Evening star., 1936-03-30

mittee voted back few more. Finally
the Senate itself, in burst of gener-
osity, not only wrecked the entire
economy work Of the House commit
tee, but voted extensive appropriations
even beyond the budget.
If you think this is a minor matter
consider the fact that the Senate has
increased the House appropriation
bills by SALTS. 100000 so far this year.
The interesting part OF it is that
the restorations attract little atten-
tion. They are made item by item.
Hence they are of great interest
only to particular localities and in
terests affected BY each item. They
Congress apparently desires it so
Today you can find foot-high stack
Of reports on appropriation bills by
House and Senate committees These
are published in the Congressional
Record. But nowhere will you find a
compilation of the amounts OF the
bills as finally passed with all the
reservations, unless you figure it ou,
for yourself or consult an expert oil
either the House or Senate Appropria-
tions Committee.
Nothing Is Concealed.
This does not mean Congress is con.
cealing anything. The figures are
available. But the point is that, while
the purported economies are handed
out with eclat, you will have to dig te
f1nd that they did not last long.
Note-Digging through records kept
mainly by the Associated Press Senate
staff indicates the Senate this veal
increased the agriculture bill by $40.
100000, the War Department appro.
priation by s66,000,0 900, the Interior
Dill by $63 100000 (all virtually unno.
tlced), and the Independent Offices bill
by $2,0l0,000,000 (for the bonus anc
farm plan, as widely advertised).
The erecutiue branch of the Co..
ernment appears to haze borrowed
some phases OF this economy tech
ntque. Latest mope Uas the resto-
ration by Relieter Hopkins of ESQ.,
600 abolished w. p. A. jobs in the
food area. Before that, President
Roosevelt agreed to the restoration
OF all the c. c. c. camps which he
had earlier ordered abandoned.
Just prior to that, he signed a bill
restoring 26-day pdcations and IS
days sick leaue for Government
employees. Incidentally, this was
the last restoration OF the original
economy laU. adopted shortly after
the NeD Deal came in. The orig
inal IS per cent salary cuts hare
been restored, as weH as all the
peteranS cuts ercept one. And in
addition the veterans haze been
Doted a bonus.
Thus while economy occupies the
headlines, the whiting of economies
appears to have become a more ef-
fective business. The general inner
expectation Is that spending from now
until November will be greater than
last year.
No Smile for Hagood.
Both Mr.. Roosevelt and Gen. Hagood
kept quiet about their meeting on the
presidential train. Recent news pic
lures OF the general, however, show
him without a smile.
. The reason may be the unannounced
fact that the War Department dug
up all of Hagood's past troubles with
his superiors and presented them te
the President before he boarded the
train. These troubles we're several.
The understanding around general
staff headquarters here is that Hagooc
will be restored to active duty at the
end of his three months leave If he
does not retire in the meantime. HI
will not get back his old command anc
will not get any of the choice posts
A lot of shifts are going to take place
among high ranking officers before
Hagood's leave is up. His name i,
now at the bottom of the list.