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_ Holds Tax Reduction Better Policy Than Soldiers’ Bonus $3,298,080,444 Asked for Operation - of Government—Surplus Likely to Be Wiped Out by Cut in Levy. (Continued trom First Pay $35.000.000 13 proposed for ship con- struction, $15,000.000 for the air serv- ice and $1,000,000 for the scrapping ©f naval vessels. The largest eingle item s the pay of the Navy—3116,- 000, Out of the W ©f $314.000.000, for the air serv National Guard Department total .735.000 18 proposed 8,000,000 for the $3.800,000 for and har- 86,000, as and against §43 Asks More Dry Agests. An additional $1.600,000 for prohi- bitlon enforcement is asked of Con- gress, President Coolidge stating that a considerably enlarged fleld force should be provided. He added that he would present to Congress soon & supplemental estimate of $20,000,000, vessels for the of the need for nnel coast g a mate 4 and equipment © “for the purposs of combating more thor- cughly rum-running and unlawful im- portations” If this appropriation 18 granted, the President sald. he would ask for an additional $6,000,000 later for a similar purpose The total appropriation for prohibition and ment 1s $10,531, 60z for the pr The largest single item In the $228,- 000,600 of expenditures by the Treas- ury Department is $81, refund'ng of taxes erroneousiy col lected. The cost of the collection is estimated at $35,575,000, while the cost ©f ocollecting _customs revenues s placed at $12.821.845. Operations o he coast guard will account for au other $10,000,000. Asks $30,000,000 for Roads. For good roads an expenditure of $50,000,000 proposed, an of $5,000,000 over the outlay estimat- ed for this year. This accounts for more than two-thirds of the $144,000,- 000 cstimate for the Department of Agriculture. A reduction of more than $22,000,000 estimated deficit of § al revenues is forecast for Postal service expendi- from postal revenues 9.000 as com 630,000 this year. motion and operation transportation estimated tures are $18,485.313. The ap- recommended, howeve: & Board and E are ¥ $50,411,- increase ompured to t act ther important civil overnment for next e budget as n relations ar an interests gulation of omotion of promotion science romotion immi- zation, $3.748, € public domaln, heaith, publication, ending ease of rtmental The budget appropriations for fiscal year ending June 30, include compensation under cation act for the de- service, and ut pr ©s only for the field the Legislation -Appropriation for 1924, 50; estimate for 1925, ‘The principal change ase from $100,000 to the item “For mis- items, exclusive of S0 ives— 5.204.999.1 $6,218,120.2 salaries of of- and for addi- The {ncre fice tional Lexis] Aprropr n estimate for 19 includes salarles and expenses for the Capitol police, the joint com- mittee on Printing, the leglislative drafting service and the statement of appropriations, Architéct of the Capitol- priation for 1 S, esti- 0. 'The prin- mate for 19 $902,8. cipal changes are decreases of 210! on account of repairs and equipment for the Senate Office building, from $31,104 to $87,000 for increase of compensation and increases from $74,614 to $85,000 for muintenance of the House Ottice bullding, from $20,640 to $28,740 for officers and employes of the. Library building and grounds and a new item of $50.000 for replacement of the hydraulic elevators of the Library of Con- &ress with electric_elevators. Botanic_Garden—Appropriation for 1924, $107.582; estimate for 1925, $135, The ‘principal changes are increases from $66,082 to $76,700 for personal services, and from $41,500 10 36 for “Improving Botanic ‘Garden, Library of ~Congress—Appropri- ation for 1924, $1,068,806; estimate for 1925, $1,244.037. The prineipal changes are increases of $126,951 in persinal services, $10,000 for pur- chase of books, $37,750 for printing and binding, and a new item of $500 for special and temporary services which may be required in emer- gencies. Government Printing Office—Ap- propriation, for 1924, §3435,410; estl mate for 1925, §2, 665,340. The prin- cipal changes are increases from $128,810 to $160,350 In basic salaries, office of the public printer, on count of reclassification; from $23: 960 to $314,960 in basic salaries, of- fce of the superintendent of docu- ments, on account of reclassifica- tion: and $25,000 for emergency and overtime woork in making distrib tlon of government publication and decreases by the elimination of the appropriation “Congressional Record Index,” $9,100, the expenses of which will be paid from the ap- ropriation *Public printing _and inding': and by elimination of the appropriation “Increase of compen- sation,” $960,000. Appropriation for 1924, $445,771 budget estimate for 1925, $397,847.50. The differences betweer the ap- ° propriation for 1924 and the bud- got estimate for 1926 are: De- screases from $3,000 to $2,900 for rinting and binding, and from 12,000 to $6,837.50 for salary of the Vice President due to the pres- ent vacapcy;. the ° eltmination of 45’4‘“‘;’3&’. g increass of coma miscellaneous— 1924, $114,001 $114,000. This s and Appro- 000 for the - | for 192, = pensation; and increases of $19.- 240 over ' present basic sal: and from $36,000 to $37,000 for contingent expenses. Independent Establish- ments. * Relief of indigent, Alaska fund— Appropriation for 1924, .$20,000; budget estimate for 1925, $15,000. This is an indefinite appropriation of 10 per cent of the receipts from 1i- censes collected outside of incorpo- rated towns in Alaska, which ts dl- vided equally among the four district Judges, to be applied to the relfef of persons who are indigent and inca- pacitatea ¢ * o there was an unexpended balance to the credit of this fund available for redistribution of $20,799. fAlion “property custodian—Appro- priation for 1924, $281,200: budget estimate for 1925, $225,000. The principal difference’ between the ap- propriation for 1924 and the budget estimate for 1925 is a decrease from $252,025 to $207,400 for personal serv- ices, the number of employes being reduced from 125 to 102> It-is be- lleved that.by the end of the cur- rent fiscal year (1924) the office will be in a position to avold any embar- rassment from the curtailment of its appropriations American Battle Monuments Com- mission—Budget estimate for 1925, 1$554,280. This commission was created by the act approved March 