Evening star., 1933-01-26
HALE ASKS SENATE
TO SPEED FUNDS
Both Parties Urged to Co.
operate in Providing Vital
Federal Funds.
Continued From First Page.)

President in his message Of January II.
based upon modified estimates Of ex-
penditures. He said it must be borne
In mind that the ordinary running ex-
penses Of the Government have been
reduced by the budget over the same
running expenses for the current year
by "a good many million dollars. and
the House has made still further cuts"
Urges Tax Law Change.
obviously, whatever further econo-
mics may be made, no cut in any way
commensurate with the probable de-
ficiency for the year can possibly be
made in these running expenses of the
Government" Senator Hale added. I'm
less the Congress sees At to change
existing law, either to produce mole
revenue or to cut of obligations under
year, even with the suspension Of any
payment to the sinking fund, face a
deficiency in balancing our budget OF
between four and six hundred million
dollars
After analyzing the table Of estimated
expenditures as given by the President
in his message of January II, Senator
Hale stated:
From this table, it is made clear
that of the estimated expenditures OF
s3,233, 900, 900 for the coming year, all
but about S46l 100000 represents ex-
penditures that may not under existing
law or obligations Of the Government
be reduced, with the exception OF the
appropriation for the Army and Navy.
which probably cannot, with due regard
Lafo Of
further greatly reduced The $46l ,OO0,-
600 represents the ordinary running ex-
penses of the Government, aside from
the Army and Navy, including the cost
of running the Post ONCE Department
over and above the receipts to the Gov
ernment from that department, and de-
Quoting contractural obligations, or
about S22 900 000."
AS soon as Senator Hale finished.
Senator Oddie Of Nevada obtained
unanimous consent to proceed first
with the detailed appropriations for the
Treasury and Post Office Departments,
leaving the general economy secticn of
the bill until last.
Senator Oddie. who has charge Of
Treasury Post Office appropriations,
said that when the general economy
program is reached he will ask Senator
Bingham, Republican, Of Connecticut
to explain that program. Bingham was
chairman of the Special Economy Sub
committee. This procedure means the
pay cut, reorganization and other re-
trenchment proposals are not likely to
be taken up today.
Oppose Further Cuts.
During the two weeks or more the
economy measure has been side-tracked.
organized labor and the various asso-
Citations of Government workers have
been urging members of the Senate not
to make a further reduction in the pay
of Federal employees, as recommended
by the Senate Committee. The COM
mittee proposes to make new cut OF
l 2-3 per cent on top OF the existing
81-3 per cent paylesS furlough, or
total cut of 10 per cent.
There is known to be considerable
opposition in the Senate to this further
pay cut, and its opponents are believed
to have a good chance Of defeating
it. If this Is done the payless furlough
in its present form would remain un-
changed.
The additional pay cut Is not the only
section of the economy program likely
to produce debate In the Senate during
the next few days.
Would Broaden Powers.
The bill also seeks to give the in
coming President broader power to re-
organize the Government service. It
places personnel records of Government
employees under the jurisdiction of the
respective departments and agencies in
which they work, instead of under the
Civil Service Commission. Members Of
the Civil Service Commission have ad-
vanced serious arguments against such
change. The commission favored elm
mating duplication in personnel records,
but proposed that such records, If kept
in the departments, should be under
the jurisdiction Of the commission.
Other provisions in the economy
section of the bill include: Continu-
alton for another year of the right of
department heads to place employees
on administrative furlough," in addi-
ton to the general Legislative fur
lough," when appropriations are in
sufficient to maintain the entire force
throughout the year; application OF
the pay cut provisions of the economy
law to enlisted personnel of the mill
tary and naval services, a 10 per cent
cut in pensions and compensation pay
ments handled by the Veterans Ad-
ministration, where the amount Is more
than $1,000 year. There are num-
ber of changes In the existing law re-
Iating to travel allowances for Gov
-n.rent employees.