Evening star., 1945-01-09

construction, as authorized by law
Further requests for funds for de-
tailed planning Of Federal projects
will be made on congressional au'
thorization.
Plans have been completed or ar,
In the design stage for. about $3,OOO,,
100000 of State and local publ,
works, excluding Federal-aid high.
ways. The War Mobilization anc
Reconversion Act authorizes fund.
for Federal loans and advance.
which would make it possible tt
place further projects on the shelf
of planned public works. The ex.
tent to which Federal funds ar,
needed to enable States and local..
ties to plan adequately for usefu
public works is now being re-exam.
ined, and shall soon transmit 9
new recommendation concernins
funds for these purposes.
In addition, programs are beine
developed for Federal loans anc
guarantees to stimulate private con
struction after the war. Guarantees
and loans already available under
the Servicemen's Readjustment Act
will encourage residential, CONNER
cial and farm building.
Government Agency
Fully Geared to War.
The civil departments and agen.
cies of the Federal Government have
been fully geared to the war effort
Appropriations for other than direct
war or war-related activities have
been reduced to rock bottom. Wher
the war situation permits a reduc.
ton in the war program, it will alst
be possible to reduce war activitie!
OF the civil departments. Such &C.
tivities should be curtailed wherever
possible. The Bureau of the Budeet
has been instructed to review cur.
rently the activities of the yariou,
Government agencies and to recon-.
mend such changes as become de.
sirable in light of changing war re.
quirements.
Agencies which will play a lead.
ing role in the peace effort must
begin preparations for pro.
gresslvely larger job. I recommend
Tor instance, an increase in the
appropriations for the Department
OF State in order that it may be
more adequately stated at home
and abroad. To prepare for the
expected increase in workload, In.
creases in appropriations are rec.
commended for the Bureau of For.
eign and Domestic Commerce, tn,
Office Of the Administrator of Civi
Aeronautics and a few other agencies
Recommended appropriations fo
general Government for the fisca
year l946 are slightly below thos,
enacted for the current fiscal wear
If supplemental appropriations fol
overtime pay are adopted require
mentS for general Government may
be somewhat above those for tn.
current year.
Receipts of Government corpora.
tions Excluding war activities) will
exceed expenditures for purpose,
other than debt retirement by q
million dollars in the fiscal veal
1916, and by 1924 ,OO0, 900 in the cur,
rent fiscal year.
Commodity Credit Corp.
Needs Another 256 Million.
The operations of the Commodity
Credit Corp. in connection with the
farm and food programs require
net outlays of $1,000, ,000, 900 during
the current fiscal year. This as.
sumes supplemental appropriation
of S256, 100000 to restore impaired
capital of the corporation. The esti.
mate for the fiscal year 1916 provide.
for net expenditures of $572 900 90,
which will absorb practically all tn,
funds available to the corporation
under its present maximum borrow.
ing authority of $4,000, ,000 600. /
Congress approves the pendinl
recommendation for a further in
crease in the borrowing authority
increased operations of the corpora
ton may result in additional ne
expenditures in the fiscal year 1916
Activities of other Government
corporations are expected to shov
smaller net receipts than during tn,
fiscal year l945. Liquidation of pre-
war loans and other assets will prob
ably taper off. Some expansion il
the nondefense lending activities o
the Reconstruction Finance Corp
Is also anticipated. The net re-
ceipts of Government corporations
in both the fiscal years 1945 ant
1916, reflect substantial transfers O
funds necessary to retire outstanding
obligations of the Federal LIANT
banks.
Most of the Federal civilian EN-
ployes are engaged in essential wa
work and must stay on the job a.
long as the war lasts. Government
war services have suffered in recen
months by departure of personnel
partly because of overoptimisn
about early victory, partly becaus
Of concern about employment op
portunities after the war.
Must Keep Essential
U. S. Workers on Job.
The total number of paid Fed.
eral employees in the continenta
United States in November, 1914
was slightly under 2,9OO,0OO, o.
whom 2,040, 900 were in the War ane
Navy Departments and other wal
agencies and $4,000 in the Pos
Office and other peacetime estab.
lishments. The total has declined
126. 1000 below the peak of June, 1943
There will be further reductions q.
the course of the war permits, bu
our main concern at the present
moment is to keep essential Govern.
ment personnel on the job.
Anticipated supplemental appro.
priations for the fiscal year 1916 in.
clude about 500 million dollars a.
an approximation of the additiona
cost of overtime pay and other sal
ary adjustments, assuming enact.
ment of such pay legislation as tn.
Congress may authorize to replact
those present acts which expire
June 30, 1945. This allowance ha.
|. not been allocated among the de.
tailed war and other appropriation