Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-06
l2,183 Slated to Go,
But Revenue Office
Needs 1,5OO
HOUSE MEASURE
OMITS SALARIES
Congress Plans to Cut
$3O,72S,771 From
u. S. Salary Budget.

u. S. Salary Budget.
A cut of 1888 employees from Uncle
Sans pay roll in Washington before
July 1 next by withholding appro-
priations for paying their salaries is
proposed in the legislative. executive
and judicial appropriation bill report
ed to the House today. Provision is
made for an increase of 1,500 in the
force of the internal revenue bureau
so that the net reduction proposed is
1858.
Representative Will r. Wood OF IN
diana, chairman of the subcommittee
that framed the bill, said today that
the reductions in personnel recon-,
mended by service units are: civil
Service Commi ssion, AZ; State Depart
ment, 120; war risk bureau, 2:eoz:
other Treasury Department offices,
1.345; War Department. $500: State,
War and Navy building. temporary
offices, s55; Navy Department. 800; IN
teriar Department, IS; bureau OF the
census, 4.203: bureau of immigration
u: subtreasury field employees. 3i9.
The legislative, executive and judicial
appropriation bill is the big salary meas
ure for the government employees. AS
recommended by the committee 1t car
ries s112,72S.43S.75 for the fiscal year
1922. which is $e3.724. .136.22 less than
the amount requested By the aominis-
trative officers. and $5,I2S. l11.3S less
than the appropriations for the current
fiscal year.
Change Bonus Plans.
Change with regard to the appro-
priation for paying the $24o bonus Is
recommended by the committee. IL
provides that such additional COM
pensation given to help the govern
ment employees meet the high cost OF
living shall not apply during the next
fiscal year to employees whose pay Is
adjustable from time to time by wage
boards or similar authority to accord
with commercial rates paid locally 1or
the same class of service.
y On this point and the total saving
effected, the report of Chairman wood
says:
act amount which Will be saved there
by, but ii can be fairly stated to be
approximately $4,000, 900. While this
sum does not appear in the total OF
the bill. it represents that mucn OF q
decrease in the amount which might
be expended from the indehnite appro-
prfation for the payment of the In
creased compensation and can be ac-
curately denominated reduction. Tne,
total reduction In this bill. therefore.
under the appropriations for 1921.
combining the reduction OF $5.12S
77I.36 in the tabulated total and the
$751; 900 estimated reduction In the
indefinite appropriation for increased
compensation. is $40. .72S.771 1t
should be borne in mind in connection
with the net reduction of $5,72S.771.36
in the tabulated total of the bill that
1t has been effected notwithstanding
an increase of $10,000.000 has been
recommended in the items Tor the in
ternar revenue service. II the in
crease for this particular service is
eliminated 1T will be seen that there
is a total reduction in all the other
1921 appropriations OF $3O.72S,771.36."
Comparison OF Recommendations.
The legislative. executive and judi
ciaI appropriation act for the fiscal
year 1915 aggregated s36.910.799.75.
The amount recommended in the 1922
bill (s112,72s,43S75) exceeds the 1915
appropriations by $75.S17.639. This
excess is composed principally of a
few large items. such as the follow
ing: S7,25O.000 for expenses of han
ding loans issued during the war
period, s7.145. 400 for the bureau of
war risk insurance. $40.24s.000 for ex-
penses of the bureau of internal rev.
enue in collecting internal revenue.
ss.500.000 for enforcement of the ma
t:onal prohibition act, and approxi-
mately $4.000.090 for expenses of fiscal
and accounting Offices of the Treasury
Department. Eliminating from con-
sideration these unusual items
brought into existence as direct result
of the war. the increase Of this bill
over the 1916 act is approximately
s10.900.0o0.
The changes in specific employments
and the principal reductions in current
apnronriafiops are follows
Senate-The officers and employees
Of the Senate are specifically appro-
priated for in the amounts and at the
rates of pay carried in the current
with the exception of the session en-
ployes, who are provided for the next
regular long session instead of for
the present short session.
The total of appropriations for the
Senate Is reduced from s2.251 .351 so to
s2.109. .707.50, or by $141,S44. This re-
duction is due to the decrease in
amounts for contingent expenses of
the Senate.
House OF Representatives-The Off
GERS and employees of the House of Rep
resentatives are provided for in the
amounts appropriated for the fiscal year
1871. or under resolutions of the House,
with the following exceptions:
The session employees of the House
are appropriated for in the same num-
DerS ana AT lne same rates OF COmDen-
sation for the next regular long session
instead OF for the present short session.
Two bookkeepers at $4,000 each are
provided for in the Office of sergeant
alarms. instead of a bookkeeper at
$4,000 and financial clerk at s27O0.
Mail Rates Reduced.
A paragraph is recommended reouir-
Ing the postmaster at Washington to
convey the mail of the House OF Rep
resentatiyes between the city post office
and tie post Office of the House OF Rep
resentatives and the appropriation fc:
carving the mail of the House of Rep
resentatives is reduced from $4,000 tc
$500
The appropriation Of $4,000 for the
purchase of packing boxes is eliminated
N Etre " appropriations for ths
House of Representatives is increased
from $5.764,S ,S45.25 to $5.765.410-25. or q
net increase OF 1855.
Library OF Congress-The total oi
>appropriations for the Library of Con
gress is reduced from $721.025 tc
S7I3,025, or by $4,000, due principally
TO the completion of certain specia
improvements for which appropria,
tions were provided foFs- the current
fiscal year.
Salary increases for the Bot2atl
Garden are as follows:
One assistant director. from 1,60(
to $500, 5000; one clerk. from $1,000
to $500, $500: one gardener. from
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