Evening star., 1934-03-02

ruary 1. and in the action taken by
the Senate we E1ld the same result.
In the fiscal year 1885 the pro-
posal of the Senator from South
Carolina was that there should be a
10 per cent restoration. The action
of the Senate resulted in a Is per
cent restoration, so that the differ
ence between the administration pro-
posal submitted by the Senator from
South Carolina and the action taken
by the Senate is merely S per cent
of the total salary expenditures. That
5 per cent, according to figures fur
nished to me by the clerk of the
Committee on Appropriations, is $685.
600 1000. So the difference between
the action of the Senate and the
proposal made on behalf Of the ad-
ministration is in the sum OF $685.
000,000."
Senator Vandenberg-"Even that
difference might not exist under the
proposal submitted by the Senator
from South Carolina, If understand
the situation correctly, because there
was permission granted to the Presi-
dent even to restore that per cent"
Steiwer-"That is true. That is the
maximum difference, and that dlf-
ference might not obtain in the event
the President should see proper, be-
cause of changed economic condi-
tions, to restore the remaining 5 per
cent. In other words, it might ulti-
mately result that there will be no
difference at all either in the fiscal
year 1884 or the fiscal year 1885.
referring to the various veterans
items added to the bill by the Senate
the Veterans Administration has
taken the bill section by section in a
tabulation which has been furnished
to the Committee on Appropriations
I have a copy of this tabulation in my
hand and I understand copy has
also been furnished the Senator from
South Carolina (Mr. Byrnes).
1.-THE total estimated increase re-
sulting from all the veteran amend
ments agreed to by the Senate reaches
the sum of s118,253,7o0. In similar
way the Veterans Administration
analyzed the proposal made by the
Senator from South Carolina with
respect to veterans benefits. The
total cost estimated by that agency OF
these various proposals amounts to
$63, 3,749,0O0. Therefore, the difference
between the two propositions, namely
the aggregate amount provided by the
action of the Senate and the aggre-
gate amount which would have been
fo TO h<
veterans proposals of the Senator
from South Carolina (Mr. ByrneS) Il
$54.500,00 I might add that in one
or two instances it is my opinion that
the estimates of the Veterans Admin
istratlon are excessive, but accepting
them as correct, for the purposes Of
this comparison, the difference, l re.
peat, is only $54,500,000.
$50, assuming that the President
should take no action during the veal
1895 with respect to pay cuts, th'
maximum difference possible between
the action taken by the Senate upor
pay cuts and upon veterans benefits
for the balance of the year 1884 anc
for the year 1885 will amount to q
sum which will not exceed $118, 900,
0OO."
McCarran Defends Bill.
Senator McCarran, Democrat, ol
Nevada, author of the full pay res
toration amendment and co-author o1
the veterans amendments, today de.
Tended the Senate's action on these
questions as being beneficial to the
recovery program rather than harm
full. He said these proposals woule
restore the purchasing power of 6
large number of persons and that tht
restoring of purchasing power Is ths
object and purpose Of the recovery
plans.