Evening star., 1934-06-04
Measure Carries Potential
Relief Expenditure Up
to Six Billions.
AUTHORITY IS PROVIDED
FOR DROUGHT AID FUNDS
$340,858 Is Given to District.
Taber Asks That Congress Al
locate P. W. A. Money.

Amid cries OF gag rule" from Re-
ing q cash outlay Of $l,178,000, 900
and a potential relief expenditure Of
about six billion dollars was passed
today by the House and sent to the
Senate.
The count for the big deficiency
bill was 800 to As.
The measure was said by Chair
man Buchanan of the Appropriations
Committee to provide ample authority
for funds to meet the drought re-
lief situation in ~ Midwestern
States.
He added, however that Congress
had appropriated at this session
S573 900 900 in excess of President
Roosevelt's original budget estimates.
Buchanan explained that this was
due to Unforeseen" propositions,
which he listed as follows:
Two hundred and twenty-eight mil
lion dollars for veterans benefits and
restoration Of Federal pay. which
Congress provided IN overthrowing
the Presidents veto OF the independ-
ent ofIlces bill.
Sum to Buy Live Stock.
One hundred and fifty million dol
lars for the purchase OF live stock
and dairy products under the Jones
act making cattle a basic commodity
under the A. A. A. act.
Thirty million dollars for public
building.
Seventy-fve million dollars for
drought-relief purposes, diverted from
other relief funds.
Forty million dollars for beginning
OF construction under the $500, ,000, ,000
Vinson naval building act.
Representative Taber. Republican
of New York said that while the bill
provides s1,l78,ooo, 900 in direct cash
outlay, indirectly 1t carries as high
as 81 ZOO. 600. 900 in addition to ST.
900 900 900 more out of the Recon
struction Finance Corporation anc
a $1,000 .o00. 900 to 81 500 900 900 out
Of p. w. A."
Taber, a member Of the Appropria
tions Committee, contended, "thost
figures will not appear in the budget.
without mentioning Secretary Ickes
name, Taber charged the p. w. A
Administrator with ''tncompetency" ir
allocating funds appropriated for pub
Lie works. He said Congress should
make its appropriation as it is charged
with doing under the Constitution.
S340,85S.75 for District.
The deficiency bill as passed BY the
House carries 340.858.75 for the Dis
trict This is the exact amount rec
commended by the District Commits
sioners and the Budget Bureau. The
measure takes care of obligations al
ready made for which the current ap-
propriations were insufficient. 1t i,
the last Of the appropriation bills fol
this session and will be acted upon by
the Senate early this week.
The allowance for the District in
cludes items for the Public welfar,
Board totaling $104 .535.43; for tn,
Police Department for salaries result
ing from the transfer of crossing
policemen with the enactment of th'
street railway merger bill, 5000: fol
courts and prisons expenses, $35,
40S .46; for fuel, light. heat and power
for the public schools. So. 200. and fol
the booster pumping station at Dal,
Carlia Reservoir, s43,S00.
The items for the Public Welfar.
Board include $38. 1000 for the Nationa
Training School for Boys; s25, 900 fol
Children's Hospital and s23, 900 fol
Emergency and Casualty Hospitals.
The bill carries instructions tina
heat shall be furnished for the Cor
coran Art Gallery from the centra
heating plant at cost. 1t include.
also $1,000 for the Smithsonian In.
stitution for printing and binding
and 81 900 for salaries at the Con.
gressional Library next year.