Evening star., 1921-06-03
Salaries Make Those of Cab
met Members Look Like
80 Cents, Is Claim.
OPPOSES $50, 600, 600
DEFICIENCY AWARD
Charges Misuse of Government
Funds and Tells Of Liquor
on Ships.

Operation of the government mer-
chant fleet by the Shipping. Board Is
"reekinK with graft" Senator Ken
Won. republican; Iowa, charged TO-DAY
in the Senate in opposing a dehciencS
APPROPRIATION of $5o.ooo.ooo for the
hoard for the remainder Of this hscal
year.
Reading a list Of salaries paid OF
6Gais Of the board, Senator Kenyon
said the sums paid make the salaries
Of cabinet members and senators LOOK
like thirty cents" The list as reao
showed salaries in the general con- on
troller's ofice amounting 70 ,,on. S,vo'1oo toO
and in the division OF operations 'o-
taling $137, 900 annually
The senator said the AUDITOR OF
the shipping Board was paid $iS.ovV,
and an assistant auditor at $S'ooo
acted as his chauffeur.
I.osfne Thousands \ Day.
Senator Kenyon estimated that the
government was losing from $oov,oVo
to 100000 day through the Snip
ping, Board.
Unless these expenses can be
stopped the American people will not
stand for this thing" said he.
Declaring that the new American
ambassador to England had Travelled
On n British vessel and that the re-
the voyage home on British SNIP
Senator Kenyon urged that American
officials be required to sail on Ameri-
can ships, and that the american
people take enough pride In their
merchant marine to use eH;.;h;.;o, H;
The question of effect OF pronloitio
m American shipping was raised by
senator Fletcher. democrat, Fiorioa.
senator Kenyon. who recently went 70
Europe on a Shipping Board vessei,
remarked that from observation
know one Shipping Board snip that
is not dry"
Charges Misuse Of Money.
Charging that funds of the govern
ment appropriated for the Shipping
Roard were being used for private
purposes. Senator Kenyon read a
series Of kilograms which he said had
been sent by board employees At gov
ernment expense. One tedegram re-
lated to ans nsengagenentsfoA TO q 2r1 u
tickets to = Yale foot ball game. and
still another. evidently from q hus-
band to his wife. read: Leave the
door open. Will be home about mid
night"
Kenyon. also are interested In keep
ing open the door to the federal Treas
ury."
Senator Borah. republican, Idaho,
inquired who constitutes the Snip.
ping Board. Senator Kenyon replied
that there was no board. and Senator
Borah then wanted to know II the
appropriation was for nobody to
spend"
Chairman Warren of the appropria-
tions committee explained that the
appropriation was to meet a defici-
cncy.
Abolition of the board was pro-
posed by Senator Poindexter. Wash
ington, who said he would have ap-
pointed a director and 'let him liQui-
date this whole business.
Senator Kenyon urged a thorough
investigation Of the board and he
was supported by several senators.
Urholds "Great Work"
Senator Fletcher said that while
there was great waste" IN Shipping
Board operations there Ought not TO
be general condemnation of greac
institution doing a great work.
american merchant marine IS a
necessity to our prosperity, and II
won't do to cripple the Shipping Board
and compel it to put its vessels on the
auction blocks.
Senator Hitchcock, democrat. Ne
braska, suggested that high tartn
policy now contemplated would kill
of American shipping.