Evening Star Newspaper, December 8, 1926, Page 35

THE 'EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1926. " 3 Budget of $3,572,049,214 to Run Country in 1928 Is Presénted to Congress HEALTHY FINANCIAL CONDITION OF GOVERNMENT IS REVEALED But Permanent Tax Margin in Trea Excessive. Cat Is Still Opposed. sury Found Not (Continued from First Page.) District of Columbla, the total is ap- P oximately $33,000,000 greater in 1928 than fn 1927, District Appropriation Greater. he estimates of appropriation for Le District of Columbia for 1928 are £35,319,869, as compared to the appro- priation of $36,532,128 for the current car. Departments for which de- «reases in appropriations as compared 10 the present fiscal year are recom- mended are: Labor, State, Navy and Treasury. Those for whieh an in- crease are recommended are: Agricul- re, Commerce, Interior, Justice and War. in his discussion of the proposed eppropriations the President makes clear the attitude of the administra- tlon on many matters of importance 10 the country, including national de- fense, prohibition enforcement, the merchant marine, allen property held by the Government, and **socfal” mat- ters. Among the last are the eradica- tion of tuberculosis, continuance of wppropriations for work under the maternity and infancy act and relief of veterans, all of which the President Javors. ‘Our intent and attitude is one of peace and friendly regard toward all| yiations and peoples,” says the Presi- «dent. “This, however. is not sufficient wwarrant to neglect our defense and de- fault on necessary precautions.” Taking into account all arms of the national defense, including reserves, the President points out that the es. timates make provision for 610,000 men in military and naval strength. Cruisers Not Included. In view of the attitude of the ad- ministration toward limitation of naval armaments and its present efforts to «eifcct_an agreement with other na- tions for additional limitation of these s1maments, the President does not in- «inde estimates for commencing the construction of three new light armor- ed cruisers which are authorized by Cqngre He recommends to Con- gress legislation extending the time for beginning their construction. The President shows that progress is being made in bullding up an ade- quate air defense and that the budget provides a total of $77,477,380 for avia- tion for the Army and Navy. For the enforcement of prohibition nearly $30,000,000 is provided in the budget by direct and indirect appro- priations, “Whatever is necessary to put into vifect the expressed will of the people written into the Eighteenth amend- ient to the Constitution of the United States and the will of the Congress | «s expressed in the Volstead act will | b done,” savs the President. “Whatever funds may be necessary to vindicate the law and secure com- Vliance with all its provisions should he provided. The constitutional duties of the President and the Congr uake any other course indefensible This part of the message probab Wil be hailed by the drys. There is no indication here that the recent elections and referenda on the wet and dry iIssue have inclined the Pres- 1dent away from the cause of prohibi- ion. Merchant Marine Plans. The President says that it's time or Congress to formulate a more def- inite policy for the merchant marine. o plans, he are to be pre. nted to Congress at the present | ~ession by the Shipping Board, one | or building up an adequate merchant | warine through private capital and under private ownership, and the | other through Government ownership and operatiop. Congress should de- rmine which it is to have and pro- ocd to legislate. The estimates for | the Shipping Board, to meet the losses | of the Government-owned fleet during tho fiscal year 1928, are $12,000,000. | While the losses have been cut ma- | ially, the President points out | ve is no immediate prospect that | ny of the lines can be operated | without loss to the Government. | The reduction in the gross total of _debt during the fiscal | vear 1 hich ended last June, was | 872,977 the Pr points | out.” In the last five fiscal years the | reduction of the debt has aggregated | 1.334.000,000. In June, 1926, the debt | “d @ level below $20,060,000,000. interest payment the debt k on lars single item of the e: The the venditures of the Government toda; smoun 6. u ted to $832.000,000 in $995.000,000 in $167,000,000, For expenditures for this | 5,000,000, and in 1928, It i not difficult to from these figures how rs of the country are nstant and lurge reduc- public debt. l te Department While the estimates for the Depart- ient of State show a decrease of %5 43.23 for 1928, as compared 4 otal appropriation for the current fiscal vear of $17,357,062.64, nevertheless some incre. re pro- vided and some new items included. An increase in salaries in the Depart- ment State from $1,06! 