried In
this bill for the reclamation service
lis $20.277,ooo, as against $s,474,o00
for the current fiscal year. The whole
of the amount recommended for ap-
preparation. it is provided. shall be
payable from the reclamation fund"
and that is possible by reason of the
oil-leasing act approved February IS,
1920. under the terms Of which the
reclamation fund.- is to be credited
bonuses, royalties and rentals from
past. production and s2M per. cent
from future production. The director
of the reclamation service estimates
that the receipts from this source
will approximate $15.00o,000 prior to
July /, 1922.
The act to increase the efficiency
of the commissioned and enlisted per-
sonnel of the Army. Navy. Marine
Corps. coast guard, coast and geo.
detic survey and public health serv-
ice. approved May IS. 1929. commonly
known as the pay increase bill, is
reflected in this bill as to the coast
guard, the coast and geodetic survey
and the public health service. Un-
der the terms of that act the per-
same pay and allowances as the per-
sonnel of the Army and Navy. and it
has been necessary to increase to q
considerable extent the appropria-
tions Of those services covering pay
and allowances
other principal items Of increase
for 1922 over 1921 are as follows:
Flood control. $500,o00; National
Home for Disabled Volunteer SOL
diers. $1.2s1.o00; lighthouses. bea.
cons. etc. $1,oe0,000, and government
printing office. $516.200.
Cuts Buildings AppfsDriati0A.
The principal items Of reduction
under the current appropriations are:
Public buildings, construction, $780,
439.7I; war risk bureau. medical and
hospital service, $4,000. 900: voca-
tional education, $2s.0oo.oo0: national
cemeteries &2o,524.oeo: transportation
msse1wsys on ,s7se % coo ana eaiieoads in
Alaska, S3,oo0.oo0: interdepartmenta
social hygiene board. $S75,000.
The appropriation proposed on ac-
count Of medical and hospital service
or $13, 900 less than the total for
1921. The estimate for 1922 was $780,
10000.
There were 1887 patients recsiv-
ing treatment on November IS. 1890"
ing the bill. "and the estimate 10 that
the number will reach 10000 during
the fiscal year 1922 These patients
are cared for in public health service
hospitals. in hospitals at various SOL
pitais and in contract hospitals at
varying cost rates. The amount pro-
posed is on the basis of 10000 pa
tients throughout the fiscal year 1922.
at the approximate rate Of 50 q day"
While there was an apparent re-
duction Of $25,0oo.000 in the amount
proposed for 1922 for vocational
training, the bill provides for reap
preparation of unexpended balances.
estimated at $l0.500,o00, making the
total proposed for this service, $75,-
500.0 200.
Appropriation for Alaalka.
Appropriations for ALASKA include
$4.000.o00 for railroads. $376 200 for
education. $90, 900 for medical relief.
$l20,630 for care Of the insane, 325. 600
for protection Of game and $3l 900 for
the national park service.
For the enforcement of antitrust
laws 100000 is proposed as aeainst
the 100000 asked by the Department
of Justice.
The appropriation for the Railroad
Labor Board is 100000 against the
$3.50. 900 requested. while the Shipping
Board estimate Of $ss8000 is cut to
.$45S,000. For the construction Of
military posts only $4,000 was al
lowed. as against the $4,000, 600
asked. The total recommended was to
appropriation being proposed for the
Panama canal and the continental
United States and Alaska. The com
mittee cut out entirely $4,000, 900
asked for the construction Of nitrate
plants in Alabama, but 1t allowed
$14.1S6 for wharf. roads and sewers
at Fort Monroe. Va Appropriations
parks included $4,000 for chicka-
mauga and Chattanooga, 327.500 for
Vieksburg, $l9,435 for Shiloh and
50, 200 for Guilford Courthouse