4, { 1923, entitled “An act for the creation American battle monuments on to erect suitable memo- ommemorating the servicis of ] the for other purposes.’” The amount of the budget estimate provides $103,- 630 for the administrative expenses of the commission, $16,580 for land and interests in land and $354.070 | for structures and improvements to {iand; 350,000 is included aiso for p: liminary work and plans for the im- provement and beautification of American cemeteries in lurope, | Which is authoriged in the act. i Bureau of efficlency—Appropriation {for 1924, $15 budget estimate 2 150, The budget esti- { mate of' §156,150, while higher. than the 1924 appropriation, provides for no additional personnei, the increase being necessary to take care of In- | creases in salarles under reclassifica- tion. Civil Service Commission—Appro- tlon for 1924, $990.395; budget estimate for 1925, $949,116. The bud- get estimate for personnel for 1925 including reclassification of the de- ! i nental _service, less n the 1824 appropriation uding increase of compensation This reduction is in part made pos- sible by the consolidation of the tormer statutory salaries of the com- midsion with the appropriation for temporay employes, and in part by r on of the proposed lump-sum ap- propriation for 1 Small de- in miscellancous, contingent and travel expenses amount to $3.540 The budget estimate provides for an i1 crease of $7,001 for rent, which wili be required if the commission re- mains in its present location. Commission ‘of Fine Arts—Appropri- {ation for 1921, $6.4%0; budget estimate . “The amount estimated \ provide for the publication of {an_elaborate report of the commission. | Employes' compensation commission { —Appropriation for X | budget estimate for 1925, *$2,656,260. | The budget estimate provides for one | additional mploye, “salaries, em- ploy ation commission,” and for & small number of Increases in sal- aries due to reclassification. Federal board for Vocational Edu- | cation—Appropriation for*1924, $6.427 | 000 budget estimate for 1925, 36,350, | 000, The budget estimate provides for {the continuance of co-operation with | the etates, in furnishing vocational | education 'in " agriculture, trades and i industry, and In the trainihg of teach- fe 18 §45,240 1924, ons disabled in industry or other- e. Tha act providing for vocatlonal re- habilitation of persons disabled in in- dustry or otherwise, which became ef- | feetive June 2, 1020, provided for ap- | propriations for four years only. { The budget estimate includes the automatic yearly increases amounting to $1.062,000 over the appropriation 1424, as provided for in the organic ct. | Sums for U. S. Comminstona. Federal priation for 1924, $45926.74 j estimato for 1925, $13,301.79. |&anic act of June 10. 1920, provided an | appropriation of $100,000, {until expended. On July 1, 1923, there | was an unexpended balance in this uppropriation of $40,000. Since it is estimated that the expenditures for 1924 will not exceed the 340,000 ap- propriated for that year, | pended balance of the continuing ap- propriation, for the fiscal year 19%5. “ederal Trade Commission—Appro- priation for 1924, $1,010,000; budget estimato for 1925, '$950,000. The principal differences between the ap- propriation for 1924 and the budget estimate for 1925 are decreases from $929.200 to 3875640 for person: services, involving ‘a reduction in the 173.12 for travel expense. General accounting office—Appro- priation for 1924, $3,870.801; budget estimate for 1925, ° $3,724,612. The principal differences between the ap- propriation for 1924 and the budget estimate for 1925 are decreases from $3,493,728 to $3,399.612 for personal services_ involving a reduction in the number of employes from 2,094 to 2,004; from $349,573 to $300,000 for contingent expenses, involving & re- duction from $46,075 to $25,000 for travel expenses; and from $27,500 to $25,000 for printing and binding. Housing _ corporation—Appropria- tion for 1924, $920,450; budget esti- mate for 1925, $808,100. ' The principal differences between the appropriation for 1924 and the budget estimate for 1925. amounting to a reduction of 112,360, are a decrease in the amount for personal services from $504,210 to $436.110, u large part of which ‘is due to the reductlon of sixty-eight em- ployes in the force employed at the government hotels; and: decreases in amounts for provisions for the gov- ernment hotels from $255,000 to $230,- 000, and in miscellaneous items from $161,240 to $141,! Interstate Commerce Commission— Appropriation for 1924. 35,203,860 budget estimate for 1925, 34,262,28 The principal differences between t! appropriation for 1924 and the budget estimate for 1925 are a decrease from $2,298, ,148,000 in the gen- eral appropriation for expenditures necessary in the execution of laws to regulate commerce, involving a re- duction In personnel from 843 to 798, amounting to $102,378.06, and & reduc:. tion of $¢ 50 in other expenses; & decrease trom $564,687.49 to $537,524 in . the appropriation for enforcing compliance with requirements of law Telative to reports and accounts of common _carriers; a decrease from $404,747.65. to_$875,000 in the appro- priation to enforce compliance with acts to promote safety of employes: and travelers upon railroads, etc,; a decrease from $304,979 to $290,000 in the appropriation to compel common carriers to equip locomotives with safe and suitable boilers and appurte- nenances thereto; a decrease from $1.347,092.40 to $647,260 in the ap- propriation for valuation of property of carriers for the reason tl this ‘work is On July 1, 1923, 1 American soldier in Europe, and | therefor, | but not for the rehabilitation of | for | Power Comml8sion—Appro- | available | the unex- amounting to $40,000 on | June 30, 1923, will still be available| { I aeronautics—Appropriation for 1924, $307,000; budget estimate for 1925, $440,000. The principal differences between the appropriation for 1934 and the budget estimate for 1925 are an increase from $192,880 to $260,275 for personal services, involving an increase from 77 to 123 employes in the fleld service, and increases from $18.300 to $25.900 for supplies, from $6,860 to $20,000 for repairs and al- terations, from %17,200 to $70,200 for equipment and from $24,000 to $30,000 for speclal investigations. Perry’s victory memorial—Appro- priation for 1924, nothing: budget es: timate for 1925, §99,185. This amount for the same ‘purposes was carried in the budget for 1924, but failed of enactment into law. The appropria- tion is for improvement of the sur- roundings of the memorial. Labor Board Allotment. Rallroad Labor Board—Appropria. tion for 1924, $340,000; budget esti- mate for 1925, $322,200." The decrease of $17,800 in the budget estimate under the 1924 appropriation involves slight reductions in personnel and ex- penses, but provides for an Increase from $10,000 to $12,000 for printing and binding. Shipping Board and Emergency Fleet Corporation.