Evening star., 1947-05-06
|Senaie Exceeds House
In Labor Fund Cut for
First Tine IN Decade
sy NE Assseie,sd Press

FIrd lime IN Decade
" NE Assseie,sd Press
Economy advocates rode firmly
In the Senate saddle today with
q precedent-b breaking vote I'll
slash Labor Department. Federal
Security Agency funds bobbine
along behind them.
For the first time IN more thar
q decade. the Senate voted yesterday
to cut deeper than the House In ap-
proving 4 $i,676, ,198, 900 appropria-
lions measure Tor the two bureaus
The ngure was Il, ,388 900 less thar
the lawmakers across the Capitol
had allowed and $loo, 900 900 below
President TruInan's budget estimate
Usually the House has voted smaller
sums and the Senate has increased
them.
Senator Byrd, Democrat, Of vir-
ginia, who has been preaching
economy for years, told reporter
be was gratined.
TITS the first time in IA years
that the Senate has shown any
disposition to cut Government
spending" he declared. II think
It means that We are going to have
some real economy In this Congress.
Billion Trimmed From Budget.
Senator Byrd said no one car
guess yet whether the Republican
goal OF trimming from 81, 500, ,000, ,0ot
to $6.000. .000. 900 OF President Tru-
mans $3T ,50o, 900 900 budget for the
year beginning July / will be
reached. He said the final tally
will depend on what, Ii any, reduc.
tions are voted for the armed
services.
With the $ls3 900 900 cut recon.
mended yesterday by the House
Appropriations Committee for ths
State, Commerce and Justice De.
partments and the Federal courts
the budget trimming now stands a,
about $1.140,00 900.
Army, Navy and Veterans Admin
istration supply bills are yet to be
written.
The Labor Federal Security meas
ure was the first of q dozen regular
appropriations bills to be brought
before the Senate this year, and
Northern and Western Democrats
gave plain indications they intended
to fight specific reductions.
Coalition Defeats Amendments.
Senator McCarran, Democrat, oi
Nevada stepped to the front with q
series OF amendments designed tc
raise the allotmer,ts for various
Of the Labor Department
But as each was brought up, ii
was slapped down by a coalition OF
Republicans and Southern Demo-
Gratis.
Only two Republicans, Senators
Morse OF Oregon and LANCER OF
North Dakota, deserted the COP
ranks in the first test. It came on
Senator McCarran's proposal to
boost the 1896, 800 appropriation TO,
the Office Of Secretary Of Labor by
$323, 100 and was beaten on a 57-to-
23 vote.
Later a McCarran proposal to give
the Buerau of Labor Statistics 81
600. 900 instead Of $3,750, 900 got the
short end Of 40-to-30 vote.
!, Pepper Loses on Cancer Fund.
Senator Pepper, Democrat, OF
Florida lost, "a to rs, an effort to put
back 100000 trimmed from the
81, ,328. 200 the House voted for the
National Cancer Institute.
More than 90 per cent Of the ap-
preparations carried In the bill would
60 for benefits and grants to the
States. The Labor Department got
$79,862. 600 as it's share, $l0,0ol 900
less than the House voted and $23,-
s11 less than the President asked.
i The Senate cut $14,345,0 900 Oh
funds for State operations OF en-
ployment ofiices, but Offset this
somewhat by boosting House figures
by 1884, 900 for Labor Department
In approving the bill, the Senate
deleted . House section which would
have denied funds for further en-
ployment OF Edgar L. Warren as
director Of the Cancellation Service.
Mr.. Warren had been accused by the
House Appropriations Committee
with membership in two Communist
front organizations.
The bill retained House-approyec
funds for Freedmen's Hospital, How
ard University, st. Elizabeths Hos.
pitaI and the Columbia Institution
for the Deaf. They are: Freed
mems Hospital, $2,l92, 900; Howard
University, $4,lo6,4so; Columbia In.
stitution, $259, 500, and st. Eliza
beths, $1,550,000.
The bill now goes to Senate and
House conferees who will try to ar
rive at q compromise flgure.
Meanwhile, an appropriations SUBJ
committee recalled Secretary OF the
Interior Krug to continue his argu-
ments for 4 larger Interior budget
than the House approved.
The House approved $161 ,413,51a
appropriation for Interior for the
coming year.. This was approxi-
mately 45 per cent under the Presi-
dents budget recommendation ol