Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1923-03-27
At VIDE VARIANCE
ARE TWO PARTY HEADS
OVER APPROPRIAT
Madden, Republican, Says They
Are Less; Bryns, Democrat,
Says More
CONTRACTS AUTHORIZED
Figures To Show Enormous Sums
Laid To Republican Expen-
ditures By Democrats


resentative Martin B. Madden. rem
resentatiVe, Illinois, chairman of the
mouse committee on appropriations,
IN statement in the Congressional
record, undertakes to show that the
appropriations for 1924 have been
reduced $233,802, 5O4, as compared
with 1923.
Representative Joseph w. Byrns,
Democrat, Tennessee, ranking mi
ority member of the house commit
tee on appropriations, in a similar
statement undertakes to show that
the appropriations for 1924 have
been increased 1882, 100,363 as COM
pared with 1928.
Chairman Madden and Mr. .Bvrns
both quote the appropriations as fol-
lows:
For 1924: $8,7O6,777,163.
For 1928: 940,579,G 67. 'Gn>
GLIDING deficiency appropriations.
Chairman Madden in all fairness is
wiling that 1925, 100000 should be
deducted from his amount on account
oil discount accruals on war savings
securities which matured in January,
1923, and which amount is not re-
peated in the 1924 appropriations
That is as far as ne goes. He says
nothing of deficiency appropriations
for 1924, which are as certain as
they were in 1923. He says nothing
Of reapprOpriations, which do not APP
pear on the 1924 list of appropria-
tions, and other amounts which must
be included if a fair comparison is to
be made.
Mr.. Byrns calls attention to the
fact that the deficiency appropria-
tons for 1928 We're $233, 739, 1861,
and fairly assumes that the deficien-
cies, for 1924 will require as large
an appropriation as in 1928, which
sum alone would wipe out Mr. Mad
den's alleged reduction.
Mr.. Bryns then shows that there
have been reappropriations of $751;
1863, 141.99, which, added to the defi-
ciencies of 1924, would make the
appropriations for that year $3,977-
680,031, or $37, 100,363.76 more
than for 1928.
Mr.. Byrns deducts 1925, 100000 to
take care of accrued interest on war
saving stamps as Mr.. Madden agrees
in 1928 $50,000,000 was appropriat-
ed to settle claims arising out of the
war against the shipping board, for
which no appropriations are needed
for 1924, which amount should also
be deducted for the purpose of COM
parison. The sum of $4,000 addl-
tional was required for pensions in
1928, which will not be needed in
1924 and should be deducted from
the 1928 appropriations for the pur-
pose of comparison. These sums to-
tai $191, 100000. Assuming that
the deficiencies of 1924 will be as
large as they were in 1928, it is seen
that the appropriations for 1924 will
exceed those of 1928 by $190,000,-
600, and, if appropriations are in
Guided, by 1928, 100,3 63.76, an in
crease in a 1924 appropriations as
against Mr. Madden's reduction of
$233,802,504.
To be perfectly fair to Mr.. Mad
den, who claims only a net reduc-
ton of S108,802,504, after deduct
ing the $125,000,0 10000 discount ac-
cruals on war savings securities, this
amount should be deducted from Mr..
Byrns' total of 1928, 100, 363.76.
The net showing is then as follows.
Madden. sos, 802,504 reduction.
Byrns, $1O3,1G0,363 increase.
But this is not all of the story.
At the last session, the Sixty-seventh
CONGRESS authorized contracts to be
made amounting $80,366,200, which
must be met by future appropria-
tions from the treasury, Mr. .Byrns
states. He also calls attention to
the administration federal building
programs. which it is estimated will
cost S96,136,000, and to the secre-
tarv of the treasury's recommends
ton for rehabilitating the M
rine hospital and quarantine station
service to cost S8,786, 500-a total
Of $l04,922,500.
"These recommendations" says
Mr.. Byrns, twill come up for con-
sideration at the first session of the
Sixtv-eighth congress-, and whatever
authorizations are made must be
charged to the appropriations and
commitments for 1924,
After presenting all the figures ne
cessarv for comparison only part
of which are given by Chairman
Madden, Mr.. Byrns says:
Comm 1t is unnecessary. The
figures speak for themselves. They
are startling in view of the oft-re-
heated declaration of the administra-
tion that there have been great re-
auctions and economies in govern
ment expenditures"