Evening star., 1925-02-23
SECOND DEFICIENCY
BILL IS REPORTED:
S3,509,311 FOR D. C
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creased. Separate Legislation to
| grant this authority is now pending
Among the other important Items
not chargeable against District
revenues, but for activities in the Ma
| tional' Capital, there is total Of
| s1,s72, ,374.3i for' the Bureau of En-
craving and Printing. or this amount
! 81 1,875,441.Si Is to purchase additional
paper and provides for the produc-
tion OF approximately $4,000, 900 ad-
| ditional sheets of currency to meet
| the demands of the present fiscal
year for new money and also to pro
vide for sizing of currency and to
| cover the reallocation of employees.
| Another $663e33.50 is to purchase ad-
| ditional paper and provide for the
| accumulation of an unfinished re-
serve stock in. the bureau of i5 900. :
900 backs and 100000 faces OF cur
| rency.
There is an Item OF s233, 400 to pro-
vide for the purchase OF additional
! rotary presses for the printing Of
| postage stamps and effectins thereby
an economy of approximately $3.50.
| 900 a year in the printing Of stamps.
| Other general items include $3.50,
| 600 for a memorial to the Women of
| the World War. being a contribution
| II
| the present site of the American Ma
tional Red Cross building.
| An appropriation of sI2.0o is rec
! commended for an international con-
| ference of navigable waters to be
! held in Washington, and $4,000 for
| an international radio telegra phic
| convention.
For installation Of modern stoker
equipment and other improvements
at the Capitol power plant, s251. 500 ;
/ to enable the President to continue
! the prosecution OF suits in connec-
| tion with the oil leases, 100000: for
| replacement of elevators in the State.
| War and Navy Building with modern
| equipment, 10000; for printing and
| binding for the Department of Com
! merce, 100000; for printing for the
Patent Office. $1,000
An appropriation of $4,000 Is rec
! commended for the purchase of the
| portrait OF Speaker Gillett and
S750,000 for the purchase of marble
| pedestals for the busts OF Champ
| Clark and James r. Mann.
/ For Improvement on the Executive
| Mansion and grounds S1,500 Is recon-
mended For the storage of models
in the Patent ONCE. $500.
s3O.0OO. 900 for Navy Bill.
Items in the bill include $4,000. goo
| for naval construction: s1.500. 900 for
| a 500-bed hospital at the Pacific
| branch of the National Home for
| Disabled Volunteer Soldiers at Santa
Monica Calf; 1880 for. new
! Coast Guard cutter to replace the
Bear in Alaskan waters: s90s.100 for
/ purchase of land and construction of
an industrial institution for women at
! Anderson, w. Va; s1,542.700 for fsht-
hing fires in national forests; s25, ,oeo
| for the Public Health Service to in
| vestigate the oyster industry. as a
| result of the recent typhoid situation,
and 100000 for the Alaska Railway.
or the 100000. 900 allowed for naval
construction $4,000, 900 would be used
toward modernization of the. battle
! ships New York, Utah, Florida, Texas
Arkansas and Wyoming, the total
limit OF cost of which is to be SIS
| $50, 900: $14,0oo.000 for continuing
construction OF the aircraft carriers
| Lexington and Saratoga: $4,000. .00O
| for aircraft and accessories for these
two ships. and s4.000,000 for begin
ming construction of six gunboats and
! two of the eight cruisers recently
authorized by Congress.
The committee allowed an additional
100000 for prosecuting suits in con-
| nection with the naval oil regerve
| leases and $4,000 for payment OF
fees and expenses of witnesses testi-
! flying before grand jury here in the
proceedings of Senator Wheeler
Democrat. Montana. The BILL how
ever. did not carry 100000 reque ed
| by the Department of Justice for
further prosecution of war fraud
| cases.
Items eliminated included budget
requests of s125, 900 for use In inspec-
| tions OF the Department of Commerce
] in connection with interferences In
radio receiving sets, s15,500 for ma
laria control at Muscle Shoals. Ala
and a request for the use of s2TO, ,0O0
| Of existing appropriations for the
/ Army Air Service to effect a/consoli-
dation OF the Fairfield, Ohio, air in
| termediate depot with similar sta
tion at Middletown, Pa, and for the
| enlargement OF facilities at Middle
town.
The bill provides that not to exceed
s350.000 of the Appropriation made
available for the coming fiscal year
for transportation of mail can be
| used by the Postmaster General in
| contracting for air mail service. The
Post Off1ce Department, the commit
| tees report said plans to make con-
! tracts for air mail service between
Los Angeles and Salt Lake City, Chi
cago and st. Louis, Boston and Nrw
York and prehaps a route from Elko
| New, to a point near Portland, Greg.
| The $4,000 for a Public Health
Service investigator OF oysters was
originally requested for the Depart
ment Of Commerce. the committed
deciding that it would be best for the
health service to undertake the work
Included in the bill are $3.50, 200 to
be used toward erection of a memori-
al to the women of the World War
in the form of a building on the site
! of the American Red Cross building
| here. S375,465 for the Omaha Indians
| of Nebraska for interest awarded by
the Court of Claims, s42,0 for an
! internationa conference on oil pol
luton of navigable waters to be held
! here; $4,000 for the international
| dio-telegraphic conference; $4,000
| for debt commission expenses; $4,000
for distribution of German war troph-
| les and $4,000 for a commission To
! inspect the battle fields near Fred
ericksburg and Spottsylvania Court
| House, Va.
The committee allowed t2Ss, 600 for
| increased subsistence costs at nation
al homes for disabled volunteer sol
diers; sal 200 for sugar cane investi-
cations and experimentation, and $15,-
900 for specila study OF the foot and :
mouth disease.
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