—Appropriation for 1924, $50,411,500; budget estimate for 1925, $30,344,000. The principal differences between the appropriation for 1924 and the budget estimate for 1925 are a de- crease from $406,500 to $339,080 in salaries and expenses of the Ship- ping Board, involving a_reduction from 113 to 95 in the number of em- ployes and small reductions in sev- eral expense items; a decrease from 1$50,000,000 to $30,000,000 ~for the “emergency shipping fund,” with au- |thority to use not in excess of $6,000,000 of the total proceeds of sales for expenses of liquidation and tle<up connected therewith, thereby providing an availability of 336 000,000. During the fiscal year 1923 the gross defleit of expenses over amounts {earned was $50,183,386.05, but this in- icluded extraordinary cbligations of $15,202,821.79 which, ‘it is now antlci- | patéd,'wiil not be incurred during | the current fiscal year. | Smithsonian Institution. — Appropri- {ation for 1924, .143: budget es- itimate for 1 66 The principal ences between the appropriation for 1924 and the budget estimate for 1925, amounting 0 a net Increase of $53,407.66, are an ncrease due to reclussification of {about $59,000 over present basic sal- artes and bonus, and & decrease from to $70,000 for printing aud | State, War and Navy Bulldings. War and Navy Department I Appropriation for 1924, budget estimate for 1925, he principal differcnces between ithe appropriation -for 1924 and the {budget estimate for 1926 are a de- | crease from $1,711,278 to $1,636,215 for { personnel, Involving a reduétion in jthe number of. employes from 1,680 ito 1,551 which in part is made e | by the consolidation into one appre | priation for personnel fourteen ap- propriations for separate buildings and in part by reason of more efficicnt | organization, and a decrease from $698,816 to $667.260 for fuel, lizhts, et Commission. — Appropriation 4. £742,000; budget estimate for $681,980. principal differences between th appropriation for 4 and the | budget estimate for 1925 are in- creake from $603,095 to $629,900 for I personal services, the incremse pro- viding only for the additional em- ployes who are belng taken on dur- ing 1924; and decreases from $12.000 to $7.870 for supplies, from $83.600 to 328,810 for travel expenses, from $14.- 500 to $3.000 for furniture and equip- {ment. and from $20,000 to $10,000 for printing and binding, and the elimina- {tion in 1925 of $25,000 for rent. | Geographic Hoard Appropriation. United States Geographic: Boaxd— Appropriation for 1924, $2.000: budget jestimate for 1926, §1,000. This appro- priation is for printipg and binding only. 3 for 1 119 i1 Veteran’s Bureau. Appropriation for 1024, Budget estimate for 1 The principal differences between 1,514,053 0 budget estimate for 1925 are decreases from $50,780,123 to $46,790,000 for salaries and expenses, involving 4 net reduction from 28,856 to 24,200 in the | number of employes in the field serv- |ice; from $200.000 to $164,966 for tele- {graph and telephone service, from $2,280.000 to $1,724,195 for travel ex- | penses, from §251.000 to $49,183 for trangportation of things, {rom $1,509.- 900 to $1,370,327 for renmts from $800,000 to ' $229,733 for equipment; a | decrease from $360.000 to $275,000 for | printing and binding, on account of | the supply of printed matter on hand {ana the proposed reduction in size iof the annual report for 1924, and ia decrense from $118,450,000 to $83,- 00,000 for military and naval.com- pensation. Army and Navy Compensation. Amounts heretofore appropriated | for military and naval compensation continue available untll expended. During the fiscal year 1928, $125,671.- | 861.85 was_disbursed. leaving an un- expended balance June 30, 1923, of $71,913,400.04, There was appropriated for 1924, $118.450.000, thereby faking available $190,363.400.04 for the fideal vear 1924. Since it s anticipated that many of the 70,000 veterans now un- dergoing _vecational rehabllitation tralning, who are paid from the ap- propriation for that purpose, Wil return to a compensation status dur- ing the fscal years 1934 and 1925, it is estimated that compensation pay- ments during 1924 will amount to $132.000,000, leaving an unexpended balance on June 30 of $58,363.400. This balance with the budget-esti- mate of $83.000,000 will provide $141,- 863,400 for the fiscal year 1935. A decrease from $48,683,710 to 342.- 000,000 for medical and hospital serv- ices: This decrease is due to discon- tinuing as rapidly as possible the medical and dental examination and treatment of patients on a fee basis. and adopting the less expensive pol- icy wherever practicable of mak- ing examinations and administering treatment on- a salary basis or in government-owned _dispensaries, clinics or hospitals, There will be a reduction in the amount required for rentals in the fiscal year 1925, and th..u;!ountl ""H::E for re- irs and aiterations in o pro- Tlde. Mospital facilities is $3,000,000 less_than the amount appropriated for 1924. The amount estimated con- templates savings to be effected by the closing of four hospitals at the end of the fiscal year 1924; provides additional funds require operate three new hospitals opened and five yet to be opened, in the current fscal year; five new hospitals to be opened in the fiscal year at increased capaol to be enlarged in year and five to be fiscal vear 1925. Hospital persomnel is paid from the appropriation “salaries and expenses.” 5 Work of Rehabilitation. A decrease from $120,743,000 to $89,- 000,000 for vocational rehabilitatio: 70,000 veterans are now in trainin The 1925 estimate is predicated upo: 2 monthly average of 52,98¢ in train., ing, the number estimated by the Ve! erans’ Bureau, entailing.decreased ex. penditures of $23,500,000 for main nance allowance for trainees and pendents, $864,000 for supplies and materials, $327,000 for ‘rentals. $5,- 600,000 for tuition, and $602,000 for education and recreational.eguipme: A decres ,000,000 to 388, 000,000 for mllitary and naval insur-. ance: In the-fiscal Year 1923 dis- bursements “from this .?mprhuoi aggregated .