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disqualification to those having incomes
of $500 if single and $500 If mar
ried, with S400 dependent deduction.
They make other restrictions on emer-
gency officers retired pay and limit
allowances to veterans having claims
pending against the Government.
Chairman McDuffie doffed his coat
and rolled up his shirt sleeves again
TO-DAY and began preparing report
on the bill that consists OF 68 pages
and affects every phase of the Govern
ment. He announced he would seek
consideration of the measure as a rider
on the S20o00,0oO legislative supply
bill that carries funds for salaries of
Congress members.
THE committee has endeavored to
deal with the problem without par
tisanship," the Alabama Democrat
said. TT has sought to obtain the
main objective of giving relief to the
taxpayers and in aiding the balancing
OF the budget
"As the bill stands, it will save be-
tween 5000, 900 and s225, 900, 900 in
the coming fiscal year and will insti-
tute economies for future years If ad-
ministered correctly, without decreas-
ing the efficiency Of the Government.
The bill was ordered reported unan-
tmously, although there are items in 1t
to which members have objected. How
ever, its acceptance will save the tax
payers at least s200,000,0e0."
Alternative Considered.
Notice was served during the hearing
before the Rules Committee that an
important group in the House will have
a third pay reduction proposal and will
demand the same consideration as is
to be given to advocates of either the
McDuffle IL per cent pay slash or the
Hoover furlough-w -without-pay plan.
Chairman Cochran of the House Com
mittee on Expenditures, who also is a
member of the Special Economy Com
mittee, stated this group is preparing
an alternative proposal. Mr.. Cochran
is drafting a minority report on the
omnibus economy bill. He said this
group, composed of members who are
for the most part absolutely opposed to
any pay reduction proposal and who
are all in favor of exempting the low
salaries employees considerably in excess
of the $1,000 exemption under the Nc
Duffie plan, will confer late today and
tomorrow to draft their alternative.
Included in this group are Chair
man Connery of the House Committee
on Labor; Chairman Mead of the
House Committee on Post Offices and
Post Roads; Representative John w.
Mccormack, Democrat, of Massachu-
setts, a member of the Ways and
Means Committee; William ]. Gran
field, Democrat, of Massachusetts,, "a
member of the Appropriations Com
mittee, and large representations from
the New York, Illinois and Pennsylva-
MIA delegations.
Calls Reduction Inevitable.
This group, Mr. Cochran said, real
lied that under the present feeling in
the House, some salary reduction bill
is inevitable. This group proposes to
soften the blow as much as possible
by presenting the most liberal salary
reduction bill that it can hope to
get through. The most important fea-
ture of this alternative plan will be to
make the exemption rate as high as
possible, probably up to $500, so as
to eliminate any reduction in pay for
those who are receiving small salaries
from the Government.
This group has been delayed IN
drafting its alternative proposal by the
fact members of the Pennsylvania and
Massachusetts delegations have been in
their home States on account of the
political contests there tomorrow and
members of the New York delegation
have been at home over the week end.
This same group, Mr.. Cochran en-
phasized, will make a fight en- many
other provisions in the omnibus econ
omy bill, conspicuously against soak
ing" the same fellow several times.
Representative Cochran pointed out
that "if We are going TO cut mans
salary, we should make the cut once
and let 1t 60 at that, instead Of cutting
him six different ways as is done with
the railway mail clerks and five differ
ent ways as is done with the posal
/ clerks"
Representative Cochran also promises
a stubborn fight against the elimination
, Of Saturday half holidays, pointing out
this means 100000 working hours and
/ that If the clerks are not employed II
will remove the necessity for laying of
a sufficient number Of employees to take
care of that many work hours who
, would be discharged If the provision in
| the omnibus bill is retained.