New Britain herald., 1926-02-02
ECONOMY CLAIM OF
 fl. G.O.P.ATTACKED
Record of Administration Ques-
 tioned by Rep, ByneS, Democrat
MADDEN CHARGES WASTE

MADDEN UhAKGE0 WASIE
 Unnecessary Expenditures in Army
 and Navy Air Services Charged
 100 Million Claims Granted With tion.
 Washington, Feb. lPl-An at tack on President Cooldge's econ- omy record was made in the house today by Representative Byrns of Tennessee, ranking democrat on the appropriations committee. Referring to the presidents ad- dress 10 the semi-annual budget meeting, Mr. Byrns said Mir. Coo lidge compared with estimated ex-
 penditures for 1926 with the actual expenditures for 1921. rather than
 1925. A comparison of 1926 with 1925 would have shown an increase of sS9,000,000. he said.
 He placed expenditures for 1924 at S3,506, ,OO0O00; for 1925 at sS,- 529.000,000, and for 1926 at $3,618,- O00,000 exclusive of the postal serv- ice, adding "in the face of these fig ures will anyone seriously contend that the cost of the government is not steadily increasing?"
 By adopting tho presidents meth ods of comparison, he contended, tho cost of the executive office was S197,0QO in 1921, and s4S3,OOo in 1926.
 Waste Is Claimed Wasteful expenditures have been
 made by those administering the army and navy air services, Repre- sentative Madden, republican, Hi
 nois, chairman of the appropria-
 lions committee, declared today In the house.
 Both services, he said, are in need of better management, espe- cially as to purchasing agents. He made clear he did not favor a sepa-
 rate air force, but he advocated re- organization 10 bring about greater care In making expenditures.
 Large Deductions
 More than $100,0O0,000 Of deduc- tions for war amortization mot bas- ed on the solicitors rulings" have been allowed by the internal revenue bureau the senate was informed to- day in the majority report of the special senate committee investigat- ing the bureau
 Tho largest such deduction set forth in the report was s27226,412 for the United States Steel corpora ton.
 The others listed included: American Locomotive company, Bethlehem. Pa, s1,069,o22; Ameri- can Rolling Mills company. Middle town, Ohio, $1,470,210; Anaconda Copper Mining company, New York, $2,744,410; Babcock x Wilcox, New York, boile" manufacturers, $2,049,- .072: Baldwin Locomotive Works, Philadelphia, s2990,S06; Central Steel company, Denver, Colo, s2, 592, 2,109; Crucible Steel company of America, sS.912,879; Diamond Alkali company, Pittsburgh, s1,344,465; Frestone Tire company Akron, Ohio, $1,4649S3; General Electric company, Schenectady, N, Y, s1,- S17,S60.
 For the first time in the present congress, the house today overrode it's appropriation committee in pass
 ing the annual agricultural depart
 ment appropriation bill, which now
 goes 10 the senate.
 By a vote of 1SS to 147 an amendment, opposed by the com
 mittee was adopted to provide s2O0.-
 900 for the distribution of pamph- lets and other information on the diseases of horses and cattle. Tax Consideration The senate plunged into q six hour session today in an effort to hasten consideration Of the income surtaX rates of the tax reduction bill and thus make surer a final vote before the week end.
 The spceding-up process was plan ned in the face of a warning from Senator Norris. republican, of Ne braska, leader of the opposition that
 steam roller methods will not get you anywhere"
 Although republican and demo- cratic regulars on the finance com
 mittee had compromised their dif- terenCCs on the surtax schedule, which calls for reduction in the maximum rate from 40 10 2n per cent, some opposition has developed,
 Senate democrats accepted the max mum rate upon a further reduC- tion in the surtax rates applying on incomes between s24,000 and s6O.-
 900 which would cut the revenue
 by s23,0Q0,OO0 above that provided in the house bill.
 Renewing his debates Of two years ago with Secretary Mellon on
 surtaX rates Senator Couzens, re- publican, of Michigan, yesterday de-
 clared figures obtained by the spe- cial committee which investigated the internal revenue bureau, dis
 pei the fallacy of the argument that high surtaXes are responsible for investments in taX-exempt securi- ties" as was maintained by Mir. Mel lon. He said the figures showed that taxpayers with incomes of more than S100,o00 had invested less than
 7l2 per cent in tax-exempt securi- ties. TI C m TysIr