Evening star., 1937-04-28

: Frankly, If it goes through" Bank
head said at his press conference, .'it
will be left up to the President to see
what savings he can make"
The Speaker said he, too, approved
the Cannon proposal.
1t appears evident, he added, that
the President favors it in preference
to a horizontal 10 per cent cut in all
appropriations as suggested by Senator
Byrnes, Democrat, of South Carolina
and Representative Taber. Republican.
of New York.
1T is practically impossible" tho
Speaker asserted, Ito provide for an
absolute horizontal cut in all appro-
priations. You just can't do it without
injustices in certain spots"
Would Include All Funds.
II the Cannon measure went
through. Bankhead noted, there would
be specific appropriations that could
not be touched such as those for ma.
tional debt retirement, compensation
for veterans and their widows and
wages of Government employees fixed
by law.
The Speaker added however, that
Mr.. Roosevelt has authority to dis
miss "a lot of employees if he thought
it necessary"
Asked whether the President could
not effect economies now by with
holding appropriations from Federal
agencies, the Speaker said Mr.. Roose-
welt probably would not be seeking
the power now if he already had it.
The House Appropriations Commit.
tee. spurred by the economy demands.
cut sl8,828 sos today from the Budget
Bureaus estimates for the second
deficiency appropriation bill. The
measure carried total of s79,206 943.
Taber, ranking Republican on the
House Appropriations Committee.
asked that the President revise his
estimates of Government expenses in
1888 to balance them with expected
income. Mr.. Roosevelt said last week
the deficit probably would be about
s4l8,OOO,OO0.
Yesterday House committees ap-
proved a s25.o00,O00 increase in
the Army's allotment for next year,
but rejected a s300,000,000 program
for aiding State school systems.
The Appropriations Committee,
which recommended s416,413,382 for
military services in the year Begin
The Senate Appropriations Com
mittee sliced Is per cent from an
earlier ST ,655, 900 deficiency appropri-
alton bill affecting the Federal Trade
Commission. the Railway Retirement
Board and Bureau of Navigation and
the Mint. The House already had ap-
| proved the measure
President Roosevelt discussed econ.
omy efforts at his press conference
yesterday. Advised of efforts Of in
requests for economy, he smiled and
observed it all depended on whose
baby had the measles.
He said again he believes s30,00000
will be a sufficient sum for present
food control activity, although de-
mands for much more are before
Congress.
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could be saved by merging the Home
Owners Loan Corp. and the Federal
Housing Administration, as Senator
Byrd, Democrat, Of Virginia, sug-
gested.
Opinions in the House on the likeli-
hood of actually cutting costs ranged
from Bankheads prediction that
the aggregate appropriations this
session would be substantially less
than the President expected, to the
comment of Representative Clifford
Republican, of Massachusetts,, that
talk of reducing expenses Is "just q
spasm of economy"
Discussing the Army appropriation
Speaker Bankhead said:
ut is unfortunate that we can't re.
duce all appropriations. But the peo-
pie are pretty strong for national de.
fense. That is one thing that can b<
said in this crisis in international af.
fairs"
Although the fund suggested for the
Army next year is greater than this
years appropriation, it is $358079 be-
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