Evening Star Newspaper, December 9, 1925, Page 34

34 ‘President Suggests $10,000, WARNS FURTHER FEDERAL AID FOR STATES ]":slimales for Upkeep an SPELLS EXPENSE d Maintenance of District Set at $35,626,579, $406,274 Less Than 1926 Budget—Reduction of Public Debt. (Wontinned from First Page.) hy the rapid reduction of debt already accomplished saved annually interest 0,000,000 “During the fiscal vear ended June 30, 1925, the gross public debt was re- duced $731.519.101:59.” he points out “This was hrought abent through (1) retirements required to he charged azaingt ordinary receipts. in ameunt $106,538.113.83: (2) a reduction of § §75.749.43 in the zeneral fund halance. and (3) the application of the entire surplus of $230.3 $.33. The debt was at its peak August 31, 1919 when the s ontstanding was 5 The gros amo = on June was $20 ST, The e accordinzly has been $6,080.507.760.11, and the annual saving in interest amounts to more than 230,000,000 o fixed debt charges for debt retirement ave included in the rezula budget of the Government. ‘This pol fey. which has hecome firmly estab- lished and which provides for an or derly retirement of the public deht was inaucurgied by the Congress in establishing The cumulative sinking fund and in directing that certain mis cellaneons sources of revenue, Includ ing the repayment of leans to foreign governments made under authority of the Liberty hond acts should be ap. plied to debt redemption. During the fipeal vear 1925 debt amounting 10 £306.308 was rvetired through the cumulative sinking Tund. Other fived debt charzes amounted (o $160.229.714 “Interesi pavmenis during 1925 az grecated SSS1.806.662.36, as compared T $040.602.912.92 expended in 1924 and £520.000.000 estimated to he expended duriing 1926 estimated ex penditures are 000,000, to the fac the public the country i more than on ss amount 01.648.01 Tax Reduction Discussed. Taking up the matter of tax reduc- Hon. the President savs: The outlook for 1926 and 1 shows clearly that the united effort of the execntive and the legislative hranches of the Government for econ omy in Federal expenditure is hearing further fruit. In the last four fiscal vears there have been two substantial reductions in taxes. We have restored to the people a part of the moneys which we required of them to finance the World War. We are now in that favorable position of making further restoration. The budget and account ing act templates that under the fortunate conditions in which we now find ourselves the Chief Executive will make recommendation to the Congress as to the disposition of the estimated surplus of revenue. 1 therefore recom mend to the Congress that there be a further reduciion in taxes. The satis- faction of the Chief Executive in hav. Ing opportunity to make such 2 recom mendation. [ know. is shared by the Cengress, whose co-operation with the Chief Executive in the conservation of public funds has made such reduc- tlon in taxes possible. “The v and means of the heen informed of our prospective sur plus for 1927 That committee hax prepared o tax-reduction measure While this measure somewhat excesds my judgment in amount and In ex emptions, vet with continning pres- sure for economy in the Federal serv ice and the stimulation tn business which will result fi reduetion perhaps we can make fi ¥ redne tinn in taxes of ahout the sum total of our y for 1027 without rdizinz the halancing of our annual budzet. Such reduction however, should carry an shligation not to embark upon new nraiects in- volving large annual expenditure if we are to safezuard the integrity of our hudget “The fruits flected in the mensur It reflects the efforts of the = people and of their hehalf of the peaple. no partisan polities preparation. 1 h tlon will prevail of the measure.” The estimates of appropriations for the fiscal ye: 7 compared with the appropriations for 1926 show the ap- propriations for the Navy Department increased hy abont $20,000.000 over those for 1926, aand the appropria- tlons for the War Deparfment. in cluding the Panama Canal. reduced by about $4,000,400. The estimated appropr the legisiative hranch of the Govern ment—the Senate and House -are in- creased hy almost $1.500.000. due to the fact that the salaries of Senators and Representatives have heen in. creased this vear from $7.300 te £10.000 1 vens Reduces White House Fund, The President sets an example to the departments and Congress hy recommendiing a reduction of approx imately 45,000 for the Executive office. The the qar avs committee nspective surpln Jec hors nre re- tax-reduction the vesnlis of rvants of the representatives in There have heen in expediting its e this same condi the consideration coming in tions for estimated appropriations for Shipping Board and nerzency Fleet orporation are fixed at $14, 198,574 reduction of £10.000.000 from the appropriations for the current fis. cal vear. The Veterans' Bureau. on the “other hand. will receive about £52.000,000 more during the fiscal year 1327 than in the present vear if the estimates are adopted. Taken by and large. however, the estimates of appropriations for the various executive departments and in- dependent agencies vary little from the appropriations made in the pres- ent fisca year The Presxident says with regard to them “These estimates tinuing pressure for economy in Fed- eral expenditure. We have about reached the time when the legitimate business of government cannot bhe carried on at a less expenditure than that which it now requires With re. gard 1o our legitimate business, the operating costs have heen reduced to nearly a minimum The normal ex pansion of the Government in keeping pace with a growinz Nation will in valve added expenditure from vear to year. The effort for economy must continue. So far as ft lies within the power of -the Chief Exeeutive it will continue.” Air Ser The President shows that, including all itenis, the Government proposes to appropriate for the Afr Service dur ing the Mscal year 1927 a total of §76.000,000. He says -“For the Air Services, the estimates carry a total of $42,447,000, heing $16 793,000 for the Arrhy, $22.391,000 for cy. $2,750,000 for the Air Mail Service of reflect the con- e Estimates. the Post Office Department, and $513,000 for the Natfonal Advisory Committee for Aeronautics. These amounts include contract authoriza- tions. but do not include funds pro- vided in other budget items for the pay of commissioned Air Service offi rare, pay, housing and general main- tanance for the enlisted .