Evening star., 1939-08-02

administration measures in this
Congress, 1Ohich already had re-
fused to carry out Presidents
recommendations on such major
legislation as neutrality and relief.
Presidents proposal for $3,060,-
100000 loan program to step up
recovery 1UaS 1Uhittled do1On drdS-
tically even before it finally ,Oas
killed.
(Lending Bill Roll Call, Page A-5J
By the Associated Press.
The House Appropriations Com
mittee, with a final, session-end ap-
peal for economy, trimmed the ad-
ministrations last bill today from
$2l5, ,891 1853 to $50, ,190,056.
Action on the measure is expected
to clear the way for adjournment
this week end, following sudden
death of the Presidents lending bill
at the hands of House insurgents
yesterday.
Commenting on its recommended
tions, the Appropriations Commit
tee said that faced with the record
for the session thus far of appro-
priations greatly exceeding in the
aggregate the sum total of budget
estimates" it felt constrained to
prune wherever such course would
seemingly do no hurt"
Committee records showed the
total appropriated since Congress
met in January, including so-called
permanent appropriations gov
erned by law, exceeded Sl3000,-
100000, compared with last years
total of S11 1861 100000.
Civilian Pilot Training.
A catch-all bill designed to make
up for budget estimates which went
awry, the deficiency bill provides for
civilian pilot training, improving
Navy yards and for many other prof.
eCtS.
Speaker Bankhead said at his
press conference that he did not
know what would come up tomor-
row and that no determination had
been made as to whether the admin
istration's $500 100000 housing bill
or wage-hour amendments would be
brought to the floor before Congress
adjourns.
Asked whether he expected to fin
ish the session by Saturday, he re-
piled:
Il hope very sincerely We'll be
able to do So"
Discussing the possibility that pro-
posed amendments to the Social
Security Act might be held up till
next year by Senate House dead
lock on old age assistance, Speaker
Bankhead said he considered the
measure very important" and that
he hoped some final action could
be taken before adjournment.
Main Reductions Made.
The principal reductions effected
in the final appropriation measure
were the complete elimination of
Sl19 ,599,9l8 item for restoration of
the Commodity Credit Corps capi-
tai impairment and reduction of the
proposed outlay for acquisition of
strategic war minerals from $25,-
100000 to S10,OOO,OOO.
In addition, the committee fatty
rejected a proposal to add S50000,-
900 to the public buildings program
which would have provided two new
Federal structures for each congress
sional district and turned down the
Securities and Exchange Commits
sions request for $102 900 chiefly for
proposed regulation of overtime
counter markets and for the COM
missions new Office in London, Eng
land.
While the committee possibly was
least drastic in its treatment of
funds for national defense, it cut
the $7,300,000 recommended for the
civilian pilot training program to
100000 and said that would be
sufficient to train $500 students
half the number contemplated by
the Civil Aeronautics Authority. In
that connection the committee threw
out the Authority's request for $246,-
022 for improving the methods of
selecting the students through
physiological and psychological re-
search studies.
In connection with the defense
program the committee recon-
mended direct appropriation of
2,070, 900, plus contractual authori-
zation totaling $24,3385O0, for the
Navy to carry out broad program
of improvement of navy yards, in
cluding construction of SIC. 0.485 900
craving drydock at Pearl Harbor,
Hawaii.
A 100000 appropriation also was
(See CONGRESS, Page A-50