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The Washington times., 1931-09-09
Announcements
PERSONALS


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MISCELLANEOUS FOR SALE 11s
DOUBLE bed mattress. spring, So; 9x12
rug, SO: full dress suit. 81. col. 27S3.
PARLOR SUITE. 3-pc velour: nearly
new, reas. 615 A ST. n. E.
USED REFRIGERATQRs and show cases.
all makes S25 and up c Y. Hill 4
Co. Inc. 456 Pa Ave W MAI. 1913
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STUDEBAKER-Latel 1929. Commander 8
cabriolet, sport model: new top: q wire
wheels, new tires: priced low: excellent
condition: owner must sell; terms. 1909
Wisconsin Ave. WEST 0672.
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Business Opportunities

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LADY Wishing to dispose Of patent OF
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LARGEST UNDERTAKERs
SPECIAL NOTICES l
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INSTRUCTION COURSES 40
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OUR GREAT RECORD.
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radio repalrmen. radio electricians radio
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Real Estate
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE 80

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other year where the depression ir
business has resulted, on the one hand
in a heavy falling OF in receipts and
on the other hand, In large Federal ey-
pendttures to provide work to assist Ia
the relief Of unemployment.
The welfare Of the country demand,
that the financial integrity Of the FED.
eral Government be maintained. This
Is a necessary factor la the rebuilding
OF q sound national prosperity. This
Budget, with its recommended red,ac-
tlons In appropriations and increases in
revenues. presents a definite program
70 THIS END involving three steps-first
material reduction In the anticipated
deficit for the current fiscal wear. 80
ond, a relation between recefnts ana
expenditures for the fiscal wear 1a3a
which win avoid further :l,crease In
the public debt during that wear. and
third, balanced Budget for 1884.
To carry out this program It Is i'm
portant to emphasize the fact that we
are now IN period where Federal
finances will not permit of the assump-
ton OF any obligations which will en-
large the expenditures to be met from
the ordinary receipts of the Govern
ment.
I am confident that the Congress
realizes this situation and will give it
full consideration in passing upon mat
ters which may contemplate any such
additions to our spending program. To
tnoSe individuals or groups who nor
maIly would importune the Congress
TO enact measures In which they are
interested, wish to say that the most
patriotic duty which they can perform
at this time Is to themselves refrain
and to discourage others from seeking
any increase In the drain upon public
finances.
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to increasing employment contained
22,500,000 for rivers and harbors,
which is in addition to the annual ap-
preparations of s55,000,000 for 1881 and
$60,000000 for 1882. Viewed alone,
this advance In the program would in
dicate that some reduction from $780,
100000 would be justified in the esti-
mate for 1888. This, however, is not
the case, as the Government has given
tentative assurances as to early dates
Of fulfillment which will require the
full amount of the appropriation re-
quested for 1888.
For flood control the 1898 estimates
of annual appropriations are $4,000, 900
less than the appropriations for 1892,
this difference being the amount of the
emergency appropriation made last
December.
The total Of the estimates contained
In this Budget for rivers and harbors
(including maintenance and operation
OF Dam No. 2, Muscle Shoals and
food control Is $104, ,182, 900, of which
s70, 900 is for rivers and harbors
and $34,040, 900 for flood control. The
total of $I04, 1921 900 includes $l0,-
$4,000 to meet the requirements
under authorizations Of law covering
permanent specific and indefinite ap-
propriations, advances and contribu-
tions, for rivers and harbors and flood
control work.
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RETIREMENT FUNDS.

