Evening star., 1932-05-01
REVOLT RIDDLES
ECONOMY MEASURE
Savings of $117,50O, 900 Al
ready Erased by House
Members.
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one mOIlOu 10 may NOAAboAA
o general rewriting of all the pro-
visions of the original economy bill.
In order to make the motion to re-
commit, q member must qualify under
the rules as being opposed to the bill:
He is not yet certain whether he Will
be forced into that position.
Action tearing the Army-Navy con-
solidation out of the bill came on mo-
ton of Representative Charles H. Mar
tin, Democrat, of oregon, a retired
major general and former assistant
chief OF staff, who previously had
blocked House consideration Of the
Byrns resolution as an Independent
measure.
A yell went up from the Republican
side as Representative Warren, Dem
ocrat, Of North Carolina, presiding, an
nounced the decision. 1t was the
second victory of the day for the
administration.
Insurgents Overridden.
Earlier the Democratic and Repub-
hcan leaders overrode insurgents and
secured approval of the creation of a
public works administration by defeat
ing 81 to 20 move by Representative
johnson. Democrat. of Texas. to strike
the section from the controverted bill
The language of the bill with refer
ence to the consolidation of the Per-
sonnel Board with the Civil Service
Commission:
(a) The Personnel Classification
Board and the position of director OF
classification shall be abolished;
(b) All records and property, includ-
ing ONCE furniture and equipment, of
the board, shall be transferred to the
Civil Service Commission, and
(c) Such Of the officers and employees
of the board, as in the Judgment of the
President, are indispensable to the
eficient operation of the Civil Service
Commission shall be transferred to
such commission, and all other officers
and employees of such board shall be
dismissed.
The House also approved the con-
solidation Of the Bureau of Navigation
and the Steamboat Inspection Service,
merging the International Water Com
mission, United States and Mexico with
the international Boundary Commission,
and transfer of the radio division of the
Department of Commerce to the Radio
Commission Authority was delegated
to the Federal executive departments to
permit utilization of materials, supplies
and facilities from one department to
another or independent establishments.
Garner Reiterates Promise.
II the policy of the House on the
Senate reduction is followed, as adopted
in the case of the Interior Department
bill the Senate slash will be accepted
without the formality of House objec-
tion. Speaker John N. Garner reiter-
sted his recent statement that the
House will acquiesce in any reduction
the Senate makes. His words made it
plain that he now expected the $780,
000 900 Of savings required to balance
the budget In addition to tax increases,
must be made in the curtailment of the
supply bills rather than from the
emasculated economy measure.
Democratic leaders had hung many
of their hopes on the Army and Navy
consolidation proposal, to which Presi-
dent Hoover has voiced opposition on
numerous occasions.
Representative Smell of New York
the Republican leader, delivered nearly
his entire force, excepting Representa-
tive La Guardia Of New York, an inde-
pendent, and several other Republicans
from Northwestern States, to defeat
the proposal
Despite the force of Democratic
leadership behind the project, it was
opposed by Representative Carl Vinson,
Democrat, of Georgia, chairman of the
Naval Committee, while Representative
La Guardia sneered at the idea that
either Of the two services would be
harmed by unified control, citing the
experience of the World War to show
that nothing succeeded like unified
direction.
When Delegate Houston of Hawaii
observed that Germany was the only
nation TO have a unified armed force
and for that very reason lost the war"
Representative La Guardia remarked
1T took the whole world to whip
them"
Collins Supports Merger.
Representative Collins, Democrat, OF
Mississippi said the consolidation would
save money, and added:
whether you like it or not and
whether you approve the idea today or
not, the next time we have a war-if
that unfortunate thing happens to us
we are going to carry on that war and
we're going to do 1t through unified
service"
Representative Burton French. Re-
publican, of Idaho, quoted Admiral
Beatty as having said the air service of
the British feet suffered from the
British system Of unified air service as
compared to the American system of
keeping fleet aviation under naval
control.
While the Economy Committee ex-
ercised little control over the actions of
the House as far as the Army and Navy
consolidation was concerned, members
went along with their leaders on provi-
sions providing for other departmental
mergers and changes TO be made by the
President. In several instances he was
voted authority to proceed with per-
@onnel changes and coordination in
functions which have been recommend
ed by the White House and which men,
bers Of the Economy Committee say will
effect substantial savings upon which
they are not prepared to make an
estimate
President Hoover's recommendation
for creation Of public works admins
tration met with no serious opposition,
and title Of the bill was accepted with
only one change, on motion of Repre-
sentative Cochran, Democrat of Mis-
souri,, which eliminated the use of en-
listed personnel Of the Engineer Corps
from use on public construction work
but did not exclude officers to assist in
the work Of the civilian service.
Swing Issues Protest.
The title defines the type Of activ-
ttieS 10 be considered in the public
works consolidation and excludes all
strictly military and naval work of the
same nature. The Army engineers, Navy
Bureau Of Yards and Docks and also
the offlce Of the architect of the Capt.
tol will not be included in the new
eet-up.
The spirited debate served to bring
to light the growing resentment of
members of the House to what some of
them believe is an organized propa-
ganda to convince the public Congress
Is merely muddling with the economy
issue and will accomplish nothing
Quoting from what he said we're letters
to this effect, being sent out by large
corporations. Representative Phi ii
Swing, Republican, Of California, ad-