Evening star., 1949-05-19
Cut Of 100000
u. ). Workers
Sought by Byrd
Economy Group in
Senote Foces New
Test on Funds Slosh
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fae eganofu& Hynsra hB}gEnlzo.
Mao head, ,Ar Jo-ny NonE Fe>saanal
Cufumltter cn Recitation et Non-
essential fecttas t&pen3aasrs,
MADE ite>e taa ms ag rrSogumett-
da,ous to Cousress and t4t Bad
SET R4sv&4
Repeal the eAsmp}}os4s - re
m3s.lSgy sGrne3e, the Vrlsf2rs'
Administrations an0 cghes bureaus
tron the c4'srnI fedr3al person.
nei ceilings set up serrsA; YEAS
ago hy CousseAs Congr~ss eoa!d
have the frpea. postlA
Loser CetllnEs Iise~arFe
F.A nrw lower evlllns naxi-
m4ms ZOE the rrsl oi the Csos.
rrnments agencies. which wo4ii
make their new reductions on a
quarterly basis Thn would he
the pudsr, Bureau }oh
senator Byrd made IT'S proposal
as the Senate eot ready 20 vote
on = fresh proposal to trim AH
appropriation OIL pef cent rrr-
.tlous attempts hH ar economy
group Ia cut tao ether money bills
by the same pcreeutaEc have
failed
Senator Ferguson Republican,
of Michigan Offered thr reduction
amendment 10 the measure carry
ine nearly 81 465 600 900 IN cash
and loan authority Tor the Agri-
culture Department The proposed
s PEI cent cut would appis Ia the
s725 600. 900 cash item IN the bali
He said his amendment would
save about $50 600 600
Senator BYRD IN offering his
personnel reduction proposals 10
Congress. declared
IT il my nrm conviction that
civilian employment in the exeeu-
tive branch can be reduced by st
lease 500 900 without impairment
OF single essential function This
still would leave tho total a. iTs
per cent OF the preWar peak "
I Senator Byrd and Senator Lang
er. Republican. Of North Dakota
are co authors Of the present Fed
eral personnel ceilings under
which Government agencies nov
operate.
Senator Byrd aaid he Is con.
vinced Federal employment could
be reduced by 20 per cent He
implied the bulk Of the reductions
could be made Ia the Army Navy
and Air Force Departments and
the Veterans Administration the
groups nov exempted from the
personnel ceilings
sas.a0a In Defense Agencies.
The Vireinian ~as especially
critical Of the armed services
which. he charged. nov are en-
ploying three times as many civil
ianx for every man In uniform SO
they did at the peak Of the var.
And Senator Byrd asserted the
VA has one efnploye on ',s payroll
for every 90 living veterans of all
wars. whether they are receiving
any service from the agency or
not
Total civilian employment in the
defense agencies is saS 600 and
VAS employment IA 2la 900 Com
bined this totals about half of
overall Federal employment
Senator Byrd sald his proposals
would reduce employment without
peeesxitAtlng the "mrntaN Ap"
proaeh. He also ursed the Budget
Bureau 10 Use It's stan Of cram"
inerK TO investigate closely the per-
aonneI poile1cs OF all FedeTai aEvr-
esek. with a view TO trimming down
their current personnel ceiling re-
ug.ren1rnls. Senator Byrd addsd
that Federal employment has been
Increasing at the average rnts Al
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