Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-02-25
;a:11.5Pct. Budget Cut
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Urged for Justice,
State and Commerce
BY the Associated Press

A 1919 per cent cut in the
combined budgets of the State,
Justice and Commerce Depart
ments and the Voice of America
was recommended today by the
House Appropriations Com
mittee.
Moneywise, the committee
said, those agencies should get
along on 6.988. 900 instead
of the $1,313,920.960 recon-
mended by President Eisen-
hover for the 1855 fiscal year
which starts next July l.
Most of the $166.932 $50 cut
would be borne by the Com
merce Department, big slashes
being in appropriations for the
Federal aid highway system and
for payment of air mail SUBJ
sides. The committee con-
coded that Congress might have
to pump more money into both
these programs before the next
year ends.
The committees actions were
embodied in a bill to be debated
next week in the House.
FBI Funds Approved.
, The Federal Bureau of Investi-
cation got all of the $78,282. 900
it requested. Representative Gle
venger, Republican. of Ohio, who
headed a subcommittee which
wrote the bill, said the committee
has confidence in the effective
ness" of the organization headed
by j. Edgar Hoover.
The FBI's allotment contem-
plates employment during the
new yeaE of the same number of
personnel as this year. and the
purchase of new technical equip
ment. 1t is 81 ,282 900 more than
the FBI was given for the present
year. ending June 30.
The only other major agency
to get the full amount it wanted
was the immigration and Natur-
Rlization Service. 1t was allotted
$50 million.
Agency Funds Listed.
BY agencies. here's how the
money was appropriated:
. State Department: 40
900. cut of $7.781 $50 below Ell
Senhower requests and $14,133,-
$40 below current year funds.
Justice Department: $176.542,-
900. cut of $1.190,000 from the
budget and $2.338,000 from this
years appropriation.
Commerce Department: $685.
j222,000 cut of Shafts, 900
from requests and $154,025.9 25
from this years allotment.
United States Information
Agency. including the Voice Of
America: $75,814,000. a cut of
$13.186.000 from requests and
$7,603. 900 from 1854 funds. There
was no explanation of the re-
duction.
International Programs.
Large items in the State De-
partment appropriations, other
than normal allotmentS for SAL
aries. included $2,75O,Q00 for ac-
QUESTION. repair ard maintenance
of buildings abroad; $28.250. 900
for contributions to International
organization and SO million for
the International educational ex-
change program. the latter item
being cut Sc million from Eisen-
hover requests.
The committee noted that 4
during the new year United
States contributions to the
United Nations will be one-third
of total contributions by all ma
tons. a new low.
For the Federal prison system,
which operates under the Justice
Department, the committee rec
commended $3.50, 900, a budget
cut of $490, 900 but an increase
of 100000 over current year
funds. The increase was at
tributed mainly to the growing
prison population.
Slash Air Mail Subsidy.
Only $23 million of the $73
million requested by the Com
merce Department for air mail
subsidy payments was approved.
The committee said recent Su-
preme Court decision requires
international carriers to take
into account their profits from
domestic operations when COM
putting the amount of subsidies
due.
For the Federal-aid highway
program, the committee recon-
mended $500 million, an increase
Of SIS million over 1854 funds
but a cut of SIS million from
what the President asked.
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