The New York herald. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1920-1924, 1920-12-07
8 BILLION BUDGET
ASKED OF CONGRESS
Nearly a Billion Dollars More
Than Expenditures for
Current Year.
WAR COSTS CONTINUING
House Committees Will Begin
Consideration of Estimates
This Week.
WAR COSTS CONTINUING

BIZ the Associated Press.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6.-Another peace
time estimate of nearly five billions of
dollars for the governments expenses
during the fiscal year 1922 faced Con-
gress when it reassembled to-day. The
exact figures as transmitted by Sec
rotary Houston were s4.653, $50. 1853 an
increase OF nearly one billion dollars
over the appropriations for the current
year, but S211 ,00o, geo less than the esti-
mates submitted year ago.
Continuing war costs were directly
reflected throughout the estimates. in
dicating that the Government might be
m four billion dollar basis for some
years to come, as compared with the
one billion dollar maximum preceding
the war. The single item of interest
on the public debt was almost the pre-
war maximum of all appropriations.
this total being $500. $50. 900 In addition
there was an estimate of $265, 754,S64 for
the war debt sinking fund.
or the individual departments. the
Army and Navy. as usual. asked for
the greatest amounts. the estimate for
the military establishment being $685..
,502 and for the naval establishment
$65S. SO. 231.
The Estimates Tabulated.
The total estimates as given by Mr..
Houston follow:
Legislative (Congress). se,324,o4o.
Executive (White House and Govern
ment departments), $125,44s,3l9.
judicial (Supreme Court. sl,6SO2l5
Department of Agriculture. %l, ,3l9
Foreign intercourse, $l1,9S3,S4S.
Indian affairs, sll,9S9,709
Pensions, $265, 10000.
Panama Canal SIG, .255.
Public works. s25092S, 1874.
Postal service, $685. ,406,oO2.
Miscellaneous, $67o. ld,741.
Permanent annual appropriations.
81, SOC. 776,361.
These estimates, prepared by the
Democratic Administration, are for the
operation of the Government during
the first fiscal year OF the new RepubL-
can Administration. Republican lead
ers in the Senate and House already
have forecast a sharp cut in the total
and within the week the House COM
mittees 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 governmental
expenditures, since the postal revenues
practically cover the cost of operation.
Included in the estimates for the army
and navy is a total of $95,00O,00O for
development and maintenance Of the air
service in the two defensive branches OF
the Government; the navy asks for
$35, O00, 900 and the army seeks 100000
900.
Chief among the estimates for the
navy is one of S1S4,O00, 900 to continue
the 1916 three year building programme.
Pay for the navy personnel exceeds 1t
oy $923,910.
The army's greatest single item is
S215, 659, $50 for the pay and mileage Of
officers and men. Subsistence costs for
the force are estimated at S64,49O,S95.
An appropriation of $74s0s,o00 is pro-
posed for the National Guard.
Expenditures on public works sug-
gested under the War Department total
S1S5,134,92S, of which $6S,097.S65 goes
TO river and harbor development. For
Improvement and maintenance of mill
tary posts Notifications and other works
of defence the army lists s117.153,614.
Included in the miscellaneous Items is
an estimate of S147S9S,520 for the Ship
ping Board and one of $160,000,0 900 for
the Bureau OF War Risk Insurance.
In its programme to take care of dis
abled soldiers, sailors and marines under
the war FISK act, the treasury Depart
ment seeks appropriations OF sS5.0O0,0Oo
for additional hospital and dispensary
facilities and $50, 000, 900 for medical and
hospital services. The Federal Board
for Vocational Education asks $7S,000,-
900 to carry on its works.
The Treasury also seeks S57.03S,0OO
for the internal revenue department.
which compares with S43.038.000 spent
in the current fiscal year. For prohibit
ton enforcement S7.500,o00 is asked.
Included In the miscellaneous expendi-
lures are estimates by the various de-
partments for the conduct OF strictly
departmental affairs, some OF which fol-
low Interstate Commerce Commission,
S5,574,000; Federal Trade Commission.
S1,055, 900: United States Employees
Compensation Commission and compen-
sation fund, s2.926.S40. and Railroad
Labor Board, $3.50, 200.