Evening star., 1933-06-25
Attaches in Foreign Countries
Will Have Salary and Ex-
penses Cut July |.
107 ARE NOW ON WAY
BACK WITHOUT JOBS
Announcement Of Other Reductions
in Personnel Anticipated Dur
ing Coming Week.

Shots from the Federal Governments
retrenchment cannon were heard
around the world yesterday when Com
merce Department officials announced
they had reduced the running expenses
of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce from $4,000, 900 to 1900 900
for the coming year.
Commercial attaches in Japan, China,
Africa, Europe, Asia and South and
Central America were informed their
salaries would be reduced, effective July
1, from $4,000 annually to $1,000 and
their allowance for quarters abroad
would be shaved from $1,000 a year to
S70O.
Meanwhile this week Is expected to
see additional slashes In the Govern
ment establishment as the departments
and independent agencies prepare to
start the new fiscal year, Saturday,
under the tremendously reduced appre-
priations. War and State still are to
announce their intentions, as are most
of the principal independent branches.
Yesterdays Department of Commerce
order affects only 81 of the present
staff of 1853 commercial agents. The
others, their jobs abolished, are now
on the high seas bound for this country,
where their services, some covering
many years, will be terminated on
July 81.
On board the S. s. George Washing
ton are 10 Of these trade promoters
slated for dismissal, and members Of
their families. They were at Havre
from all sections Of Europe. Inasmuch
as many of these families have their
household furniture to haul back home,
the Government chartered part Of the
famous old transport Of war days. now
member of the United States Line, to
cut down expenses. Those returning
from other countries have been ordered
to take the first available vessel.
VIII Arrive Next Week.
The George Washington Is due to ar
rive in New York early next week and
the attaches will be privileged to go to
last pay checks from the Government.
"Of course" one official said, should
any one of them care to come to Wash
ington we will be very happy If he will
call at the department"
The department, according to ofdctalS,
plans to reduce the foreign service ex-
penditure from $1,100,000 to $550,000
for 1894. The foreign Offices to be left
open will be operated on considerably
reduced staffs.
With $3.50, 900 allotted to trade pro-
motion work abroad, the bureau will
have $1,250,000 for running expenses
here and in the domestic field, re-
duction of 81, $50 900 under the expendi-
lures of this fiscal year.
It was officially stated yesterday that
the department would continue to
operate "a of it's "a district trade pro-
motion offices, but their staffs will be
curtailed.
Tomorrow morning officials will hold
a conference and decide where these
Offices will be located and will also de-
termine the number Of employees to be
separated from the bureau in Wash
ington.
Load on Bureau Of Standards.
Those slated to be separated from
the bureau as the result Of the confer
ence tomorrow will be given ample
notice, officials said. The separation
order will not become effective until
July Is. officials have previously an
that few separations will take
place in the departments ship tranSpor-
tation bureaus and its scientific division
of geodetic survey.
This will place the load Of separations
en- the Bureau of Standards, which it
was officially reported will be drastically
curtailed; Mines, Census. Foreign and
Domestic Commerce, Patents and Fish
cries. 1t was said that several of these
bureaus will be able to keep within
their allowances by dismissing married
workers, whose husbands or wives are
connected with the Government, and
taking Is days administrative furloughs.
Five hundred Of the 600 workers coming
under the married provision of the
economy act will be dismissed officials
said
officials said yesterday that in cur
failing the activity of the Bureau of
Foreign and Domestic Commerce, its
alleged political activity in the interest
of Secretary of Commerce Hoover's
candidacy for President in 1928, and its
activity for his reelection
last year, were not taken into con-
While many Government agencies are |
to announce slasheS this week
to adjust their operations to the re-
stricted appropriations starting with the
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