New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1921-08-17
Senators Vote
$48,50O,O00 to
Shipping
Favorable Report Ordered
and Measure Will Be Tn
for Final Action To-day:
Borah Assails Bureau
Disarming Fund Is Added
Lasker Does Not Criticize
Congress for Cut; Prom
Uses to Do Best He Can

From, The Tribuns's Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON, Aug. 16.-The Sem
ate Committee on Appropriations to-
day ordered q favorable report on the
urgent deficiency bill containing the
appropriation Of s4S,5OO, 900 for the
Shipping Board. This is the bill re-
Gently passed by the House The SEN
ate Committee added various items to
the bill for matters not connected with
the Shipping Board and included in it
the 100000 for the disarmament con-
ference which was asked by President
Harding
Senator Warren, chairman of the Ap-
preparations Committee, reported the
bill to the Senate and gave notlce he
would call it up tomorrow
No opposition is expected to develop
to the disarmament appropriation, but
there promises to be a serious contro-
versy over the allowance proposed for
the Shipping Board
In ordering the bill reported the
amendment which provided that not
more than three officers of the Ship
ping Board should receive more than
$4,000 a year.
Borah Cites Munchausen
"If there ever was cesspool that
ought to be cleaned out" Senator
Borah said, that is one. There should
be no thought Of recess until the
Shipping Board matter is thrashed
out. have copy of the hearings
taken, and Baron Munchausen never
wrote anything to equal it,"
The Shipping Board Will meet to-
morrow to alter its proposed plans for
operating government vessels, made
necessary by the reduction in the an
preparation of $100,000,OOO sought from
congress, Chairman Lasker announced
Inc board, he said, would not be seri
ously Inconvenience by the action Of
Congress in limiting the funds avail
an d tor the balance of this year to
s1o'2o0'ooo, although it will not be
posslole with this amount to out into
erect all the reforms contaminated
ADDED to the appropriation of SIS.
10000 given by Congress. the board
WILL have available S55 900 900 from the
proceeds of surplus property when sold
ana an additional $25,000,0OO previously
authorized by Congress for construction
work. 1t will not be possible, however
! Chairman Lasker said, to do any work
on reconditioning the Leviathan anc
other seized German vessels.
Lasker Makes Best of 1t
Congress was entirely justified in
being hesitant about continually appro-
priating large sums of money for the
Shipping Board" Chairman Laskcr said
IL discussing the cut. "If l we're a
member of Congress l would scrutnize
every request for additional money to
put into business that has not been a
paying one. We do, however, need the
sum authorized at this time, and will
make it go far as we possibly can in
our program of remedying the wreck
we inherited from the war. 1t will not
be possible for us to do the work that
we contemplated with the funds avail
able, but we will turn our attention tC
changing the present wasteful methods
of operating government ships and
endeavor to envolve some scheme of re-
ducing the heavy expenses we now are
undergoing"
Chairman Lasker conferred with
President Harding to-day over shipping
matters. He laid before Mr. Harding
all facts regarding the moves taken
by the Shipping Board in the United
States Mail Company case, and dis
cussed plans of the board for modify
ing the present method of operating
ships so the government would not
have to suffer continued losses by
keeping the American flag ahoat. He
said President Harding had been
aware of all the steps taken III the
case against the Mail company and had
approved the boards action.