\ir Service personnel, aand certain classes of sup plies and services of a general char ieter furnished for Afr Service activi img. If we include these iiems, the ntal for the Air Service in 1927 will amount_to not les than $76.,000,000. “The estimates for the Air Services for 1927 are in furtherance of the program which was egmmenced this vear. 2 House of Representatives has | | They propose | indusiries procurement fr of airplanes, engine: | accessories 1o the amount of $: 000. The remaining $21.493,000 is maintenance. operation. experimenta tion and pesearch. This Government | is pursuing an orderly policy toward | building up its Air Services. We real ize that our national defense air prob |lem s primarily an industrial prob. | lem. \We also Know that the airplane { industry today dependent almost | entirely upon Government business for its development and growth. We do not contemplate any competition hetween the Government and industry |in the production of airplanes. With the business already assured by the appropriations for the current vear and with the further assurance of the business contemplated by these esti mates there should be a normal and prope: growth in this industry. I we continue thix pulicy, there need be no fear of our national defense s in so far as air strength is concerned.” Buildings Here Necessary. The President urges upon Co the need of additional office buildings in the Distriét of Columbia, declaring again for a program calling for an expenditure of $10.000.000 a vear to meet these needs. He indicates, too. hix willingness to approve a general public building bill to meet the need of additional Federal buildings throughout the States. provided it follows the plan of the Ellfott bill of the last Congress. placing the decision in the Treasnry and Post Office De- partments as to where the huildings shall he erected. He I opposed to the old “pork-barrel” method of making specific appropriations for specific places. And. finally. he recognizes the dire need of the Army for better hous. ing facilities, and urges that the War Department he permitted to expend for huildings money it may receive from the sale of property now held hy the department. ess “Again I urge upon the Congress.’ says the President. “the need of add! tional office buildings in the Distriet of Columbia in the interest of Federal effi ency and economy The actusl con | ditions that face some of the Govern I ment’s most important activities be | cause of lack of sufficient and =uitahle | wdrkinz space are almost inconceiv able. The Department of Agricultnre occupies 45 widely separated buildinzs in the District. The General Account ing Office is scattered in 20 different Toeatio while the Internal Revenue Bureau of the Treasury Depariment with its finanecial sblems involving the greater bulk of the Federal Gov ernment’s receipts, is housed in 11 in different and in some cases most nn- satisfac v ooffices. Efficient sind eco. nomical administration for which we e striving is impossible nndey these conditions. I repeat my former ommendation that in the intere<t good imin ration of Federal busi ness provision be made at once hy the Congress for an annual appropriation of not in excess of $10,00 000 for the construction of buildings in the Dis | trict of Columbia to properly house the overnment's workers ‘No zeneral buildinz bill enacted since before the matter must necessarily considerat I am not in favor of the pa et which would | he chara zeneral parcel- ting out of f usually bears name lacking in good repute. I am willing to approve an act similar in character to that which has already passed the House. providing a Inmp. sum appropriation to he expended un der the direction of the Treasury or any other proper autherity over : term of vears. with such annual ap propriation as the national finances conld provide. “With regard to the physical plant the Government. the policy was nted of reaching a firm foundation hefore we attempted to build or re- build. This was necessary because of the vast expansion of Federal agen. cles and activities growing out of the World War. We could not hope, nor was it necessary, to maintain this vast war inheritance. The only reasonable and proper course was 1o ascertain what part of it we did need, =0 that would not be wasted on the The time has now heen reached when we know approximately the Gov ernment plant which should be main. tained and the additions which are essential thereto. 1 have already di. rected vour aitention to the need of additional Federal buildings at the seat of government in order to ade quately house and operate the husiness of the Government and protect its em ploves and records. The construction of Federa) huildings at strategic points throughout the United States will he of material assistance in the transac. | tion of public business and reduce | rentals. This is not as urgent as the | need for buildings in ‘the Distrlet of Columbia. There i urgent need for | new. permanent construction to house | the Army. Thix has heen neglected | | primarily because we had the tem.| |porary ‘shelter erected during the | World War, but this has reached a stage when it is real waste to expend | {further funds upon its repair. The | Congress in appropriating for the War | Department for the fiscal vear 1925 directed a study of the housing situa- jtlon of the Army with a view to hav Ing laid before it a plan looking to the sale of property held by the War De partment and ‘the utilization of the | proceeds to the erection of permanent buildings at places selected for per manent military posts and camps. | This plan. which was reflected in hills | jIntroduced in Congress during the last session, would accomplish a very NIII)-) {stantiai commencement of the hous- ing program for the Army. I com (mend this plan to the Congress for | early consideration. It presents the | means of meeting an urgent need.” Describes Prohibition Enforcement. | _The President pictures the Federal| Government as hending every effort | {toward the enforcement of the pro- | | hibition law, and shows the proposed |large expenditures of money to carry | its purpose. He says: | “The estimates carry a total of 1$21.940,529 for prohibition enforce- {ment. ' This includes $12.634.000 for the activities of the Coast Guard in prevénting