Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-01-04
$f9,M7,925 ASKED
IN FUND MEASURE
House Committee Reports
Appropriation Bill S1S9, 900
Under Estimates.

Carrying n total Of 9.0a7 .aS5.14.
which is SI.5S6,e3o.07 more than the
appropriation for the current year
submitted by the Budget Bureau. the
appropriation bin for the Departments
of State, Justice Commerce and
Labor for the fiscal year 1929 was re-
ported TO the House today from the
appropv ations committee.
Increases in personnel are provided
for each department in the Washing
ton offices.
For the Department of State, an in
crease of Sa6.l00 in salaries in the
Office OF ths Secretary are 10 I've USED
as follows; $4,000 in slight salary IN
cyeaSes TO about one has VI the en-
pIoyes in the department, who are
now receiving less than the average
of their salary grade under inc
Classification act; Sl0.1S0 FOR salaries
of III departmental employees TO re-
place four foreign service officers now
in the department who are needed IN
the field: $500 for four addlu"hai
emnloyes In several divisions where
Are increase of work has made
ACQUISITION necessary, and Sl9.bSo TO
enable the Department of state 10
catalogue its library, consisting OF
leo 600 volumes.
Ss5s,1l0 for School.
While il is estimated that this last
named amount is not adequate to
hiring the Cataloruiug up to dale dur
ing the next year. il is hoped that pE
minimizing this increase for seVeral
wears the work may he modernlZeo.
Under the Department OF Justice ap'
Dropriation were the following FUNDS:
For the National Training School Tor
Bows in the District. total of $l92 40
is recommended for administrative ex-
peuses and $50 900 for another fam
ily house. Chairman Madden or the
aDpropriatinns committee reported
that IL had been found that these al
djtiona, houses can be built for about
SEQ 600.
Under the Department of Commerce
appropriations. fund for printing
and bind ng is carried in two senarate
items One of these is S1,l40 900 for
TIE patent Office which is an increase
Of $1,000 over the present fiscal year
Exclusive of this printing fund. the
appropriations carried in the bill for
the Patent Office reach total OF
s. 903 600. an increase of SS0.940. made
OF applications or patents rece we'd
esch wear The appropriations com
nlittee was advised that the work Is
now many months in arrears in prac-
tically all examining divisions and II
this condition is to be remedied 1t Is
imperative that the number of exam
lining divisions be increased. The In
crease recommended in the bill for the
coming fiscal year will provide the
necessary personnel for three add
tionai divisions.
$1,000 Over Estimate.
For the Bureau of Standards a total
OF $2.24S.055 is recommended, which
is IS 900 more than the budget esti-
mate. Last year an appropriation OF
5000 GEO was made for the erection o!
a power plant. Omitting this item.
the Appropriation made this year If
an increase for the Bureau of Stand
ards of nearly 500 900 10 take care
Of the nominal expa nsion of it's work
distributed az follows: Salaries. direc.
tors o!fire. $3.50; inves; igation of
structural material $4,000: sta ndard
ization Of paper. leather. etc. $40 600:
industrial research, $I7.7s0. and CO
operation with Government depart
mems in making tests. $50, 900. The
5000 10 the appropriation for testing
optical glars to permit the Bureau OF
Standards to extend its testing 10 other
types OF glass
Under the Department OF Commerce
appropriation. salary increases total
ing $ll.950 are provided for employees
here IN the Bureau OF Navigation
Funds for the construction of 40S5
miles OF ai-ways throughout the coun.
Try were provided in the bill.
Maintenance Fund.
In addition 10 funds for construc-
ton Of new alrways. the measure
provided for the maintenance of the |
S.SzT miles OF airways already
equipped
The program FOR 1929 contenpia,es
Tnaln'~n@ nee OF 1872 miles Of lighted
IA ways at $Ie5 mile; maintenance
OF "a radio stations at $4,000 per
.aGgr.
included among the appropria tons
Tor the state department were $780,
900 for buildings for the America
embassy in Toxic: international ex.
position al Seville. Spain. 5000 600:
Statue Of Henry Clay in Caracas,
Venezuela. Sal 900.
Anong funds allotted To Justice
Depa iment activities were for en-.
sorcemenf of the antitrust laws, $780,.
$40; for 6stesfl0n and prosecution of
sS!mes. sz.250 900.
he Commerce Department apDro.
trlations included $s5s.sl7 for pro.
noting commerce in South and Cen.
trai America
The Labor Department was allotted
81 f0s 900 for it's Chiidrsns Bureau
and 3I02 600 for It's Women's Bureau.