Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-12-05

PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND PARKS.
Appropriated for 1929 , s2,652. $50
Additional amount required for
1929 to meet provisions of act
approved May %. 1928, amend
ing the classification act of 1928 277,722
Transferred from War Department
appropriations, 1929. ........... 1929
Total for 1929 ........s 2,963, 96I
Budget estimate for 1880. ......... 2,SSS'0Si.
Decrease .................. s75,9OO
General expenses have been reduced
from 1894, 300 to $3.50 900, principally in
the amounts for supplies and materials
and for repairs and alterations to build
1ngs due to the abandonment of one
temporary building and the completion
OF major repairs to most of the remain
ing temporary buildings.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.
Appropriated for 1929 .......... $1,oo4,162
Additional amount required for
ap app May G as isSs amend Gn sd.
ing the classification act of 1923 84.979
Budget estimate for 1880 ......... i,io7,573
Increase OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. $18,4s2
The increase is made up as follows:
For additional personnel, $12,500; for
the construction of a gallery to house
archaeological specimens, $2,270, and
TARIFF COMMISSION.
Appropriated for 1929 ... s754.o0o
Additional amount required for 1929
to meet PROVISIONS Of act approved
May %, 1928, amending the clas-
sification act of 1923 ............ $1,000
pna1 Total for 1929 ,aso........... ss9s, 500
buoget estimate Tor 1880 .......,... $4,000
Increase ....................... $4,000
There is an increase in the amount of
salaries from $708,3 800 to $720,64O, in
volving an increase in personnel of
seven. There are decreases in amounts
for miscellaneous expenses from $81 300
| to $79,360, and from $4,000 to $4,000
for printing and binding.
GEOGRAPHIC. BOARD.
ssp p99get esttma for for 1879 1870 a3o
80
This increase provides for the sal
aries of two employees who have hereto
ried on the rolls of other Federal
agencies.
SHIPPING BOARD.
Additional amount required for '-''''''''O
pproT 9 meat Nay p as is9s a Gd ad
Ing the classification act of
1870 .'''''''.s''s '.''''.'.' i'ooO
Total for 1929. ............ sIs.6s6. $50
Budget estimate for 1880. ........ 1884, 1000
Decrease NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. s3.702.33o
The amount of $13,4O0,0OO was APP
propriated for 1929 to meet the esti-
mated operating deficit. The budget
estimate for 1880 for this purpose is
100000, a reduction of $4400,O00.
This reduction in the estimated oper-
ating deficit Is predicated upon eX-
pected changes in conditions during
1880 as compared with 1929, as follows:
(a) That certain ship lines will be sold
which will eliminate the losses now in
CURED by the corporation for their
operation; (b) that the expenses for
personnel and other operating costs will
be further reduced through administra-
tive action; (c) that an improvement in
the operation of lines will be developed
through the consolidation and rerouting
of certain lines and through anticipated
changes in the managing operators
agreement; and cd through the pro-
posed transfer of certain personnel
from the fleet pay roll to the pay roll
of the board.
Compared with the actual total OPP
Grating deficit for the fiscal year 1928
of $16,279, 1868, the budget estimate for
1880 of 100000 is predicated upon a
reduction of $7,279, 1868, accounted for
as follows: ca A decrease in the net
operating expense due to lines sold,
$1,273,000; CD a reduction in the cost
of fuel due to reduction in prices,
So, 638, 900; (c) a reduction In pay roll
and administrative expenses, 900;
(d) reduction in the expense of in
active vessels in hands of operators,
$365,000, and in custody of the Mer-
chant Fleet Corporation, 1897, 900; (e)
reduction in expenses either through
the sale of the United States Lines or
through such lines earning a small
profit instead of mourning a deficit,
$465, 1903; G) reduction in expenses to
result from changes in the form OF
managing operators agreements, $273,-
744; total reductions, 1864, 052, and
estimated increases in losses due to re-
auctions in freight rates and other
changes in conditions of business, $724.-
684, less an estimated increase In reve-
nue. through interest accrualS on GER
tain funds being made available for
operating expenses by the appropriation
act for 1929, $340, 900, making the net in
creases $384,684 which, when deducted
from the total reductions of 1864 ,O52.
indicates net reduction for 1880 under
the actual net operating deficit for 1928
of $7,279, 1853. In addition to 100000
W ulcGG tlIe OPcIdUlIIS ucA1CA1 AOA 4SoV,
the budget estimate includes new item
of 100000 to be available only for re-
search and experimental development in
ship and machinery design; construc-
ton and operation, and $494, 900 for sal
aries and expenses of the Shipping
Board proper, as against $288,750 for
1929 This increase in the estimate for
salaries and expenses for the Shipping
Board is due to the provisions contained
in the annual appropriation act for
1929 that the estimates for 1880 shall
include the salaries of all employees
whose service with the board has be-
come permanent through detail from
the Merchant Fleet Corporation.
VETERANS BUREAU.
Appropriated for 1929. .......... $553.060,0 900
for 1913 ...... 400. 100000
Additional amount required for
1929 to meet provisions OF act
approved May 20. 1928, amend
ing the classification act OF $40 ,oo
1878 NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. o't7S'1oV
Total for 1929. ............. $57o,ses, 4so 1
Budget estimate for 1880. 597,375,0O0
increase ......,.........''... SSoo'A'o5V
Eliminating the item United States
Government life insurance tRaa IN