rum smuggling. As an ad- junct to prohibition enforcement, the Coast Guard has proved most effective. Its activities should be enlarged and strengthened at the earliest date pos- sible. To this end I propose to recom- mend to the Congress additional ap. propriations for the Coast Guard for the remainder of this fiscal year and for all of the next fiscal year. This contemplates enlargement of the Coast Guard fleet and personnel. Provision is not made in this budget for this additional equipment and personnel for 1927 for the reason that it should be presented to the Congress as one program, involving as it does the cur- frent as well ax the next fmcal year. |1t is also proposed to recommend to {the Congress that legislation be en- acted which will authorize the con- struetion of 10 new Coast Guard cut- ters which™ will cost approximately | 2.000.000. While the initial cost of | these cutters Is large, we will effect | an economy, as they will replace the destroyers now being used.and which are expensive of operation. The nor- [) | | Classed as Economy Move. | has bheen war. This come up for avors th | vear THE EVENING Ask $300,000 Fund For Building Work At Gallinger Plant An appropriation of $300,000 for continuing the construction of the domestic building at sallinger Municipal Hospital and commenc- ing the construction of an addi- tional ward building Iz recom- mended in the budget estimates for the District of Columbia. The new ward building have not less than 250 heds. The District Commissioners are au- thorized to enter into a contract for the construction of the build- ings, including all equipment and furnishings, at A total cost not to exceed $1.000,000, which shall in- clude any unexpended halances remaining of appropriations hith- erto made for buildin at the Gallinger Hospital. It is provided that not_less than $75.000 of the authorized total cost shall be avail- able only for the furniture and equipment of the ward building. The total appropriation recom- mended for the Gallinger Hospital $637.550, as compared with 9,400 in the current act. For the purchase of special apparatus and equipment, $7,050 is recom- mended, and for personal services U the hospital. $185,000. an in- ease of $15.000 B wit i e ———— is_to mab functions of the Coast Guard alone require these additional cutters, so that their construction will serve a twofold purpose. Fvery available ye. source of the Government will ha em ployed for prohibition enforcement The recommendations which I propose fo make to the Congress are fo purpese of increasing this ava force. Such reinforcement ix needed. 1t should he provide “In furtherance of fhe policy of backing this salutary law with the full power of the Federal Government. funds are carried in these estimates for strengthening that branch of the Department Justice which ix charged with the prosecution of viola tors of its provisions.” Calling attentlon to the fact that Federal aid to the States in the end comes out of the people’s pockets and that by increasing such contributions on the Afty-fifty plan the Government encourages the States themselves (o still greater expenditures. the Presi- dent warns against increasing this practice. He savs “Federal ald 1o States requiring more than $109.000.000. estimates for this purpose for 1927 amount to something in excest of $110.000.000. The principal item is for rural post reads, for which an appro ation is requested of $80.000.060 The law authorizing Federal ald to States for the construction of rural post roads does i extend hevond the fixcul vear 1477 The amount of $80 00,000 does discharge our obligation under existing Jaw. In ad dition to this amount. the anthor tions for which monevs have not vet been approprinied amount of $i16. 700,000, Without further legislative activn \we therefore face an obligation of $116.700,000 over and above the amount carried in this estimate The Federal Government has heen zenerous in its participation in road truction. havir appropriations amounting to $ 000, Federal contribution to highway construction necessary in the heginninz. It expedited and se co-ordinated con- struction that all expenditures would be reflected in a definite and approved connecting highway sysiem. On the other hand. there is no question but that Federal contributions have mate- rially added to State expenditures of State funds. | am speaking for what 1 consider the t interest of the people. While Federal taxes have heen reduced. State and other govern- mental taxes have been steadily in creasing. Federal aid to States has influenced this latter condition. Wa should keep in mind that the monevs which we have contributed to th Stater are taken from the people. who in turn also pay the moneys required hy the States to finance their own por- tion of the cost. The entire cost falls npon the people. Tt is true that the necessity and demand for good roads are constantly increasing. but they should not he constructed faster than the taxpavers can afford to pay for them. The amount that taxpavers can afford to pay can best be deter- mined by the citizens of each State.” is annually The Big Surplus Seen. The President early in his message speaks of the big increase in the sur- plus of receipts over expenditures fo the fiscal vear ending June 30, 1925, ax compared to the original estimates. lie refers also to the big increases in expenditures which have come abonut through the enactment of the sol- diers’ bonous law, which he opposed. He mavs: “The hudzet for the fiscal vear 1926, transmitted to Congress December 1. 1924, indicated that for the fiscal vear ending June 30. 1 there would he a surplus of receipts over expenditures of $67.884.489. The actual surplus was $250.505,238. This gratifving differ- ence heiween estimates and actual re- sults was due mainly to unexpected increases in receipts, though a reduc- tion in expenditures helped to swell the total. “In that budget it was estimated that receipts for the current fiscal year. 1926, would amount to $3.641.