Evening star., 1933-08-20
PART OF BILLION
IS SPENT TO HELP
"SAVE" $3.50, 900, 600

"SAvE" $3.50, 900, 600
Continued From First Page.)
against savings achieved In the nor
NAL" budget-even though many nor
NAL" activities are cared for by the
emergency funds.
Take the Department of Agriculture.
There was department that fell un-
der the economy ak with q vengence.
Total savings Of about 1884, ,000, 900
were made at the expense Of this friend
Of the farmer and the housewife, ac-
cording to estimates Of few months
ago. Bureaus were shifted around, re-
search curtailed, information pam
phletS eliminated and services Of various
kinds Topped of or reduced There
was much wailing and weeping within
and withou' the department.
But the wailing and weeping were
premature, it seems. The Public Works
Administration came galloping to the
rescue and before officials of the depart
ment knew what was happening they
had been presented with more than
half a billion dollars of emergency
funds-s558,522,714 to be exact.
s4oo, o,ooo, 900 for Roads.
A good bit of the original saving had
been made at the expense of the public
roads program. Now, thanks to the
public works allotment, the department
has s400, 100000 for farm highways
provided specifically by statute), to say
nothing Of $15,00o,0OO for forest high
ways, S10,C00000 for forest roads and
trails and s5,oo0,000 for public land
roads.
Here are a few other ALLEGATIONS for
farmers from the public works Golfer
Farm credit administration (provideo
for specifically by statute), 500, ,000, 600;
animal industry. s549.240: chemistry
soils and engineering. $9l $40; dairy in
dustry, sl73,670; entomology, $l5,l5o;
experiment stations, s4.s50; food and
drug administration. $4,000; plant in
dustry, s4.108,so7; forest service. $l5,-
982. 2.745; plant quarantine, $2,078670;
agricultural engineering. $5,077, 800;
Weather Bureau. $40, 900; departmental
s34O, O,0OO.
The Interior Department was another
sorry victim Of the AK few month,
back. Savings Of about $25 000, 900 were
estimated there, but since that time the
department has received total oil
s151 ,270,31s from the public works ad-
ministration. Secretary Ickes listed
these funds as follows: Grand Coulee-
Columbia Basin project. s63 1000. 900;
reclamation, including Boulder Canyon
and other projects. S44, AGO 900; Casper
Alcova project, $22. zoo, 900; Alaskan
Railway, s210,008; Alaskan Road Com
mission, s1.0s6, 600; Geological Survey
100000. Indian reservations and
roads, S6,820,000 National Parks Serv-
ice, $1,250. 600; parks, roads and trails
sic, 900, 900: Columbia Institute for the
Deaf, $l0,C00 Freedmen's Hospital
s85, 900; Howard University, s948,811;
st. Elizabeths Hospital. $3.50, 900; Virgin
Islands, sll4,5oO; Bureau of Reclama
ton, $40 900, and additional park funds
$4,000
S8,69S,000 Of Cut Back.
. Secretary Roper's Commerce Depart
ment. being right in the center of the
economy whirlpool, saved some S24 1000,
600 through recall of foreign trade at
taches and other shake-ups. The pub
lie works fund promptly sent over $8,-
698, 900, distributed as follows: Coast
and Geodetic Survey, $2,600, 900; aero
nautics, $443, 600; fisheries, $500, 900;
lighthouses, $5,225, ,202; navigation, $50,
600 and Bureau of Standards, s100, 900
The Navy Department laid up some
ships in rotating reserve" decommis-
stoned some others, pared salaries and
allowances, effected fleet economies and
produced a total saving of $86, 6,000, 900
Now it has received $238. .00Q from
the emergency funds for new warships
and other construction.
The War Department saved 5000 900,
900 by curtailing rivers and harbors
and flood-control work, reducing the re-
serves, trimming National Guard activi-
ties and accomplishing other economies
The public works fund has restored
many Of these cuts. appropriating about
s33, ,763, 900 as follows: Flood control
So, 555, 900; ordnance, $4,000, 900: rivers
and harbors, $l1,508, 900; fortiflcations
Sc. .000, 900: Panama Canal, $1,000, 900
and Arlington Bridge Commission
100000
Treasury Gets s2o,s73,S3s.
The Treasury Department estimated
its savings at $150,000, 900, but it has
been allotted 20,873 ,636, which includes
however, S18,500,000 for the supervising
architects public building program, the
remainder going to the Public Health
Service and the Staten Island Marine
Hospital.
Justice economized to the extent oi
S11 ,0o0, 600, but received 1851 900 for
prison improvements,
Labor saved s2,000,000 but got back
81 ,844, ,480 for migration work and re-
employment services.
State also saved $4,000, 900 and re-
ceived S1,52S,000.
The total savings in the departments
together with economies through abol-
ishment of commissions, consultations
of independent agencies. transfer oi
functions, ETC., amounts roughly tc
slightly over s790 0,0o0, 900. it has been
computed. To this sum should be added
about $83,000,0 900 saved through veter-
ans slashes and several million addi-
tional expected to be saved through
reorganization of various Federal agen-
cies by executive order.
The grand total OF savings has been
estimated to be in the neighborhood Of
$3.50. .o00. 900.
OF the total Of 81 ,1e6, ,721 $50 allo-
Gated for public works. about $995 ,346,-
600 went to the above departments Of
independent agencies. The remainder
went to private self -liquidating projects
such as housing and bridges. for the
Tennessee Valley Authority, the Civilian
Conservation Corps, subsistence home.
steads. the Great Smoky National Parl
and other purposes.
Double Budget Defended.
In justifytng the double budget, ad-
ministratien, officials point out thai
much Of the public works money 1s 60.
ing to produce employment. revive busi.
ness and otherwise bring back pros