Evening star., 1953-02-16
Appropriations
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recommended for executive agen-
cies:
State Department, $2.5 mil
lion, cut of $360,0OO, the entire
reduction being in funds re-
quested for consular activities in
connection with the new immi-
grafton law.
Justice Department: Nothing.
The department originally want
ed $2.625 900, but the new At
torney General, Herbert Brown
ell, subsequently advised the
committee the department could
get along by transfers from
available funds.
Commerce Department-$199.1
million-cut of SIT, ,135, 900. Most
of the cut was applied to funds
requested for the Bureau of Pub
lie Roads and Civil Aeronautics
Administration.
$33,95O,OOO for Labor.
Labor Department - $33, $780,
600, a cut of $7.2O6.00O. The
cuts included $5 million in funds
for unemployment compensa-
ton to veterans, 81 million in
funds for grants to States for
unemployment compensation and
employment service administra-
tion and 100000 in salaries and
expenses.
Federal Security Agency-$340
million, cut of $24,931 900.
The cut included rejection in
full of a $24 million request for
payments to school districts in
areas affected by Federal ac-
tlvltieS. The committee said
there are many cases in which
Federal funds have been going
to school districts where it is
obvious that local income could
care for the situation.
Interior Department-$376,O 900
a cut of $474,0OO, mainly in
funds for health and safety work
in the Bureau of Mines and in
saline water research work.
$14O,941,5OO VA Cut.
Veterans Administration
1926, 1894, 900, a cut of $140,941,- =
500. The cuts included $780,
600 chopped from administrative
funds and $131 ,058, 900 from vet
erans' readjustment benefits.
In hearings on the bill made
public today, G. O. P. members
in Congress warned the Repub-
lican heads of Federal agencies
that a blowup will occud if they
spend more money-or spend it
faster-than appropriation bills
provide.
The warning also applied, OF
course. to Democratic holdovers
and administrative officials in
general.
Sums sought in the bill SUBJ
mitted by Mr.. Truman were
justified" by various admins
trative officials at the committee
hearings mainly on the ground
that Congress itself, after en-
actment of the regular 1853 ap-
preparation bills last summer,
passed laws requiring such fur
ther expenditures. They were
explained also as further funds
Tor emergency needs which arose
in recent months.
Committee Warns Agencies.
Members made plain that Re-
publican budget-makers, in SUBJ
mitting their first departmental
requests for 1854. will court seri-
Gus trouble in Congress if they
try to ignore or evade appropria-
ton bill specifications and limi-
tationS. as the G. o. P. accuses
the Democrats of having done
Especially pointed were these
remarks by Representative Jen-
sen, Republican, of Iowa, third
ranking on the 50-member COM
mittee. at a session on some In
terror Department items:
There is one thing I want tc
mention to every agency, and
that is the habit it seems sew
eral departments, agencies, bu-
reaus and commissions have
Regardless of how much we
appropriate in the general ap-
preparation bill, they pay no
attention to that but just carry
on as though they had all the