Evening star., 1928-05-08
Considers Effect of Passage
of Many Pending Measures
Calling for Funds.
WEIGH BILL LISTED
WITH MORE EXPENSIVE
Coolidge Favors Many Proposals
Included, but Sees Possible
Deficit.

Disturbed over the many proposals in
Congress calling for the expenditure of
public funds, President Coolidge made
1t known today that unless some of the
pending measures are allowed to fail at
this session tax reduction will be an i'm
possibility without running the Treasury
into deficit.
While the President does not expect
all Of the pending measures to be passed,
he was represented as holding the opin-
ion that Congress should put on the
brakes so far as some Of these money
bills are concerned.
Among the bills calling for the ex-
penditure Of large sums Of money.
which in the aggregate would mean an
alarming depletion of the public funds,
which the President has in mind, are
the following:
Bills Are Listed.
lowest estimate would cost $500, 900 900,
and might run very much higher; the
farm relief bill, which would cost about
S400 00O. 600; the Bowlder Dam bill. run
ming between $125,000,000 and $780,
900 900; pension legislation, costing be-
tween S15,000,000 and S20,000.00O: the
WEIGH bill for an increase in the sala-
rieS Of Government employees, costing
about $4,000. 600; the Muscle ShoalS
bill, costing $4,000, 900; an appropria-
ton for the eradication Of the corn
borer of between $1,000 900 and $s,0OO,-
900, and an appropriation for voca-
tional training of 100000.
In addition to these measures the
President also is considering the pro-
posed reduction in postage amounting
to s38, ,00O, 900, and the Post Once pay
bill. which would mean an Appropriation
of S2O,O0O, 900. These two bills taken
together, the President has been in
formed, would cost the Post Once De-
partment S53,000, 900 when that depart
ment is already running at q loss.
The President is not opposed 70 the
welch bill for the increase Of salaries
to Government employees. nor Is he
against the food control bill. On the
contrary, he is understood to be favor
able TO both Of these measures.
Fears Tax Increase.
There was no indication at the White
House today that the President had IN
mind any particular legislation, IN let
ting It become known that he vas
alarmed at the large number Of money
bills pending in Congress. He Is wiling
that Congress use its discretion with
regard to these measures, but wants IL
understood that all of them cannot be
passed at this session in the present
state of the Treasury.
The President believes, according 20
information obtained at the White
House, that IL all Of these measures or
large percentage OF them should &C.
tually be enacted. taxes would have TO be
increased instead Of decreased. The
President is in favor. as he has been
all alone. Of the passage Of bill to re-
duce taxes. and he hopes that the ap-
preparation measure viii not be allowed
to mount up to a figure which would
make tax reduction impracticahle.
In addition to the various money
bills which have been specifically called
to the Presidents attention, he has been
informed that there is q large number
OF other measures which. II passed
would call for the expenditure Of public
money In varying amounts. He thinks
that IL is time Congress paused 70 con-
slider where it is going In respect tt
spending the peoples money.
The President expects that the
food control bill viii be passed IN .
form which will meet with his approval
so far as its main features are con-
cerned He was given assurances at the
conference which he had yesterday with
the confrees on this bill that changes
would be made In IL 10 meet his prtr1-
cipal objections.
II these changes are made. as pro-
posed. he will sign II. although 1t may
not meet his approval In all respects
He was represented today as believing
that the food control bill. with the
proposed changes embodied in Il, wooN
be about as good measure as It Vo0ld
be possible to set at this time,