The daily times. [volume] (Wilson, N.C.) 1902-1936, 1920-01-22
CONGRESS CUTTING
/ |DOWNEXPENSES
Will Not Pass a Single Public
Building Bill and Cuts
Cost of Maintenance
FR CONSULAR SERVICE.

'faShihston, Jan. 21.-Congress
held its thrift week. celebration
today. wave of economy sweeping
both the Senate and House. The net
result was:
Decision by the House public build
lngs committee not to recommend
passage at this session of a public
buildings bill.
Reduction by the House foreign
affairs committee of the annual din
lomatic and consular service appro-
priation bill to $s.s4s, ,03s, which is
$3,0S5,125 less than the State Del
partment requests and $1,O32,O74I
less than was appropriated for the
present fiscal year.
Elimination by the Senate of an
appropriation of $42,5O0,OO0 from
the Americanization bill and substi-
tuition therefor of an appropriation
of $6,5O0,000 restricted to use until
the end of the 1921 fiscal year in
stead of an expenditure over four
years as the larger appropriation
contemplated
Democrats and Republicans for the
most part Joined forces in the slash
ing away at appropriations, the vote
to eliminate customary "popky'' pub
lie buildings bill being unanimous.
The reduction in the Americanization
bills appropriation was advocated
Jointly by Senators McCumbers, Re
publican, North Dakota, and Dial,
Democrat, South Carolina
The North Dakota Senator told his
colleagues that according to careful
estimation, the government would
start lshe- fiscal year beginning July
1, with deficit of three billion
dollars. Should expenditures for
1921 be kept within the conservative
estimate of six billion dollars the
Senatir thought they might be pro-
vfded for but there would be moth
ing left to take care of the leftover
deficit. -.
1--WE have. gone mad on the cues
tion of conceiving new questions that
will reach into the federal treasury"
said Senator McCumber, referring to
the Americanization bill, which is
designed to educate illiterates and
Ame1icanize foreignfborn citizens
1.-THE only thing that will stop it will
be when we get to the end of the rope
| and have to bond the country to
meet expenses
Senator Dial said that the tax
payers of the United States were get
! ting tired of being overburdened." :"
In cutting down appropriations in
| the diulomatic and consular service
bill the House committee denied Sec
| retary Lansing's request for increases
| in the salaries of ambassadors and
ministers. The only increases grant
! ed over present expenditures were a
| flat $1,000 advance in salaries to
secretaries of ambassadors and le-
! cations and an additional item of
| S25O,OOO for passports control bring
| ing the total for that purpose up to
| $441,431.
| The drastic cut in appropriations
| for rivers and harbors improvements,
ordered by the House rivers and har-
/ bors committee in pairing down the an
| nual appropriation bill for that pur-
| pose from $42,9O0,000 to $12,400,-
i 600 continued to arouse members OF
the House and minority members OF
the committee today began the draft
i ing of a new bill which would appro-
| ate S25,OOOOOO. The new bill which
will be offered as substitute for the
! majority's measure will specify i'm
| provements to be made instead OF
leaving expenditure to the War De-
I partment as provided in that reported
to the House.