Pending a revaluation of the civil
service retirement and disability fund,
the estimate contained in this Budget
for the financing Of the Governments S
liability to the fund calls for the same
amount as was appropriated for 1882,
s20,850,000. For The Foreign Service
retirement and disability fund, how
ever, the estimate contained in this
Budget Is S416,000, as against an esti-
mate and appropriation of s2l5,000 for
1882. This increase is based upon an
actuarial valuation recently made by
the Bureau of Efficiency and clearly in
dicates that the Governments liability
to the fund was substantially increased
by the act approved February %, 1881.
The act, however, continues without
change the provision in the act OF May
"a, 1924, that the aggregate appropria-
tions to meet the Governments liability
under the retirement fund should at
no time exceed the aggregate total OF
the contributions of the Foreign Service
officers heretofore made and accumulated
interest thereon. While the estimate Cf
s416,000 for 1888 may be made without
exceeding the limitation contained in
this provision, the restrictions thereof
will preclude appropriations for 1884 in
excess of about 1922, 900, and for subse-
quent fiscal years in excess OF about
SITS, 900 based on the present pay roll OF
the Foreign Service officers. Federal
contributions of these amounts viii be
totally inadequate to maintain the SOL
vency of the retirement fund.
The continuation in the act OF Feb
ruary %, 1881, Of this restrictive pro-
vision indicates clearly that 1t was not
the intention of Congress In the enact
ment of that law to confer additional
retirement benefits upon Foreign Serv-
ice officers which would prevent the
solvency of the retirement fund being
maintained by Federal contributions
equal to, but not exceeding in the ag-
gregate, the total of the contributions
of the Foreign Service officers and &C
cumulated interest on such contribu-
tions. The recent actuarial valuation,
however, shows conclusively that some
further legislative action will be neces-
sary If we are to maintain the solvency
OF the Foreign Service retirement and
disability fund. The Secretary OF
State Is aware of this situation and will
make appropriate recommendation to
the Congress during the present session.
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

The estimates for practically all Of
the organization units in the Treasury
Department for the fiscal year 1888 are
less than the appropriations for 1882,
the notable exception being an increase
of s57, ,400,0 900 in the items for the con-
struction of new Federal buildings au-
thorized and now In some stage OF de-
velopment and for the operation and
maintenance of completed buildings.
The principal items of decrease are
$26, 600, 900 for refunding internal rev.
enue taxes Illegally collected, funds now
available for this purpose being consid-
cred sufiicient for the fiscal year 1888,
S3,200,000 for the Coast Guard, due
principally to the completion OF Its
programs for the construction OF build
ings and vessels; $934,000 for customs
administration, as result OF falling
receipts; and s51200o for the Public
Health Service, due principally to non
recurring expenditures for equipping
new hospitals and quarantine stations
The prospective operations under per-
manent indefinite appropriation items
in the fiscal year 1888 will be largely
in excess of the current year. To pro-
vide for interest on our enlarged public
debt, 5000, 900 additional will be re-
qutred. Public debt retirements re-
quired to be made from ordinary re-
ceipts will require $85,000,0 addi-
tional for the purposes of the cumula-
tive sinking fund, receipts from foreign
governments to be applied to debt re-
tirements, and retirements from fran
chise tax receipts from Federal Reserve
Banks.
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Commission, the 1888 budget estimates
would provide for 81 900 600, REPRESENT
Ing the same as for the current fiscal
year.
This appropriation is available until
expended" said the official explanation
The total authorization for the con-
struction of the bridge and approaches
Is sl4,750,000, of which s12 900 900 has
been appropriated. The total expendi-
lures to June 80, 1881, we're $40 ,332, SOC. T"
sl7s,52e for Park Work.
The estimate Of $17s,52o for reclama-
tion and development of Anacostia Park
Is the same as for the current fiscal
year. This work is being done under
the direction of Maj. Joseph D. Arthur,
IT., district engineer for the War De-
partment for the Washington area.
Wnen sections Of this park are ready
they are turned over to the jurisdiction
OF Lieut.. Col. U. S. Grant, Sd, direc-
tor OF Public Buildings and Public
Parks
Under the office of Public Bu,Id,np.
and Public Parks, for personal services
the estimate for 1888 Is the same as for
the present fiscal year, namely s4o5 .90O.
Inc Official explanation says. For
general expenses, the 1888 estimate of
$500, 900 includes 1909 900 for ordinary
maintenance, $4,000 for athletic actiyi-
ties, $4,000 for erection of minor
structures and $25,000 for Anacoetia
Park development, which are the same
amounts as for 1882, and provides
Slo,ouo Tor minor park improvements,
and Sl82 100 for continuing the de-
velopment of the Rock Creek and Po-
1omac connecting parkway. For the
Park Police the 1888 estimates nrovids
increases of S2,915 for automatic pro-
motions and $240 for equipment.
For the Office of Public Buildinrx
and Public Parks the 1888 budget esfi-
mates show a net reduction Of s1
os2,o42 below the current figures.
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BUDGET CUTS MAY RETARD
WORK OFPARK COMMISSION
Half Million Dollars Is Expected to Be
Saved in 1933-Hoover Message
Carries Slash Threat.