00 to 192 red to uction of 1 of 1,089,000 is provided, principally for | n additional force to edit and pub- ish Foreign Relations and appendices. The salary of a Minister to Ethiopia s provided for, as well 12 addi- onal forelgn service officers. New items included in the estimates are 12,000 for maintaining the demarca tion of the boundary between Alaska and Cai and between the latter and the United States, pursuant to the treaty of 1925: §40,000 for expense of participation of the United States section in the second general meeting of the Inter-American High Commis- sion, to be held at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in the Summer of next year; £1,000 for a reproduction of the Hou- don bust of Washington for lodgment in the Hall of Americas in the Pan- American Building at Washington: £239,506 for payment of awards gainst the United States by the ar- bitral tribunal established under the <pecial agreement concluded between the United States and Great Britain on_August 18, 1910. The principal decreases ure in the allowances for charge d'affaires ad nterim. for contingent expenses, for diplomatic _and consular establish- sents at Tokyo, and on account of arfous meetings and commissions. The Budget states that the foreign cervice buildings act of 1926, provid- ng for the acquisition of buildings and grounds in forelgn countries for ise of the Government of the United tates, authorizes an appropriation of ¢ 10,000,000, with restriction that not Y s § shall be appro | department employes within the Dis- 1 000" to $19,430,000; | $19,065,288 to $19,790,000, plus $900,- | prated for any one year. An amount of $435,000 was appropriated for 1927, available until expended, which will be sufficlent until the Foreign Service Buildings Commission meéts and defi- nite conclusions and recommendations are reached as to the requirement of additional funds. | War Department. I In an effort to get well under way in the construction of new barracks and other permanent buildings at Army posts, to ‘replace the dilapidated war-time consgruction, the Budget pro- vides for a direct appropriation of $1,400,000, which will be in addition to the $7,200,000 fund obtained by the Army from the sale of posts declared obsolete for military purposes. The direct appropriation is for the specific purposes of initiating expansion in the Air Corps, and there is a provision in the total building estimate for $2,382,- 000 for new construction at strictly Air Corps pos 2 The total estimate for the Army of $366,722,142, which is a decrease from the current appropriation of $11,- 251,340, provides for a maximum force of 12,000 commissioned officers and an average enlisted strength through- out the year of 115,000. exclusive of Philippine Scouts, for which an aver- age enlisted strength of 6,882 is pro- vided. This fund also will provide for the training of 12,572 reserve officers for a period of two weeks and 352 reserve officers for perlods ranging from one month to one year; for at. tendance of 30,000 men at citizens’ military training camps; for an -en- rollment of 116,141 students in the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps units and for the malntenance of the National Guard at an average strength throughout the year of 180,000 For the Air Corps $24,396,300 is estimated, $20,396,300 being for direct appropriation and $4,000,000 for obli- gation by contract, there being in- cluded in these figures the sum of $10,492,560 for the procurement of airplanes, their spare parts and acces- sories. In addition, the Budget esti- mate makes indirect provision for the Air Corps to the extent of approxi- mately $19,000,000, various sums ag- gregating this amount being included in the estimates submitted for the pay and supply branches of the Army for the maintenance and operation and expansion of the Air Corps. There is also included in the Budget estimate for the Natlonal Guard the sum of $787,500 for the procurement of airplanes, their spare parts and accessorles for the National Guard. The total estimate for river and harbor work is $66,347,600. The estimate for the Home for Dis- abled Volunfeer Soldiers is increased $64,432 over the current appropriation of $8,255,100. This fund, it was ex- plained, will provide for the essentials connected with the maintenance and operation of the 10 homes and for aid to State homes. | avy Department. | Although there have been con- sistent statements from the Navy De- partment that the United States naval forces are below the 5-5-3 treaty ratio, the budget estimates this year pro- vide for a further “slight reduction” in the number of ships to be operated, according to the statement in the bud- get presented to Congress today. The estimates also provide for a “slight reduction” in the number of classified trict of Columbia. The total to be made available for 1928 is given as $317,815,500, as against $327,061,975 available for this vear, or a net reduction of $9,246,475 “This estimate, the budget report is predicated upon provision for suffi clent enlisted men to meet the needs of the service; decommissioning or | placing in reserve of certain old shi thé commissioning of two new : plane carriers; for efficient mainte- ce and operation of the fleet and shore activities; for carrying forward the construction of ship: y the six old coalburning battleships for meeting the second increment of the Navy five-year aircraft program. While the general figures show re- | duction. nevertheless increases arc provided for the naval reserve from 3,820,860 to $3,850,000, in addition to | 235,000 for new planes for the re- | serve carried under aviation; for ord- nance and ordnance stores from $10.