Evening star., 1933-03-02
GARNER PREDICTS
$2OQ,0DO,0(l) CUT.
Says Roosevelt Advisers
Have Completed New
Economy Program.
BY the Associated Press.

0y TIC hSSOCldttO freSS.
A program devised to cut up to
5000, 600. 900 off Government costs next
year was said today by Speaker Gar
ner to have been completed by ad-
visers to President-elect Roosevelt
Meanwhile, the latest Treasury state
ment showed the Government COM
pleted eight months of the presen.
fiscal year with s1,36o, ,27s.73s deficit.
One of the big jobs of william H.
woodin, the next Secretary of the
Treasury, will be seeking to balance
the Governments income with the
outgo-which he intends to go after.
- Discussing the economy plan with
newspaper men, Speaker Garner said
If Congress gives the President-elect
power to reduce salaries and cut veter-
ans compensation, there will be saw
ing of between $7oo, 100000 and $780,
100000 "and the country viii approve
it." ...--
Senate Action Deferred.
Senate action on legislation to en-
power Roosevelt to reorganize Govern
ment bureaus was deferred today by
adjournment, due to the death OF
Thomas j. Walsh.
It does not empower him to trim vet
erans' expenses or reduce salaries.
The economy plan has been worked
out by Representative Douglas OF Ar1-
zoYla, the new budget director Swagar
Sherley, wartime chairman of the House
Appropriations Committee, and Daniel
c. Roper, the next Secretary OF Com
merce.
The Treasury statement showed that,
during the eight months ended February
%, the Government collected from all
sources $3.50 0,203,197 and spent s2,-
Clio, ,482,936
Receipts were approximately s84,ooo,-
900 less than in the same period OF the
previous year and the expenditures ap-
proximately $500, 100000 less than in
the same period a year ago.
Debt Totals s2o,s34,729,2o9.
At the end of February the gross pub
lie debt amounted to $20,934, ,729 ,209
compared with $18.125, ,633,115 on Feb
ruary 20, 1892.
Income tax collections for the eight
months were 1888, ,332, 1923, compared
with $658, 8,121 ,342 last year. Customs
duties dropped of from $247, ,279 to
172,445,281.
Miscellaneous internal revenue COL
lections, however, reflected the increases
Of the billion dollar tax bill, amounting
to $521, 1878 ,435, compared with $345,-
954,515 in the same period last year.
The scope of the power given Mr.
Roosevelt in the reorganization bill is
wide enough to cut millions of the
budget. The Treasury-Post Office ap-
preparation bill, carrying the reorgan-
ization powers, was ratified by the
House yesterday.
Conferences Awaited
Conference reports on two other supply
ent offices-also will be awaiting Sen
ate action in the "a hours that will
remain Of this Congress beginning to.
morrow morning. Within this samt
period the Senate will make every eff.
fort to pass the two remaining appro-
priation bills that are before 1.-THE
District Of Columbia and the last de.
f1ciency-after which conferees will be.
gin Immediately the task of seeking tt
work out final agreements on thess
two measures. e,-
The last deficiency bill, which, viii
be taken up in the Senate early tomor.
row, Immediately after the District bill
contains an emergency item of $500, ,00(
to make sure the District government
will be able to continue the assistance
it is extending to needy families be.
tween now and June 30. The District
appropriation bill carries $625,000 fol
continuing the relief for the unem.
ployed here after July /.
Although there are some questions
in the conference agreement on the
general economy program which may
provoke some Senate debate, Senate
leaders are optimistic over the chance:
of final passage of the bill at thi.
session. Any Of these supply bills thai
do not get through before adjourn.
ment Saturday will confront the new
Congress, which Is expected to BIT
called In special session not later thar
the middle of April.
Grants Broad Powers.
The reorganization plan in the econ.
omy bill would empower the President
to transfer or abolish bureaus ant
agencies, unless Congress by law dis.
approves q reorganization order withir
60 days after it Is submitted. In tht
absence of any action by Congress, thu
REORGANIZATION would take effect at tht
end Of so days.
II the President vetoed q resolution
disappearing his reorganization plan
| q two-thirds vote of both houses woule
then be required to stop the plan.
The final agreement Of the conferee!
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