- 295,092 and expenditures $3,267,551,378, forecasting a surplus of receipts over expenditures of $373,743,714. This es- timate, which w has materially changed. ceipt side of the ledger the operations | of the first five months of this fiscal ear indicate that we will receive 880.716,000, or approximately $239, 000 more than was estimated # ago. There Is an estimated in- crease of $14 000 alone in our in ternal revenue, which indicates plainly the stimulating influence on business of the last tax reduction law. On the other side of the ledger the expendi- tures estimated a vear ago as $3,267,- 551.000 stand increased today to an estimated total of $3,61%,675,000, an in- crease of $351,124,000. The indications | today are that the surplus for 1926 will amount to $262,041,000. Supplemental Estimates to Follow. “It is appropriate here to mention the principle ftems which enter into this increase in estimated expendi- tures for the current fiscal vear, for which it will be necessary to submit supplemental estimates to the Con- gress. The budget for 1926 carried an estimate of $50,000,000 for the second payment to the adjusted service cer- tificates fund established under the World War adjusted compensation act of May 19, 1924. In submitting that estimate it was stated that should the number of applications increase be- yond what the then conditions indi- cated as being probable a supplemental estimate for the additional amount found necessary would be presented. The indications today are that there will be issued not less than 3,400,000 certificates of insurance at an average cost of $1,033 each. On this basis the cost of the World War adjusted com- pensation will reach (53.500.000.000. The law contemplates thet the finan- cial obligation which it creates shall be equally distributed over a period of 20 vears. To meet this obligation will require a payment of $106,000,000 to the fund on January 1, 1926, in ad- dition to the $50.000,000 already appro- priated. Subsequent payments to the fund will require approximately $140,- 000,000 annually. “To meet refundment of taxes II- 8 000 Yearly For Public Building Program Here entire | s made one year ago, On the re.| TAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, Legislative establishment Executive Office Independent offices: Civil Service Commission.. sion . 2 Federal Board cation Federal ieneral - Accounting Office. Housing Corporation Interstate Commerce Commi; Tariffl Commission ........ Fleet Corporatien .. Smith=onjan Inatituijfon and tional Muweum R ~nited States Vgterans' Rureau Other independent offices..... Total, Executive Office and dependent offices .. Department of Agriculture...... Department of Commerce Department of the Intevior... Departmént of Justic Department of Labol Navy Department State Department .. Treasury Department . War Department, including P Canal . e District of Columbia Total, ordina Reduction in deby Sinking fund ....... Redemption of securities eval reserve hank and intermediate credit chise tax receipis. Redemption of bonds, As repayments of as interest paym princiy principal nts on debt . Principal of the public % debt .. Interest on the public Post Offic Service, payable from enues Total, partment and Po al Service. | legally collected it wax estimated that our expenditures for 1928 {amount to $90,000,000, The indica- tions today are that $151.000.000 will | The funds on hand July 1, 1925, amounted to $60,000,000, which are now practically exhausted. An addi- tional amount of $91.000,000 will there fore be required to meet the refunds | for the remainder of the current fixcal K | additional amount | be required this | meet the estimated revenues $37.100,000 will be required This latter requirement grows out of the postal pay act which operated to ! change an estimated surplus of $16,. QU000 in postal revenues over postal | expenditures the deficit above siated. he next aid ta post roads an of $73.000,000 will fiscal vear. and to deficit in item of importance i that of pensions, for which it is esti mated an additional $5.000.000 will be required this fiscal year. | | Department of Sta State is $15.614.932.64. an Increase of $57.280.13 over the total available for the present fiscal vear, Including $280.. 000 appropriated for 1925 which is available for the current vear. The Budget Rureau points out that $5.000.000 of this amount is for pay ment to the Gavernment of Colomb! which is the final annual installment of a payment of $25.000.000 incident to the construction of the Panama (anal. Increaxes are provided. accordiing the Budget Bureau, in the fund for contingent expenses of the department: for diplomatic and consular esiablish ments at Tokio. Japan: for handling of alien immigration: for the General and Special Claims Commissions, and for operating expenses of the various commissions coming under the State Department. Decrease Consular Expenses. Decreases are noted in the estimates for contingent expenses of United States consulates; for the relief and protection of American seamen, which is cent from $150,000 to $125.000: for the International .Joint Commission, { while several items for which appro. priations were made for the present | fiscal vear are omitted in the budget estimates for . Among the latter are $34.000 available this vear for the conference on oil pollution of naviga ble waters, $75.000 for expenses of the International Radio-Telegraphic Con ference. and $64.750 for arbitration of | outstanding pecuniary claima between the United States and Great Britain. Twenty-five thousand dollars is added to the 1926 appropriation of $250,000 for transportation of diplomatic, con- sular and foreign service officera. while the fund for the General and Special Claima Commission Ix increased from $275.000 10 $350.000. The estimate for contingent expenses of the department is increased from $43.605 to $46,340, and that for contingent expenses of foreign missions from $713,163 to $740.- 500, while the money available for printing and binding is increased from $149.785 to $161,600. The item for payment of salaries of foreign service officers is decreased from $2.811,000 to $2,890,000. Treasury Department. The estimate for the Treasury De- partment 18" $157,663,713.63, an in- crease of $3,855,308.13 over the 1926 appropriations. While there were decreased esti- mates in several phases of the "I'reas- ury Department’s work, due to in- creased svstem, efficiency and falling off of some functions, there were numerons increases, the largest of which was one of more than $3,000,000 for the Coast Guard for prohibition enforcement activities. Coast Guard Increases. This increase of the Coast Guard estimate from $20,597.835 to $24,243.. 