- 25,000 to $11,450,000; for purchase and manufacture of smokeless powder from $772,000 to $1,000,000; for pay of the Navy from $119,863,500 to $124,- | 300,000, including a new item for out- | fits on first enlistment involving 300,000: for provisions from $19,207. for aviation from | 000 increase in contract authorization; for pay, Marine Corps, from §14,970, 347 to $15,031,900. The items bearing the brunt of the reduction are transportation and re- cruiting, from $4,664.000 to $4,500.000: for engineering, from $19,150,000 to $18,800,000; for construction and re pair of vessels, from $16,950.000 to $16,600,000; for maintenance, Bureau | of Supplies and Accounts, from $9.- | 500,000 to 400,000; for fuel and | transportation, from $13.950.000° to 0,000; for maintenance, Bureau from $7,000,000 ublic works, from 735,300 to $1,867,500; for general ex- penses, Marine Corps, from $8.090,000 to $7,939.000; for major alterations of vessels, from $7,500,000 to $2,210,000. | Treasury Department. | | | | Although two important items are | | on the increase—th2 Coast Guard, for | | enforcement of prohibition, and the | office of supervising architect, for carrying out the Government's huge construction program—sufficient sav- ings are in prospect in the largest de- | partment of the Federal machine to cut the estimates for the Treasury Department for' a net decrease of $6,169.012.63. The 1928 estimate is $170,468,453. One of the interesting features of the Treasury report is that of the Bureau of the Budget, which for ad- }mlnistralh‘e purposes is included as a part of the Treasury. This Budget Bureau, which is instrumental in pre- paring for the President, to submit to Congress, one of the largest reports filed at any time, has written about itself one of the shortest sentences in the budget synopsis. It reads: “A de. crease of $7,000 in the expenses of maintenance.” Estimates for next vear's appropri- ation needs in the Federal building program have been omitted from the Treasury estimate, it is explained, on account of the vast amount of pre- liminary work to be done by the Treasury and Post Office Departments !duced in estimates from $866,07 before the amount that will t needed in 1928 can be determined. Mt is ticipatoy e i g | the purpose of enablin: will be approximately $20,000,000, and will be submitted later as a supple- mentary item, probably in a defi- slency bill. The Coast Guard gets the largest .ncrease of any single activity in the Treasury, with a total gain of $1,744,- 633, including construction costs of new vessels and increased expenses ncidental to administration and main- cenance of the larger fleet. Other important increases are in the office of supervising architect, in connection with the new building pro- gram, $366,310;-in the Customs Serv- ice, an increase of $5,000,000 in the in- definite appropriation item of deben- tures or drawbacks due to increased exports. Prominent among the decreases are $50,000 in the cost of public debt serv- icé operations, $305,000 in the indefinite appropriation for preparation and is- sue of Federal reserve notes, due to a lessened demand for the printing of this class of currency; $10,000 in the amount allowed for stationery for de. partmental use and $15,000 for print- ing, $25,000 in expenses of the Federal Farm Loan Board, $370,000 in the amount for collecting internal rev- enue, $514,810 in the provision for the production activities of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and $30,000 in funds allowed for preventing the spread of epidemic diseases. - For the first time an appropriation is asked for maintaining the division of supply, $169,000 for work now car- ried on by clerks detailed from other bureaus and offices. An increase of §32,755,278 in the Budget Bureau estimate of Interior Department appropriations for the fiscal yeéar 1928 is attributed by the Budget Bureau today to the increased pension rates of the Spanish War and Civil War pension laws enacted at the last session of Congress. Esti- mates for the department, without the increase in pension payments, the bu- reau sald, would be decreased by $8,244,722. The bureau estimate for 1928 is $285,717,596, against $252,962,- 318 for the current fiscal year. The appropriation of $192,000,000 for Army and Navy pensions for 1927, the budget bureau said, was made prior to the enactment of the increased pension legislation, and it is now be- lieved that an additional amount of $41,000,000 will be required for Army and Navy pensions during 1927. The