Evening star., 1932-06-30
Declares Some of Provisions
Impose HardshipS on
U. S. Employees.
CONGRESS SHOULD ALTER
INEQUALITIES, HE SAYS
Chief Executive Expresses Disap-
pointment Over Bill Falling
Short of Estimates.

President Hoover today signed into
law the much-debated and battle
Scared national economy bill, esti-
mated to save around $50, 100000 in
Government expenditures.
However, the President expressed his
disappointment over the measure In the
following statement:
Il have signed the economy bill but
with limited satisfaction.
First it falls far short of the econ
omies proposed by the cabinet and other
executive officers of the government:
many items of their proposals, which
were IN turn recommended by commit
tees on economy of the two Houses
failed OF passage. Also, the bill is so
framed as to render abolition or con-
Solidation of the most consequential
commissions and bureaus impossible of
consumation until some months after
the next session of Congress.
Congress Changes Urged.
Second, it imposes unnecessary hard
ships on government employees in minor
matters of little consequence economi-
cally. Some of these hardships Should
be remedied at the next session Of
Congress. believe we can admins
tratively alleviate some of these diff
1culties and hardships. Every effort
viii be made to do So"
The bill reached the President yes
terday afternoon. 1t is understood that
he personally scrutinized the contents
OF the bill and also conferred with Col.
Roop, director of the budget, and Sec
retary Of the Treasury Mills and other
department heads before he finally put
his pen to the paper to make it law.
The actual signature of this bill oc-
CURED shortly after IL O'Clock today.
No ceremony Of any kind marked the
occasion and the President was alone
at the time.
Five-Day Week Considered.
Labor Department officials were re-
ported today as seriously considering
placing the personnel Of their depart
ment on hve-day week basis IN order
to meet the requirements Of the econ
omy bill
A conference of departmental heads
was held in the office Of Secretary
Doak this morning. Afterward Mr..
Doak said the flve-day week plan had
been discussed, but no definite decision
was reached, pending study of the
economy measure, and final congress
sional action on the drastically cut
supply bill of the department.
"A definite decision, however, Is ex-
pected this afternoon" Secretary Doak
said.
700 Face Dismissal
To care for the heavy reduction in
the supply bill, officials said that unless
the five-day week or furlough plan was
carried out, approximately 700 workers
in Washington and the field would have
to be dismissed from the service.
Under the five-day week plan, the
department would be closed all day Sat-
urdays and the majority Of the en-
ployes would go without vacation with
pay. Some department officials were
reported to be in favor of the flve-day
week in preference to the 30-day COM
pulsory furlough plan.
His Bureau of Labor statistics in q
recent review of the plan, adopted by
various industries, said that it was
making considerable headway.
The bureau said in more recent years
there has come the desire for a full
holiday on Saturday-the five-day
week."
100 TO Lose Positions.
Approximately 100 employees of the
Federal Trade Commission will be re-
leased tomorrow, as ans economy move,
it was announced at the commission to-
day
The workers-all on a temporary ba-
sis-will come from throughout the
establishment, with the majority being
taken out of the forces engaged in the
several Investigations the commission
has under way.
It was said that the dismissals we're
necessary in order to keep within the
commission appropriation, which has
been cut between $3.50 900 and $4o0, 900.