Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-02-25
The Presidents Warning.

President Hoover has issued timely
warning to the leaders of his party in
Congress not to permit the appropria-
lions for the coming fiscal year to ex-
coed the budget The country has
passed through a period of defiation in
the stock market. which may ultimate
IL be reflected in the amount of Fed
ersl income taxes received by the Gov
eminent. Acting under the leadership
of the administration, Congress not long
ago put through a measure cutting
$3.50 900 900 of the income tax bill
which Americans will pay during the
present calendar year This was a
benefit to the individual taxpayers and
to business. especially under existing
circumstances. 1t is true that recent
surveys have indicated an upward turn
in business and employment. But a
policy of expansion of governmental
expenditures at this stage would be
taking a chance. In fiscal affairs of
the Government, it is wise never to
take such chance.
AS part of the program to stabilize
business and employment, the admin
istration has undertaken to keep pub
lie works moving along through the
country to as great an extent as pos
sible. This is wise policy. Activity
In public construction may well act as
a safety valve when employment is on
the decline. It is understood that the
President will adhere as strongly as
possible to this policy during the COM
ing year. It is contribution which
the Government makes toward progress
and prosperity in the country very
tangible contribution.
The Presidents warning to the con-
Rressional leaders does not give the
impression that the Government viii
not be able to meet all its obliga-
tons or that there is any reason to
suspend the orderly progress under the
budget which he sent to Congress at
the opening of the present session. It
is simply a definite statement that, no
matter how meritorious new projects
now advanced in Congress may be, this
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out Of Government funds. A list o:
such projects, calling for an additional
outlay OF $1,T35. 00o, 900, now offered
IN Congress, has been prepared by the
administration. Naturally there is great
pressure back of some of these projects,
meritorious in their objects. The Presi-
dent has called on Congress to resist
this pressure. The Government is to
expend during the coming fiscal year,
under the budget sent to Congress by
the President, $3.50, 445,231. To the
1ayman this does not look like parsi-
mony, although it is some $145. 0o0, 900
less than current appropriations.
Congressional leaders already have
been hewing close to the mark set by
the budget, for the appropriation bills
coming from the House to the Senate
represent in the aggregate a reduction
Of $4,000 900 from the budget figures.
Senate amendments, however, might
quickly wipe out this margin of reduc-
ton and sweep the totals to higher
figures than the budget. Furthermore,
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priation bills to be passed by the House.
The Senate and House leaders with
whom the President conferred yester-
day gave immediate assurance that their
efforts would be directed to keeping
the appropriations within the budget
submitted in accordance with the law.
This is a hopeful sign. But vigilance
IN matters of appropriations is the only
sure way of keeping totals down. A
few millions here and there soon swell
appropriations for the Government to
new heights.