Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-08-11
SENATE COMMITTEE
IS BADLY DIVIDED
ON APPROPRIATIONS

appropriations committee Tuesday
afternoon voted to report to the
senate the house appropriations
measure exactly as it came from
the house, with one exception. The
section relating to the appropria-
tions for the old soldiers was amend.
ed so as to appropriate S250.000
to this fund.
The bill is expected to come up
for consideration at the Tuesday
| night session of the senate and a
fight on the measure is sure to
ensue as the thirteen members Of the
committee who voted against report
| ing the bill as it came from the
house are expected to present
minority report.
After the committee had acted on
majority Of the sections Sen.
ator Wohlwender moved to recon.
slider all the action taken and report
the measure to the senate just as it
came from the lower house. His
contention was that unless the bill
passed exactly as it reached the sen.
ate, an extra session of the assem-.
| bly, would be inevitable. 80.
Senator Wohlwender was supported
by Senator Nix, who said he was res
liably informed that if the appropria@
| lions bill was returned to the house,
an effort would be made to block it's
passage, thus forcing an extra ses-
sion.
Senator Lassiter opposed the WohI.
wender motion on the ground that it
i o1r1 D.
| of "sWallowing exactly what the
house gives u.s." He declared the
bill as sent over from the house was
unfair in many particulars and that
he would not swallow it 'for this
governor ranybody else"
During the debate on theE Wohl-
wender motion, Senator John H,
Jones took occasion to challenge the
accuracy Of Governor Hardwick's es-
| innate of the states revenues FOR the
next two years as sent to the senate
| committee Tuesday morning. The
senator charged that the governors
figures were taken from statistics
compiled by the comptroller general
two weeks ago, and that they were
| two million dollars or more short OF
| the mark
The committee previously had
made substantial increases in many
sections of the bill as passed by
Hardwick's warning during the day
that he would disapprove all appro.
priations in excess o fthe states es-
| timated revenue. l
| Georgia Techs appropriation was
increased from $112,500 to $125,000,
committee that the $4,000 deficien-
cy appropriation should be voted.
The University of Georgia was given
$4,000 instead of $4,000 as voted
by the house; the Smith-Hughes fund
for vocational work in the rural
to $55,500; an additional $4,000 was
voted for the state department. OF
vocational training among disabled
citizens, and the house appropriation
of 100000 per annum for the Smith,
Lever fund was increased to $751;
600 for 1922 and $175,000 for 1928.
The question of the amount to be
| voted for the support of Georgia
! Tech brought the most spirited de-
| bate of the committees session.
Many senators appealed to the COM
mittee to increase the institutions
| appropriation instead of slashing it
as the lower house had done. &
Before voting to give the institu-
ton $4,000 and to take care Of
the deficiency appropriation of $685.
900, the committee voted down a
motion by Senator Ellis to make
|
killed a proposal by Senator Roun-
$175,0OO.
The committee voted down a mo-
ton by Senator L. c: Brown to in
Soule, of the State College Of Agri-
culture, to $4,000 per year. His
salary was cut by the house to S..
900.
Nix Opens Argument
| oil 90 {a-
crease the appropriation for the
maintenance of the State College OF
Agriculture from $1,000, the amount
fixed by the house, to. $4,000.
When the section fixing the Tech
appropriation was taken up, Senator
the institution for borrowing money
on the strength Of what it thought
the legislature would do for it." He
said he was friend Of Tech, but
that he strongly disapproved Of Of the the
| schools action in borrowing $4,000
last year through the Atlanta Cham
Der of Commerce, and then calling
| on the legislature to provide for the
| deficiency appropriation. He said,
however. he would not oppose any
| move to help the school.
Senator Lassiter made a strong
plea for Tech, telling his colleagues
! they could not afford to discount
| what President Matheson told them
| Monday night in their committee
| meeting.
Il don't care if Governor Hard
wick has served notice on us to
slash appropriations" he said. Let
Us stand more square and increase
Techs appropriation to $225,O0O.
Even this amount will be out of pro-
other institutions of the state Teen
is the greatest school in the south.
and if we are real men we will give
+ nrf 1RSaru-z
"A man graduated from Tech IL
worth at least $500 per year more
than a man graduated from any
other institution in the SOUTH" Sem,
ator Akin declared in an appeal to
the committee to give Tech more
money. He declared Tech turns out
real working men who know how to
do things, and that the schools great
work should not be retarded by the,
legislatures failure to provide neces-'
sary funds for it's maintenance.
"Give Tech more money-the
ator Womble to have action on the
Tech appropriation deferred until
the old soldiers and common schools
had been taken care Of was unSuc-
cessful.
Governors Message
Governor Hardwick on Tuesday
sent to the house and senate a
special message calling their at
pectiVe revenue Of the state for 1929
and 1923 as furnished to him by
Comptroller General Wright, and
showing that the revenue will not ex-
coed $9,257,50O a year, which is but
little more than the aggregate con-
tanned in the general appropriation
bill, which passed the house last
week and is, now before the senate.
Governor Hardwick accompanied
his message with typewritten mem
orandum of the estimated revenue,
as furnished him by Comptroller
General Wright, and sent a duplicate
of this memorandum to the senate
appropriations committee when they
commenced work Tuesday morning
on the general appropriation bills.
The governors message was taken