Evening star., 1933-12-26
ROOSEVELT ORDERS
RECOVERY DATA TO
DETERMINE BUDGET
Report of Agencies Expected
to Decide Amount Sought
From Congress.
RAINEY FORESEES SIX
BILLION APPROPRIATION
President Reported to Be Satisfied
With Progress-Volstead Re-
peal Given First Place.
BY the Associated Press.

by tne Associated PreSS.
President Roosevelt has ordered up
to-the-minute reports on business and
employment conditions from all in
formed Federal agencies.
The replies received are likely to be
an important factor in determining
Efinally the amount of extraordinary ap-
preparations to be asked of Congress
and in guiding the administrators i'm
mediate economic plans.
The presidential command was un-
derstood to have exceeded the usual
statistical data limitations by asking
key officers for their personal views on
the national outlook.
There were reports, which could not
be verified officially, that last Fridays
secret meeting OF the Federal Reserve
Board with Reserve Bank governors
was devoted to preparing a business
and industrial analysis for the Chief
Executive. The Reserve system keeps
accurate indicators and issues a survey
monthly.
Significance Seen.
Coming at about the time when final
figures were TO be written into the bud
get message. the Presidents request was
regarded as especially significant
Agencies supplying data were many, but
emphasis was understood to have been
placed on N. r. A, C. w. A, P. W. A.
and the Labor Department.
While material was being sorted, con-
sressional leaders indicated they ex-
pected large appropriations for the 1884
fiscal year. Speaker Rainey used the
10 run about S26OO.OOOOOO. The ?. W.
A and G: w; A programs were looked
The R. F. C. was due for a capitaliza-
ton increase Of from S500OOOO0O to
$1,000 0000oO but a large part of this
was expected to fall in this years ex-
penditures and not contribute to the
1894 outlay.
Budget Nears Completion.
The President set aside today and to-
morrow for completion OF his budget
program. Lewis Douglas, director Of
the budget, was on Mr. Roosevelt's call
ing list for late today and again to-
morrow.
The President has not signed either
Illo llCOodSC w SOAASASooi
will be read on the opening day of the
session January g. or his budget mes
sage
There is every indication he intends
TO stand on his recovery program with
a minimum of legislative revision at this
session. In the way OF permanent leg
islation, railroads, communications and
the stock exchanges are due for con-
gresSional regulation.
Satisfied With Progress.
There is every sign that Mr. Roose-
welt is satisfied with the progress OF his
recovery campaign and in the account
ing of his stewardship to Congress ana
the Nation he is expected to review this
in detail.
Washington was wondering, however,
what new moves may be in contempla-
ton by the President on his gold con-
tro1-commodity dollar program which
is related to his budget plans for the
new year.
The President will speak Thursday
night before the woodrow Wilson
Foundation. 1t is regarded as un-
likely at the White House that he Will
20 into domestic problems at any great
length in this talk.
In drafting his budget and his state
of the union messages, Mr.. Roosevelt
has called no conferences with party
leaders and plans none
Democratic chieftains on Capitol Hill
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