$99.464,626.65, -and pre. mium increments totaled $18,141,830. The unexpended balance at: the close. of the flscal year 1923, -available for |the fiscal year 1924, was $13,149,606.88. This balance, with $90,000,000 appro- riated in the act for 1924 and $12,- 0,000 estimated premium increment 1934, 6.38.available Foax The estimat~ the appropriation for 1924 and the! od diture In the flscal year 1934 is $103,000,000, with an unexpended balance on June 30, 1924, of $12,000.- 000 & able-for the flscal year 192l This, balance, with $8,000,000 ed premium {ncrement in'1925 budget estimate of $88.000,000, aggre- gates . an availability of $108,000,000 to meet estimated disbursements in the fiscal year 1925. Department of Agriculture. Appropelation for 1924, By t estimate for 1 Principal Differences. The principal differences between the appropriation for 1924 and the budget estimate for 1925, amounting to a net reduction of $15,470,879, are as follows: ' DECREASES, Construction of varal post, . 2 onstructlon of vu ronds .. wfl.m.m $18,500,000 Printing and bisdiag.... 160,000 738,000 Eradication of tuberci- logls radicatioaot Cereal investigations.... Eanipment -of sippiies; Toreat_service 2,857.757 836,230 884,220 180,000 833,824 425475 216,850 882,480 165,000 To 37,382.565 200,506 102,785 Statutory salaries. Rent of buildiags. co-operative demonstrations ....... Expenses {n Washington, weather bureau. . Expenses out of Wash- ington, weather bureau Dlister rust control cclimatization 1,810,640 | Pomology Horticulture | Agricultural chem Tnvecticide Invest | Naral stores | Deciduous truit Jnsect { . (Japanese bectie) Rural. engioeer! Crop eatimates. Graln standards. Warehouse act. Generul bect Forest bighwa. Meat fnepectio In order to make the flg\lrfil 1924 comparable those 1925, there has been added to the amounts appropriated for 1924 the increase of compensation paid to em- ployes whose names appear on the pay rolls of the varlous Mems in- volved. The decrease in the amount imated for the construgtion of 071,150 ! i road building in soma of the states is not procceding as rapidly @s in others; therefore the amount estimated plus the present avallable unexpended balance of prior appro- priations will meet immediate need in 1925. that Department of Commerce Appropriation for 1924 421,148,957 | Budget estimate for 1925. 24,048,025 | The appropriation of $21145 | for 192¢ is augmented by balances | of appropriations for 1923 and 1924, | which were unobligated on June 30, 1923, $365.636 for crude rubber in- vestigation and $127,865 for collect- ing customs statistics; and by a transfer of $150,000 from the Treas- ury Department for collecting cus- toms statistics, making the actual available approprintion for 1924, §21, T89.457. The principal differences between lable -appropriation for 1934 5,457 and the budget esti- {mate for 1926 are increases from $$50.000 ta $500,000 for printing and binding; from $2,838,25¢ to $3,165.- 372 for the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce, Involving in- orenses of $121376 for commegcial attaches, $43,020 for promoting com- merce {n Europe and other areas, $100,000 for district and co-operative offics service, $83,856 for promoting commerce in ~South and Central America, §85.440 for promoting com- merce in the far east, $78,400 for investigation relative to export in- dustries and $20,680 for studies rela- tive to economic distribution in \domestic trade. and a decrease of 3250.235 for crude rubber investiga- tion; from $1,900,655 to $5,320,000 for the bureau of the census, which in- cludes & new item of $3.500.000 for a census of agriculture for 1935; from 3395.290 to $487,783 for the bureau of navigation. involving an increase of about 340.000 for enforcing wireless communication laws; from $1 00 to $1.809.690 for the bureau of stand- ards, which will enable the bureau to start an investigation of automotive power ang slightly to expand present |activities; and ‘from $165,000 to 13217,500 for protecting seal fisheries {in ‘Alaska, and a decrease from 38,424,450 to $8,094.600 for the bureau of lighthouses, involving a reduction of about $140,000 for general expenses and $200,000 for public works for the lighthouse service. i | | | Department of the Interior riation for 192 . $325.872,078.00 B evtimate tor 1933, 209.312.600.08 The principal differences between the appropriation for 1924 and the budget estimate for 1925 are In- creases: From $1,734.160 to $1,949,490 under the office of the Secretary, in- volving Increases of about $50,000 for salaries of departmental personnel and $160,000 for printing and binding: from $2.619.485 to $2,668,800 for the atent office, involving an increase of gss,sls for classification of personnel; from $1,782,480 to $1.805,272 for the cological survey; from $1,794.660 to 1,909,673 for the bureau of mines, | volving decreases of $75000 on ac- r | department proper as distinguishad rural post roads was due 10 the fact ! the department's | count of purchese’ trom 1924 ampro. priation of land at Brucston, Px., ynd about $37,000 for Investigatin ne accldents, and increages of.$51,000 for operating mine rescue cars and fsta- tions, $113,000 for ofl, oil shale and gas work and $25,000 for expense:s of mining _experiment _statlons; _from $1,604,060 to $1,763,250 for the national park 'service, involving increases of 360,000 for Giacier National Park and 326,070 for Rocky Mountain National Park, and a decrease of $28.800 for Mount Rainfer National Park; from $1,716.500 to $1,805,500 for St, Eliza- beths Hospi involving incremses of 366,000 for support of immates and $80,000 for beginning the remodeling of the power, heating and lighting plant; from $232.600 to $815,000 for Howard University, involving an’ in- Ccrease of $87,500 toward the construc- tion of college bulldings and mnew ftems of $370,000 and $130,000 for ad- dition to and equipment 'of medical school bullding; from $33,900 to $110,- 910 for government in the territories on account of biennfal appropriations for legislative expenses in Alaskm and Hawall, and decreases: from 35,782,860 to $5,677,640 for the general land office; from $34,072,655 to 3$32,647.496 for the Indian office: from $265.018,500 to $232,120,680 for the bureau of pen- slons. involving decreases of $23.