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scrutiny of Federal expenditures and
stop to the father draft.
I'VE were assured" Mr.. Snyder
said, that in the light of conditions
presently obtaining, this vast
amount can be given up without in
the least impairing the war effort OF
out in the least impeding the eX-
peditious and vigorous prosecution
of the war;
Downey Sees Tax Cut.
He pointed out that the amount
is equal to approximately 33 per cent
of the estimated $38,000,000, 600
Treasury receipts from all sources
during the current fiscal year, but
cautioned "it has no immediate
bearing upon the need to raise ad-
Editional revenue"
Senator DoWney, Democrat, of
California declared, however, that
increased taxation might be par
TALLY avoided by the Army curtail-
ment.
Chairman May of the House Mill
tary Affairs Committee construed
the Snyder disclosure as "addi-
tional evidence that there no longer
is need for drafting prewar
fathers
The original Army appropriation
for this year was based on estimates
Of total manpower of 100000" Mr..
May said in an interview. The
admission that a reduction in funds
is now In order because of down.
ward revisions in manpower needs
indicates to me that we don't need
pre-Pearl Harbor fathers"
Will Call Hershey.
Chairman May said he intended
to call before his committee prob
ably next week Selective Service Di-
rector Lewis B. Hershey to detail
plans for administering new father
deferment legislation passed yester-
day by the House and slated for
Senate action Monday. The legis-
lation puts preWar fathers at the
bottom of the draft list and permits
their induction only after the Ma
tion-wide pool of available nom
fathers has been exhausted.
Describing Mr.. Snyders statement
as amazing" Representative Knut-
son of Minnesota, ranking Repub-
lican member of the House Ways
and Means Committee, said, 1T
would be interesting to know how
much Congress has over-appropri-
ated for the Navy, the Maritime
Commission and other spending
agencies"
The Snyder announcement, cou-
lpled with recent series of ordnance
plant Shutdowns, suggested that
even more extensive reductions in
war production are in prospect.
First Official Statement.
1t was the first official indica ton
that overall war production plans
are being sharply curtailed. Dras-
tic shifts already have occurred. but
military officials have insisted that
they reflected merely changing
needs, a shift of emphasis but not
reduction of total output.
1t is no secret that the Army has
found itself with an excess of plant
capacity in some categories notably
small arms ammunition and shell
loading, and the Armys explana-
ton has been the unexpected eff
cheney of individual plants.
The War Department savings to
be turned back to the Treasury at
the end of the current fiscal year
were accounted for as follows: Re-
duction of the projected size Of the
Army from S8.20O,O00 to 100000,
s1,946 039,O0O; reduced armament
and equipment programs. 1926, ,759,-
OC0 plant facilities. $3.50 447 900;
modification and possible deferment
of certain parts of the airplane pro-
gram, S2,086 O69, 900; miscellaneous
projects, 88,205,00O
Marshall Quoted.
Mr.. Synder quoted Gen. George C.
Marshall, Army chief of staff. as say
ing I'VE are reaching the end of the
expansion; already it has been posi-
BILE to reduce many training installa-
tions to purely maintenance basis
to furnish requirements for the pres
ent strength of the Army
In the last few days, a number of
ordnance plants in various parts OF
the country. principally small arms
ammunition factories. have been
shut down or had their production
sharply reduced.
In September. Maj. Gen, Lucious
D. Clay disclosed that the tank pro-
gram had been cut back about 40 per
icent since the start of the year, prin-
cipally because Of cancellation OF
British and Russian orders.
The output of antiaircraft artil-
lery has been reduced sharply,
chiefly because of the diminishing
possibility of extensive enemy air
raids against continental United
States.
| Tax Return Challenged.
The Ways and Means Committee
figure of s2,14O,OOO,000 in new rev.
enue in the tax bill was challenged,
meanwhile, by the Treasury as being
500, 900 900 too high.
The measure would bring in only
$2,047 100000, the Treasury said,
The committees higher figure was
supplied by Colin F STAN, head OF
the tax staff employed by Congress.
In either event, it is a long way
from the ,50O,OOO,000 the Treas
ury first suggested,
In the Senate, Chairman George
said "it won't be any use for the
Treasury to ask the (finance) COM
mittee to raise any substantial ad-
tiononal amount" He estimated
the new bill would raise annual
Federal levies of all kinds to total
of about $45.000, ,000. 900.