140 was said by the Budget Bureau to he “due chiefly to the fact that for- mer estifates of expenditures for the added activities of the Coast Guard incident to prohibition enforcement were, in the light of actual experience, inadequate for carrying out the re- quirement of the law.” The Bureau of Internal Revenue, which includes the prohibition unit, took a decrease from $49,926,800 to $48,712,545, due chiefly to decentraliza- tion and an improved organisation. To build up the supply of paper money in reéserve stock so0 as to im- prove the lasting quality reaching the public, estimate for' the Bureau of Engraving and Printing was increased from $7,738,150 to $7,817,400. Other Increases Noted. Other increases included those for recoinage of silver; for customs serv- ice, due chiefly to increases in sala. ries, refunding collectiors and “‘awards to_informers”; for the Fed- eral Farm Loan Board, Controller of the Currency, Secret Service, Public Health Service and office of the Su- pervising Architect. Reductions were made in the items for the Commissioner of Accounts and Deposits, Public Debt Service, Mint N The estimate for the Department of | to | 3 |as were trained durinig the current asion Public Buildings and Public Parks Shipping_ Board and Emergency 1 of the public from Fed Federul bank fran- received and obliga- tions of foreign governments. ... Total payahle from the Treasury . Department and Postal postal rev- postal | | | | | | Present Estimates and Last Appropriations Compared Eatimstes of appro- priations. 1927 $16.498,381.7 441,960.60 A ations, poroprist $14.915,001.80 489,860.00 : 1,001,592.00 1.008,092.00 Employes’ Compensation Commis- 2,742,040.00 2,301,500.00 £,227,000.00 1,008,000.00 1,960,00 743,915.00 6.853.962.00 2,282,505.00 721,500.00 3.714,400.00 298,00 6.033,309.25 2.293,850.00 E £99.000.00 . 14,188,574.00 2 58,240.00 458,965,000.00 €379.876.00 24,330,000.00 874,020.00 405,700,000.00 1,578.045.00 in- 459.820.459.00 . _B05,769,859.25 e 140,71 30,4028 250,967,60 7. £.567,305.00 322,869,430.00 138,075,191.00 28,542,129.00 262,258,603.50 24,205,822.00 §.627.625. 62,378.00 i 1 ,303.445.00 1,000,000.00 1.000,000.00 175,159,750.00 500,428,585.00 820,000,000 00 3.105,517.645. 636.268.415.00 363.00 including_Post Office De. 3.806 207,921,668 3.741,787.060.3] ervice, Chief Clerk and Division of would | Bookkeeping and Warrants. The Treasury above are exciusive of eatimater an listed the ecalcula be required. a difference of $61,000.000. | tions on reduction of the public deht which are recorded elsewhere. The War Department's the next fiscal vear is $6; timate foy 433, | decrease from the appropriutions fc the current vear of $7.142,240. The Air Service gets a boost in the estimates this year. being allowed $15.050,000 for next year, as againsi An appropriation for the current vear of 514,700,000, Of the amount for next year §15,050.000 is for direct ap. propriation and $3.000 for obligation sntract. This fund. savs the Bud ket Bureau. will not oniy enable the Air Service to maintain its present statnus in heavier-than-air craft and at th esame time assist in keeping wlive the aircraft industry for use in time of emergency, but the funds pro. vided will increase the effciency of the Air Service through the replace. ment of old aircraft with new. modern planes. Forces Provided For. Ax 1o the military forces. the funds estimaied for, according to the Budget Bureau. will provide for k force of 12,000 officers and an average enlisted | strength through the vear of approxi | b | | mately 118,000, exclusive of the Phii- ippine Scéuts. It will provide for the training of 15,000 Reserve officers and 692 Reserve enlisted men for a period of 15 davs, or ahout the same number vear, period and of rve officers for a than 15 days, as 51 re more | against 365 officers during the current year: for attendance of 35,000 nten at tizens' military training camps. as against 33,681 during the past Sum- mer: for an Average enroliment of 00 students in the Rekerve Off Tralning Corps units, as against 119,000 during the current year, and will enable the Militia Bureau to con tinue an average strength through the vear of 133,519, the same as this vear In the cawex of the Reserve Officers Training Corps and the citizens’ mill tary training camps. the total funds available for 1926 have been reduced in the budget for 1927 by $128,860. No New Posts. While the funds provide for the maintenance and operation of active military posts, camps and stations as now constituted, no estimates for new construction at military posts have been Included in the budget. The lat- ter i held in abevance, pending ac. tlon by Congress upon the call made on the War Department in the act of June 7, 1 for “a comprehensive plan for necessary permanent con- struction at military posts, based on using funds received from the sale of surplus War Department real estate And for the sale of such property now owned by the War Department as, in the opinion of the Secretary of War, is no longer needed for military purpose: An_estimate of $300.000 is made for the manufacture of gas masks. in Addition to the normal maintenance fund for the Chemical Warfare significant that no provision is made this vear for continuing laundries at Army posts and stations, except the disciplinary barracks. An increase in the river and harbor improvement appropriations is esti- mated for. For existing works $40,- 000,000 is estimated, in addition to $5,437,600 which will be avaflable from permanent specific and indefinite ap- propriations; for flood control on the Mississippi, $10,000,000, and Sacra- mento River, $400,000. The total pro- vided for all items of river aand har- bor Improvement is $56,037,600, as compared with $59,277,990 for the cur- rent year. . ) Department of Justice. An_ increase of $181,205 in provided in the 1927 estimates over the 1926 appropriations for the Department of Justice, which is given a total of $24,367,027. Although there was a net increase, due to many factors, the work of the department proper, as distinguished trom the courts and penal institu- tions, is shown to have been esti- mated at a decrease from $4,697,400 to $4,311,400. Rent Dispute Recalled. The increases are accounted for by hi rent, which {8 raised from $765,000 to $100,000, following the d pute with the owner of a rented building over occupancy, and by higher figures on printing and bind- ing, travel and miscellaneous, and an increase from $3,836,210 to $5,213,505 for penal institutions, including from $85,710 