New-York tribune., 1921-03-15
1000 Jobs Go
As Bud get Is
Cut 80 Millions
Annual Appropriation Bill
Introduced i'm the State
Legislature Calls for
500, 8,498,l15 Expenses
Departments Wiped Out
Total To Be Provided for
This Fiscal Year Will
BE Under $l34,O0O,O 900
From q Stiff Corre.nondent


ALBANY. March 14.-Thc practical
bility of Governor Miller's policy that
the state should live within it's means
was demonstrated tonight when the
Legislative finance committees intro
duced the annual appropriation bill.
The measure carries an appropriation
of $9S, ,49S,1l5. and forms the major
portion of the money to be expended
by the state during the fiscal year be-
ginning July ]. The total appropri-
ations to be made by the Legislature
this year will be we'll under $134 900 900.
This is $12,000O00 less than the ap-
preparations for the fiscal year now
drawing to a close and $50 100000 less
than the appropriation aggregate would
have been had the finance committees
allowed the various requests filed with
them by department heads and other
state government agencies last fall
The introduction of the appropri-
alton bill terminates the most grueling
period Of work ever experienced by
Legislative budget makers. Ever since
tees have been working on the budget
faced with the difficult task of bring
ing requests totaling S2Q5, ,000 900 down
to the estimated income for 1921-'22
which is fixed at about $4,000 900
Ihls had to be done without impairing
the efficient operation of the states
machinery, and it was necessary for
the committees to probe into the high
ways and byways of state departmental
affairs and make wholesale siashes here
and minor curtailments there.
1000 Jobs Gone
The outcome is that the comm tees
have succeeded in wedding out more
than 1000 unnecessary jobs and dove
tailed several departments and bureaus
with other agencies so as to eliminate
duplication Of effort.
The reduction in the personal service
item alone is $3,000,000. State officials
and employees during the forthcoming
year will draw an aggregate Of about
100000 in pay from the state This
is reduction of $4,000 900. as com
pared with last year This phase of
the appropriation measure puts to rout
any hope state employees might have
that they would be successful in their
ell orts to obtain pay increases. Pro-
VISIONS Tor sweeping salary advances
had been made in the budget REQUESTS
Of last fall. The personal service item
submitted at that time was S33,798,00O
While the actual appropriation re-
duction is S12,0oO,000 the real reduc-
ton would be close to $4,000, 900, be-
cause of the fact the Budget Com
mittee had to provide for increased
to more than $4,000 600. The appro-
priation bill, beside the usual items for
the states needs, contains provisions
so that the state may meet any possi-
Bile obligation during the next fiscal
year for the soldier bonus serial bonds
and interest.
Governor Miller already has signed
the S7,22o,000 emergency deficiency
Dill. 1t is estimated that the appro-
priation measure viii be passed two
weeks from tonight and that it will
he sent TO the Governor without further
amendments.
Beside the appropriation bill there
are yet to, be passed the highway bills.
includ ng the regular maintenance
bill Of $7,500,O00, the town, county
and Indian reservation aid bill; the
county road construction bill, under
the Lowman act and the bill appro-
pfiatlng moneys to meet the states
share of Federal road construction.
These measures total S17O99,616.
There is also yet to be passed the bill
for the New York and New JERSEY
yehicular tunnel which appropriates
So,0U0.00O. appropriations necessary
FOR the reorganized tax department.
the Public Service Commission. the
Transit Commission, the Industrial
Commission and the extra troops for
the state police, or for game protect
Ors IN the conservation department
which have been taken out Of tho an,
preparation bill, are not included in
the annual appropriation bill reported
tonight but Will be contained in a
supplemental bill. The appropriations
for these various activities total
81 1853 G49
THE net reduction which we have
made IN the total appropriations does
not tell the whole story" saws a Joint
statement issued by Senator Hewitt
chairman of the Finance Committee
OF the Senate, and Assemblyman Nc
Glnnles, chairman of the Wavs and
Means Committee of the Assembly.
We were confronted at the outset
OF our work with the necessity of
providing moneys to meet increased
and unusual expenditures approximat-
ing $4,000. 600.
One Of the first things we did was
to inform every department head that
we proposed absolutely to ignore their
requests where those requests called
Tor increases over last years appropri-
atlons We told them we were looking
for decreases and they must find them,