Evening star., 1932-05-01

a change as would reverse the result
remains to be seen.
In ordering the large Treasury Post
Office bill cut 10 per cent, the Senate
specifically exempted the public build
ing program fund, amounting to $lO8.-
900. from the pruning knife. This
means that an aggregate amount OF
$105, 100000 would have to be taken
from other activities in the Treasury
and from the postal service.
Senator Oddie has received testimony
to the effect that a 10 per cent cut
would seriously impair the postal service
and make necessary large reduction
in postal workers. Data also has been
given him as to the harmful effects OF
cutting certain branches Of the Treas
ury, such as the Customs Service and
particularly the Internal Revenue
pointed out, will face the task Of col
imposed in the Federal tax bill.
Copeland Makes Appeal.
Just before the State, Justice, Com
merce and Labor bill passed yesterday
Senator Copeland of New York made
a final plea against reduced funds for
the foreign trade activities of the
Commerce Department.
In accomplishing the aggregate cut
Of 10 per cent in the total for these
four departments, the Senate reduced
allotments used in whole or in part for
the payment of salaries by the follow
ing amounts:
State Department-Ofice OF the
service officers salaries, $4,000; clerks
n the f0roiCr Sarxice e0J5 00O.
eign service officers salaries $298 500;
salaries Of foreign service officers while
receiving instructions, $4,000.
Justice Department-Office Of the
Attorney General, salaries, $l53,780;
Bureau of Prisons, salaries and ex-
penses. $39, $50: Supreme Court, sal
aries, $l3,276; Court of Customs and
Patent Appeals, salaries, $6S20; Gus
toms Court, salaries, 1920; Court of
Claims, salaries, $12,623; salaries and
expenses of commissioners, under
Court of Claims, $9,870; salaries and
expenses of district attorneys and their
regular assistants, 1926, 02O; clerks and
deputies United States courts, $270,-
500; Leavenworth Penitentiary, sal
aries, etc. $l32,960; Atlanta Peniten-
tiary, salaries, etc, s8l ,o4O; Mcneil
Island Penitentiary, salaries, etc, $l9,-
020.
Commerce Department - Secretary's
office, salaries, 31,142; Bureau of For
eign and Domestic Commerce, salaries,
$23 900; Steamboat Inspection Service,
salaries, 81 900 and. clerk hire $26, ,89O; ;
Bureau of Navigation salaries, ss,3l3,
and clerk hire. $ll,505; Bureau Of
Standards, salaries, $65 900: Bureau Of
Light Houses, salaries, $l1 100; Bureau
of Fisheries, salaries in the commission
ere's Office, $23,48o; Bureau of Mines,
salaries and general expenses, $l0,350.
Labor OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES in Sec
retarys ofice, $l6,060.
Reductions we're made in other
branches of the Department of Labor
of which some part relates to personal
services and the same is true in the
, other three departments. For example.
the Bureau Of immigration was reduced
by approximately 81 900 900 below the
House figure of $10,519, ,460, of which
$85 $50 was taken from the allowances
for salaries and personal services in the
District
In a recapitulation the Senate Com
mittee report showed decreases by de-
partments as follows: State, $l,523,-
1921; Justice, $4,943,275; Commerce,
81, 525, ,334, and Labor 81 ,42l ,057 03. Dur
ing the consideration of the bill on the
Senate floor there were one or two
changes up and down, but they did not
alter the aggregate amount as reported
| from committee