Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-12-16
WOULD REDUCE
APPROPRIATION
FOR next YEAR
Government Should Lower
Estimates by Over Billion,
He Declares.
Army and Navy Estimates
Are Said to Be Far Too
Great at Present.

Washington, Dec. 16.-Urxinr .triee
!o economy in appropriations for
government expenses during the nexs
1ascal year IN order to tighten the tax
W1.o vuraen, Representative Mondell OF
wyoming, Republican leader, declared
m the house today, that the total es-
innate of S4,653. $500, 600, submitted Nv
Inc secretary Of the treasury sfo,iIi
pe reduced by Approximately s1.4of,-
600 O00..aas !. - sA'7o0'- ''''s's'f' {
This reduction. he said, must he a.
+ slected, chiefly by drastic scalfnr
oown in estimates for the army and
navy ana also for sundry. civil ex-
cd out. exceeded current apprnnria.
IONS py more than $9l4,0OO,0o0. ,$s
Srlticlslng the administration /. for
the e-<Sunfavorable inconsistency" sims
tne estnmates submitted to congress
ana the pleas for economy made bv
th the president and the secretary Of
n lne treasury" Mr.. Mondell declared
erly characterize these estimatea ns>S
-. Would Bankrupt
10 years after the war" the Re
puDHcan leader added, when the
mUa,u hs 10y OUTSIDE our borders is largely
Tor reduction Of armaments the IA
asks for an appropria- !
| ton of more than $1,4l4 .ooe 900 a.
.. .ne army, navy and fortifications or
i've and a half times the hiEhest
peace time appropriation Of 1916"
Fofnung out that. current deficien-
c.es were not included In this total
Ar.. Mondell declared these :.may hs
swollen indefinitely,'s. il the var x.
nartment continued Its policy of -
t7cEainng, the army up to- fun strenrtt,
contraGy TO the Understanding. !, he
saio, thatg It should not be iscnessed
! Apeve the total OF i7S, ,oeo men con.
's1,platea .a1ap Dy the appropriations.'' Il
: DechrinEEthis action was 81, entire
/, , harmony .ia with the attitude which the
! war and some other departments
n1o assumed toward congress In this
ADMINISTRATION" Mr.. MondelT said II
nad become the duty of congress- n
take action that would prevent s.sueh
squanoer1ng g OF the peoples money by
law" @ IN - =, Is '.asioh ,.'s' ' ., ol
Plan Not justified.
Asserting that If the economy in
carried out the tax burden for s ths
calendar year 1921 might be sub
stanttally lghtened," Mr.. Mondel1
said he believed continuation OF a tsx
program designed to raise a minimrm
revenue of $4,000, 200. 900 for two
yeas as recommended by the secre-
! tary OF the treasury, was ..uninsti-
| fled. 1T is not justified" he added.
even for one year." 1
The Republican leader said he was
opposed to Secretary Houston's MIA -
Tor retiring with current revenues
| more than $3,600,O0O.00o Of the coun-
! try.s floating and bonded war deht
including a half billion Of Victory
| notes, by January 80. 1928, as placing
an unnecessary burden upon the
people and business" With "A ner
cent Of the net cost Of the war e3I
Guiding foreign loans, already paid.
! ne, said, 1t was unnecessary to keen
up war rates of taxation for the mr.
! pose Of reducing the public debt at
rate greatly in excess of the sink
| ing fund rate applied to. the entire
debt" =.
t"By the end Of the fiscal wear !,
Mr.. ,Mondell added, I'VE shall have
! reached a point in the reduction or
our war debt where further reduc-
| tons, except through the sinking
fund operations. should not continue
to impose wartime burden" ,. g5 Z.
/ While he favored repeal OF the ex.
cess profits tax and reduction az fi,a
higher income surtaxes, Mr.. Mondell
said he thought it unnecessary at this
time to consider alternative revenue
provisions because mo one can ter
! what Increased revenues may result
! ! from the passage Of q tariff bill along
/; protective lines. - , ,5