Evening star., 1925-01-19
S71,598,123 BILL
PUT BEFORE HOUSE
State, Justice, Commerce
and Labor Department
Funds Asked

uhds Tor the support OF the fouf
great executive departments OF State,
Justice, Commerce and Labor are con-
tatned In one measure reported TO the |
House today by Representative Shreve
of Pennsylvania from the committee
on appropriations
The total carried in this bill is
S71.5SS.123.77 which is S1.617.4so4s
less than the current appropriations |
and S361,sS5 less than the recommen- /
dations Of the Budget Bureau The |
amount recommended for the State |
Department is S1G.O11.512.77, which is
a decrease of s227 243b2 from the cur
rent appropriations, but tnfrease t
of 10000 above the budget estimates. !
For the Department of Justice the |
bill carried $24 205 S22, which is an !
increase of s1,524.S65.50 above the |
current appropriations and a decress Sc |
of $4,000 from the budget recon- |
mendations. For the Department |
OF Commerce the bill carries $22,7TS.- |
164, which is a decrease of s3.0es,391 |
from the current appropriation. but |
an increase of s39.650 over the bud |
get recommendations. For the De- /
partment of Labor the total is $S,- |
602.625, which liz a decrease Of s4s,- |
72I47 from current appropriations. !
but an increase of s292,365 above the |
budget estimates
The sppropria tions committee rec |
ommends for the Bureau OF stand |
ards the budget estimate OF S1.T50.- !
40. which is a reduction OF s30,7l0 |
under the current appropriations !
made up by small amounts taken !
from several OF the appropriations. |
Representative Shreve explained tha I
this will in no way affect the work
of the bureau, which will continue
rfah nfll
under the current appropriation.
The bill carries an increase of
$1,000 over the budget estimates for
contingent expenses In the State De-
partment in order to provide modern
storage space for valuable documents
OF the Government. The original
laws. proclamations, treaties, execu-
tive orders OF the United States, and
so forth. are at present filed in old
fashioned metal cases in a room in
the sub basement Of the State De-
partment. where they are subject to
serious injury. This addition of
$4,000 has been allowed to enable the
department to At up Il room in which
these important documents may be
safely preserved in steel cases and
on steel shelves.
For the Pan-Amerfcan Union an in
crease of $7.23l.4s has been recon-
mended, bringing the total for this
agency up to sI2723l.B. This is in
accordance with the action of the
governing board of the union. basing
the quota Of the United States upon
n population basis.
Auto Change Allowed.
Because the automobile used by the
Attorney General is more than three
years old and the expense of repairs
written into the bill to permit ex-
change of the old automobile and
purchase of new one.
An appropriation of SlT7,020 out OF
the S2,177, 500 for the Bureau OF In
vestigation in the Department of Jus
tice will be used here in Washington
in providing for a personnel of so
which is a reduction under the cur
rent law OF l2.
The committee recommends an ap-
preparation of $1,000. 900 for the in
vestigation and prosecution of war
frauds. which is 100000 more than
the current appropriation. and SIPS
600 less than the recommendation of
the budget.
A survey Of approximately 500
cases shows that about $50 cases
have been found to be really
urgent. and of these some so are
actually pending in court. Repre-
sentative Shreve stated that the
Department Of Justice explains there
will be serious hinderance in the
Governments efforts to prosecute
these cases and recover the Govern
ment's money unless this work is re-
sarded as an emergency task. to be
finished as soon as possible, and such
treatment is impossible under the
current appropriations of $4,000.
Budget Figures o.K.'d.
The budget estimate of S1,s7i,000
for the Census Bureau has been writ
ten into the bill.
There was appropriated for the
current year s5.347,47O, which in
cludes an appropriation OF $3,500,Q
for an agricultural census, which is
made every Ave years, and therefore
would not be needed for the fiscal
year of 1926 Deducting this the bill
today shows an increase over the
current appropriat of S125, 5,o00.
This is to be used in making the
census of manufacturers. which is
taken every two years.
The Census Buresu reported that
about 3.5oo.000 schedules from farm
ers have been obtained, and that
the enumeration so far as obtaining
these schedules is therefore nearly
half finished.
Provision is carried in the bin for an
expenditure of $4,000 for the law liz
brary Of the Department OF Justice,
which is a decrease of $1,000.
For the judicial establishment total
of S15,s72,212 is written into the bill,
which is an increase of S7s7,557 above
the current appropriations and an in
crease of $4,000 for law books over the
budget recommendations.
For the National Training School for
Boys the recommended appropriation
is SS5,T10, which Is an increase OF
$4,000 above the current appropria-
tion.