Evening star., 1935-11-25
ROOSEVELT BUSY
IN BUDGET WORK
Morgenthau, Buchanan and
Bell Assist in Cutting
1887 Estimates.
BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG,

Dc
Stan Correspondent of The Star.
25.-In the coZy library Of his little
white frame cottage in the pine woods
here today, President Roosevelt is
seriously engaged in working on the
final figures for the Federal budget
for the next fiscal year.
The President entered upon this
task refreshed after three full days
of rest and recreation since coming
here. Seated with him around the
fiat table in the middle of the room.
to assist him in this work, are Sec
retary of the Treasury Morgenthau,
Daniel w. Bell, acting director Of the
Budget Bureau, and Representative
Benjamin P. Buchanan Of Texas,
| chairman of the House Appropriations
Committee.
All of this trio of helpers are expert
wielderS Of the pruning knife, and
with their assistance Mr.. Roosevelt Is
hoping he will make a substantial
slash in the budget. compared with the
one for the current year.
Morgenthau and Bell Arrive.
Representative Buchanan, long an
outspoken advocate Of a balanced
budget, arrived here yesterday and
with Mrs Buchanan was the Presi-
dents dinner guests yesterday at the
little White House. Secretary Of the
Treasury Morgenthau and Mr.. Bell
arrived here this morning.
Representative Buchanan said to
newspaper men after his dinner with
the President yesterday that they did
not discuss budget matters then, pre-
| ferring to talk about other subjects
| of more pleasant nature. In other
words. the budget subject was pur-
| posely put aside until the round-table
conference today.
From the way Mr. Buchanan talked,
| there will be plenty of budget slash
ing If he has anything to do with it.
His mind is obviously set in that d.
rection. This thin-npped Texan, as
head Of the powerful House Appro-
priations Committee, said that he is
ready to lead a fight in Congress to
reduce Federal expenditures. He went
so far as to venture the opinion that
he hoped to hold the Governments
money spending to a total of not more
than $500, 1000 in excess of its in
come during the next fiscal year.
Cut to $500 0,000, 600 Margin Seen.
"Of course, there are going to be
reductions in the budget" the Texas
Representative replied to questions.
/ I mean reductions all down the line
We hope to balance the budget Just
as soon as it is possible, and think
the next budget can be Slashed within
a 500000,000 balance"
How are you going to do this?"
the Texan was asked.
BY fighting like the devil for it."
was his emphatic reply,
| Whether or not Mr.. Buchanan will
| be of the same opinion about the pos
sibilities of bringing the budget within
| $500, 900, 900 Of a balance after his
session today at the Little White
House" is something to speculate upon.
Although the President has COM
pleted that examination of all the
departmental figures, except those for
! the Navy Department, the District
of Columbia and the Department of
! Commerce, 1t Is understood that
! today's budget conference will not
conf1ne itself to these three budget
estimates, but the whole budget sub
! ject.
Check-Up Is Expected.
The President Is expected to take
! this occasion to check-up with Sec
retary Morgenthau and Mr.. Bell In
the presence Of the Appropriation
Committee head, the figures relating
to all of the so-called old-established
departments and agencies of the Gov
ernment. The President, as we'll as
| others assisting him in the budget
making, have previously made it very
clear that what economies will be af-
fected must be derived from slashes
in the relief and emergency expendi-
| lures. The impression is that the
President up to this time has made
sufficient progress in his budget-mak-
ing to have this task virtually COM
pleted and ready to put in final form
for early presentation to Congress
when he arrives back in Washington
the second week in December.
When Mr.. Roosevelt has completed
this budget examination, he will
quickly turn his attention to writing
the speech he is scheduled to deliver
at the mammoth homecoming cele-
bration in Atlanta Friday. In many
respects this celebration is looked
upon as a Democratic rally.
More than 100000 persons are ex-
7ected to be herded into Tech Stadium
in Atlanta to hear the Presidents
address. His speech will be broadcast
throughout the Nation by two radio
networks, and his utterances on this
occasion are being awaited with keen
interest, inasmuch as there Is a feeling
that the President might find this
setting particularly suitable for the
sound-off. so to speak, of the signal
gun opening his campaign for re-
election. Mr.. Roosevelt, however, has
given no intimation that his speech
will be of political flavor.
President Receives Cooke.
The President yesterday afternoon
received Erie Cooke, of Atlanta, gen.
eral chairman of the Roosevelt home
coming celebration, to discuss this
forthcoming speech, and to give his
approval to certain arrangements
which have been made for his visit
to Atlanta. This latter concerns prin-
cipally the plan to have the President
motor slowly over ten miles Of At
lanta's streets, so as to give the citi-
zens, and the many thousands who
will not be able to get within a block
of the stadium, an opportunity to
see the President. Chairman Cooke
took the occasion of this visit at the
Presidents cottage yesterday to pre-
sent a gold medal, with a head
pointed star superimposed on the
seal of the State of Georgia. This
medal is to serve as the Presidents
credentials while in Atlanta. Then,
to his surprise, Mr.. Cooke received
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