, 1935-10-23
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Washington
BIZ RODNEY BUTCHER
brownsville Herald's Washington


By RODNEY BUTCHER
BROWNSVILLE Herald's washington
Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Oct. "a. Paced
with rising clamor against blR
FEDERAL spending the Roosevelt ad-
mmistrat1on Is planning to pull IN
lis horns and nurse the nickes.
Drastic cuts IN personnel, budgets
ana various projects may be expect
ed this winter.
Radiograms from the u. 8 q
Houston, bearing general orders from
y. ID. himself to heads OF virtually
an departments and emergency
agencies, forecast this deflation of
the New Deal machine.
Cabinet members and adminLstra-
tors have been asked To repar
studies and data showing how gov
eminent personnel can De cut To
reasonable or normal size, with In
dication that the cutting process win
be carried out IN December, January
and February.
Al federal projects (every bureau
3 building, r~enovating or rejiggerinR
something or other) must be check
ed as to their status, commitments
made, and possibilities or curtafl-
ment. Budget studies are To De made
accordingly.
Some high officials believe the re-
suits viii be spectacular, and haz-
ard gueSses that the reduction IN
federal personnel may affect any
where from $1,000 10 $1,000 federal
workers.
First effect Is sure TO be a rem
eral checking Of political endorse
ments Of employees. Those with
weak political backing viii b. the
chief sufferers.
Good For "A Laugh
AL week long, at n1atinees IN a
local vaudeville house. "a comedian
would crack. when a few customers
were arising to leave:
Il hope all the NRA employees
won't go home now"
1t always drew a big laugh.
Deep Slash On The WAY
No n here at this time seems
70 be privy 20 Roosevelt,s plans. but
certain previously known facts en-
courage the deduction from the ra-
diced orders that a cut-to-the-b bone
drive Is In prospect.
The recent shift OF Republican
attack 70 expenditures and the ton
heavy administrative machine Will
be answered By the economy effort.
although It cannot be considered to
have caused It.
The big fact Is that Roosevelt is
compelled TO ask the next session of
CONGRESS for much less than the
eight-billion dollar budget which
ne demanded last January. Not
'ong aTo he was hoping 70 enter the
campaign year with the promise OF
m actually balanced budget. Per-
hans he still does.
Thanks to the relief problem. the
only way II seems possible TO achieve
even q technically balanced bud
get would be to save and store I'D
money here and there In the present
fiscal year.
Budget estimates for the 1861
fiscal year could be made on a very
low basis with the realization that
the CONGRESS converting In January.
1887. could vote further emergency
appropriations II necessary.
There's reason to suspect that II.
ID. may have some such ideas in
the back Of his head. though the
degree OF success IN taking the gov
eminent ont Of relief. the career
Of the WPA program. and business
conditions are all pertinent factors.
NRA to Feel Ak
Increase IN the federal payroll
seems scandalous TO many. even
hp-r IN washington. There were
566.956 federal civil employees IN
March. 1883. and August. 1885.
showed T70.i2H. There's plenty OF
deadwood IN that. but the ironic
fact Is that most Of Il Is political
lumber which viii be left intact.
NRA. whose 276) employees and
100000 payroll have stirred up
raustic Republican attack, viii be
first 70 feel the big ak. As a re-
rult a White House orders, at least
$50 NRA employees win be dis
missed bv Nov. is and others prob
ably viii follow RAPIDLY NJ. TckeS'
relatively efficient PWA organiza-
ton likely viii be cut 10 pieces.
... Housing and other PWA pro-
vrams have been decimated II. Tug
well has already begun demobilizing
a large part of his resettlement out
fit 49,. With army engineers virtual
" In charge Of WPA projects.
marked economies may also be ex-
pected In the Hopkins organization
And that. you may be fairly
SURE. Il far from the half OF IL.
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