Work Of the National Capital Park
and Planning Commission for the fiscal
year 1888 will be slowed down or post
poned II the estimates, made public to-
day in President Hooyer's message to
Congress, are finally enacted into law.
The commission Is expected to save half
million dollars from the current year $
funds and this slashing has already
been reflected In the laying off of some
10 surveyors who were at work In the
George Washington Memorial Parkway
and reduction Of land d-purchasing activi-
ties.
The 1888 estimates for the Office of
Public Buildings and Public Parks are
set 1t "A, 701 ,575, representing a net re-
duction OF $i,092,042 below the funds
now available. This is due to the COM
pletion or poetponement Of projects.
For the Arlington Memorial Bridge
Commission, 1888 funds will be un-
changed and construction OF the great
span across the Potomac River can go
forward at the same pace with which
1t has progressed recently.
S3,81o,4I1 Available.
The 1888 estimates for the park COM
mission carry the same amounts as tor
1932-$5O, 600 for salaries and expenses
and 100000 reimbursement to the
United States, In compliance with the
act OF May 30, 1890, as amended. On
cials said that the amount available for
the commissions work for 1882, under
q continuing appropriation, was $780,
ALI.
The work Of the commission will be
curtailed sufficiently In 1882 to enable
it to carry over into 1888 $525,8 with
which to take care of reduced admins
trative expenses for that year and meet
certain commitments already made"
said the explanation in the synopsis of
estimates which accompanied the Pres
ident's message
Under the Arlington Memorial Bridge
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APPROPRIATIONS.

The estimates Of appropriations
recommended in this Budget for the
fiscal year 1888, to carry out the finan-
cial program recommended above, are
summarized in the following statement
showing increases or decreases as COM
pared with actual appropriations for
the current fiscal year.
The bare comparison between appro-
priations proposed for the next fiscal
year and those made for the current
fiscal year fails to present true pic
ture OF Government operations to the
extent that in neither year do these
appropriations represent the full
amount available for expenditure, due
largely to continuing appropriations
from previous years. 1t is necessary
to consider total expenditures in order
to arrive at true comparison be-
tween the two years. That comparison
is given in the opening paragraph of
this message and shows that the ex-
penditures for 1888 are estimated at
1855 100000 less than those for the
current fiscal year.
In framing this Budget, I have pro-
ceeded on the basis that the estimates
for 1888 should ask for only the mini
mum amounts which are absolutely
essential for the operation of the
Government under existing law, after
making due allowance for continuing
appropriations. The appropriation
estimates for 1888 reflect a drastic
curtailment Of the expenses of Federal
activities in all directions where a con-
sideration Of the public welfare would
permit it. Even with such reductions
in the estimates of appropriations, the
anticipated receipts under existing law,
as stated above, will be $1,4l7, 900 900
short Of the amount needed to meet
Federal expenditures, including statu-
tory debt retirement.
In viewing our financial require
ments for 1898, the fact should not be
overlooked that of the total of $3,942,-
000,0 of the estimates Of appropria-
tions payable from the Treasury con-
tanned in this Budget, 81 ,285 ,o00, 900 is
represented by permanent definite and
indefinite appropriations which by law
are automatically made each year
without further action by the Con-
gress. Taking into consideration that
in addition to this sum of 81 ,285, ,0O0,- :
900 Of permanent definite and indefi-
mite appropriations there are other
expenditures Of the nature Of fixed
charges amounting to approximately
81 900 900 900 for which annual esti-
mates of appropriations must be SUBJ
mitted, there is in reality an area of
only about 81 TOO 900 600 OF the total
Of $3,s42 900 900 presented in this
Budget which Is available for consid-
Grafton In seeking means to ctrtan our
expenditures.
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VETERANS ADMINISTRA-
TION.

