Evening star., 1932-05-05
Vote Indicated on Move to
ReScind Order to Slash
TreaSury-P. 0. Bill.
EFFORT MADE TO AVERT
WHOLESALE DISMISSALS
Fund Bill Holds Interest as Econ.
omy Plan Awaits Consideration
by Subcommittee.

With the House omnibus economy
bill awaiting consideration in a Senate
Subcommittee, chief interest today
centered on the outcome of the move
ment launched in the Senate yesterday
to modify, or rescind entirely, the
order for a 10 per cent cut in the
81 1,059,000, 900 Treasury-Post Office ap-
preparation bill.
Senator Bingham, Republican of
Connecticut, had a resolution pending
yesterday to give the Appropriations
Committee more latitude in applying
the cut, by urging it not to make re-
ductions which would seriously dis
rupt the Postal and Customs services,
and Senator Glass, Democrat. of Vir-
ginia, suggested an amendment asking
the Committee not to reduce appro-
priationS to a point where the Trea-
sury and Pest Office Departments
would be required to make the whole
sale dismissal of Government employees
proposed by the heads of these de-
partments."
At the same time, however, Senator
Oddie, Republican, of Nevada, in charge
of the Treasury-Post Office bill, offered
resolution for the outright repeal
of the 10 per cent reduction order,
and indications today were that a vote
may OOl1lC 1l1ob va bAAC NACoA -SAS AooAS
of sustaining or reversing the reduc-
ton order.
Seeks Reconsideration.
Senator Oddie today received a state
ment from w. o. Woods, Treasurer of
the United States, explaining that
10 per cent cut would necessitate dis
charging "a employees and would seri-
ously handicap the Office. Testimony
has also developed that many postal
employees would have to be dismissed if
the 10 per cent cut proposal is adopted
Senator McKellar, Democrat, of Ten
nessee, who originated the proposal for
10 per cent cut in all appropriations,
has been taking issue with this and
similar claims, and arguing that in the
case of the Post Office Department the
reduction could be made in mail carry
ing contracts instead of by reducing
personnel.
Situation Outlined.
Briefly, the situation regarding the
appropriation bills is this The Agri-
cultural bill passed both the House and
Senate before the agitation for a 10
per cent cut below House figures be-
gan, but the conference report on the
Agricultural DILL is still awaiting action.
The Senate then inaugurated the 10
State, Justice, Commerce and Labor ap-
preparations The House accepted the
Senate'S action on the Interior bill, and
it has been signed by the President.
The State, Justice, Commerce and Labor
funds, all carried in one bill, are await
ing House action on the Senate reduc-
tionS.
The omnibus economy bill, seeking
further Government retrenchments in
various directions, including the IL per
cent pay cut in Government salaries
with an exemption Of $2,500, is in
corporated in the legislative appropria-
ton bill. 1t will be considered, there
fore, by the Legislative Subcommittee
of the Senate Appropriations Committee,
of which Senator Jones, Republican, of
Washington, is chairman. Other Sena-
tors on this subcommittee are Smoot,
Republican, of Utah; Hale, Republican,
of Maine; Oddie, Republican, of Nevada;
Steiwer, Republican, of Oregon; Dale,
Republican, of Vermont; Davis, Repub-
hcan, of Pennsylvania; Broussard,
Democrat, of Louisiana; Bratton, Demo-
crat, of New Mexico; McKellar, Demo-
crat, of Tennessee; Morrison, Democrat,
of North Carolina; Thomas, Democrat,
of Oklahoma, and ByrnS, Democrat, Of
South Carolina.