Evening star., 1953-05-15
Funds for Labor
And Health Are
Cut Drastica|Iy
House Group Trims
go OHG. o. P. TotoI ~,
l72o From Trumon's
BY the Assoeioted Press

BY the Assoeieted Press
The House Appropriations
Committee today slashed deeply
into funds both President Eisen.
hover and former President Tru-
man requested for the Labor De-
partment and the new Depart
ment of Health, Education and
Welfare.
1t sent to the House floor for
debate next week bill to appro-
prite $1,965, ,581.750 for the two
departments and related agencies
for the 1854 fiscal year, start
ing July /.
Without counting such fixed
expenditures as 81 $40, 900 900 for
public assistance grants to
States, the cut amounted to II
per cent from Mr.. Truman's jan
uary budget requests and per
cent from revised estimates Of
the Eisenhower administration.
The new funds recommended
by the committee compare with
$2,098. .062.861 requested by Mr..
Truman and $2,027,913,470 sought
by his successor.
Distribution of Funds.
BY agencies. here's how the
money would be distributed:
LABOR ARTM ENT-
$254,424,000 compared with $685.
818,600 requested by Mr.. Truman
and $284.915.600 by Gen. Eisen-
hover.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH,
EDUCATION AND WELFARE
$l,697 ,883.570 compared with ST.
786,528,76l requested by Mr.. Tru-
man and $1,722,544,870 by Gen.
Eisenhower.
NATIONAL LABOR RELA-
TIONS BOARD-An even 50
million compared with $98 mil
lion requested by Mr.. Truman
and $9.5 million by Gen. Eisen-
hover.
NATIONAL MEDIATION
BOARD IS 81 .064. 900 compared
with $1,168,000 requested by Mr..
Truman and $685. 900 by Gen.
Eisenhower.
FEDERAL MEDIATION AND
CANCELLATION SERVICE-$3.-
100000 compared with $3,747.-
500 requested by Mr.. Truman
and $3,407 900 by Gen. Eisen-
hover.
No cuts were recommended in
the 340.000.0 900 for grants to
States for public assistance. pay
ments which are fixed by law.
Reduced 81 Per Cent.
Compared with the current
years appropriations, the allot-
mentS over which the committee
had discretion were cut 81 per
cent.
Sharp cuts we're recommended
in funds for grants to States for
hospital construction and for the
National Institutes Of Health.
The hospital construction all
lotment was chopped from SIS
million requested by Mr.. Truman
to $50 million. During the past
six years, the committee said.
more than half a billion dollars
has been spent on hospital con-
struction and on February 28 OF
this year there was an unex-
pended balance of $172 million.
Many of the hospitals. it said,
are not being used to capacity.
The National Institutes Of
Health, which do research in
medical fields. were trimmed
from $85 million to $6l $50, 200.
Vocational Funds.
For payments to states for vo-
cational rehabilitation the COM
mittee earmarked $20.6 million.
a cut of $2.4 million from Tru-
man requests.
The Committee approved $S
millions for venereal disease con-
troll in cooperation with States.
This was $3.325, 900 less than Mr..
Truman requested. Funds for
Federal aid to combat tubercu-
losis also were trimmed.
The Public Health Service was
allotted $207 .090,2 200. or $685.
802,800 less than Mr.. Truman
requested. Most Of this money
is used for services to States.
The committee said states and
local governments should bear
more of the financial RESPONSE
bility.
The committee criticized the
Welfare Department-the for
mer Federal Security Agency
on grounds it spends too much
money on travel and on publica-