Evening star., 1923-12-10
Text of Presidents Message Presenting Budget Congress

expenditures for the postal serv.
payable from postal revenues.
Such expenditures for the fiscal
year 1928 were s570.S23.232. A
deficiency Of $32.526.915. payable
from ordinary receipts, is included
in the ordinary expenditures here
expenditures from postal revenues
during 1924 are s593. .30s.673. An es-
timated deficiency of s24,679.S73 is
included in the estimated ordinary
expenditures for 1924. The estl-
mated expenditures from postal
revenues for 1925 are sS13.295, 1874.
II is estimated that the postal ex-
penditures for that year will exceed
postal revenues by s2,085,1S4.
This brings us TO the estimates
of appropriations contained in this
budget. The Executive instructions
governing the preparation Of these
estimates called for a substantial
preparations for 1924. This was es-
sential to a continuation of the pol
icy Of strict and drastic economy.
That is the administrators unde-
bataole policy. 1t has been ad-
hered to unswervingly in the past
and we shall hew to the line in the
future.
The estimates of appropriations
appearing In this budget for 1925.
exclusive Of the estimate for the
Post Office Department, amoNnt to
sS.01S, ,0SS. .s4S.06, which Is $3.50, $685.
o22.56 less than the appropriations
for 1924
The estimates OF appropriations
for the Department of Justice show
an increase Of something more than
81 ,000. 600 above the estimates con-
tained in the budget for 1924. Prob
ably to a much greater extent than
any other executive department.
the Department Of Justice involves
activities which are not subject to
administrative control as regards
expenditures. Due to this condition
the practice for great many years
has been to present estimates Of
appropriations for the Department
or Justice which were known to be
less than the amount which would
eventually be required for the serv-
ice of the fiscal year to which they
pertained and to follow these an
nual estimates with supplemental
estimates when the fiscal year was
well under way and the needs could
be more accurately determined. This
practice was known to and sane
toned by Congress. The estimates
for the fiscal year 1925 are in an
amount which II is believed will
cover in full the requirements Of the
Department Of Justice for that fis-
cal year. This change in practice
operates to increase the budget
something more than $4,000. 600 over
what the total Of the budget esti-
mates would be If the old practice
had been continued. but It presents
a truer picture Of the estimated re-
ouirements OF this department which
proper budgeting.
Census Of Agriculture.
The estimate for the Department
Of Commerce includes ss.500,ooo for
the decennial census Of agriculture,
required by act of Congress ap-
proved March 8, 1919.
For prohibition enforcement the
Congress has appropriated for the
current fiscal year ending June 80.
1924, an amount which provides an
for the several states, and a field
force OF 1872. A considerably en-
larged field force should be provided
for prohibition enforcement, and to
meet this requirement the estimates
of appropriations for the prohibition
unit for the fiscal year 1925 are
something more than <1,600. 900 in
rent fiscal year. In my annual mes
sage I am presenting to Congress
the need for material increase in
the personnel and equipment Of the
United States coast guard for the
purpose of combating more thor
oughly rum-running and unlawful
importations. 1 mention this here
for the reason that l will shortly
present to Congress a supplemental
estimate Of appropriations for the
coast guard OF approximately $780,
0e0, 600. mainly for additional vessels
and boats, for the current fiscal
lowed by a request for a further an.
propriation Of approximately $6,000,-
900 for the coming fiscal year.
The estimates. of appropriations
contained in the budget include
amounts to cover the Classification
OF civilian positions within the Dis
tfict Of Columbia as required by tho
act of Congress approved March 4,
1928 The amounts involved in the
classification are also reflected in
the estimates OF expenditures con-