Evening star., 1928-08-07
COOLIDGE AND LORD
ALLOW S39,9(O,O(]O
. IN CAPITAL BUDGET
Agree on Maximum Amount
After Pruning Preliminary
Estimates.
SUM ALMOST SOLELY
FOR CURRENT EXPENSES
No Provision Made for Municipal
Airport, Schools or Other
Projects.
BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG.
staf Correspondent of The star.

CEDAR ISLAND LODGE, BRULE
RIVER. Wis, August When Presi-
dent Coolidge and Brig Gen. Herbert
NJ. Lord, director of the budget. fin
ished wrestling with the preliminary es-
Inmates for the 1880 budget, it was
found that the allowances made for the
District of Columbia totaled approx
mately $39900,O0O.
At least that figure was the maximum
| amount agreed upon during their prun-
ing Of the preliminary estimates. AT
the final reckoning when the 1880 bud
get is whipped into definite form for the
President to submit to Congress. the
amount might be pared down a little,
but not much.
The total allowed the District. which
is only a trifle more than Sl,00o,0 900
below the appropriations available, in
cluolng the supplemental appropriations
Tor the current year, is almost solely
Tor current expenses incident to the ad-
mIniStration of the Capital. Virtually
no provision is made for any extraordi-
nary purposes. No provision is made
Tor the municipal airport and no at
| tempt IS made to carry out the public
scnool building program or other public
/ projects.
Capital Fares Well.
In revealing preliminary estimates
Gen. Lord appeared to think that the
Capital had Jared very well. He SUD-
plemented this opinion with the ex-
pianatlon that the total allowed for the
DiSerlct was not great deal under the
amount asked for by the District Conn
miss1onerS in their revised preliminary
estimates. He added that the reason
no provision was made for the munici-
pal airport or other So-called extraordi-
nary projects was because the Comnnis-
SlonerS mad excluded any such items
from their estimates.
Gen. Lord was not in a position To
make any predictions as to the probable
amount TO be- allowed the District i'm
the nature OF a supplemental estimate.
ne dld say. however, that he could not
zee zee al tniS time how more than 81, l,00O,-
oOU could De allowed. He explained this
could not be determined definitely IN
| TIL later, when the firal estimates are
submitted to the Bureau of the Budget
lt was lnt1mated by Gen. Lord that
the President appeared very generously
inclined toward the District. Prior to
| laying the preliminary figures before
the PRESIDENT yesterday, Gen. Lord had
| made blue pencil marks on the margins
OF the District items which would have
MADE 1t possible to trim the total
amount Of District estimates to a point
! as low as S39, 100000 if the President
had deemed it advisable 1t was this
| minimum amount the director mention
ed as surety for the District.when he
| talked Tor publication yesterday morn
ing before comforting with the President.
President Agrees to Figure.
The impression was given by Gen.
Lord that the President was agreeable
to the $S9 100000. At least, he had no
| inclination to reduce the estimates to a
point where there would be any doubt
about the District government main
| tanning standard Of efficiency. More
over, the President apparently was i'm
pressed by the fact that the estimates
appeared to represent the real needs
| of the District Also he was reminded
| that the District Commissioners had
| exercised extreme pains to keep the to-
tai estimates within bounds
| While apparently not caring To allow
the Commissioners all they requested.
or even to boost the total above the
| maximum amount allowed by the di-
rector, the President no doubt thought
| 1t best to WELD the pruning knife in
other quarters.
According to Gen. Lord. the President
| virtually approved all the major ar
rangementS or ALLEGATIONS of the budget
estimates, not only for the District, but
the Federal Government in its entirety.
Gen. Lord left here to return to his
Summer home in Maine. but he will ar
rive In Washington shortly. and then
Will take up with the various depart
mental and bureau heads, as well as the
District Commissioners. the matter of
putting their estimates In final form So
MS to conform with the amounts allowed
by the President.
President Not Alarmed.
Although the preliminary budget esti-
mates for 1890 indicate a paper deficit
for the Government OF nearly $780,
100000, he Is not at all alarmed While
discussing the subject today with callers,
the President was represented as feeling
hopeful that the Government will be
on the right side OF the ledger at the
end of next year.
The President indicated that he based
this hopefulneSS upon the present pros
perity throughout the country and the
prospects of its continuing for some
time, The President. however has re-
eeived no definite figures relative to the
possible Treasury receipts for the pres
sent fiscal year. which ends June so
next The condition of the Treasury at
that time will have considerable bear
ing upon whether or not the Govern
ment can pun through next year. with
an increased running cost OF nearly
S4oo 900, without piling up y deficit.
The President was further represented
as anticipating at least $500, 600. 600
from the tariff during the current year,
and inaSnuch as business appears To be
on the upgrade and that there Is reason
to expect an increase in the amount OF
dutiable goods 10 come into this cuun-
try during the year. he would not be
surprised 10 see gairly good SurplQS
in the Treasury az the end of the year.
Tax Reduction Seen Aid.
Moreover. the President is inclined
to think that the reduction In taxes,
which viii be felt this year, viii serve
to stimulate business b. removing some
tax burdens, and that this viii result
in increased Treasury receipts.
The President put aside his fishing
pole today and went TO the executive
ONCE In Superior 60 devote the mOrN-
ing TO business and 10 receive large
number Of callers,
Mrs Coolidge accompanied him TO
superior this morning and after SPEND
ing a few moments at the otiice, went
shopping until the time arrived for the
ride back 70 the Rrule,