Evening star., 1950-08-01
Funds Restudied
By House Units
For Real Cuts
Korean Situation
May Cut All D. c.
Appropriations
By Don S. Worren

The economic impact of the
Korean situation was brought
closer home today, as House APP
preparations subcommittee began
a new search for non-defense cuts
in spending plans.
Chairman Cannon said the COM
mittee has no fixed goal except
to cancel all possible appropria-
tions that are not directly related
to defense and can be cancelled"
"ThiS is no cheese pairing or
concern over chicken-feed," he
told reparters. 1--WE are going to
reach down and try to make some
real savings"
The national picture is the main
objective, but there is some
thought it might also include
District Government spending,
since a new batch of city supple
mental requests arrived at the
Capitol about the time the Can
non committee adopted the econ
omy search program.
Police Funds Involved.
These items included requests
by the President for funds to
initiate five-day week for police
forces of the national Capital, as
we'll as for continuation of the
child day-care program here.
1t was indicated that the House
might be asked to act first on
supplemental national and Dis
trict requests and then, perhaps
next week, to consider a new bill
that would order non-defense cut
backs.
The regular District supply bill
for this year already has been
passed by Congress and signed
into law by the President. There
was no positive statement as to
whether the cutback plan might
be applied to this, since the Dis
trict's spending program is ade-
quately financed out of antici-
pated city revenues.
Review Directed.
The House Appropriations Com
mittee adopted a resolution direct
ing each of it's subcommittee to
make IAN immediate review of
the items under its jurisdiction to
ascertain what programs or activ-
tiles might be curtailed or deferred.
This was to be done in the light
Iof necessity of making the max
imum amount of Federal revenues
available for national defense and
thereby minimize inevitable in
creases in taxes and the public
debt"
The move had bipartisan back
ing. Representative Taber, Re-
publican, of New York ranking
minority member of the House
Appropriations Committee. said he
would be glad to see 81 billion Of
the appropriations Cancelled.
Huge savings, he said, are pos
sible in river and harbor and in
flood control projects, as we'll as
in terminal leave for Federal
employees.
Omnibus Bill Near Action.
The omnibus Federal appropri-
alton bill for the current fiscal
year seemed one major target.
This now is nearing final action
in the Senate.
In one action yesterday, the
Senate included the District Gov
ernment along with Federal agen-
cies in banning payment of Gov
ernment worker leave accumulated
in this calendar and not used by
next June 80.
The Senate then amended this
at the request of Senator Gurney,
Republican, of South Dakota to
exempt Government workers 60
ing into active military or naval
services.
New supplemental District ap-
preparation requests amounting to
$818,670 were filed with the House
yesterday by President Truman,
bringing the pending total of extra
1851 city requests to S2,717,611.
The new items included $646,000
for f1ve-day week for the Metro
politan, Park and White House
police forces; 100000 for con-
tinuation of child day-care CEN
ters, $71,500 for repairs to Zoo
buildings and $1,170 for payment
of court judgment on a tax
refund case to George and Armen
INazarian.