Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-04-24
House Foes Hit
6. @. P. Claims
0fEconomy

VlLIVHVnIY
House Democrats believe they
have an especial potent delayed
action bomb to explode against
Republicans who might claim
gigantic economy In the admin
istration's budget requests 10
Congress.
They see 1t in "supplementals."
They noted Informally yesterday
that Congress already has pass
ed two major supplementary ap-
preparation bills providing well
over So billion in additional
spending money for government
al operations in the fiscal year
fast drawing to a close. A third
supplemental is expected from
the White House for congress
sfonal action before the fiscal
period ends June 30.
: There have been earlier ram
blings in the House, although
no real opposition materialized
to the declared need for the
extra funds. In the Senate also,
Senator Douglas, Democrat, of
illinois recently made an obser-
walton which some House Demo-
Gratis say they expect to expand
In every appropriation bill de-
bate from now on at this session.
Apply to Fiscal Year
2 The Illinois Democrat called
attention to Republican economy
claims when original budget re-
quests for the present fiscal year
were sent to Congress early In
1854. He wanted to know how
much firm reliance" can be put
on such claims when big supple
mentary requests come along
many months after enactment of
the original appropriation bills.
These supplementals apply to
the 1855 fiscal year and not to
the supply bills being considered
by Congress for the various de-
partmental operations for the
1885 fiscal period beginning July
I. There is nothing new about
supplementals, or what often
often called deficiency" ap-
preparation bills in years past.
Moreover. the additional requests
generally are found justified
mainly because Of emergencies,
excusable underestimate at the
outset, or other unforeseen de-
velopments or calculated fiscal
risks.
In the case Of the supplement
tails for the fast-fading current
fiscal year, however, some House
Democrats are known to be
planning a full-scale protest.
they have indicated privately
they will base this largely on q
charge that many of the elev-
enth-hour requests could have
been foreseen and included in
the regular budget bills more
tIldn y year ago.
SIS Billion Sought
And. these Democrats say, II
such inclusions or provision had
been made at that time the ad-
vance claims Of economy would
necessarily have been more
modest. supplementary sappro-
priations. already approved for
the current fiscal year, or yet
10 be acted on by Congress, are
not expected TO set q record.
The amount sought In supple
-mentals to date for the 1855
Year. however, substantially ex-
ceeds the approximate SIG bill
Hon total In addition to regular
bills for the 1854 fiscal year.
From the Republican stand
point. these supplementary out
lays are unlikely to make the
deficit next June 80 correspond
ingly greater. Other factors,
such as savings in expenditures
or gains in revenue could keep
the deficit somewhere In the
reighborhood Of the anticipated
G4.5 billion.
Furthermore, according to Re-
publicans, the Democratic-con-
strolled saith Congress thus far
has made only comparatively
small cuts in regular or supple
n1entary appropriation requests.
and In some instances voted
more money than was asked.