Evening star., 1932-12-30
DEFICIENCY BILL
IS REPORTED WITH .
$625,0O0 FOR D. c.
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$6s,94727, which cannot be stretched
beyond January IA.
The text Of the report which is
signed by w. w. MILAN. chairman OF
the Board of Public Welfare. addressed
to DR.. Luther H. Reichelderfer, presi-
dent Cf the Board of Commissioners,
follows:
I'VE are transmitting herewith report
OF operations under the appropriation
to and including December "a. In view
Of the conditions as set forth in that
report, our Committee on Emergency
Relief. at its meeting yesterday after
nooE requested the chairman OF the
Board of Public Welfare to again for
mally invite the attention Of the Com
missioners to the extreme urgency Of
tn. need for early appropriation Of ad-
ditiona! funds.
THE report OF the supervisor, trans
mitted herewith, shows that $500 III II
of the $500 appropriation had been
expended up to December "a, 1882
leaving balance Of s47,28885 unex-
pended In addition to the expenditures
from the appropriation fund there has
also been expended $77.34l.55 from a
fund Of 100000 donated by the Com
munity Chest. leaving balance of
s22 2658.45 from that source. The total
Of the two funds unexpended on De-
cember "a. 1882 was $69.94727.
expenditures for several weeks past
have averaged over $4,000 per week.
BY making further cut in relief al
lowances SO as to bring the expendi-
lures down to approximately $23, 1000 per
hn 10 ha DO
to last until January IA. period Of
three weeks from December "a. 1882.
The allowances heretofore in force in
recent weeks Of approximately s4.70 for
. family Of four persons have been ad-
mittedly inadequate. and a further re-
duction of these allowances will entail
additional suffering OF many families.
In view Of the extreme urgency Of
the need. 1t Is hoped that 1t may be
possible for the Commissioners to urge
upon the Congress the importance of
additional funds at the earliest possible
moment. II additional funds are not
available before January IS a crisis will
have been reached which the Energen-
cy Relief Committee and the Board of
Public Welfare will be helpless to meet
1t is impossible to stretch the funds
now available beyond that date"
Reduction Of SI2,?S5,I88.
The deficiency bill as reported to the
House cut sl2.2S5.l88 on the admins
tration's budget estimates. reducing
from s40,000Oo0 to s28,000,0 900 the
amount for refunds Of illegally or er-
roneously collected internal revenue
taxes. the committee said it believes the
sum asked by the Treasury Ito be ex-
cessive"
1t carried $4,000 for the widows of
four Representatives who died recently,
Daniel F. Garrett of Texas, Charles A.
Karch of Illinois, j. Charles Lnthicum
Of Maryland and Henry st. George
Tucker of Virginia.
Heretofore Congress gave the bene-
ficiaries Of its members who died in
ONCE $4,000 each, but this was re-
duced to $4,000 with enactment Of the
economy law last Spring.
Gamers protest against an outlay oi
$24063l for enlargement and beauti-
clined to report it. Garner testified be-
fore the group headed by Chairman
Byrns that 1t would result in an ex-
penditure Of about $2.5o0.0 900, which r
contingent on the additional sum.
The Treasury is running behind at
the rate of about 500 900, 900 month, -
the Vice President-elect said. THAT is
to say. there Is that much less coming
in than Is going out. took the posi-
tion that we could afford to forego the
further identification of the Capitol
grounds until q time when the Treasury
was In better condition to meet the cost
than 1t is at present
If this were an essential of the Gov
ernment either In the legislative or
executive branch Of the Government. I
would not say anything in opposition
to it,"
A legislative provision restoring the
limit of cost of the Naval Hospital
at Philadelphia to $1,000 900 also Is
carried In the measure. Last year 1t
was reduced to $2,250, 900. but the COM
mittee said that In order to obviate
construction of . veterans hospital in
that vicinity. it was decided to restore
the full amount.