amount for the Columbia Insti- tution for the Deaf is increased from $113,400 to $218,000 for improvements to the light and power plant. The esti- mate for Howard University is en- larged from $218,000 to $368,000 to provide for construction of a girls’ dormitory, and the amount for Freed- men’s Hospital is increased from $166,- 390 to $188,856 to provide for new laundry machinery. Post Office Department. In 1929 Uncle Sam’s post office may pay for itself. Based on the prospect of reducing the postal revenue deficlency for the next year by “more than half,” the budget declares that “if the same con- ditions can be carried into the fiscal year 1929 there is good ground for in- dulging the hope that the postal de- ficlency, which in the fiscal year 1926 amounted to more than $35,000,000, will be eliminated.” Estimates for the Post Office De- partment were increased by $19,163,- 812 up to the figure of $757,969,115, for 1928, The “requirements of good service are given first considerdtion, said the statement, while a secondary but important consideration was said to be the elimination of the deficit. The net increase is made up “of numerous increases in allowances for activities affected by the greater vol- ume of mail to be handled, and some | decreases in other allowances where the demands on the service will not be so great or substantial savings will be made possible as-the result of economies in administration.” Among the increases is $74,740 i the allowance for departmental sal- aries so as to provide for seven ad- ditional employes, including an assist. ant chief inspector, and for promo- tions to the staff which will result in advancing the average salaries paid nearer, but still substantially under, the average of the respective grades. Department of Justic _fi—_l Increase of $266,642.50 in the De- partment of Justice estimates for : 1928 over the appropriation for 1927 is largely accounted for by inereases in salaries and expenses for the depart- ment fitself, the courts of the country, United States marshals and some of the penitent The new estimate for 1928 is $25,895,349.50. The penitentiary at Leavenworth not only received an increase in its estimate from $811,493, appropriated in 1927, to $852,000 for 1 has an estimate for $17, con- struction of an infirmary and isolation ward. The MeNeil Island Penitentiary es- timate was cut from $319,047 to $260,- 000, but $103,000 was added for con- struction of an administration build- ing, dining hall, kitchen and power house, The Atlanta Penitentiary to $850,000, but $200,000 was added for new boilers and repairs to power house. Estimates for the Federal Industrial Institution for Women at Alderson, W. Va., were increased from $190,100 to $230,000, and an additional $1,509,- 300 was included for buildings and equipment at this newly established institution, Although a decrease of $1,002,765 is indicated in Budgat Bureau es for the Labor Department for the fiscal year 1928, with an estimate of $8.558,540 against an appropriation of $9,561,305 for the current fiscal year, provision is made in the estimate for an increase of $44,000, from $24,000 to $68,000 a year, in the rent of the department building at 1712 G stree! Decreases are made over this year appropriation in the amounts esti- mated for salaries in the office of the Secretary, in the salaries and ex- penses of commissioners of concilia- tion, in expenses of regulating immi- gration and in the United States Em- ployment Service. I Commerce Department. | A net increase of $4,607,583 in Bud- get Bureau estimates of Commerce Department appropriations for the fiscal year 1928 is largely made up of increases in salaries and added duties taken on by the office of the Secretary of Commerce, the Budget Bureau re- vealed today in making public an esti- mate of $35,240,430 for the next fiscal year against $30,632,847—the amount appropriated for the department for the current fiscal year. Appropriations for the office of the Secretary are Increased by $3,630,610 or from $2,825,231 to $6,455,850, made up of Increased salaries; increase in contingent expenses, in printing and binding, in administration of aircraft in commerce and an increase in ad- ministration of air navigation facill- ties from $300,000—the present appro- priation—to $3,219,500. The increases under the last two items are made for z the dapart imates | CURRENT BUDGET AND 1927 APPROPRIATIONS. Legislative establishment. ..o evereofl Exccutive Office i ng of Smithsonian Institution Aonal Museum .. Tariff Commission United States Geographic Board United States Shipping Board United States Veterans' Bus Other independent ofices. etc Total,, ‘Execiitive Gffice and independent estab- lishments Department of Asriculture Department of Commerce . Department of the Department of Justic Department of Labor. State Department. . . | Treasury Department. War artment, i Redemption ot ‘securities” from re. serve bank and Federal inter- mediate credit bank franchise tax receipts ..., Redemption of bonds, " as repavments