New Britain herald., 1926-12-08
SUPPLY BILLS ARE
 INTRODUCED TODAY
Treasury and Post Office Dept.
 Requests Noted

Washington. Dec. S.-tPl- The first of the annual supply bills, that for the treasury and post office de- partments, was reported today 10 the house by it's appropriations committee.
 The bill proposed appropriations for the fiscal year beginning next July l amounting to s753, 5000 for the postal service and Sl37,- 371 ,000 for the treasury including s27.340,o ,o00 for prohibition C 'orce- ment Of the latter figure, SI ,990,- GOO was allotted for the prohibition unit and s15,349,000 for anti-liquor smuggling activities of the coast guard.
 Big Reduction
 The treasury figure represented reduction of more than S12,0OO,0OO below current funds and nearly s2,- 100000 below the budget estimate for the fiscal year 1928. The post office allotment. while S14,67T,5S2 more than appropriated for this year, was s4,4S5,9 96O below the bud get figure.
 The committee recommended for prohibition enforcement exactly the amount requested. but the total fell 22,o4o short of the regular and de- ficiency appropriations for the pres snt fiscal year.
 Besides the reduction in the re- Eular annual funds required to maintain the treasury department, the bill called for reduction of 331,9S9,Oo0 in continuing appropri- ations made possible by the reduc- tion in interest on the public debt.
 No funds were provided for new public buildings throughout the country as a sufficient amount to initiate the building program au thorized at the last session was held to be already available.
 Some activities in both depart ments were allotted increases while others were curtailed. The general decrease in the treasury appropri- ation was due principally to elimina- tion of moneys for public buildings and a major part of the increase for the postal service was attributable to the advance of nearly Sl4,000,000 in salaries of employees. Another s2,- Oo0,000 increase was credited to rent, light and fuel for postal build ings and for additional vehicle serv- ice.
 No Protection Provided
 The committee made no specific provision for carrying out announc- ed plans of the post office depart ment to create and equip an armed force to combat mail bandits, task now being performed by the marines.
 Postmaster General New advised the committee that postal revenues for the next fiscal year probably would exceed by s40,0o0,000 this years total.
 In the committees inquiry Into the financial needs of the secret service, Representative Byrns, of Tennessee, ranking democrat of the group, touched upon the assignment of an agent to protect John Cool idge. son of the president, now at tending Amherst college. w. NJ. Moran, chief of the secret service, explained that the assignment was in accordance with regulations re- curing protection for members of the presidents family.
 Objects to Guard.
 Mr. ByrnsSaid he had no criticism to make of the practice of assigning agents to protect the wife of a presi- dent but I do very seriously ques- ton the wisdom of the policy of spending money for a companion for the son of the president or ny members of the presidents party who Is attending college. It seems to me that is going too far