Evening star., 1933-03-10
ROOSEVELT ASKS
BALANCED BUDGET
Proposes Salary Cuts and
Saving in Veterans Com
pensation.
Continued Prom First Psss.)


to be made. The "details of expendi-
ture, he said, can be made wisely and
squitsbly administered through the
Executive. He insisted that the plan
not only was practical, but also con-
stitutional.
Speed IL Planned.
While the leaders In both houses Of
Congress made preparations TO deal
with these recommendations Of the
President Is speedily ~ possible, there
wers indications on Capitol Hill that
these proposed measures would not be
put through ~ speedily or with ~ great
unanimity as was the emergency bank
ing legislation on yesterday.
The president is expected to send
another message to Congress either later
today or tomorrow recommending im-
mediate legislation to relieve unemploy-
ment. 1t y reported that he Will
recommend the establishment Of camps,
the men who enter the camps to engage
In reforestation work, reclamation work
and aood control work. An expendturs
OF 5000, ,000, 900 y contemplated. with
WN0e VI oDbei y N8y W ~ bsAA w
single workers and slightly in excess
thereof to married men.
saving Estimated.
House leaders today. discussing the
plans for budget balancing, estimated
that $279 900 900 could be saved by the
President in the administration OF vet
erans' pensions and benefits: that tl35,-
080 900 could be saved In the admins
trstion Of Government salary and wage
cuts; that 100000, 900 could be saved
through the reorganization Of the Gov
ernmept, including the elimination OF
Government agencies, and that else,DO0,.
900 additional revenue could be rsiseo
through the enactment and admintstra-
ton Of legislation authorixing the manu-
fscture and sale Of beer. II these esti-
nA6Rs are correct, the proposed steps
would % . long way toward balancing
the budget.
Recess Plsnned
Outside of the beer legislation. no
additional laws to raise revenues have
SO far been proposed
Speaker Rainey said that he hoped 1t
would be possible to put through the
rest OF the emergency legislation by
next Wednesday and then to recess
Congress for two or three weeks. during
which period the President would have
an opportunity to perfect . permanent
legislative program to meet the eco
nomic situation. There exists how
ever, considerable doubt in the minds
Of some Of the members Of Congress
that such speed In dealing with the
proposed bills can be attained. Despite
the overwhelming Democratic majority
in the Congress. there is considerable
difference OF opinion over the proposals
to slash the veterans compensation and
to cut salaries of all Government EN-
ployes. If an attempt Is made also to
put through beer legislation. although
such legislation will command big ma
jorities In both houses. there will be
considerable debate over the proposal.
Cabinet Member Present
Seated about the President IN last
nights meeting In the spacious oval
study on the second floor Of the White
House were his budget director, Lewis
Douglas, and Secretaries Dem, Ickes
and Wallace, whose departments will
carry out the employment relief plan.
Speaker Rainey and Senstor Robinson
Of Arkansas, the Democratic leader,
headed the congressional delegation
which included Senators Glass OF Vir-
ginia. Byrnes Of South Carolina, Wagner
Of New York. Costigan Of Colorado,
and La Toilette Of Wisconsin and Rep
resentatives Smell Of New York, Byrns
OF Tennessee McDuffie Of Alabama,
Connery OF Massachusetts. Rankin of
Mississippi, Rayburn and Buchanan Of
Texas.
Insists On Paying Basis.
With the Treasury deficit again over
the billion-dOllar mark, Mr.. Roosevelt
made 1t plain that he would insist that
the Government 60 on Q paying basis.
He wants Government credit unimpair-
ed. 1t must be for the bond Issue he
will ask.
He will submit later his legislation
to raise revenue by . tax on legalized
beer.
The employment program he con-
templates Is to include reforestation,
flood control and river and harbor i'm
provemens; public works and power
In the wide spreading Tennessee
Valley he will initiate . plan calling
for all Of this but the program will not
be limited to that area.