of principal an as interest payments on obliga- tions of foreign governments. Principal of the public debt. Interest on the public debt. Total payable {ros received d the reasury ....._.... Post Office Department 'and 'Postal Sei from postal rvice, payable revenucs .. Total, including Post Office Department and Postal Service ..... *Appro for expenses of the Board of Mediation. gram contemplated by the ‘air com- merce act with respect to research and development, inspection and regis- tration of aircraft, licensing of pilots and establishing and operating aids to air navigation. g Increases are provided in the esti- mates for virtually all the bureaus of the department. An allowance of $200,000 for the erection of a new power plant bullding at the Bureau of Standards is provided in the estimates, and provision is made for additional personnel at the bureau. l Panama Canal. | Provision for the construction of a new municipal building at Cristobal, Panama Canal Zone, and for continu- ing the construction of permanent quarters is contained in the estimates for the Panama Canal, as well as a fund of $40,000 for the construction and repair of sidewalks and highways. ‘The fund allowed in the current esti- mates for new buildings is $450,000, which is in addition to $109,000 appro- priated for use this year. In connection with the estimates for maintaining and operating this great national asset, the Budget Bureau re- ports to Congress the following infor- | mation that is of interest: The investment in the capal and its adjuncts is partly for national defense | and partly commerelal. To June 30, | 1926, the investment charged to na- tional defense was $112,6625i82 and to commercial uge $267,581,705, ‘the total investment being $380,244,437, which is exclusive of fortifications; military posts and submarine bases. The total gross revenue to June 30, 1926, amounted to § 60,263, derived from tolls, taxes and business opera- tions. Deducting from this the ex- penses incident to transiting vessels through the canal, $86,079,929; the ex- pense connected with business opera- tions, $128,414,088, which includes the value of services, supplies and mate- rials sold, there remains a net reve- nue, excluding interest on the invest- ment, of $63,466,246. Of this $58,393.- 183 was from tolls and taxes and $5,073,063 from business operations. Included in the expense account for the canal are fixed annual charges of $655,370 for depreciation and amorti- zation of canal fixed property and $300,000 for depreciation on canal equipment. The amount of toll col- lected has increased from $5,627,463 in 1917 to $22,931,065 in 1926. Public Buildings and Parks. I | An increase in the allowance for personnel is carried in the budget esti- mates for the office of public buildings and public parks of the Natlonal Cap- ital. The estimate for next vear is| $1,694,000 as compared with the cur- | rent appropriation of $1,675,500. The | total appropriation for the current scal year is $2,306,850, while the esti- mate for next vear is $2,42! 0, or an increase of $116,100. The increase in the allowance for personnel, it is explained, is incident to the control of the Hurley-Wright Building at Seventeenth street and Pennsylvania avenue, formerly main- tained by the Railroad Administration, while the increase in the general ex- penses include the rental of this build- ing, $75,000, its maintenance, $10,500; new flooring for temporary buflding, $10,000; structural repairs to same, $25,000; vault for Navy Building, $20,000; safe devices for elevators, $11,000. There are reductions in the appro- priations, aggregating $33,850, includ- ing a reduction of $20,000 for con- struction of a public comfort station at the Lincoln Memorial. The most costly of all Uncle Sam’s departments and establishments is the U. S. Veterans’' Bureau, which leads all groups in the 1928 estimates, ex- cept the revenue-producing Post Office Department, with a figure of $475.- 400,000, an increase of $12.435,000 over the appropriations. for 1927, While there were some decreases, not- ably in operating expenses of the | bureau, the largest increases were | for military and naval compensation, for payment to beneficlaries of the priations for the Railroad Labor Board for 1927 were made available Estimates of appro- Appropriations. 3 27, w.‘f"'r'?‘nfug%q:o 17385 610,57 438,460.00 819,460.00 15.000.00 2 3888888 . 