There is requested In this Budget q
total Of slightly more than 81 ,072 ,000,-
600 for the Veterans Administration.
compared with a total appropriation
for 1882 Of approximately $947 900 900.
About s21, 100000 of each of these
amounts pertains to the civil service
retirement and disability fund and is
not properly chargeable to the annual
cost Of caring for our veterans, which
thus becomes 1926, ,000, 900 for 1882 and
81 ,0a 900 900 for 1888. Comparison of
these amounts indicates on its face a
net increase Of Sl25 900 900 for 1888.
However, it is now known that addi-
tional appropriations will be required
for the fiscal year 1882 to the approx
mate amount of $3.50 900, 900, of which
5000 ,000, 900 is to meet obligations due
to the increase in the loan value of
adjusted-service certificates and $780,
ooo,00 to meet the requirements for
military and naval compensation, Army
and Navy pensions, and aid to State
and Territorial homes for disabled vet
Grams.
Taking these supplemental require
ments for 1892 into consideration, the
above indicated net increase OF $685.
600 900 becomes q net decrease OF
approximately $l35. 900 900. This net
decrease, however, Is due largely to the
adjusted-service certificate fund re-
quirements, which are $162 900, 900 less
for 1888. If the adjusted GER
tificate fund be excluded from both
1882 and 1888, the estimates for 1885
represent an ultimate net increase over
1892 of $4,000 600. This amount Is
the net difference between several
items Of increase and decrease The
principal item Of increase is foune
in military and naval compensation
which is up 81, 1000. 600. Resulting
from the increase In hospital and dom.
iciliary facilities the cost Of admins.
tration. medical, hospital, and domi.
ciliAry services shows an increase o.
| a, $50 900, and there b q further In.
crease Of &1,527 900 In the item fos
hospital and domiciliary facilities
Onsetttns these increases Is . decreas,
OF $4,000 600 In Army and Navy pen.
sions, S4.5oo, 900 In military and nava
insurance, and S7,762, 900 In the Gov.
ernment life insurance fund
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SHIPPING BOARD.

The estimates for the Shipping
Board for 1888 show a decrease from
the appropriations for 1882 OF 1885,
1000. This is due mainly to the
fact that no further appropriation is
needed at this time for the construc-
ton loan fund for which 35.000, 900
was appropriated in 1882, 1t being con-
templated that the unexpended bal
ance of that appropriation, together
with repayments of loans and sales
receipts transferred to the fund, will
be sufficient to meet expenditures
from the fund during 1893. For the
shipping fund, for which 81 ,97o, 900
was appropriated in 1882, no estimate
for q further appropriation is being
presented, as it Is expected that the
operating loss for 1898, which Is esti-
mated at about $3.50, 900, can be met
by utilizing cash balances and re-
serves.
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TAXES.

