Evening star., 1933-04-09

cars rather than distributing mail en-
route are some Of the avenues for re-
trenchment that have been used and
offer further possibilities. On the other
side Of the picture Is the fact that
proposed reductions In personnel or
services has always met with strong
opposition.
reports in congressional circles yes
terday were that the President has or
dered q $500, 900, 900 reduction IN Army
and Navy expenditures for 1884. 1t Is
understood this would include the $780,
100000 to be saved through application
of the IS per cent pay cut.
The War Departments appropriation
for next year Of nearly $3.50 900 900 is
to be pared to q little over 5000 000, 900,
1t was said. This would call for fur
ther reduction Of personnel as well as
Army supplies and bases.
The Navy Department, under the re-
duction, would turn back to the Trea-
ury approximately $4,000, 900 Of next
years appropriation of $308, 8,000, 900.
This saving would include the Is per
cent pay cut, 1t Is assumed.
The Navy hopes to do its bit by re-
ducing feet operations, closing up cer-
tain stations, including the dirigible
base at Lakehurst, and laying up ships
on rotation plan. The fleet will be
kept In the Pacific again next year
the Akron has facilitated plans already
under consideration for abandoning the
Lakehurst station, 1t is reported, BY
holding ships in port on a part-tine
crew basis for specified periods there
will be a saving in personnel and oper-
ating expenses.
New Ships Under Public Works."
The $230,000, 900 ship construction
program advocated in Congress and
welcomed by Secretary of the Navy
Swanson, will be charged against the
emergency appropriations for public
works" and consequently will not be
recorded as offsetting thrift plans.
Elimination of a number Of services
heretofore rendered by the Department
of Agriculture and consolidation of sew
eral OF the technical bureaus Of that de-
partment are forecast The Weather
Bureau is slated to go to the Depart
ment OF Commerce for the reason that
most of It's services now are rendered
aviation and commercial interests, in
stead Of farmers, as was originally the
case.
Possible mergers in the Department
of Agriculture are said to include the
Bureaus Of Animal Industry and Dairy
Industry, the Forest Service and the
Biological Survey, Bureau of Entomol-
ogy and Bureau Of Plant Quarantine
and the shifting Of the Bureau of Pub
lie Roads to the projected public works
agency. Agencies expected to be af-
fected by the retrenchment plans in
clude the Office of Experiment sta
tions, the Extension Service, Bureau Of
Plant Industry. Bureau Of Chemistry
and Soils, Bureau OF Home Economics
and Bureau Of Agricultural Economics.
Commerce Department officials, in
estimating that their 1884 expenditures
would be curtailed approximately $l0,-
900, 900, said this would be done de-
spit the amount Of improvement now
going on in construction of light houses
in various sections of this country's lake
and seacoast sections and which will
not be completed until next year.
1t was pointed out that work appro-
priated for and started during one fiscal
year and completed during the follow
ing is charged up in way OF expendi-
lures to the latter.
Probable Commerce Set-up.
Oficials were noncommittal on re.
organization activities, but It was
learned authoritatively that the depart
ment under plans now under final
draft call for q five-bureau depart
ment. At present there are 10 bureaus.
The new Commerce Department set
up will probably be the Bureaus of Gen.
sus, Foreign and Domestic Commerce,
Fisheries, Patents and Standards. Hav-
ing completed its 1880 count Of this
country's population. the Census Bu-
reau is already on q skeletonized basis.
For the 1884 fiscal year, 1t was said un-
omcially. appropriations would be
shaved materially.
| The Bureau Of Foreign and Domestic
Commerce. despite "a active campaign
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