130.660.00 600,000.00 800,000.00 2.500.000.00 .00 800.000.00 .220.00 570.000.00 234 04 1.863:722.88 56358900 7 7.300.00 .205.00 2,604,740.00 2.744.540.00 . ,210,620.00 8108 20000 8.239380:00 984.350.00 997.000.00 3.783.000.00 .869.980.00 564.236.00 673.398.00 6.104,967.00 6.163.157.00 000 13.000.00 SEROU 353.800:88 '2,422,950.00 2.306.850.00 900.871.00 893.301,00 682.000:00 699.000.00 3.945.0 345.00 12.200.000.00 24.108.574.00 475.400,000.00 462190500000 520.402.641.00 144.487.820.00 00 313.306.00 66231600 25/805.349.50 25.628.707.00 568.540.00 .861.305.00 313:818.500.00 322/061.075.00 11:968,119:41 17.357.002.64 170,468,458.00 176,837,465.67 386.722.142.00 345.801.16 38.519.860.00 3 2800 1037072448 & 1.004 240,288 6% 354,167,085.00 336,058.208.26 800,000.00 1.000.000.00 208.672.475.93 503.629.560.03 766.000.000.00 3,256,602.000.60 232.023.506.58 560,081 804 84 786.000,000.00 757.969.115.00 738.805.303.00 4.014571,124.60 3.998.027.306.48 increasing number of veterans, esti- mated to have risen from 309,891 to about 315,000, and to meet liberaliza- tion of the World War Veterans’ act. The adjusted service certificate fund was decreased to $112,000,000 to pro- vide the amount needed on January 1, 1928, to augment the fund for liquida- tion at maturity of certificate or death of holder of 3,200,000 (estimated ulti- mate number) certificates at an average value of $1,030. The hospital construction program of the bureau is expected to be com- pleted with a $1,000,000 estimate for the year. Aeronautics, An increase of $10,000 over last vear’s appropriations is asked for the natfonal advisory committee for ae- ronautics by the President in the budget estimates which went to Con- gress today. The budget estimate for 1928 for the committee is $523,000, as against the appropriation of $513,000 for 1927. The increase is necessary to enable the committee to carry out new du- ties imposed upon it by Congress, which created a patents and design board to which aircraft designs are referred for adoption by the Govern- ment. B A net reduction of $48.190 is con- tained in the Budget Bureau estimate of appropriations for the Interstate Commerce Commission for the fiscal year 1928, announced today. While 52 39 is allowed by the Budget Bureau for the general work involved in the execution of laws by the com- mission, an increase of $38,279 over the 1927 appropriation, reductions were made in the allowances for valu- atlon of property of carriers of $121, 635 and of printing and binding of $10,000. For the related activities of safety- device inspection, signal and train control devices and locomotive inspec- tion, the aggregate allowances for 1928 are $29,230 in excess of the ap- propriations for 1927. Part of the increase in the allow- ance for general work of the com- mission will be absorbed by an in- crease of approximately $57,000 in rental of the building occupied by the commission and provision for four ad- ditional attorneys to be employed on formal complaints. The budget estimate for 1928 ag- gregates $6,104,967, against $6,153,157 for the current fiscal year. Shipping Board. The _estimate for running the Ship- ping Board and the Emergency Fleet Corportion shows a decrease of $1.- 908574 for the next fiscal yvear as compared to the current appropri ation, which is $24198.574, including an amount of $10,000,000 specifically appropriated for losses in the ope tion of ships taken back from pur- chasers. The estimate provides that the unexpended balance from this lat- ter fund shall be made available until June 30, 1928. This, together with other funds taken in by the board in the course of its operations, it was said, is believed to be sufficient. I Public Debt Shrinks. I With the public debt of the United States having been gradually reduced from year to year the annual ex- penses of carrying the interest charges, and retiring the debt are shown in the budget to be on a sub- stantial decline. For 1928 the estimates show $6,- 352,243.91 less retirement of the public debt required to be made from ordi- nary receipts than during the previous year, while' there is a decrease of $30,000,000 in the amount of interest payable in 1928 on the public debt. Estimated expenditures on interest for 1928 are $755,000,000 as compared with $785,000,000 in 1927, and on re- debt are $563,629,- compared to $569,- 981,804.84 in 19 ‘The huge public debt of the coun- try, which stood at its peak on August Uncle Sam’s Billions of Income and Outgo Revealed in Detail by Large Divisions Here is how Uncle Sam gets his;| money and how he spends it. ‘Where the money comes from: Income and profits tax, $2,090,- 000,000, or 55.4 per cent. Miscellaneous Jnternal revenue, $568,985,000, or 15.08 per cent. Customs revenue, $601,800,000, or 18.95 per cent. Interest, premium and discount, $160,215,200, or 4.25 per cent. Fees, fines, penalties and for- feitures, $32,288,815, or .86 per cent. Repayments -of investments, $71,291,285, or 1.89 per cent. Trust fund recelpts, $93,357,576, or 2.47 per cent. Other miscellafieous receipts, $154,815,201, or 4.17per cent. Here is how he wilkspend it. accord- v cstimates: General functions, $119,925,067, or 3.36 per cent. Natlonal defense, $582,909,183, or 16.32 per cent. Military pensions, retirement, life insurance, etc., $663,478,473, or 18.57 per cent. Public works, $196,909,600, or 5.51 per cent. Promotion of marine transpor- tation, $52,069,814, or 1.46 per cent. Other civil functions, $278,442,- 185, or 7.8 per cent. | 643,216,316.19 on June 30, of this yea: Refunds, $176,640,500, or 4.95 per cent. Public debt retirement, $563,629,- 561, or 15.77 pee cent. * Interest on public debt, $755,000,- 000,~or 21.14 per cent. Trust funds, $183,045881, or 5.12 per cent. 31, 1919, at $26,596,701.648.01, it was pointed out, had been reduced to $19,- a total reduction of neagly seven bi lion dollars. ‘While sinking fund operations are estimated to increase from $336,058,208 in 1927 to $354,157,085 in 1928, the re- tirement from proceeds of principal and interest on foreign Government obligations will be reduced from $232. 