Evening star., 1923-01-19
UNCLE Joe OFFERS
LAST MONEY BILL
Submits Final Appropriation
Measure After Forty Years
on Committee.
CARRIES $14,706,856.60
Funds Provided for Capitol Ex-
penses, Library of Congress
and Other Items.
CARRIES $14,706,856.6O

ana ULQeT 4LeUS.
Uncle Joe Cannon, who has been for
more than forty years a member of
the House appropriations committee
and who was for more than decade
chairman Of the committee, submit
ted his last appropriation bill to the
House today. This carries total of
$14,706, $500 for expenditures for the
Senate, the House of Representatives,
the Capitol police, the joint commit
tee on printing. the Legislative draft
ing service, the Architect of the Capt.
tol, the Botanic Garden, the Library
of Congress and the government
printing office. for the fiscal year be-
ginning July /. next.
The amount recommended is S20J.-
032.35 less than the current apprO-
priations and Is sl.062.S15 less than
the budget recommendations.
SsOO,OOO Item Cut.
The committee did not allow an
estimate of 100000 for the construc-
ton OF an additional book stack in
the northeast court of the Library Of
Congress building.
1t allows an increase in pay for the
director of the Botanic Garden from
So, 900 to $4,000, and carries $4,000 for
repairing the main conservatory IN
the Botanic Garden.
Increases III compensation approx
mating $S5. .000, distributed among 81
employees in the Library of Congress,
were not allowed. out of fourteen
new positions requested for the Lii
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crease in the work of the library,
thirteen were allowed, with salaries
ranging from ST20 for a book cleaner
to one chief clerk in the copyright
office at $3.50.
Reorganization Recommended.
In the government printing office a
reorganization of the watch force is
recommended. effecting a net reduc-
tion of $3,O20. and an additional mes
senger boy at s42O is provided for,
and the compensation of four tele-
phone operators is increased $120
each per annum.
Representative Canuon's committee
recommends n continuance Of the plan
adopted in the current law of proVid-
ing a working capital to the govern
ment printing Office. and of requiring
the printing and binding for Congress
TO be charged to this working cap
ital. The amount recommended for
this purpose is $1,000, 900. the same as
allowed for the current year. Mr..
Cannon'S report points out that, i'll
the opinion of the public printer. the
change in method of handling the
printing appropriations. that is, by
direct appropriations to the depart
mentS and payment by them to the
public printer for work performed
has been even more satisfactory than
was anticipated. He recommends it
as a permanent policy, and the ap-
continuance of such provision in the
current law.
Increase Favored.
An increase of s13.966S0 is recon-
mended in the amount for employ
ment of labor in the distribution of
documents under the control of the
superintendent of documents. The
lists of the executive departments
necessitates additional employees, Mr..
Cannon reports.
Four cataloguers at 5000 each are
omitted and three at 1900 each are
provided in their places.
A continuance is recommended of
the provision in the current law re-
specting the printing of annual re-
| ports. The public printer informed
| the committee that under authority
of this provision in the fiscal year
1922 a very material saving was eff
fected by the various departments
The cost of printing the reports de-
creased from s360,4S6 TO $1S0,459, or
a decrease of SI79.977.
An increase of $4,000 is recon-
mended for the legislative reference
service in the Library of Congress
and sS,125 additional is granted to
in the library on Sundays and holi-
days.
More Money for Autos.
The bill, as reported, carries an
increase of $500 in the fund for main
tenance and operation of the Vice
Presidents automobile. also $500 for
the Speakers car
Under recommendations for the
House an auditor, at $4,000, is recon-
mended for the committee on ac-
counts. For the committee on dis
position of useless executive papers
clerk at $4,000 is appropriated for.
A rearrangeme is recommen ed
in the employees of the committee on
tion of $1,000.
A legislative clerk at $500 is pro-
vided in the Office of the floor leader
of the House in accordance with the
resolution of March "a, 1922.
An increase of $4,000 is recon-
mended in the item for miscellaneous
expenses in the House during the
long session to be provided for in
the next fiscal year
A reduction of $4,000 Is made in the
appropriation for folding speeches
and pamphlets.
An appropriation for purchases of
uniforms for the Capitol police is
increased from $4,000 to $4,000.
A total of $26,500 is provided for
special repairs to the Capitol building,
including the copper roofing, water
proofing of the porticos and renewal
of steam heating lines.
Proposed repairs and improvements
In the Senate chamber and Senate
office building, reaching a total of
approximately 100000, are not
allowed.