The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1920-12-31
WOULD CUT OFF
SHIPPING BOARD
Chairman Good Says 1t
Shall Not Have "A
Single Penny"
MEN DO NOT KNOW
THEIR BUSINESS

Also Attacks War Observation-Disclosures
Limit Army to 100000 and Make
Men Work Should Reduce Govern
ment Expenses.
WASHINGTON. Dee. 31.-In open
ing the house debate on the sundry civil
appropriation bill, Chairman Good of
the appropriations committee yesterday
served notice that if he could prevent
it, mot a single penny" would be appro-
priated for the shipping board. He
added that his committee felt that lit
had to get behind the shipping board
and compel it to sell it's plant and
equipment"
The bill contains more than 1000
items and calls for an aggregate appro-
priation of 1888 611, 292. General de-
bate on the measure will be concluded
today and its consideration, item by
item, will begin next week
Chairman Good, in the course of yes
terday'S discussion, asSailed the provi-I
sion, which had been rejected by his
committee, to give the shipping board
Sl47,000,000 for the support of the
emergency fleet corporation.
We are not going to appropriate, if
/ can prevent it, he said. "A singlei
penny for this board that does not know
its business, that is wasting the peo-
pies money, and if it is going to get
any money it must get it out of the
salvage of its plant
Representative Bankhead. Democrat.
Of Alabama, asked if Representative
Good was making it possible for the
board to put off the day of final reck-j
oning as to the profit or loss of its OPP
eratiOnS."
Il don't think So Mr.. Good replied.
IL. =
man after man in high position on the
shipping board who knew nothing about
the business in which he was engaged
except to know the amount of his salary.
you would not be ready to criticize the
committee. We want them to commence
to salvage some of these plants and ma
terials and they must get to work, They
have got TO learn this business ~ get
out of it.
The committee feels that sore ships
should be sold. 1t feels tha. now j.
not the time to take money Ind loan it
to any shipping board concern to build
other ships because the money is likely
to be lost. The committee feels that il
has got to get behind the shipping board
and compel it to sell its plant and it,
equipment"
The chairman also attacked the war
department for spending more money
than congress had appropriated in re
ally was in favor of limiting the army
to 100000 men and make them learn
| to work.
Commenting on the care and TRIMMING
| of disabled war veterans, Mr. Good said
| that both the war risk insurance bureau
and federal bo&Td of vocational rduca-
| ton would have uncxpended balances at
| the end of the current fiscal wear. and
| that with these amounts available. to-
gether with appropriations carried in
| the bill the war risk insurance bureau
would have approximately $160.000.OOO
and the board for vocational education
| $40, 100000 during the coming fiscal
1 year, approximately the amounts. he
said the$ had estimated they would
need.
Congress will take scare of the dis
abled soldiers Mr.. Good declared
| Mr.. Good pleaded for the passage of
| the bill as presented by the committed
| declaring it was necessary to act on it
without regard to personal considera-
tions. Behind the whole measure. lie
said, was an urgent desire to reduce
| the expenses of the government and lift
the heavy tax burden.