to $142,793 for the National Training School for Boy: Construs tion work is given $475,000 for various | institutions. The $1,000,000 appropriation for war | frauds is abolished in the estimates ‘while reductions are made in the items including detection and prosecution of crimes, examination of judicial offices and enforcement of anti-trust WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1925. $102,000 Is Asked For Building For Exhibiting Birds Authorization of a $102,000 pub- lic exhibition building for birds in the National Zoological Park, with an appropriation of $49,000 to be- gin the work, Is recommended in the Budget. The District Commissioners would be authorized to enter into contracts for\ completion of this bullding. fn accordance with plans and specifications approved by the regents of the Smithsonian Institu- tion. laws, which dropped from $228,000 to $125,000. Reduction was also made in the largest item of all, for United States courts, for which the figure fell from in 1926 to $14.842,122 for _Pon Office Department The Post Office Department’s esti- mate i $740,077,563, an increase of $103.808,14% over the total amount available for the present fiscal vear. The “extraordinary’ increase in the budget estimate for 1927 was de. seribed by the Budget Bureau as the result of two factors first, the in creased cost of personal se ‘es un der the provisions of the postal pay act, estimated at apyp ximately $70, 000,000, and an effort rther to im- prove conditlons in post offices thronghout the country in order that continued good wxervice may be given to the people. Deficit Is Foreseen, Revenues of the Postal Service for the fiscal year 1927 have heen eati- mated at $704.400,000. As the budget estimates that that year contemplates expenditures totaling $740,277,563 (in cluding an item of $200,000 for indefi nite appropriation items), the Budget Bureau said a postal deficit in 1927 of approximately $36.000,000 was fore. seen. Expansion of the Alr Mail Service In indicated by estimates showing an increase from $2.600.000 to $2.750.000 for the Government-owned = trans- continental alrplane service hetwsen New York and San Francisco. and £2.000,000 for the new contract Air Mail Service. hitherto unappropriated for, which representx not more than 80 per cent of the revenue on mail curried, Salaries Cause Inerease. Salary Increases under the postal pay act nre credited by the Rudget Burean as heing responsible for most of the other increases. The estimate for city delivery carriers ix raised from $32.000.000 to $116.000,000: that for compensation to postmasters from $46.600,000 to $51.250.000: that for clerks and other employes at fivat- class post offices, inciuding printers, mechanics and skilled laorers. from $130,100,000 to $163,650,000, and that for rent, light and fuel from $15.17 000 to $16,450,000. The item for the Rural Dellvery Service is increased in the estimates from $8%.330.000 to $104 000,000 Practically e all the increases, espe cially those relating to personnel. the Rudget Burean said. are affected by the fact that provision has not as vel heen made {n postal appropriations to cover the increased cost of the service under the terms of the postal payv act The burean said it will be necessary to present at thix session of (ongress xupplemental estimates of appropria tinns required to gover salaries made retroactive uifiler the act, totaliing ap- proximately 848.000.000. ‘This amount. the hureau added. shouid he taken intn account in connection with 1326 esti mates when making comparisons with 1927 estimates. The amounts appli cable to each ftem of appropriation involved have not as vet been finally determined Navy Department. The Navy Department's estimate ix $322,869,430, which. together with other availahle funds. would bring the total available for the next fiscal vear to $327.869.430, an increase of $8.007.- 052 over the total available for the current fiscal vear. Standing out in the department’s estimates is the provision, long sought as a necessary part of the country's defenses, for beginning the Improve- ment_to the channel at Pearl Harbor. the Nation's outpost defense in the Pacific and the key to any military operation there. Until this Improve- ment ix made the fleet cannot base there, but must remain in the open roads. bare to the storms. Employe Reduction Planned. The Budget Bureau aiso statex that the estimate contemplates a slight re- duction in the number of classified departmental employes within the Dis- triet of Columbia. It also will permit the purchase of new Aircraft siightiy in excess for that provided for in the current appropriations. Provision is made for the laving down of three new scout cruisers un der the program authorized December 18, 1924, and also for continulng the work at a normal rate of speed on cll new vessels under construction. The figures are declared by the Budget Bureau to provide for wiffi cient enlisted men 1o meet the needs for the service; for the maintenance and active operation of the same num- ber of navy yards and naval stations and approximately the same number of vessels as for the current vear; for about the same steaming mileage fu battieships as for 1925; for the Nava! Reserve as reorganized, about the {same training and drills for the same number of officers and men as in 1926 for continuing the modernization of aix old coal-burninig battleships: for the maintenance, repairs and im- provements to the fleet, about the same as in 1926. How Increase Is Absorbed. The net increase is absorbed as follows: From $4,000,000 to $4,700.000 for transportation, Bureau of Naviga tion: from $17,000000 to $17.100,000 construction and repair of ves. from $10,375,250 to $10.625.000 for ordnance and ordnance stores; from $117.000,000 to $120,000.000 for pay of the Navy: from $14.700.000 1o $18,900,000 for aviation: from $28444.. 