Evening star., 1933-01-18
DEMOCRATS DROP
BUDGET BALANCING.
Decision to Postpone All Tax
Legislation Makes Extra
Session Certain.
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ministration would be to enable them
to start with the Federal budget in bal
ance and the Federal finances in order. !"
At the same time, Mr.. Hoover said,
there probably would be deficit be-
tween $500, 900, 900 and $700,000.0o0 for
the next fiscal year, unless new reve-
nues we're obtained, and declared that
in the House action toward reducing
Government expenditures had been
disappointing.
Disregarded for Time.
..tter the President dispatched his
kfeasage both Senate and House dis
regarded it for lengthy period-the
Senate overriding, meantime, his veto
of the Philippine independence bill and
the House rejecting one more attempt
by Representative McFadden of Penn
sylvania to impeach the Chief Execu-
tive
But after it was read in the House
the first reaction was expressed by
Chairman Byrns of the Appropriations
Committee, who told the members that
In all the time I've been in Congress
never heard more amazing message
sent to Congress"
Indirectly Byrns, his committee and
the House all were scored by the presi-
Dental message for disappointing" re-
suits in reduction of appropriations.
The unfavorable reaction of Repre-
sentative Byrns was joined in by the
Democratic floor leader of the House,
Rainey of Illinois, who said be was not
impressed Senators said little but the
leaders OF beth parties agreed that the
sales tax was dead for this session, and
Senator McNary. Republican OF
Oregon added: I'VE will be lucky if
We get through the Appropriation bills.
Byrns told the House:
I'm very sure the President will
wish to withdraw his name. If it could
be done, when he realizes what he has
called to the attention of Congress and
the country.
THE President is undertaking to tell
the country that we are not doing our
duty up here and that we are not doing
what we ought to do to balance the
budget.
I'VE have had five bills reported to
the House up to this time. The first
was the Treasury and Post Ofice bill.
The President asked us to appropriate
for these two departments 1894, 1923, ,90l.
The House Committee recommended,
and the House approved. appropriations
carrying 1861 .416,597. which represents
a reduction under the Presidents esti-
mates of $32, 2,912, ,304.
.'As to the Interior Department bill
which has passed the House. the budget
estimates or the requests of the PreSi-
dent amounted to 6,083 ,929. The
House Appropriations Committee recon-
mended, and the House concurred in the
recommendation, S43, ,172 ,904, which was
a reduction of s2,9ll.0 .025, which, accord
ing to the Presidents message just
read, was all wrong and ought never
to have been done.
Agricultural Bill Passed.
"The Department of Agriculture
bill has been passed by the House
The budget or the Presidents requests
amounted to S108,06l 1898 The bill, as
reported from the House Committee on
Appropriations and concurred in by
the House, carried S1o0. .228.077, or a
reduction under the Presidents re-
quests of s7.833,7l6.
THE first deficiency bill was then
reported, and, as finally passed today,
has this history: The budget. or the
Presidents estimates, called for $44,-
1873 764 The bill, as agreed upon, car
ried S31 1858 or a reduction under
the Presidents estimates of Sl2,-
382 228.
The War Department bill is now
pending in the House. Under the Pres
ident's requests it amounted to S352.-
530.145 AS the Committee on Appro-
priations has reported it. it carries
S345, 1893. .532, or reduction under the
Presidents estimates of $6,6s6.6l3.
In other words, in these five bills
which have been reported up to this
time. some of which have been passed
by the House. there has been total
reduction under the Presidents budget
Of S62, ,735 1885,"
To that Rainey added: When we
get our own personnel, We viii look
into these matters. How can the Presl-
dent state the amount of the deficit
when he doesn't know what the income
tax will yield on March Is? / am not
impressed with this message"