Evening star., 1951-08-22
Drastic Slash Made
In Voice Fund Other
Expenses Approved

Expenses Approved
Brushing aside direct appea.
by President Truman, the Senate
Appropriations Committee has
sent to the Senate a general ap-
preparation bill calling for a dras.
tic slash in the State Depart.
ment's Voice of America" pro-
gram.
The committee late yesterday
approved $63 million for the Voice
program. This was only a little
more than half the amount re.
Iquested by President Truman ant
$22 million below the figure al.
lowed by the House.
The cut was voted over strong
administration protests as the
committee cleared a bill calling
for appropriations totaling ST.
I022, 100000 for the operation Of
the State, Commerce and Justice
Departments, and the judiciary fol
the fiscal year which began July /
1858 Million Below Request.
AS approved by the Senate COM
mittee, the measure was $23 mil
lion below the amount allowed
by the House and 1858 million
below President Truman'S budget
requests. Last year the bill
amounted to $1,170.000, 900.
In addition to the Voice" cut
the committee also:
/. Approved section limiting
future contributions by the United
States to international organiZa.
tionS to one third of the budget'
of those groups. It was provided
however, that the State Depart
ment might obtain some relic.
from that provision by consulting
the Appropriations Committees o.
the Senate and House.
Q. Voted to require 10 pc
cent cut in most personnel items
exempting, however, the payroll
of the Judiciary and some other
which under the law could not b.
cut.
Increase for FBI Favored.
3. Gave the Federal Bureau o
Investigation an increase of $40,
728,000 over last years budget
or $50 million, because of tn,
agency's increased work load"
4. Struck out the so-called Jen
sen amendment banning the de
partments from filling more thar
25 per cent of personnel vacancies
5. Ruled that Government
publicity agents of most of tht
Iagencies must be reduced by one
fourth but excepted the Voice
program.
The committee reported wha
it described as essential appro'
priations while keeping upper
most before it "the terrible dang
Iers facing this country at home
and abroad"
Abroad are the enemies of oul
system of government and ou
way of life" the report said, "anc
at home we face the horrors O.
Initiation which, unless checked
will bring about a downfall jus
as surely as might come from al
enemy"
More Efficiency Urged.
The committee added that whil'
American people are being callet
ion to pay "a crushing tax bur
lden," the least they can expec
lin return is that every dollar ex
pended by the Government viii
be used efficiently and only TO
those activities that are "abso
lutely necessary"
The full committee added SO;
million to the bill at the last min
ute-S25 million for Federal ali
to highways, 81 million for ,nsu
Iexpenses and 81 million for thl
Voice program. The COMMITTEE
agreed to that limited rise in th'
Voice funds on the basis of cur
rent expenditures under the stop
gap resolution providing funds TO
Government agencies. But it bea
down an effort by administration
Figures to raise the amount II
1.-THE $85 million approved by th'
House.
Apparently no effort of a seriou
nature was made to win a Voic
appropriation of $155 million
which President Truman had re
quested. In an appeal Monda,
for the full amount, the Presiden
said the Voice had helped cracl
IRussia's Iron Curtain and shoult
have funds with which to expant
it's activities.
No Other Serious Cuts.
Aside from the cut in VoicI
funds and the limitation on con
tributions to international organi
cations, the State Department es
capped serious cuts in appropria
tions.
The bill carries $205, ,982,218 TO
the State Department. $181. SGT.
900 for Justice, about $500 million
for Commerce. and $25 1868 TO
the judiciary. The Senate groul
Increased the House appropriation
for the judiciary by $18,750 tt
provide for equipping library TO
1.-THE Court of Appeals and Distric
Court in the new courthouse build
ing here.