- 000,000 in Army and Navy pemsions and $141,600 In the salaries of em- ployes in” the pension office and an Increase of $258,000 for fees of exam- ining surgeons: from $12,267,669 to $10,984.089 for the reclamation . sery. ice, and from $1,939,860 to $1.550,000 {for the Alaskan cngineering com- misston, involving an increase of $500.000 for expenses of the mainte- nance and operation of railroads In Alaska and the elfmination of all amounts for the construction and equipment of rafiroads in_ Alaska, for which $889,140 was appropriatad for 1924. i i | Department of | Justice | A riation for 1024, Bllget estimate for 1635 The principal differences between the appropriation for 1924 and the :budget estimate for 1925 are increases {from $4,001,878 to $4,181,625 for the /from the courts and penal institutions, nvolving Increases from $556.660 to $766,480 for personnel inu the office of the attorney general by me trl;!;t\»r of 106 positions from other appro- nrlnuon:ofrom $165.000 to $200.000 for printing and binding, from 350,000 to $79,500 for defending suits & agalnst the United States, and a 7 [increase of about $23,000 for detec ition and prosccution of crimes wh ithe transfer to the Attorney office of seventy-one positions gregating $122,260 is taken count. The total amount for United courts is increased from $9,8%6, $11.318,665. The total amount for pcn tutions is inereased from § $2,386,926, involving Increases of $84, 620 for the United States penitentiary at Atlante $16,860 for the United States penitentiary at McNeil Islund | Wash., and $695.000 for support of priconers, United States courts. Department of Labor | ! Appropriation for 1034.. i Budgest estimate for 1925 The principal difference the appropriation for 1924 and the budget estimate for 1825 are de- creases: From $3.300,000 to $3,221.050 for expenses of regulating immigra- tion; from $603,120 to $G61.550 for miscellanecus expenses of the bureau of naturalization; from $85.000 to $72,000 for meneral expenses. chil- dren’s bureau; and from $1,242,140 to $1,007,093.51 for promotion of the wel- fare and hyglene of maternity and infancy, children’s bureau, for the reasop that it is estimated by the children’s bureau that only $1,007.- 092.51 will be required to match con- tributions which will be made by those states which have accepted the terms of the law. and an {ncrease from $198,860 to $315.000 for salaries in_the buremu of labor statistics The amount the budget estimates for salaries in the office of the Sec- retary of Labor includes salaries for the nineteen employes who have heretofore been serving on detail from the bureaus of the department. Corresponding decreases are esti- mated in appropriations for bureaus from which such details have been made. Navy Department | appropriation for 1921.. $297.007,250 Budget estimate for 1925. 278,499,054 1n addition to the appropriation for 192¢ - the expenditure of $35,000,000 was authorized from ~accumulated balances in the naval supply account fund and the clothing and small storee fund, making a total avail- ability of $332,097.250 for the fiscal year 1924, and similarly for 1925 an expenditure of $22,500,000 from the naval supply account fund is esti- mated. which would make a total avallability of $300.999.054 for 1925. The amount estimated for the Navy will provide for the present enlisted personnel of 86.000 men; will main- tain approximately the same number of ships in commission as for the fiscal year 1924, but more combatant ships and less auxillaries: will increase the steaming radius of combatant ships from 16,200 miles (estimated for 1924) to 22, miles; will provide for the training of 1968 officers and 6,480 en- listed men of the naval reserve force, | as against 1,640 officers and 5,300 men for 1924, an increase of 20 per cent: will provide for continuing at a normal rate of speed the construction of all new ships now under way; will provide for laying down three of the six fleet | | | i 1 | {struction’ and repair of vessels; budget estimate for 1925, §14,968,446 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, MONDAY, DECKMBER 10,. 1923. 260,000,000 Reduction in Federal Budget PropoWs by P submarines authoriged; and will make provision for an increase in public ‘works projects and = shght Increase in maintenance mrwrh.uou to meet the rles and wages. increase in The principal diffeences betwesn the appropriation for 1924 and the budget recommendation for 1925 are decreases: From 3$550,000 to 000 for printing and binding; from $2,730,000 to $2,700, for pay, miscellancous, due to pians of the depurtment for reducing the num- ber of passenger-carrying ships; from $4.000,000 to $3,600,600 for transportation and Tecrufting, due to changes. In the law regarding travel allowances of di charged men and changes in admini trative methods; from $656,000 to $300. 000 for recreation for enlisted men, due to changes In conditions and the discon- tinuance of short-term enlistments; from $9,000,000 to $8,097,000 for ordnance and ordnance stores, due to the fact that the completing of the battleship Mary- land during 1924 at an expense of $908,000 was paid from this_ appropri- ation; from $121,446,892 to $117,600,000 for pay of the Navy, due to the fact that there will be a large unexpended balance of this appropriation for 1924 and the number of enlisted men will be the same during 1925; from $1&- 424,000 to 9,690,000 for provisions, due to a balance carried over from the pre- ¥lous vear; from $3,260,000 to $2,800,000 for freight, supplies and’ accounts, due to a change ‘of plans by the department as ta the class of ships to be kept in commission: from $16,000,000 to §14,500, 000 for fuel and transportation, provid- ing for an average steaming radius of 00 miles for combatent ships: from 98 to $1,588654 for the Naval Academy, due largely to the reduction in the number of civilian professors who are to be replaced by commissioned fn- structors; and from $54,097.000 to $30,- 000,000 for vessels under construction, due to the fact that $30.000,000 will be sufficient to carry on the work st a normal rate of speed on all such 1s during 1925 and that the rema & amount required to complete