Evening star., 1935-11-20
BUDGET ON SLATE
AT WARM SPRINGS
President, Off Tonight, Will
Study Needs and Draft
Message.
BY ]. RUSSELL YOUNG.


will divide his time between rest and
work.
The latter will consist principally
of further study on next years budget
and the drafting of the annual mes
sage, on the state of union he will
send to Congress when it reconvenes
In January.
Undecided as to Sum.
The President said today he has no
idea yet what the amount of the
budget will be when he presents it to
Congress, but he hopes to nave the
figures in fairly complete form by the
time ne returns to the White House
the second week in December. 1t is
expected, too, that Mr. Roosevelt will
have his annual message we'll on the
way toward completion by the time
he gets back.
In the great mass of papers the
President will take along to Warm
Springs with him will be the budget
estimates dealing with the District of
Columbia, the Navy and Commerce
Departments. All budget estimates
for other departments and agencies
already have been completed.
Assistance to Be Given.
To assist him in giving final con-
sideration to the unfinished estimates
the President has arranged to have
Daniel Bell, acting director of the
Budget Bureau, and Representative
Buchanan of Texas, chairman of the
foo AtNyN tot
join him at Warm Springs next Mon
day. Representative Buchanan will
have personal charge of the budget
during its consideration in the House.
Budget May Be Lower.
The fact that Representative
Buchanan will be present as the Presi-
dent puts finishing touches to the
budget gives strength to persistent
rumors that the President is going to
present a budget substantially lowel
than the one for the current year
The Texas Representative, as head of
the powerful House Appropriations
Committee, has been strong advocate
OF a serious effort to balance the
budget.
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Roosevelt that the reductions to be
expected must be made in the appro-
priations in connection with relief
work and the many emergency agen-
cieS.
District Estimates in Doubt.
Just what the President will do with
the District estimates is as much of
O nv OF af
other departmental estimates. The
Commissioners presented to the Budget
Bureau estimates totaling S47,482, ,76o,
which is about S5,000,000 in excess
Of the total appropriation for the Dis
trict for the current year. The Com
missioners included proposal for the
continuance of the S1.50 tax rate and
proposed a Federal payment to the
District of S8.317000. District officials
naturally are eagerly awaiting the
final treatment of the District esti-
mates, particularly the proposal for
the Federal payment, inasmuch as the
Federal payment for the current year
was only S5,700,00O.
The President will leave Washington
on special train which will put him
in Warm Springs late tomorrow after
noon. He will make no stops along
the way except the ordinary railroad
operating stops. Mr. Roosevelt will be
accompanied by Marvin H. Mcintyre
of the White House secretariat, who
will be in charge of the skeleton size
executive staff at Warm Springs.
Among those who will be on the ex-
ecutive staff in Georgia are Miss Mar
guerite LIE Hand, the Presidents per-
sonal secretary; Miss Grace Tulley,
Henry Kanne, Miss Roberta BarroWs,
Miss Louise Hachmeister and E. w.
Smithers. DR.. Ross T. McIntire, White
House physician, will be in the party.
Trip Annual Event.
For a number of years Mr.. Roose-
welt has arranged his affairs so as to be
at Warm Springs to spend ThankSgiv-
ing day with the patients, most OF
whom are children, at the Warm
Springs Foundation. AS usual he will
preside at the Thanksgiving day din
ner. Mrs. Roosevelt, who is at present
in New York, will join her husband at
Warm Springs within the next few
days.
Mr.. Roosevelt will make an impor-
tant address in Atlanta, Ga, Novem-
Der 20, the occasion being mammoth
Roosevelt homecoming celebration.
The President will arrange his return
journey to Washington to permit a
stopover for q few hours in Chicago,
where he will address the annual meet
ing Of the American Farm Bureau Fed
Grafton on December 9, and an hours
stop at South Bend, Ind, that after
noon to receive an honorary degree at
Notre Dame University and to make
brief speech. According to the Presi-
dents schedule at this time he will be
back in washington December 10.
Many Conferences Listed.
The President was busy today with
long engagement list which includ-
ed conferences with number of de-
partmental heads. In addition he
held number of conferences over
the telephone with other administra-
tion assistants. This afternoon the
President formally will receive the
Chief Justice and Associate Justices
OF the United States supreme Court
In the blue room of the White House.
This is an annual custom which dates
back to the early days of the Republic.
The purpose Of this annual Autumn
visit of the members of the Supreme
Court is to formally acquaint the
President with the fact that the Su-
preme Court has resumed sessions.
This call would have been made dur
ing the first week the court recon-
vened in October, but the President
was at Hyde Park at the time. Just
In advance of the Supreme Court re-
ception the President formally re-
ceived the new Minister to this coun-
try from Latvia.
During the day the President had
conferences with Jesse Jones, chair
man of the Reconstruction Finance