New-York tribune., 1922-03-04
Excess Cost OF
u. S. Bureaus
slO8,5OO,O0O
...s. Passes Bill to Meet
Jns6ciencies: Limit the
Ssyy to s6,3W.0N for
1 Months Fuel Supply
# May Block Maneuvers
...,nt 10 Obtain Funds to
Develop Helium Fails,
Pending a Special Report

rasHINGTON, March 3. Without a
ard sotc the House today passed
can. 70 the Senate bill Appro-
.r,.ing =. approximately sios'0oO.o0o to
~. ~, Deficiencies of various govern
=. aenar.ments. The largest item
~ IN the measure IS $94,000,o0o
:, the Veterans Bureau.
,,ov;s;on which would limit to So
-, oao the amount the Navy Depart
~. would spend for fuel during the
~. four months remained in the bill
-i.hout -. provoking discussion. This is
....sslt as nucn as the Navy Depart
rent sought.
:, nply to questions by Representa-
-. Hjcks. Republican member Of tho
Naval Committee, Chairman Madden, Of
-. Appropr.stons Committee, in
~ ..-rs Of the bill, said the reduction
.-., the departments full estimate
..;.At have the effect &C preventing
..;r. naneuvcrs Of the Pacific aid
,.I,n,;c fleets, bat added that he I'M
;.,,.ood they already had been called
4 BY President Harding
aVbatever is said,' the chairman dc
.,s.sa It was tho Judgment Of the
..rn;ttec that the amount allowed the
..,, for fuel. which IS about $3.50 900
18th will Give the department suf-
80. fuel for its services until the
~ of the fiscal year. and certainly
,,ourn in view Of the arms conference
ds,e-mination.
No Contest Made
:. had been expected that fight
..sld he made in the House over the
',.,, but no voice was lifted in support
=, the departments demand
The navy will continue to function,
.sscting all the economies already in
,s,uted' until and unless q Congress
sorsl mandate is received directing
o.lerwise. Secretary DENLY said to-day
,,ronnection with action in the House.
So law is being violated, Secretary
Dsnby believes, by continuing 70 keep
tbs aeet in operation as economically
:, ;s row being done and at the same
time cncountering Il deficiency. De
s,jeucy in fuel appropriations has
S,sn incurred in the past the Secre-
,sry said. and the department does not
b.litve that it is bound by any action
r congress until the bill has gone
.b,ourh all its channels and been
signed BY the President
One Of the few amendments adopted
increased the total for the enforce
nent Of the maternity act during the
remainder Of the current fiscal year
RON 100000 to S4a0 900 The bill
aso carries $1,000 GOO for the initial
syment to the Republic Of Colombia
under the treaty recently ratified as
settlement OF the Panama Canal con
troyersy
Helium Proposal Fails
With less than 100 members on the
floor, an amendment, which would have
made sl50.ooo available for the dcvcl-
opnent Of helum with view to using
Il to fill dirlgibles. was rejected by u
two to one vote The amendment was
offered by representative Lanham.
Democrat, Texas, who pleaded with the
House to be more liberal in providing
ands for experiments in the uses of
The gas, which Is on-inflamnable. and
io' conservation and development of
tts supply.
Chairman Madden Of the Appropria
lions Committee opposed the amend
nsnt on the ground that the sub-com-
nl,'ee drafting the army appropria ton
Oil was making an Investigation TO
determine what approximation should
Df Mafp f0r boii ,in,
sfess, Mr.. Madden held. should not
su'hoflse further eApenditures until
1e sub-commltteo had made its re
port no request has come from any
soVerhment department for additional
.unas TO produce heiium during the
'Malhoer OF this fiscal year, he added
Large Sum Expended
i. uuFng the discussion Chairman An
a0ny OF the subcommittee which is
MudSing the helium situation, assert
,nas mat Congress had been fairly
aueral IN providing funds for helium
smooVNaac'oh, soo said that more than $40
wuue9 had been expended by the GOV.
raaneht since the beginning of the
war IN experiments With the gas and
'@IIIIseiop'ng " the plant at Fort Worth.
,bow. ueclared that experience had
ss.:,;a sao~h II was Impossible with cxistnig
of '.,.es bai'. 10 produce large quantities
nrss.;au, "t,ium "ithou. excessive and i'm
psG.'eal expenditures.
hayo An. nn'oony's estimate that it would
airst; s0So sl.-o0'Ooo 10 have filled the
lenyel roma with holium was chal
bseu ,ba py Mr. Lanham. who declared
than ""' se1s n"od would not have been more