Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-05-01


Airport yesterday after Is days
Mr.. Dulles ran into bi-ps
appropriations subcommittee to
his State Department appropria-
tons request despite his willing
ness to compromise.
Would Accept 80 Per Cent Cut
The Secretary told the Sen
atorS he would be willing to
"absorb" 38 per cent of the
$47.3 million slice the House
took out of his $227.7 million
appropriation request.
But failure to restore the
other 81 per cent, about $29
million. of the House cut would
bring real and grievouS" harm
to the Nation Tin the opinion of
the President and myself" Mr..
Dulles warned.
Senate Democratic Leader
johnson today accused the de-
partment of drawing "a very
false picture" of the effect of
House cuts in its budget.
He told 10y w. Henderson.
Deputy Undersecretary of State,
that testimony by the depart
ment created the impression
that the House denied funds TO
finance programs which Con-
gress itself made mandatory"
Mr.. Henderson testified that
the House made no provision
for payment of more than 81
million in salary increases voted
last year for ambassadors and
other high-ranking officers.
He also said the House took
no action on a request for $68. 240
for congressionally authorized
increases in allowances for
maintenance of official resi-
dences and on another request
for $26l,360 for authorized
medical care of Foreign Service
dependents abroad.
Checks With Clerk
Senator johnson checked with
the clerk of the House Appro-
priations Committee and re-
ported there is no language in
either the House bill or its APP
preparations Committee report
which would prevent the use of
other appropriated funds for
salaries and expenses for the
functions Mr.. Henderson men,
toned.
IT have my patience tried
when departments say Congress
is in a vulnerable position when
it reduces requests for appropria-
tons" he said. If you use funds
for these purposes. you may
have less to use for personnel. "
Mr.. Henderson. a mild-man-
nered diplomat. thanked Senator
johnson for clearing up" the
effect of the House action. He
said the Senator's explanation
would give the department "a
f1exibility" in the use OF the
funds about which he was un-
certain before.
Secretary Dulles left Senator
Johnson's Appropriations Sub
committee yesterday afternoon
and drove directly to the airport
for q 25-minute foreign-affairS
conference with the President
aboard the Columbine III when
it arrived from Augusta.
When Mr.. Dulles returns from
Europe he already is on notice
that the Appropriations SUBJ
committee wants to see him
again for a more detailed probing
of his department appropriations
request, which he has now pared
to $209.6 million.
Senator johnson chided Mr.
Dulles yesterday about his
changed attitude toward State
Department budgets. Foul
years ago, Mr.. johnson recalled
Mr.. Dulles volunteered a recon-.
mendation for $40 million cut
in Secretary of State Dean Ache.
sons $151 million appropriation!
request.
TwO-HOur Meeting
"Now-four years. almost t.
the second. later the Senator
observed, you appear before
this committee and ask for al
appropriation SIS million create
than your predecessor, Dear
Acheson. 1t is S97 million NOR
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