this program can be deferred to the fol lowing year: and increases: From $3,600.000" to $4,000,000 for the naval re- serve force, which provides for a 20 per cent increase {n the number; from $14.400,000 to §15,010,000 for engineering; from £15,565,000 to '$15,675.000 for con- from $450.000 to $1,200,000 for torpedoes and appliances, 1o provide for replacement of torpedoes lost during the fiscal year 1523; from $6,865.000 to $7,100,008 for maintenance, supplies and accounts; from $5,650,000 to $6.250,000 for main- tenance of yards and docks; from $11.647.174 to $15,000,000 for avintion; from $£.604.943 o' $9.000,000 for main- tenunce, Marine Corps, due largely to the department's request that here- after the subsistence of marines afioat be paild from Marine Corps appropri- ad of {rom provisions fo heretofore; and from 3286.500 10 $4,000.000 for public works, ' providing for sixtv-ome projects which are considered to be the most im- portant. Department of State Appropriation for 1924, $15,306,66: The appropriation for 1924 Since this appropriation was initiated by reason of the world war and can no longer be classed as an emergenc the budget estimates for 1925 for “allowance for clerks at United States consulates” and “contingent expenses, United States consulates,” have been made to absorb estimated expenditures of $150,000 and $30,000, respectively, which heretofore have been paid from the appropriution for expenses of pass- port control, thereby effecting & net reduction of $76,500. The p 2 appropriation_for | from $1,060,200 to $850,000 for contin: gent expenses, United States consulate: from $800,000 to $275,000 for transpo: tation of diplomatic and_consular offi- cers; from $150,000 to $125,000 for post allowances to diplomatic and consular officers; from $222,300 to $182,140 for the mixed claims “commission, United States and Germany, and from $100,000 to $20,000 for miscellaneous trust funds. The personnel of 530 employes for the department, as distinguished from the foreign intercourse service, is pro- vided for in 1824 by three appropria- tions, viz: Salaries, §805,740; adaitional employes, $260,000, and increase of com- pensation, $180,160. making a total com pensation’ of §995,900. The budget esti- mate inciudes a single appropriation of ;31,069,600 for the sams number of em- ployes, the increase being due to classi- fication. The budget estimate includes $5,000,- 000 for the pavment to Colombia, which is the eame as was included in the appropriation for 1934. Department of the Treasury (Exolusive of interest on and retire- ment of the public debt.) Appropriation for 1924, $157.214,- 895.78; budget estimate for 1925, $148,- 986,065, The principal differences between the appropriation for 192¢ and the budget estimate for 1925 are increases: From $79,020 to $175,780 for the office of the Secretary due to & contemplated trans- fer of employes now detailed to that office; from $855,183 to $1,087,400 for the office of the chief clerk and superin- tendent, involving an increase of about $206,000 for stationery, which hereto- fore has been included’ in other appro- priations, and of about $20,000 for sal- aries of employes to be transferred from other offices from which they are now detailed: from $863,260 to $439,160 for the division of bookkeeping and war- rants, involving an increase of about $20,000 for contingent expenses, public mongys, and of about $50,000 for r colndge’ of silver coins: from $61,727, 470 to $61,915,290 for the internal reve- nue service, which involves an increase of about $1,500,000 for prohibition en- forcement and decreases of $275,000 for allowance of drawbacks, etc., and of I 1925 Federal Budget Shows Reduction of 232 Millions Over Figures of 1924 Comparative statement of estimates of appropriations for 1925 and appropriations for 1924. F Federal = mm— Housing on. ... Interstate mérce 8hi) Board and Eme: fl!l?!. ‘ar and Ndvy ‘Tarif Commisalon...... Tnited States Veterans' Bureau.. ost. State Department. Treasury 'Department. . War Department, incl District of Columbia. Prineipal of the Interest on the pul Total payable from the Treasury. Post Office Department and postal rgency Fle Department Bulldings. Estimates ‘of i priations, 1 " o) [ Sabe SaRCaSas H 27 252 RELERN e, ] ! 5 3 g8zaagas s8s888883 3297.144,300. $6,000/005.00 160,277,975.00 | ,277,075.00 ’fo,mo.m.oo 160,969,325.00 11,068,125.00 *Hi 000 oo | penses of passport control is $259,500 | Vide for essentials connected with the | purpose desired. It differences between the | $750,000 in the Philippine s?eclll fund; from $1,362,390 to $1,640,160 for the mint service; from $9,885,892 fo $11,009,750 u der the wupervising architect, due prin- cipally to _extensions and remodeling of pybile builai including $375,000 for to additional stories on the Liberty Loan building; and decreases: From $3.786,080 to $4,650,000 for the adminis- tration of the pubiic-debt service; from $918,908.67 to $500,000 for expemses of loans (new istues), from $2,521,000 to $1,700,000 for preparation and {ssue of federal reserve notes (reimbursable); from $1.018,600 to $883,000 for printing and binding; from $34.355,073.41 to $33,- 886,640 for the customs service, exclu- sive of a contemplated eupplemental | estimate of about $1,110,000 for 1924, the decrease being in part due to a re- duction of $1,500,000 for debentires and | drawbacks and of $500,000 for refund of | excessive dutles; from $1,837,408 to| $1.747.800 for the Office of the Treasurer of the United States, Involving a re- duction of about $95,000 for contingent | xpenses, natlonal currency (relmburs- ); from $11.464,970 to $10,652.649 for | the coast guard; and from $8,800,931.6: > 38,767,221 for the public health sery- ce. ‘War Department Appropriation for 1924—War De- partment proper, $236,475.679; Panama canal, $8,602,203; nefional homes for disabled volunteer soldiers, $6,114,500; total. $319,192,582. Budget estimate for 1825—War Department proper, | $322,238,731; Panama canal, $7,240,160; national homes for disabled volunteer soldiers $6,962,201; total, $336,441,092. The amount estimated for the maintenance and operation of the Army will provide for & regular force of 12,000 officers and a maximum of 125,000 enlisted men, exclusive of the Philippine Scouts, which i the force now authorized by Congress. The average enlisted strength provided for throughout the- vear is 