Evening star., 1936-02-05
INCREASES ASKED
IN SUPPLY BILL
Treasury-Post Office Meas.
ure Exceeds Current Year
by $29, 600, 900.
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
Appropriations of 1889 ,623 ,829 for
Treasury and Post Office Department
operations during the 1887 fiscal year
was recommended to the House today
by its Appropriations Committee.
Including more liberal postal serv-
ice allowances In anticipation of In
creased business. $4O0,000 for the Fed
eral Alcohol Administration. recently
put under the Treasury, and half-a-
million dollars worth of new airplanes
for the Coast Guard, the bills total
was $29 9,5si .568 more than the current
years allowance, but trimmed $l1,-
943.62 under budget estimates.
The postal service drew $778,14o,-
684-$49 ,29l lis more than the cur.
rent appropriation and s5.768, 8,465 un-
der budget requests. The Treasury
was granted $211 ,483, ,145-a SIG. .699,-
546 cut under comparable" current
appropriations and $6,175,1 ,155 less than
budget figures.
Treasury Items Omitted.
These figures did not include ST.
405, $4,000 Of estimated permanent
annual appropriations and trust funds
for the Treasury, embracing an S89.-
100000 increase over the present fiscal
years figures, caused chiefly by an
automatic addition Of $4,000, 900 to
the sinking fund and a $63 ,00O, 900 in
crease in the amount for interest on
the public debt. Regarding the in
terest allowance, the committee cited
a decrease in debt carrying charges
through refunding operations during
the past three and one-hah years from
an average of 3la per cent to 2ls per
cent for a $290, 200, 900 saving.
The committee told the House an
indicated increase of $4,800,4 ,453 in
Treasury operating expenses was
more apparent than real" as 1t in
cluded sl.499,1 for expenses under
the emergency banking, gold reserve
and silver purchase acts, $562, $40 rep
resenting transfers under the Division
of Disbursements and the Alcohol Ad.
ministration's allowance.
The Treasury was allowed nothing
for new building construction. TIE
committee explained this would be
considered later under public works
in the deficiency bill.
Attention was called to two new spe-
cial items-S24, 600, 900 for payments
to Federal land banks on account Of
O radur+iny1 iya ivHfn otnr 60
mortgages from 5.l9 per cent on the
average on June 80, 1885, to 312 per
cent In 1886 and 4 per cent in 1897, and
$24, 100000 for subscriptions to the
paid-in surplus of Federal land banks.
Customs Personnel Boosted.
An increase of s1s4, ,76o was allowed
for more customs service personnel.
and s773,240 for more employees In the
Bureau of Internal Revenue under the
alcohol tax unit, but the committee
disallowed a request for more help to
shorten from 81 months to 1872
months the time for investigating in
come tax returns.
The secret service was allowed
S4sOtOpTOOs 0Al A44NACdoC Va S4ot y&OOy W
provide so more field operatives and
other personnel.
The Coast Guard, with S24,O20,570,
was boosted by $l,259,255, mostly for
additional equipment and increased
cost Of operation. Funds = buy l3
new airplanes had been requested, but
only S697 500 for six was allowed, TO
bring the feet to 40. The committee
felt that the Coast Guards aviation
activity and expense is developing
more rapidly than in its judgment is
warranted for this service"
The Public Health Service drew
SIS, ,235-a $s,2OS. .66S increase, S.
100000 of which was for social Sc
curity act expenses, including S.
600, 900 for grants to States. The
service also was given $47.O76 for in
creased pay and promotions and al
lowing for an additional officer each
at the Lexington (Ky.) Narcotics
Farm, and the st. Louis and Memphis
hospitals. The Lexington establish
ment's name was changed in the sup
ply bill to United States Public Health
Service Hospital-"for obvious rea-
sons"
40-Hour Week Cited.
The committee said the Post Once
Departments increase was in large
measure due to application Of the
40-hour week among its employees,
costing an estimated $27, 1892 los, in
anticipation Of increased postal busi-
ness. Provision was made for ap-
proximately 5000 more regular en-
ployes. The committee recommended
20 additional inspectors.
For foreign mail $9,450,0O0 was
allowed. $125,000 less than the cur
rent appropriation. The total included
$7,888, 100 for foreign airmail, q de-
crease from $4,000, 900, which was oc-
casioned In part by eliminating an
unused $3.50, 900 allowed for the Ban
Halifax route and q $600,000 re-
duction in the Latin American serv-
ice due to reviSionS in rates and
services. The committee diSallowed
s242.755 requested for additional air
mail routes in Alaska and $267, 500
for an additional trip down the east
coast of South America through Bo-
nvia.
For merchant marine contracts $26,-
500, 900 was granted-$2,3 ,350,000 less
than this year because of cancellation
of one contract by agreement and
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