New Britain herald., 1929-12-04
Makes Budget Recommendation

up for action on Thursday.
 Makes Budget Recommendations Washington. Nov. 2 (UF)-Hrcsi-
 dent Hoover transmitted to congress today his first budget recommending total appropriations for the fiscal
 year 1881 Of 2@.&&o,4t5.2%I, q re
 duction Of Eft5.G96,0Oo as compared
 with expenditures Of in" current
 fiscal year,
 Estimating governmental sur
 pluscS Of $2g5.0uU. .0Q0 this year and S1@2. 100000 in 1881. President Hoo yer proposed tax reduction on 1929
 incomes as already outlined by Sec
 retary Mcllon This program will
 provide cut of one per cent in the normal tax agEI eGating 6o,000,00o.
 Warning congress that only q
 temporary tax decrease is justified
 by tho state Of government finances now, MT. Hoover said a year hence it will he possible to determine whether the continuation or even extension of the reduction is jus
 tifed Every effort will be made, he
 added to so conduct the Fovcrn- ment finances @s 10 continue the
 benefits Of reduced taxation for sue ccedinG calendar years.
 Amount Exceeds Computa ton
 "EXpcrience has shoWn," the pres idcnt said, "taht each reduction in taxes has resulted in revenue in eX- cess of the mathcmatically comput- cd return under the reduced rates. Undoubtedly an increase in the prosperity Of business brought forth by tax reduction is partly re- sponsible for this experience. Such reduction gives the taxpayer cores pondingly more for his own use and thus increases the capital available for general business
 Although the total 1881 budget is nearly sl50.000, GOO under the last 1 budget of the Coolidge administra-
 tration. President Hoover proposed q increases in the appropriations for several important branches.
 Principal increases recommended tO tcIEltSS bN lIIt pltSlutHI lliClub-
 ed enlarged funds by $lo.O0O,O00 for flood control and rivers and harbors, additional funds for the justice dc partment of s4.079.0OO. and for the state department of $2443.000 An increase of about $3.lo0,00O in tho appropriation for Indians. and Of S2.0O0, ,000 for better forest fire pro- lection was requested.
 An additional S5,0O0,00O for government construction under the federal building program is to be , asked later, congress was advised, in a supplemental estimate 10 be submitted when the treasury has completed a survey 10 determine
 how the funds should be allocated. Building Program
 Provision was made in the build
 ing program for construction pro- l iccts at several federal pcntentia-
 ries as follows: Leavenworth. S22.-
 GOO: Atlanta, $79,oOQ; McNeil Is-
 land. S139,000, and $450, 900 for
 continuing construction Of the Chillicothc, O.. industrial rcforma- tory Total building estimates of 1 budget
 Estimates for war and navy de-
 partment appropriations provide an
 aggregate of $7l9,069,000 for ma 1 tional defense. President Hoover
 said, after excluding all items of a r1,, 1,+n ,,hc mi q amounts were carried in the budget i for carrying forward the aviation programs of both services, the hous- ing program of the army. moderni- | zation Of battleships, and construc- ton of new naval vessels authorized
 by the 15-cruiser bill passed by the | last session Of congress.
 speaks Of Cruisers
 with regard to the l5 new crui- l sers authorized by the act of last ! February" the president stated, provision is made for continuing
 work on the two cruisers already 1 laid down and on the aircraft carrier ! and three cruisers to be laid down . in the fiscal year 1880 and for the l commencement of the construction
 Of the second and third blocks of ] five cruisers each, late in the fiscal 1 year 1881"
 Under the air service programs 1 for the army and navy. the presi-
 dent asked a total of $33,000,O00
 for procurement of airplanes. In addition he asked for the same | purpose for the coast guard, de
 partmcnt of commerce. and the ma
 tiOnal advisory committee for aero
 nautiCs total Of S46O.oO0. An ad-
 ditional $l0.395.S30 was asked also
 for lighting and equipment air i ways, inspection and licensing { planes and pilots, and furnishing Of
 weather reports 10 aviators.
 Two extremely important items Of 1 federal expenditure were not in- CIuded in the budget. owing 10 the 1 inability to obtain an accurate esti- mate of what appropriation they will require in the next fiscal year. ' The items were the federal farm board and Boulder Dam. Supple IlI'nldl "StlllldlcS covering DOln these activities will be sent to con- sress later. President Hoover said Eliminating the figure of $150,- oo0,ooo appropriated for the rerolv- ing fund of the federal farm board this year and which is not included in the budget for next year the 1881 budget exceeds the expenditures for
 the current year by S4,304.00O. An estimate of $20O,0OO,000 for farm board expenditures in the 1881 fiscal year was included. however, for the purpose of estimating the surplus
 Estimates Total Receipts President Hoover estimated total receipts of the government in the fiscal year 1881 beginning next July