118,750, | {which is the strengih the military | ‘authorities expect to be able to main- | {ain in view of existing and antici. | Dated conditions of recruitment. It Will also provide for the training of 12,000 reserve officers and 770 reserve { enlisted men for a period of 15 days and 615 reserve officers for & period of more than 15 days, as against a | total of 7,600 reserve officers and 225 | Teserve enlisted men for 16 days and | 519 reserve officers for a period of | {more than 15 days during the current {fiscal year; for the attendance of | 25,800 men at citizens’ military train- ing camps as against 28127 during the current year; for a total enroll- ment of 115600 stud Officers’ Training © will enahble the ilitia bureau creasa the str th of the Natiomal | | Guard to 206,000 officers and men and | {10 maintain _-an_average strength | | throughout the vear of 190,000 as | 4gainst an expected average strength of 150,000 during the current fiscal | fore proposed to_loc P ident PARK TRACT APART FROM GARDEN PLAN Army Engineers Say Anacos- tia Development Is Con- sidered by Itself. Emphasis {s lald by the board of engineers of the Army on the claim that there is “no relation between the Botanic Garden and Anacostia Park™ in a report which will be presented ]lo Congress tomorrow, recommend- ing continued development and rec- lamation of the Anacostia river and | flats. Tho engineer board has been re- Quested to set aside some 290 acres of Anacostla Park above Bennling road for an aquatic garden, to be part of a national arboretum and bo- tanic garden, which it is proposed will also include the Mount Hamil- ton and Hickey Hill tracts of 387 acres, by an extension of the park boundary line, as provided for in a bill introduced in the Senate in the Sixty-sixth Congress, but not paswed. The complete plan for this botanic garden is outlined in the report of the fine arts commission upon the Datlonsl arboretum wnd botane gar- en. Hold Tract Too Large. acres proposed to be €et unt to 45 per cent of the entire area above Benning road. While, as has been previously indicated, much of this marsh land is already owhed by the United States, it is considered by jthe Army ergineers that 250 acres v 100 large an area to be diverted from the public recreational use. In the codified plan proposed by the | Army engineers in this report to Con- gress a space of probably 130 acres, which will include the famous Shaw Ity ponds, will be made available for uss as a water garden, bird sanctuary znd botanic zarden. However, it 8 not desired at this time, the Army engineers say, to specifically 'locate or lmit the area to be devoled to these features. As the development of the section of the park west of the river adjoining the clty will be undertaken first, it is there- : these features in the section east of the river. Later when development on the east of the river is undertaken and the plans for the water garden, bird sanc- tuary and botanic garden has assumed tecessary allocation year. Provisien for Active Posta. The budget estimate will also pro- H | maintenance and‘operation of active | {military posts, camps and_stations | jand, in addition, allows $1,166,550 for 1 new construction; for necessary Arm. ) transportation, including the opera- | {tion of the Army transport service: | | for the purchase of 5,941 horses and | mules for the Army to replace otiers | incapacitated by old age; for the i proper upkeep of existing fortifica- | tions and accessorfes: and for the { currying forward of the general plan | | for ‘the protection of the Panama jcanal and _the Hawaiian Islands, | with Increased facllities for the de- i velopment and manufacture of air- For the air service $12.435,000 is es- | timated, which is $5,000 more than { the appropriation for 1924 and, in ad dition, estimate is made for the re- appropriation of a $1,000.000 balance remaining unexpended from the ap- propriation for the fiscal year 1922 For the United States Military Academy funds are provided for es- sentials” connected with its mainte- nance and operation and, in addition, | provision is made for the preparation of plans and specifications for a new cadet mess hall, dormitories, cadet store and drawing academy. Funds recommended will care for the various reguiar non-military ac- tivities of the War Department, such as national cemeteries, national mili- tary parks, national monuments and memorials, and the Alaskan cable system, Including the completion of the project for renewing the worn- out portions of the latter. For rivers and harbors, $37,000,000 is estimated for maintenance and im- provement; also an additional $5,683,- 321 will be available from permanent specific and permanent indefinite ap- propriations for maintenance work on rivers and harbors, the operatiog and care of canals, removal of obftruc- tions, etc., and a stfll further amount (estimated at $3,000,000) to be con- tributed by local interests. For_continuing the construction of dam No. 2 at Muscle Shoals an ap- rropriation of $7,000,000 is estimated. with a contract authorization of $5.000,000 additfonal. and for the mork :lf flood control on the Missis- sippl river an appropriation of $10,- 000,000 15 estimared. ! Panama Canal Estimate. The amount estimated for mainte- nance and operation, sanitation and civil. government of the Panama canal and the Canal Zone, namely, $7,240.180, exceeds the appropriation for 193 by $637,857. The increase for 1826 over 1324 is due to provision of funds for construction of & new power plant at Miraflores, which was authorised by the act of March 2, 1923. In the fiscal vear 1924 and prior years the cost of hospitalizing Vet- erans' Bureau patients in the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldie: has been defrayed from Vaeteran Bureau appropriations fund allotted to the home. The appropriation act of March 2, 1923, for the War D partment for the fiscal year 1924 pro- vides that— or the flacal year 1925 and am- nually thereafter moneys allotted to the Board of Managers of the Na- tional Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldlers by the Vetera: Bureau for support, mainte and care of world war veterans shall not be used to augment or reimburse the appropria- tions made for the support of Natlonal Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldlers, but shall be covered Into the surplus fund of the Treasury, and the