Evening star., 1935-12-31
ANNUAL MESSAGE
|. LIKELY SATURDAY
Roosevelt Expected to Send
Congress Report Day
After Opening.
BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG.


Indications today were that Presi-
dent Roosevelt has selected Saturday
as the day on which he will let Con-
gress have his annual report "cn the
state Of the Union"
Mr.. Roosevelt has made no announce
ment, but the impression at the White
House is that he will send the docu-
ment to Capitol Hill the day after Con.
gress convenes.
The budget estimates for 1867 and
the explanatory message Of the Presi-
dent accompanying them, will be sent
to the Capitol on Monday. Mr.. Roose-
velt announced this definitely at his
press conference yesterday.
Mr.. Roosevelt has not let It be
known yet whether he will journey to
the Capitol to read his message to the
joint session Of Congress, as has been
his practice.
Honor for Deceased Planned.
The President has been undecided
about the day for transmitting the
message because Of advices from
congressional leaders to the effect that
both Houses have planned to adjourn
out Of resrect for members who have
died since the adjournment Of the
last session. He had originally plan-
ned to deliver the message to the opens
ing session on Friday.
Discussing the subject yesterday. the
President indicated he wanted to talk
the matter over with Capitol leaders
before reaching conclusion. Senator
Robinson of Arkansas, the majority
leader, who has not yet returned to
Washington. is the only one Of the
leaders the President has not yet con-
ferred with on the subject Robinson
is expected here in time for the open-
ing Friday.
Monday Delivery Unlikely.
There was some suggestion that the
message be withheld until Monday,
but this was out of the question be-
cause the Supreme Court is expected
TO hand down, on that day, important
decisions bearing on New Deal laws.
Mr.. Roosevelt was busy today An
ishing the message. For nearly a
week he has virtually abandoned his
desk in the Executive Of1ces so as
to work uninterruptedly in his private
study.
Mr.. Roosevelt is endeavoring to
make the message as brief as possible.
All his annual messages have been
conspicuous for their brevity, COM
pared with similar papers Of former
Presidents.
The President has made It very plain
he proposes TO ask little in the matter
of new legislation.
Outline Of Hopes Expected.
1t is expected the greater part Of
the message will be devoted to an
accounting of the Presidents steward
ship during the last IL months and
to a carefully -worded picture Of his
hopes for the future.
There have been all sorts of guesses
as to the size of the new budget and
the amount of reductions made in
public spending for the next year, but
Mr.. Roosevelt insists that all the
| printed promises thus far were "mere-
ly wild guesses."
However, there is no mistaking the
fact Mr.. Roosevelt has done some
drastic slashing. He is known to be
gratifled by the steady increase in
revenues, and with the return of what
he describes as prosperity" he an
ticipates still greater revenues during
the newt IL months.
Toward noon the President put aside
his writing labors and went to his desk
in the executive office to keep few
engagements. Later in the afternoon
he was to have a conference With
Secretary of the Treasury Morgenthau
and Daniel Bell, acting director Of
the budget. The President also
planned to talk with Senator Glass
of Virginia, chairman of the Senate
Appropriations Committee; Secretary
of Interior Ickes and John Fahey,
chairman of the H. o. L. c.