000 to $33,275,000 for increase of the Navy. Reductions are planned for the fol- lowing: $1.725.000 to $1,575,000 for pay, miscellaneous; from $395,150 to $300,000 for temporery government. West Indian Islands; from $600,000 to $400,000 for recreation for enlisted men; from $640,000 to $600,000 for in- struments and supplies; from $3,900,- 000 to $3,600,000 for the Naval Re- serve; from $19,800,000 to $19,300,000 for provisions; from $9,800,000 to $9,500,000 for maintenance, supplies and accounts; from $15,460,000 to $14,- 760,000 for fuel and transportation; from $2,105,000 to $1,980,000 for Medi: cal Department, including contingent expenses; from $2,745,600 to $2,684,300 for public works; from $15,401 $15,000,000 for pay, Marine Cor from $8,390,650 to $8,100,000 for gen- eral expenses, Marine Cprps, and from $9.000,000 to $7,600,000' for major al. teration of vessels. Department of Interior. The Interior Department's estimate 18 $850.987,082, a reduction of $11.28%, 001.50 over the total available for the LIBERAL FUNDS FOR AlIi ERVICE AND PROHIBITION ARE STRESSED Enforcement of the Dry Law and Development of Aviation ih America Major Points in Cool- idge’s Budget Message to 69th Congress, present fiscal vear, even thongh ap-| propriations involved in the iransfer of the Patent Office and the Rureau of Mines to the Department of Com merce hy executive order were ex-| cluded in the amount available for 1926, A general policy of reduction in ex- penses all aloong the line appears in the Budget Bureau's statement of In- | erior Department appropriations for the next facal vear, slashes being ef- fected In the General Land Office, the | Bureau of Indian Affairs, the Bureau of Pension: 7 large cut in the Bu rean of Reclamation estimates and in | the Geological Survey, while similar cuts appear in the esiimates for the | xeveral eleemosynary institutions ad ministered by the Secretars of the | Interior Enlarge Road Building. | inlargement of the road building program in the national parks, it is| brought out, will accompany an in crease from $1.,500.000 10 $2,000,000 for | this purpose. while an increase fiom | $1.700,000 to $1.855.000 for mainte. nane nd operation of the Alaska A is contained in the extimates The Bureau of Education estima increased from $3.345,535 1o due 1o increases aggregat for the education and relief of natives | of Alaska, while an iIncrease from $1.933.637 1o $2.1 for govern-| ment in_the Te is explained by the Budget Burean ax involving | increases of $77,260 for the 18 bi- ennial sessions of the Territorial legis- laturex, in addition to the increase estimated for the Alaska Railroad | The Bureau of Reclamation esti mates contemplate a cut from $10, 007.257.50 to $6.437.000. including re- ductions from $7.732,257.50 to $6,437.- 000 for exiating reclamation projects | and proposed reappropriations of amounts totaling $2.275,000 for new projects. Estimates for £t Elizabeth's H pital are cut from $1.308,000 10 $1.15 000 from $591.000 to $21%,000 for Howard University, which the Budget Burean explains has a reduction of $370.000 for the medical building ap- propriated for in 1926: from $202.950 10 $166.390 for Freedmen's Hospital, in volving a reduction of $50.000 for a ourses’ home and an increase in sala- vies and expenses. Department of Agriculture 'he Department of Agricultur es- timate ix $140.717.75%, an incraase of $2.642.567 over the appropriation for thix fiscal vear. The net increase is due primarily to an increase from $76,000,000 to $80 000.000 for the construction of rurai post roads, but does not signify th; there will be an increase in the ¢ ernment’s road-building program Although there are several advances in the estimates over the appropria tion items for this vear. the list of reductions I still larger, 2nd includes cute in salaries from $5,421540 10 $5,352,330. Explanation of Road Buildin In explaining that the net increase in the department's estimates does | not contemplate more road bullding. | it is said by the Budget Bureau that in past vears appropriations for con- structing such roads had heen made nnder congressional authorizations. The funds appropriated have heen available until expended. it iz ex plained, and therefore ai the close of each vear there has been an unex pended balance. In preparing the an nual ways been taken 2,708 itories w into_consideration usually resulting in @ecreasing the annual estimate. But it is now esti mated that balances from previous vears will be exhausted hy the close of the fiscal year 1926, and increase in appropriations therefore are necessary to carry on a simlilar amount of road building. No new items are Included in the budget for the department. but there are increases for the work of the State agricultural experiment stations, for administering the acts for State experiment stations. for sugar plant investigations, for miscellaneous ex- penses of the department. for protec- tion of the national forests, for silvi- cultural investigations, for truck crop insect investigatio protection of game and reindeer and fur-bearer in- vestigations in Alaska and enforce- ment of the plant quarantine act and grain futures act. Itemized Expenses. Besides salaries, deductions are made in the items for farmers’ co- operative demonstration work: eradi cation of bovine tuherculos cattle ticks. hog choléra, dourine and bar. berry; for forest preducts laboratory improvement of national forests Southern field crop Insect investiga tions: for preventing spread of moth:. European corn borer, Japanese beetle maintenance of mammal and bird reservations: investigations of food habits of birds and animals. road man- agement, road-bullding investigations, agricultural engineering, farm man’ agement and farm practices, enforce- nent of the cotton futurea act, admin- ration of the United Btates ware- house act, eradication of pink boll- experiments in dairying and stock production in ~Western States: for collecting seed loans: for >nforcement of the packers' and stockyards act. An item omitted from the estimates which was included in last nropriations was for experi demonstrations in live stock produc: ‘ion In the cugar-cane districts. Department of Commerce. artment of Commerce esti- mate is $30,402,847, a net increase over the total available for the present fis cal vear of $1.860,718. ? Fxpanaion of provisions for enforce- ment of wireleas communication laws, enlargement of the work of the Bu reau of Standards and increases from $2,370,000 to $2,418,500 for salaries are indicated in the Budget Bureau's fAgures. Commerce Bureau Increases. A considerable increase is noted in the budget estimate of funds avail- able for the Bureéau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, engaged in pro- motion of all commerce affecting man- ufactures and industries in the United States, the figures rising from the cur- rent available amount of $2,994,064 to $3,180,917. This involves, the Budget Bureau stated, increases