budget for the flscal year 1925 and. thereafter shall contain iiemized estimates cover- ing the entire cost of the operation and maintenance of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, in- cluding the cost of maintenance, sup- port and care of beneficlaries of the United States Veterans' Bureau Iin such homes. The amount estimated for 1925 in excess of the appropriation for 1924 is in compliance with the above pro- vision of law, Interest on the Public Debt Appropriation for 1924, $940,000,000; budget estimate for 1925, $890,000,000. The reduction of the estimate for 1925 under the appropriation for 1924 s due to reduction of the outstanding principal of the public debt. Redemption of the public debt re- quired to be made from ordinary re- ceipts— Appropriation for 1924, $511,968,125; budget estimate for 1925, $483,217,975. The differences between the ap- propriation for 1924 and the estimate for 1925 are an increase from $29 144,300 to $310,000,000 in the cumula- tive sinking fund due to the require- ments of law that the appropriation shall be increased each fiscal year by the amount of interest which would have been payable during that year on the debt redeemed through the operation of the sinking €und during | such year; and decreases from $10,- 000,000 to '$6.000,000 for the redemp- tion of bonds and notes from estate taxes, and from $60,899,500 to $2 045,000 in the repayment of the prin- cipal of the obligations of foreign overnments due to repayments dur- ng 1924 of $30,500,000 deemed to have been given by the British government for purchases of silver bullion under the, Pittman act, _and of about. $7,- 000,000 from Cul comple! ibe repayments obligations. can be made. The Army engineers tell Congress they understand that the marsh land east of the river is suitable for the Dbeiieved that this area can be sct aside without detriment to the park project, as no expendituer need be made for pur- hasing the land and the expense of tevelopment will be borme by the in- terested ugencies. A saving will also be effected by a reduction in the amount of reclamation dredging re- quired. The board of enginers tells Congress it fels that the proposed arborctum and botanic garden is a purely na- | tlonal activity which should be pald for entirely by the federal govern- ment, while Anacostia Park is pri- marlly & local project snd is being pald for jointly by the federal gov- ernment and District of Columbia. Then, too, the Anacostia Park pro- ject provi for the assessment of benefits agalnst private proprety, while there should be no such assess~ ment in connection with the estab- lishment of a national aboretum and botanic garden. In reaching the conclusion that these two projects shouid be treated as separate and distinct, the Army engineers assure Congress they @o not wish to hinder in any way the establishment of a national arboret- um and botanic garden Hamilton, but, on the cc lieve it to be “a wholly wort ject.” DR. GIDLEY HONORED. Elected President of Washington Biological Society. Dr. J. W. Gidley, of the National Museum, was elected president of the Biological Soclety of Washington at the annual elections held at the Cos- mos Club Saturday night. Other officers elected were: vice presidents, S. A. Rohwer, H. C. Oberhoiger, E. A. Gold- man, A" W, Wetmore; recording sec- retary, S. F. Blake, re-slected: cor- responding secretary, T E. Snvdar, re-elected; terasurer, F. C. Lincoln, re-elected. The council of ths axso- clation elected were: H. T. Jackson, W. R. Maxon, C. E. Chambiiss, H. C. Fuller and C. W. Stiles. The report of the correaponding secretary showed that the soclety had & membership of 500, rorty-cieht of which were libraries which sub- scribe to the proceedings of the of- ganization. The report doclured “thy 1s called Biologica hington it is really not unly national_but international in_scope Satore —u ‘nternational In soope” Post Office Department Appropriation for 1924, $585,221,759.50; budget estimate for 1925, $613,093,183.60. The appropriation for the Post Office Department and postal service i for the fiscal year 1924 amounted to approximately $586,223,000, but this sum does not correctly represent the probable cost of the service in that year. It was early apparent that the requirements of the service would de- mand additional funds If the malls were to be handled efficlently and ex- peditiously, and at the present time olose reckoning indicates that sup- plemental estimates for 1924 in ex- cess of $12,000,000 will be presepted to the Congress at the forthcoming session. On this basis $597,260,000 is the amount Which should be used in comparing 1924 appropriations with the 1925 estimates. The estimates of expenditures for 1925, amounting to $613,093,000, rep- Tesent an approximate increase of $16,000,000 over the probable cost of the service for 1924, and {nvolve a probable deficiency in postal revenues of from $2,000,000 to $3,000,000, The usual increases in the volume of mail to be handled during the fiscal year 1925 and the expansion in postal facilities necessitate larger expendis tures In actically all postal ao- tivitles. The principal Increases in the estimates for 1925 as compared with appropriations for 1924 are $191,- 594 for salaries of ofMoers and em- loyes of the Post Office Department in Washington, of which $142,614 rep~ resents the Increase due to classifica- tion, the remain, involving new positions and transfers of personnel from fleld service appropriations; $4.- 884,500 for allowances for clerks and messengers, and laborers; from $1 276,000 to $14,416,600 for rent, light and fusl; an'increase of $3,323,000 for allowances for city-delivery car- riers; from $45,801,000 to $47,475,000 for salaries, rallway - mail service; trom $930,000 to $1,300.000 for mis- cellaneous - expenses, rallw: mall service; an Increase of 31,410,766 for railroad _transportation and mafl messenger service; $350,000 for toreign mail transportatio: for manufacture of stamps, stamped envelopes, newspaper wrappers and g tal cards: from $1,222, 03,500 for post office cqu! supplies, and from 000 $88,260,000 for rural delivery service. ‘The principal decreases are from $46,695,000 to " $46,282,900 for com- pensation of postmasters, a decrease of 340000 for eeparation of malls ut and fourth class post offices, and & decrease of “llo.gflo-!or in=1 demnities on, domestic i to $635,000 -