923,696 in 1927 to $208,672,475 in 1928. The retirements from Federal Reserve Bank franchise tax receipts will be reducefl from $500,000 in 1927 to $300,000 in 1928, while the retirements from net earnings derived from Fed- eral intermediate credit banks will remain at $500,000 in both years. Department of Agricultur Estimates reaching a total of $144,487,820 are contained in the budget for the Department of Agri- culture for the fiscal year of 1928 as transmitted to Congress today. This represents a net increase of $4,851,- 997 over the appropriations for the department for 1927, when appropria- tion bills provided a total of $139,- 625,823, More than half of the net increase of $4,851,997 is due to an increase of $2,500,000 in the estimate for con- struction of forest roads and trails. The original estimate of $§5,000,000 for this work was boosted to $7,500,000. This increase, while it does not con- template a broadening of the constric- tion program on forest roads, will al- low the department to meet obliga- tions arising under “authorizations” for improvements made by Congress but as yet unprovided for in appro- priation bills. The estimates contained a reduction from $195,366 to $180,866 for rent of buildings in the District of Columbla and a reduction of $35,000 carried in the original estimates to purchase land at Beltsville, Md., which appro- priation was made for the fiscal year of 1927 after the original draft of the estimates. One of the large single items of in- crease in the budget is the sum of $480,000 for the more complete en- dowment of agricultural experiment stations pursuant to the Purnell act, which authorizes for the fiscal year of 1928 an increase of $10,000 per State, bringing the total sum for this work from the previous figure of $1,440,000 to $1,920,000. The estimate for the eradication of tuberculosis in animals was increased by $1.200,000, the figure for 1928 be- ing $5,853,000, as against $4,653,000 for 1927. Japanese beetle control work is covered in an estimate of $440,000, as against the previous figure of $283,000. The new budget also provides for corganization of the Bureau of ‘hemistry, the Bureau of Soils, the Insecticide and Fungicide Board, and the soil fertility and plant nutrition activities of the Bureau of Plant In- dustry into a research unit designated “The Bureau of Chemistry and Soils,” and a regulatory unit designated the Food, Drug d Insecticide Admin- istration.” No additional funds, how- ever, are included for the new organi- zatlons, Increases in the appropriations for the House of Representatives and Senate, aggregating $583 in the case of the former and $6,256 in the case of the latter, are principally due to the increases in the salaries of officers and employes, it was explained. The office of the architect of the Capitol shows a decrease of $1,761,226 as compared - with the appropriation this year of $2,722,817, and the reduc- tions are due to a cut in the allow- ances for maintenance of the Capitol | grounds and. the House and Senate | office building, but to the greatest ex- tent due to the lack of estimates for great projects in this year's appropri- ations. The estimate for the Botanic Ga den for next vear is $144,307, as com- pared with the appropriation this year of %4, the increase being for salaries, and including $10,500 for im- proving the: Botanic Garden. The Library of Congress esti shows an increase of $101,896 o vear’s appropriation of $1,399 increase being for salaries of em- ployes, purchase of Looks, printing and binding, care and maintenance of the building, and for Sunday opening. The estimate for the Government Printing Office shows a_decrcase of $26,903 as compared with this year's Miscellaneous Establishments. hate last { appropriation of $3,126,903. Executive Office Reductions. The executive office estimate shows | a reduction’ of $381,000, as compared | with this year's appropriation of | $819,000, but this is due to the fact that this vear's funds have included the $375,000 for reconstructing the | upper stories of the White House. The Alaskan relef fund carries the | same estimate as this year's appropri- | ation of $15,000, and used by the| four district judges in caring for in-| digent and incapacitated persons. | . A reduction in the employed force | from 58 to 44 persons is provided for in the estimates of the alien prop- erty custodian's office, which is a re-| duction of $32,650 as compared with the current appropriation of $130,650. The American Battle Monuments Commission is allowed $600,000 in the estimates, but it has a number of con- tinuing appropriations for the