Evening star., 1933-04-01
President Ready to Sign
Order Making Large
Saving Effective.
$50, 900, 900 TO BE CUT
FROM ADMINISTRATION
Program Would Become in Force
July LEADERS Hold Final
Conference on Measure.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
An executive order looping 100000
600 annually of Federal benits paid to
war veterans was ready for President
Roosevelt's signature today and he was
expected to act before the day was over.
After extended conferences with lead
ers of veterans organizations, Lewis w.
Douglas. director Of the budget, took
the order to the White House yester-
day.
Before signing the order, which viii
make the cuts effective July /, tina
President conferred again today with
Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines, veterans
administrator, who will be directly re-
sponsible for carrying out the order.
among the expected economies viii
be those in compensations and pensions
paid Federal Government employees.
VIII Be Given Choice
It appears that Federal employees re-
ceiving such compensation would be
given an opportunity to choose between
their positions and their allowances.
Hines has estimated that Sl5,6O0,-
600 would be saved annually by elirni-
mating allowances paid to those hav-
ing Government jobs.
Large savings are expected from
eliminations Of some pensions and
diminishing of others. Allowances and
disqualification of non-war incurred dis
abilities are also expected to make heavy
contributions to the cuts.
In addition to these savings-counted
on heavily by the Chief Executive to
reach balance in the Federal budget
Douglas said it was planned to save an
other $4,000, 900 through a purely ad-
ministrative process of handling funds
being piled up for the full payment in
l945 OF the soldiers bonus.
Concessions Denied.
Veterans leaders said they had been
unable to get any concessions as a re-
suit Of their conferences with Douglas
and Hines.
It was indicated that even some of
the war-incurred disabilities will be
slashed under the order, depending on
the nature Of the disabilities and the
allowance category into which they fall
Publication Of the order was expected
later in the day after Mr.. Roosevelt
has signed.
Under the law authorizing the Presi-
ductions in benefits cannot become ef-
fective until July !, the beginning Of
the next fiscal year.
Douglas laid the voluminous savings
plan before the Chief Executive after
two days Of conferences with leaders of
five veterans organizations. These lead
ers had been called in to express opin-
ions on the plan after 1t had been pre-
pared by Douglas and Brig. Gen. Hines.
Estimates Compare.
Douglas $4o0,000,0 900 estimate COM
pares with the 1895, 10000 estimate of
savings outlined by Hines at congress
sional hearings.
The veterans organizations repre-
sented at the conferences were the
American Legion, the Disabled Ameri-
can War Veterans, the United Spanish
War Veterans, the Veterans Of Foreign
Wars and the Disabled Emergency Of
hcers' Association.
Under an order by Hines to veterans
field stations, no new commitments
have been made while work on the cuts
was in progress. New benefits and
new commitments, the administrator
said, would depend upon whether they
were permissible under the executive
order.