Evening star., 1924-12-02

GreSSlonal printing. from s33S.960 to
| 1915, 900 for salaries III office of super
! ntendent of documents, involving an
increase in employees fro 25S to 270:
from s165, 900 to $4,000 for general
expenses office of superintendent Of
documents. involving an increase
| from s135.O00 to s160,000 fo- printing
and binding.
Executive once Reduced.
The net reduction of s1.407.o0 for
/ the executive Office includes reduc-
| tions from $e3.52O to s92.16O for sal
aries. executive offices: from $4,000 TO
se.so0 for printing and binding; from
$4,000 TO $4,000 for contingent ex-
penses; from Sl12,760 to $4,000 for
| repairs, fuel. etc. improvement and
care, lighting Executive Mansion and
grounds; from $s4,3o0 to $50, 400 for
salaries. White House police: and in
creases from $5,927 to 81 2.000 for the
salary of Vice President for the full
fiscal year: from S3,950 to $4,000 for
uniforms and equipment White House
police.
The Alaskan fund for the relief of
INDECENT persons gets $4,000 in the
budget. This is an indefinite appro-
priation of 10 per cent of the receipts
from licenses collected outside of in
corporated towns in Alaska, which is
divided equally among the four dis
trict judges to be applied to the re-
lief of persons who are INDECENT and
incapacitated. On July !. 1924, there
was an unexpended balance to the
credit of this fund available for re-
distribution of s23,620.69.
For the office of the Alien Property
Custodian the budget recommends
$1S9,220, which is a reduction of
$35,7S0.
This includes reductions from $780,
$50 to $1.6,040 for personal services,
the number of employees being re-
duced from 101 to Sc; from 318,1s0 to
$l2380 for miscellaneous expenses
from $1,000 to $500 for printing and
binding.
Tax Board Figures Cut.
For the Board of Tax Appeals the
budget recommends $354.S20, which is
OF Tax Appeals was created under
provisions of the revenue act ap-
proved June 2, 1924. and is function
ing during the fiscal year 1925 under
the allotment made by the Secretary
of the Treasury. The amount esti-
mated for 1926 is believed to be sufi-
cient for the operation of the board
for the year.
For the Bureau of Efficiency the
OuQScC eStlfndtc Is $l0U,O0V, which Is
a reduction of $500.
This includes reductions of $4,860
for personnel, $3.50 for expenses and
$3.50 for printing and binding.
For the Civil Service Commission
the budget recommendation is $997.-
375. reduction of $14,660. This in
cludes reductions from $s67,900 to
$S55,320 for personal services; from
5000 to $3.50 for miscellaneous ex-
penses; from $4,000 to $4,000 for
travelling expenses: from $4,000 to
$5s,5O0 for printing and binding.
For the Commission Of Fine Arts an
increase of $1.l50 is recommended,
bringing the budget estimate up to
$500. There Is reduction of $50
in the amount estimated for salaries
and expenses and an increase Of
$1,000 in the amount estimated for
printing and binding. This increase
is to enable the commission to issue
it's tenth annual report. The ninth
annual report was issued in 1921.
Employees Compensation.
For the Employees Compensation
Commission the budget recommends
$2301,5oo. net reduction of $349, 100.
This net reduction includes an in
crease from $136,600 to $13S,000 for
personal services, and reductions
from $4,000 to $500 for printing and
binding: from $2.500. 900 to $2;150.000
for the employees compensation
fund. The reduction Of $S5o,0oO in
the estimate for the fund Is due to
a change in policy regarding awards
for disability on account of diseases.
For the Federal Board for Voca-
| tional Education the budget recon-
mendation is $s,222,270. net increase
of $S98,270. This includes increases
from $2,534 900 to $3,027.o00 for CO.
operative vocational education in
| agriculture: from S2,556,oO0 to $3,-
| 050,000 for cooperative vocational
education, trades and Industries, both
| Of which are automatic annual in
| creases provided for in the act cre-
ating the Federal Board for Voca-
tional Education; and reductions from
$s34,000 to $750,000 for cooperative
vocational rehabilitation of persons
disabled in industry, with the pro-
viso that appropriations to the
States shall be computed on the basis
of $1,034,000 as authorized by law;
from $4,000 to $70,270 for salaries
and expenses, vocational rehabilita-
tion of persons disabled in Industry.
For the Federal Power Commission
the budget recommends $31.soo. a
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