erection of memorials in Europe commemorat- ing the services of the American ex- peditionary forces. The estimate for the Arlington Me- morial Bridge Commission is that au- | thorized by law, $2,500,000. The, Bureau of Efficiency is given the same estimate as its appropriation of this year, $210,350. The Civil Service Commission is given an increase of $1,150 for con- tingeng expenses. The Commission of Fine Arts is given an increase of $2,005 over its| appropriation of $5,295 for this year. | This is for an increase in the salary of the secretary and for traveling ex- penses of the commission. ! Compensation Fund Cut. | The employes’ compensation fund shows a decrease of $49,800 as com- pared with the current appropriation of $2,744,540, which includes a de- crease in the compensation fund and in salarles, but increases for contin- gent expenses. 2 A reduction is given the FKederal Board of Vocational Education of $45,- 390 as compared with the current appropriation of $8,210,620, involving a reduction of $40,000 for co-operative vocational rehabllitation of persons disabled in industry. The Federal Power Commission is glven an increase of $10,000 over its current appropriation of $32,400, which provides for $3,100 for general ex- penses and $7,000 in egtimated pay- ment to States. The ‘increases for general expenses, it is explained, is needed because of the growth in ap- plications for water-power permits or licenses requiring Investigation, and an increase in the number of permits and licenses issued which, subsequent thereto, require supervision of the construction. The Federal Trade Commission is reduced $12,650 as compared with the current appropriation of $997,000, which is a reduction of general ex-| penses and provides for a limit on per- sonal services in the District of Co-| lumbia. But there is a material in- crease In the allowance for travel. The General Accounting Office is re- $755.000.000 WILL BE SPENT TO REDUCE NATIONAL DEBT Constant and Large Reductions Urged as Real Economy Measure to Benefit Entire Country. which provides for a reduction in force and, consequently, a reduction in the amount of salaries. Six em- ployes are to go. : # The Housing Corporation estimate is decreased $109,162 below the current appropriation of $673,398, including a reduction irsthe amount for mainte- nance of the Government hotels and the elimination of the ground rent of these hotels, the Government having purchased the property. (Continued from Page Thirty-four.) for 40 employes in care of the District Building; $14,000 for services of clean- 's on a per hour basis. ‘The fuel cost for the District Build- ing is $35,000. Tn the assessor’s office the budget is $171,120 for salaries of 99 employes and $17,820 for new employes made necessary by the annual assessment of real estate instead of the biennial assessment. : The salary scheduld for the license bureau is $17,640 for 11 employ Metal identification tags are to cos! $20,000 during the coming vear, which is an increase of $2,600. In the tax collector's office the salary roll is $38,600 for 21 employes. In the auditor's office the salary roll is $88,640 for 47 employes: in the office of the corporation counsel, $46,000 for 15 employes, and $5,200 for new posi- tions; in the coroner's office, §8,960 for five employes; in the office of superin- tendent of weights, measures and markets, $39,980 for 29 employes and two new positions totaling $2,680. In addition to this an item of $9,000 for maintenance and repairs to markets includes the salary of the engineer at the refrigerating plant. Yor salarfes in the highway depart- ment, a_total of $192,220 is recom- mended for 100 employes; in the sewer department, $173,720 for 498 employes; in the department of trees and park- ings, $18520 for 10 emploves; in the office of the chief clerk of the engineer department, $23,700 for 14 emploves; in the central garage, $4,800 for three employes; in the municipal architect’s office, $42,020 for 20 employes; for the Public Utilitles Commission, $40.920 for 19 employes; for three members of the board of examiners of steam en- ineers, $450; for salaries in the in- surance department, $17,600 for eight employes; in the surveyor's office, $67,860 for 37 employes, and $5,000 for temporary draftsmen, computors and additional fleld party when required. This office also asks $3,000 to make a revision of the highway plan, includ- ing the surveying marking on the ground of the of highways, which is double the amount asked for this purpose last vear. For the employes' compensation fund. $15,000 is recommended, which is an increase of $3,000. and permanent | The budget imate for the Smith sonfan Institution is $909.871, an in- crease of $16,570 over last year. This includes $12,500 to build a plant gal lery to take care of the valuable plant colleetions now stored in boxes and inaccessible for research work, The Tariff Commission allowed $682,000, a decrease of $17,000 from the previous vear. 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