Evening star., 1943-11-04
Subcommittee Cuts
S1.1q6,A28,749 Fund
Bill 10 S215,368,444
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mite provision in the near future,
the report said, there is likely to be
a recurrence of the situation of the
>Srld War, where large surpluSeS
VEIN in the hands of individual
agencies for disposal, with no CO.
ordination of the efforts of all of
them as a single problem
Other Large Reduction
Among the biggest reductions were
t5.707.5 500 in the amount sought by
the War Manpower Commission, So
$4,000 from the Federal Security
Agency, S3.963.l $50 from the Office of
Education. $l5O,00O000 from war
housing, 3340175 from the Interior
Department and ST .663 500 from the
Treasury Department..
The eliminatiOnS ranged from
S75000O0 for an emergency guayule
rubber project to a $4,000 item to
provide a polished base for statue
of ST William Blackstone. Others
included S3.9OO,OOO for "a teacher
training program, $2800000 fOr
water conservation and utility
projects.
The only boost over the amounts
recommended by the Budget Bureau
was in the account of the House
itself. The committee pared $500
from the House contingency eN-
- penses. but added $4,000 for "bene-
flciaries of deceased members
IIighlightS of Report.
out of the 500 printed page
transcript Of hearings and from the
formal report Of the committee
itself came these hlghllghtS;
|. The Office of War information,
said the report. was a large factor
in the delivery of the Italian feet
into Allied hands practically IN
tact. More than so per cent
of the German and Italian prisoners
Captured in Sicily admit being I'M
PEELED to give up by propaganda
leaflets and broadCaStS'
?. Testimony by VINO Chairman
NICNutt that there is from 20 to 70
per cent of underutlllzauon ' OF the
Nations manpoWcr
3. The annual repair bill of the
American going merchant
tonnage is approximately $500 OOo,-
C00. Approximately $50 vessels are
in repair each week,
a Approval of sl0000oo for emer-
eency medical care to provide
doctors. principally in War-mduStrN
areas. where the number Of civilian
physicians and dentists is made
Quate
:. Refusal to approve 100000 for a
study Of control and eradication OF
sovhpan diseases. $4,000 for eNrer-
ments desicnod to adapt the Army
"Ieep" for farm uses, and $4,000 for
EXPERIMENTS to increase the yield OF
turpentlne.
Nazi Blackmail Racket.
6, Disclosure by Laurence A.
Knanp. uaisOn officer Of the Emer-
genly Advisory Committee for
Political Defense. that the NazlS
were engaged in blackmaihnG
racket in Latin America, "cXtort-
ing money from people down there
in exchange for releasing their Iela-
tivos from Germany
I. An estimate by Brig. Gen.
Frank T. Hines, chairman OF the
FoGoral Board of Hospitalizaticn,
that the requirements foN hospital
beds for war veterans at the END
Of this war will be approNima ely
500 900. or three times the need a.
the end Of the last war.
Some congressional diSapprOval Of
owl is expected to bring on a battle
over It's allotment when the bill
reaches the House floor,
Quoting freely from letters of in
dOrscment of Owls work from Gen.
George c. Marshall Army Chief Of
staff. and Gen. Dwight Eisenhower,
1t. Gen. George s. Patton and Ii.
Cen. Jacob l.. Deyers, the commit
tee said:
The committee is not willing to
assume any responsibility for de-
laying. hampering or impeding the
war effort or failing to provide any
instrumentalIty or funds that will
save the lives Of American soldiers
or sailors. shorten the war and
lessen its cost. Failure to provide
these funds would have that effect"
owl Aid With Italian Fleet.
How Owl helped persuade the
italian feet to come over to the
SIDE of The United Nations was re-
lated to the committee in executive
session by Robert f. Sherwood. di-
rector of the agency's overseas di-
vision.
"Whcn the Italian government
surrendered. Mr.. Sherwood said, 1T
WIS obviously highly desirable to
persuade the Italian Navy to come
over TO our SIDE"
A message to the italian fleet was
drafted ne continued and was
broadcast to the Italian feet every
Is minutes for many hours. Shortly
thereafter the italian fleet steamed
into Malta.
Nj Cannon called the committees
work "A continuation of The policy
of drastic reduction and rigid
economy followed in the last session
in which an aggregate reduction of
1895 COO OGO was made
He said he expected floor con-
troversies only over the committees
decisions in the allotmcnts for the
VINO, Owl and for war housing.
and said the bill reflects the
sentiment Of the country favoring
Curtailnent Of Federal expenditures
to the irrcduCioIc minimum