The Wilmington morning star., 1940-04-02
SENATE SUBGROUP
BOOSTS THE WAR
DEPARTMENT FUND
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supplemental relief appropriation Of
S68, 300. 900 be provided. This, he
said, would keep 1900, 900 on the
rolls from now until June 80.
Up jumped Rep. Rich (R-Pa) tt
shout that, if congress would show
as much concern about getting peo-
pie jobs "as we do to get them or
the DOLE" the country would be bet
ter off.
Harrington is scheduled to testi
fy before a house appropriations
subcommittee tomorrow regarding
the relief fund to be provided TO,
next fiscal year. In his budget
President Roosevelt mentioned g
tentative figure for this purpose Of
Sl,ooo, 600, 900, a reduction Of SAT-,
600, 900 below the current appropria
ton.
Already there have been demands
IN and out of congress that this
figure be raised, but Senator Nickel
lar (D-Tenn), an administration
supporter and a prominent member
OF the senate appropriations com
mlttee, expressed the opinion today
that the appropriation could be held
to $1,000. DOC, 600 for the full fiscal
year. Good business, war orders
and payments under social security
programs would make this posi-
BILE, he predicted to newsmen.
Senator Barley of Kentucky. the
democratic leader, expressed belief
that the appropriation would be
held to $1,10o, 900, 900. Of this
amount, 500, 900, 900 would be for
the Farm Security administration.
Opposes Layoffs
The CLIO said in a statement thai
it was asking congress to prevent
threatened WPA layoffs and to pro.
vide an average of 5000, 900 WPA
jobs for the next fiscal year. L
added that it was keeping a record
of the position Of all congressmer
ca THIS matter"
When President Roosevelt sen
his budget to congress early in the
present session. he recommended
enactment of $3.50, 600, 900 of addi
tional taxes to finance emergency
defense OUTLAWS. The legislators
were given to understand that the
alternative was to raise the present
s45, 000, 000,o 900 legal limit of the pub
lie debt.
Most members of congress, mind
full that this was an election year
showed little enthusiasm for eithel
proposition. They rallied for a time
around economy advocates. who
said the way out was to cut the
Presidents appropriation requests
$3.50, 0O0, 000-or the amount he pro
posed to raise by new taxation.
At one time the reductions which
had been voted by either the house
or the senate in appropriations
budgeted by the President totalet
about $500, 600, 00o. But then came
a senate increase of about $780,.
000, 900 over budget recommend
ti"ns for the farmer, and by las
weekend the net reduction made ir
the 10 supply bills already acted or
by one or both houses stood at $57,
744, 349.
Democratic leaders in congress
still contend, however, that neither
additional taxes nor an increase in
the debt limit will have to be voted
this session. One reason for this
they say, is that income tax collec
tons on March Is proved larger
than expected.
The increases which a senate ap
preparations subcommittee voted to
day in the appropriation for civil
functions of the War department
brought the total Of that measure
to $247, 622,567, compared with 1920,
0S2,250 recommended in the budget
and ~$203,472,567 voted by the house
Chairman Thomas (D-Okla) Of
the subcommittee said the $50, 000,.
coo increase made in the $40, 600, 00(
which the house voted for genera,
flood control would mean additional
projects in II to 20 states. Advo'
Gates Of the increase believed this
fact would win the support of many
of the senators in those states.