Evening star., 1922-02-08
S24O BONUS TO co
| |NDEF|C|ENCY BILL
Special Provision Expected to
Cover Needs Pending
Redistribution.

Inclusion Of provision continuing
the $240 bonus paid to government
employees until such times as the in
| creased salaries in the reclassifica.
tion bill are operative is expected
to be included in a deficiency appro-
priation bill which Chairman Madden
of the appropriations committee an
nounced yesterday will soon be
| framed
Chairman Madden has previously
promised that the $240 bonus. omitted
IN the regular appropriation bills now
being passed. will be taken care or
In deficiency bill. He announced
be ready for the House in a few weeks
and passage will be expedited to re-
| lieve urgent deficiencies which have
arisen IN various government de-
partments
Estimates totaling $lso.704,2s1 have
neen transmitted by President Hard.
ing for the consideration Of the sub
committee which will draft the bill
Accompanying Mr.. Hardine's letter
was one from Budget Director Dawes
giving in detail the needs Of seven
teen departments and bureaus which
hao requested additional funds.
President HardinE's Letter.
IN MS letter of transmfttal Presi-
dent Harding said:
1t VIII be noted from the letter OF
| the director Of the bureau of the bud :
get giving the explanation of these
items and the necessity therefor thai
or this total sum only $29,51s,222. SO
represents possible cash Withdrawals
from the Treasury in excess Of the
hitherto submitted. and that informa-
tion now available indicates decreases
in expenditures under other appro-
priations which will offset any in
crease incurred under the appropria-
ttons herewith transmitted"
The estimates totaled by depart
| ments and establishments were: Vet
| erans' Bureau. S93,993,112; Navy De.
partment, S6O,19s.821: Shipping Board
| $12,000,000; State Department.. $780,
260; Treasury Department. $2.572,47s;
War Department. s2.4s6.521; Labor
Of Justice, ;7ss.55I: Empioyes' Com.
once Department, $3s9,411; District
of Columbia, $3S1,569; Department OF
Agriculture. $214,375: Department OF
Commerce. $202.300; Interior Depart.
bureau Of eficiency. $1,000. and
Smithsonian Institution. $s.450.
Dawes Divides Estimates.
| 6uQS6I OiTSCtUf oAWGo AL las
classification of the estimates divided
them into those OF the fiscal yeaI
ending next June 80. $l45,%60,467.01
and for previous fiscal years. $45,z4S,'
"of the total of sls5.4so, ,4s7.o1 70,
the fiscal year 1922" said Mr.
dawes, there are resubmissions OF
amounting to $71.256,7s7.99: amounts
submitted pursuant to Legislation
enacted since the submission oi
previous estimates, $6,490.000, ant
other amounts not hitherto sub
mitted, $57.713,729.02.
'Of tho total amount herewith sub
mitted, $110,857.318.24 has been in
cluded in the estimates Of expendi'
lures for the fiscal year 1922, Al
previously reported OF the re.
mainder, $ss,s46,s ,s6S.25 which would
il appropriated, apparently repre-
turea s%o,s2s.74o.4a for the clothing
and nnall-stores fund OF tho Navy
Department represents q. bookkeeping
transaction and does not involve ex.
penditurss in addition to those al.
ready estimated, leaving the maxi.
mum possible increase in expendi.
lures, due to tho appropriations here.
with requested, at $29,518,22283
We're it possible to spend all Of thii
! money during the current fscal
,year, the information now at hant
Indicates that reductions In expendi'
ltures under other appropriation
Twill Offset any such increase"