Evening star., 1942-06-03

Bill, Reported,
Kills {. {. {.
Committee Votes
IS to II to End
All Forest Camps
BY the Associated Press.

by lne ASSOClhttu freSs.
The House Appropriations
Committee approved today a
81 ,058, ,451 $50 bill for the Labor
Department, the Social Security
Board and related agencies after
eliminating a $75,818, 900 fund for
the Civilian Conservation Corps.
Chairman Cannon said the COM
mittee voted Is to IL to end the
C. c. C. program on a motion by
Representative Engel, Republican, of
Michigan.
Chairman Hare of the subcommit-
tee which prepared the bill, said the
committee members apparently be-
lieved that the c. c. c. was no longer
necessary"
The s75,81sOoO which had been in
the bill for the C. c. C. itself was a
stepdown of S171.142O00 from the
1912 allotment. There were 1000
camps at the beginning of the pres
ent fiscal year and the reduced ap-
preparation was to have trimmed
this number to $50.
Directors Fight Futile.
J. j. McEntee, CCC director, in
sisted in testimony that the corps
was necessary for work at Army
cantonments and for forest fire
fighting. and argued that a work
ing organization" should be main
tanned for after the war.
Film, in I inn nf fir,oIc tLo rT,Ss
drastic curtailment of the National
Youth Administration allotment and
other economies were offset in part
by increases in amounts listed as es-
Sential to the war effort. The net
saving over last year figured out at
s202 ,587 ,830
A comparison of the appropria-
tions for 1912, the estimates of the
Budget Bureau for the next fiscal
year and the committees recon-
mendations showed:
oS94, l44,99O s25, POS, ,O46 s23,7l5,93o
I,079,3s7 ,O57 s99,e72,1o5 s7s,11e14o
Emp. Compensation-
9.66O,O53 1l.Os9.7O5 9.5s9.7O
3,395,7IO 3,771,47o 3,6oo,47o
The sum of $50, ,04e 00O-little more
than third of the sl51 ,767 900 ap-
propriated last year-was set aside
for the National Youth Administra-
ton. The committee declared the
reduction would require the aban-
ment of a number of NYA local
shops and other projects"
Activities Pacfrioxio~
Meanwhile, it suggested that the
NYA should restrict its activities
TO the type of industrial training
necessary to the war effort, and
should not be permitted to engage
IN any other educational activity"
II incorporated a provision requir-
ing each individual given NYA
training to sign an agreement to
accept employment. when offered
In defense industry.
In general, there was little change
IN the committees recommen tions
on the amounts available for the
Feoeral Security Agency's program
Tor grants to States.
Inc committee approved a s452 -
os7 allotment for the Labor De-
partment'S Cancellation Service
only $1,000 less than the Budget
Bureau recommended, after hear
Ing Labor Secretary Perkins saw
on March 10 that the incidence
OF strikes after Pearl Harbor has
been almost nothing"
Labor APpncipS Cr;f;,;.oJ
The different Labor Department
agencies came in for criticism from
the committee in its report. The
Bureau of Standards report on
administration of its safety and
health program was described as
disappointing"
In approving an allotment for
the Public Health Service to fight
venereal disease the committee de-
clared that "the work in this field
to date has been highly satisfac-
tory and it is to the credit of local
officials that it has been necessary
In only one instance to invoke the
May Act, which authorizes the Sec
retary of Navy and the Secretary
OF War to establish zones around
military or naval establishments in
which prostitution would be pun
lshable as a Federal offense."