Evening star., 1942-05-18
S199,740,o0o Fund
For Flying Fields
Added 10 Supply Bill
Expansion Of Aviotion
Program by Senate Unit
Almost Doubles Measure
Nv ]. A. OIEARY.

BY approving a new fund Of $780,
100000 to expand landing areas all
over the country for the training Of
Army flyers. The Senate Appropri-
ations Committee today almost
doubled the size Of the State, Justice,
Commerce and Federal Judiciary
suppr bill.
While boosting the House total
from 1921 ,o78, 100 to s425, ,703 ,235 to
include this essential aviation pro-
gram, the Senate committee at the
same time continued its economy
drive against non-war spending for
travelling, printing and miscellaneous
items.
Senator McCarran, Democrat. Of
Nevada, in charge of the bill, told
the Senate In his report that the
big increase given the Commerce
Department for landing areas is to
continue the construction, improve
ment and repair of public airports
and landing fields in the United
States and its territories.
164 New Airports.
TT Is proposed to develop an ad-
ditional 164 new airport locations,
make Improvements and enlarge
ments at 266 existing airports, pro-
vide additional landing facilities for
use OF the Army Ferry Command,
all within the continental United
States, and to complete the develop
ment of certain landing fields in
Alaska" the report explained.
The proposed work of improve
ment and development has been
specifically recommended by the
Secretary Of War as being vitally
necessary to the efficient operation
and training of the Army air forces
under the War Department pro-
gram for the expansion of such
forces"
Increases allowed the Civil Aero
nautics Administration includes
$3,675 900 for air navigation facin-
ties, most Of which is for radio and
weather observation stations in
Alaska, and S519,600 for airport
paving development projects, asked
for by the War Department..
Orders Travel Cut.
The committee ordered the State,
Justice, Commerce and Judicial
Departments of Government to turn
into the Treasury total of s472 ,275
from their travelling expenses. This
amounts to a 10 per cent cut for
State, Justice and Commerce, with
only the F. B. I. and the Civil Aero
nautics Administration exempt. For
the Judiciary 1t means a 5 per cent
cut in travel.
In addition the following adjust
ments were made in each depart
ment:
State Department: Increases-A
provision to raise the American rep
resentatives In Bolivia, Ecuador and
Paraguay from Ministers to Ambas-
sadors. at $4,000 each: for fence
construction on the Mexican border,
s5O,0OO, and $4,000 for the treat
ment of sewage flowing from Ari-
IONA into Mexico. Total increases
S140 900.
Decreases-A total of $133260 was
taken from the printing and binding
funds of various international COM
missions.
Justice Department was given in
creases and had S227,000 cut from
its printing and binding fund. The
committee wrote in several provi-
SOS, to require Senate confirmation
of all future special attorneys and
Of any other person employed at
$4,000 or more for antitrust law
enforcement. United States mar
shals using their own automobiles
were given travel allowances Of 4
instead of 8 cents per mile.
Aggregate Of S2O5, ,4S1,335.
Commerce Department-IncreaSes
an aggregate of $205. 1886, of
which 03,934 800 went to Civil
Aeronautics. The remainder con-
sisted Of miscellaneous small in
creases for Weather Bureau, Bureau
of Standards, Coast and Geodetic
Survey and Foreign and Domestic
Commerce.
Decreases-A total of $685. ,49O was
cut from various bureaus, of which
$445,490 came from printing and
binding. The remaining $4,000
eliminated was designed to enable
the Census Bureau to gather data
on wealth. debt and taxation.
Judiciary-Only increase was s4.-
$50 for repairs to the Court of
Claims. The only decrease was the
judiciary's share of the percentage
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