Evening star., 1933-01-29
ECONOMY PROGRAM
CONSIDERATION DUE.
Senate to Push Treasury
Post Office Bill to Action
This Week.
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level Of expected revenues for the next
fiscal year. The delegation included
Henry I. Hartman, president of the
chamber; Matthew S. Sloan of New
York and former Gov. Redfield Proctor
Of Vermont.
The chamber plan would take s400,-
600, 900 out of veterans expenditures,
$50, 5000 out of homecoming items,
penditures and $4,000, 900 out Of gen.
eral departmental costs.
Total Cut Of $4,000, 900.
Sloan said these reductions would
make a total cut Of $870. .000, 900, which
would allow for 66,000,000 increase in
public debt charges" The veterans
cut, he said, would not disturb Civil
War pensions nor cut single penny
of the payments to those who incurred
any war service disability or their de-
pendents."
Byrns told the delegation the budget
already had cut $500, 100000 OF cur
rent appropriations and the House had
added 100000 more on supply bills
passed to date.
Il am just as much interested in re-
ductions as anybody else and think
splendid progress is being made" Byrns
said. But some of these appropria-
tions are made necessary by law and
can't be cut by this committee until the
law is changed. We appropriate; we
do not legislate"
In connection with the proposed vet
erans' cut, Byrns told the visitors ben
efits were fixed by law and could be
changed only after new legislation.
which would have to be handled by a
legislative committee.
They agreed with me that this mat
ter should be handled by legislative
committee" Byrns said, when / point
ed out this committee has neither the
time nor the authority to investigate
such matters"
Senator Hale also pointed out that
existing laws would have to be modi-
fed by legislation in order to cut some
OF the present large appropriation re-
quirements. He indicated the ordinary
running expenses of the Government
already are being cut as much as pos
sible.
In this connection. Senator Logan.
Democrat. of Kentucky said it is his
opinion the only way the running ex-
penSes Of the Government can be sub
stantially reduced is by eliminating
agencies through reorganization. He
said he Is not m favor of the proposed
l25 per cent additional pay cut on
Government salaries.
Logan Withdraws Plan.
Senator Logan yesterday Withdrew
the reorganization plan he had intended
to offer as substitute to the proposal
In the pending economy measure. Lo-
gans plan would have set up a ccm-
mittee including the President. con-
trol!er general, budget director. speak
er Of the House and the minority leader
OF the Senate to reorganize Govern
ment agencies.
The proposal in the pending bill gives
the President the power to issue re-
organization orders. which would take
effect in so days unless disapproved' by
concurrent resolution of both branches
CT Congress. Under present law, the
President may issue orders to consoli-
date, but not to abolish agencies. and
disapproval by one branch of Congress
is sufficient to stop the plan
The question of reorganization is ex-
pected to provoke a lively debate when
it is reached this week. with signs OF
some opposition to conferring broader
powers on the President
| The proposal for an additional pay
cut Of l2a per cert faces determined
opposition in the Senate. And if it
should get through. it would still have
to go to conference with the House,
which voted not to 60 beyond the
present payless furlough plan.
Objects of Amendments.
Senator McKellar said yesterday the
amendments he plans to offer to the
Treasury-Pcs. Office bill tomorrow are
intended to accomplish the following
changes: To cut the lump sum for con-
tmuing the public building program
from s50,000,o00 to S25.00o,0 900: to re-
duce ocean and airmail contracts by
| s7,250,000 and to reduce domestic air
mail expenditures by $9,50o,000 These
amendments would take a total of
Sal. 100000 from the BILL which came
from committee carrying 1851 ,44l, ,597
for both departments
Senator King also has amendments
seeking to restrict the making of mail
carrying contracts by the Post ONCE
Department.
Senator Bingham said yesterday that
unless more rapid headway is made on
the appropriation bills several of the
supply measures coming up near the
end of the session, which would include
the District bill. might have to wait
until the special session. He indicated
that he would make every effort to get
the District bill completed at this ses-
sion.