We are now face to face with q
situation where for time the current
revenues of the Government under our
existing laws have falleh below the
amounts required to meet the absolute
ly necessary expenses. This brings the
question directly before us of the
course that shall be pursued. As al
ready stated, the deficit for the fiscal
year 1881 is s902 900 900 and the esti-
mated deficits for 1882, $2,l23, 900 900.
and 1898, sl,4l7, ,00o, 900, OF a total of
81, ,442 ,0o0, 900, which, after deducting
statutory debt redemptions and in
creased cash in the Treasury, show for
these three fiscal years a total prob
able net increase in the national debt
OF s3,247, 100000. Rightly or wrongly
our tax system is very largely based
upon business profits and IN conse-
Quence is subject to great variables.
We cannot maintain public conf
dence nor stability of the Federal
Government without undertaking some
temporary tax increase. II is obviously
impossible TO impose a degree of taxa
fion which viii balance the Budget for
the current fiscal year. We should
endeayor by increase of taxes and
AAB8o CuIId4uDSIlL Oh expenditures 70
balance the Budget for the next fiscal
year except to the extent of the
amount required for statutory debt re-
tirements. We should assure its bal
ance, including statutory debt retire
ments, for the fiscal year following.
l recommend that Congress provide
for an increase In taxation for a def
pite limited period and upon the gen.
eral plan OF taxation which existed
under the revenue act of 1924 with
such changes as may be appropriate ir
the light Of altered conditions. Ths
Secretary Of the Treasury has prepared
recommendations along these lines
which he will present ut the prope,
time. It Is proposed that this tncreass
shall be definitely terminated In twt
years from next July. This plan. 1t Il
estimated, VIII realize $500, 900 ,0ot
next year and thus meet the abov,
conditions of balancing the Budget fo
the fiscal year 1888 except for tn,
statutory debt retirement 1t wouls
balance the Budget, including debt re
tirement, In the fiscal year beginni1,l
July /, 1888. 1t would provide $3.50,
600 600 for the current year, lesvin1
us with the necessity OF borrowing al
amount which viii represent q net In
crease IN the public debt by aboa
tl,32e.oc9, 600.
The pksn of approximately ~
nacssns te revenue aes q 1874 b.
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DECREASE IN FEDERAL INCOME BRINGS TAX RAISE NEED

for 1888. There Is q further reduction
Of s20,00o,0o0 In the 1893 estimates
from the 1882 appropriations for Fed
eral-aid roads and forest roads and
trails, as the regular programs for these
works under existing authorizations
were advanced to that extent In 1881
and 1882 by the funds made available
In the emergency construction appropri-
ations. The balance Of the decrease Is
reflected In reduction of $1,750, 900 in
the estimate for the acquisition OF ad-
ditional forest lands and $4,000, 900 for
other activities of the department.
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uNExPENDED BALANCES.

Last year in submitting the Budget
for, 1882 I called attention to the fact
that in the preparation OF the estimates
of appropriations I had refrained from
recommending that the requirements
for 1882 be met In part by reappro-
priation or extension of the availability
OF unexpended balances of appropria-
tions for the then current or prior
fiscal years. In making appropriations
for the fiscal year 1882 Congress con-
Cured In this change IN policy, and
am therefore submitting the estimates
Of appropriations for 1888 on the same
basin. I mention this because enors
for such economy as would be con-
sistent with the public welfare have
resulted in unexpended balances, both
actual for last year and estimated for
this year. which would have made 1t
possible substantially to reduce the
amount of direct appropriations re-
quested in many of the estimates con-
tanned In this Budget had the old prac-
tice been continued. This reduction
would have totaled about 100000.
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the great advantage that the Govern
ment is equipped by experience with
similar legislation for its systematic
and economical collection. The public
has paid such taxes in the past and
has found them not intolerable and
has found that they do not prevent
increased prosperity. BY providing a
definite date for termination of the
temporary increase 1t will allow tax
payers to look forward to definite
relief.
I further recommend that Congress
inquire into the economic effect of the
provisions Of the present law relating
to capital gains and losses.
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AGRICULTURE.

The estimates for the Department nf
Agriculture for 1888 carry approxi-
mately $40 800 900 less than the ap-
proUiationS for 1897. This decrease Is
accounted tor in part hy the oct that the
le17 appropEiat3ons contained 477, 900, =
900 Tor see6 lnAns and agricultural ~
h1 lcg wn1eA 20 sufzmAse = feQuisod