from $315.861 to $335.000 for commercial attaches, from $989,374 to $1,035,440 for pro- moting commerce, from $230,818 to $280,000 to allow for several new of- fices under the district and co-opera- tive office service, from $618,064 to $638,000 for export industries, and from $125,000 to $175,000 for domestic commerce to study raw materials. i Radio broadcasting regulation, an | ever-increasing feature of the work of the department, is to be given an in- crease from $320,525 to 3354000 to | estimates for most estimates such bhalance has al-| $561.320 10 $567.320 for salaries of the bureau. Estimates for the Bureau of Light- houses indicate an increase of more than £300,000, the current fund avail. able being $3.702.980 and the estimata for the next fiscal vear heing placed At $10,104481. A large repair pro- gram is contemplated in the Light- house Service. while a small vessel is 1o he constructed st a cost of $350,000 in the alds to navization group For hellum prodiction and investi- gation an estimaie of $530.000 fn made, while reductiors are included in the estimates for petroleum and nat- ural gas investigations and expenses of mining experiment stations. A reduction from $2,802200 to $2,697.300 is in the estimates for the Patent Office, involving omission of an appropriation for additional em ploves. which amounted for 192 te $191,000, and for storage of models. In creaxex are included in the Patent Offic salaries photo Department of Labor The TLabor Department's estimate is $5.567. a reduction of 60320 over the total available for the ent fiscal year estimates for lithographing and for pres Rureau Funds Cut. Net reductions are inclnded of the hureans of the department. while increases are indicated in the estimates for =alaries in the office of the Secretary and in the estimates for salarfes and expenses of the department’s commissioners of conciliation Repairing and remedeling of immi gration station suffer a ecut from $75.000 t0 $50.000. A cut from $205.000 10 $195.000 is noted for the United ates Emplovment Service, and mis cellaneous expenses of the Bureau of Naturalization are reduced in the esti- mates from $650.000 to $835.000 General expenses of the Children's Bureau suffer a cut in the estimates [ from $68,000 to $54.000. while a duction from $105,000 1o $100.000 indicated in the estimates for <alaries and expenses of the Women's Burean. An Increase from $183.000 1o $186 ‘0 for salaries in the office of the Serra tary is included in the est while the fund available for salaries and expenses of the counciliation starf carries an estimated $198.720 to $250000. The fund salaries in the Rureau of Labor tistics carries an estimated increass from $215.000 to $220,000. in the re. r increase Architect of the Capitol. e estimate the Capitol is §1 Iof $70.058.50 priated fo For the most part the increases cover advances in salaries for the office of the Architect of the Capitol and certain improvements for the for the Architect 248,20, the in increase m appro ver " | Capitol buildings and Capitol ground- There were also some decreases in particular items and omission of cnr tain others which had been incihniei in the 1926 appropriations, Where Increases Apply. The net increases in from $31.04%.80 1o $3 of the office of the $70.990 10 $74.440 for Capitol buildin:< and repairs: from $52.36% to $69.4 5 for improving the Capitol grounds item of $9.000 for x new elevator House Office Ruilding. and 361 10 $241.% power plant. | _Estimates for the library buildi and grounds are increased, ns follow - | From $30.550 10 $40.904 for | from $1.000 10 $2.500 for trees, shrii. plants, fertilizers, etc.; from $1 $17.000 for furniture and $31p, 4 $400,000 for completing the const: | tion o new book stacks, Librars | Congress. There are also items | $12,000 for improvement and ven: tion of north and south book i« 1of $13,000 for metal and wood fir | ture and of $5,000 for replacemen drains. architect §23 rom 50 the for | Decreases Itemized. The decreases fram last year's { propriation bill incinde the followir From $81.368 to $70.413.80 for ma v nanc Senate Office Building: 11 | 395,965 $97.217 for maintena | House Office Buiilding. trom $135.000 | $137.922 for fuel. oil. etc.. Capite power plant; from $13.300 to $17 for repairs. Library building grounds, and from $5.000 10 $2.500 1+ painting. Library buflding. The following items which were ir cluded In last vear's appropriatic bill were omitted for the next fis Yyear: Six thousand dollars for ad tional steel trayvs for Atorage of cata logue cards: $2.500 for plans, ste addition or extension of House () e Building: $18500 for extending ani changing electric wiring, Senate (i Building: $18.500 rfor extending and 1'ha}1xil|fl wiring system, Senate Office Building, and an item of BO0 for RI)YK_I(‘.\I lreatment of 1ree: in the | Capitol grounds. Government Printing Office. —_— The Government Printing Office s timate is §3,135,733, as compared wi h $3.106,600 appropriated this year. an crease of $29,133. i An increase in the number of em ployes in the office of superintenden of documents from 2 to 274 is pro- vided f('vlll the crease from the iappropriation of $362,720 for the cur rent year to an estimate of $3%6,380 for next vear. Included in the fig- ure alko is an advance from $155 4% 10 $160.953 for salaries in the offic of the Public Printer. s Executive Office. e __The éstimate for the White House is $441,960, a8 compared with £489.940 f % el o1 or the current year, or a reductio of $48,000. Economy begins at home, but coj the White House . and the omission of $50,000 carried in the 1925 appropriation for extraordinary re. pairs to and refurnishing the Execu- tive Mansion. For the estimate from this source ;ioe:hnarr_v] a provision for'an increase n the sal of the Vice from $12,000 to 315,000 & sear sng o Increase from $35,000 to $35,500 for contingent expenses. U. 8. Veterans' Bureau. The estymate for the United States Veterans' Bureau s $458,963,000. an increase over the appropriation for the fiscal vear 1926 of $52,265,000. The additional expenses are due not provide for adequate research in con- nection with broadcasting _interfer- ence, while the Bureau of Standards antimate is increased from §1.842.82% to $1,890,386, invelving increases from to administration, ‘where the costs have been cut, but to additional bene- Ats_accorded By the World War vet- (Continusd on Page Jgirty-five™