Evening Star Newspaper, December 7, 1927, Page 40

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7. 1927 I Sta nding U. S. Army $14.999.043 INCREASE FOR NAVY: INTERIOR REQUESTS $300.190.089 Additional Funds Also Provided for De-| partments of Commerce, Labor. Post Office and State. inued from TPagze Thirty-cigh contributed for this nurpose act that the figures for 1428 a_ supj ental estir 000 for fig and pre forest fires in addition to the re; annual appropriation of $283.000 Budget for 1929 includes only $28 tice to supy the amot fire season when the can be determined 1 Work Increase While the economy Federal Governme substantial decrease in penditures, the require of culture have been well ¢ tor. creases e been provided from v to vear in practically all the depart- | ment’s activities, and especially in | those relating to : nee in agricul- tural problems. As a result of recom mendations made by the Presi i Conference on A Legislation substantial inc been provided for the mor plete endowment of the State tural experiment stations and for the encouragement and promotion of operative marketing. For the more complete endowment of State experi- ions an initial appropri made for the Th um has heen increased each year $480,000 and will con- | e in like amount each | vear until 1930 when it reaches i maximum of $2,880.000. This amount, together with amounts previously thorized will provide for a contribu- tion of $4,320,000 annually by the Fed- | eral Government for this phase of ag ricultural research work in the State | agricultural experiment stations. | Other activities of the department having direct relation to agriculture | have been provided with substantial in- | creases in previous budgets and es mates for 1929 contain many furth increases, the most important being for the control of insect pests, for en- forcement of the plant quarantine act | at ports of entry. for the collection and | dissemination of market information. | for horticulture, for the control of | plant diseases, and for investigatio in animal husbandry. The increase contained in_the 1929 estimates pr vide for $1.780,000 more fc mental agricultural r than was provided in the priations. program of the vi In fiscal appro- More for Printing. There are included in the Budget e: timates an increase from $738.000 to $792,000 for printing and binding to provide for printing a handbgok en- titled _“Market Pathology of® Fruits and Vegetables” for use of inspectors and those interested in fruit diseases; an_ increase from $2,653,733 to $2,705,000 for the Weather Bureau for expenses incident to the collection and dissemination of meteorological data and for the establishment and maintenance of additional stations for obtaining data regarding upper-air conditions for the promotion of a tion. For the Bureau of Animal Industry there are included increases from $689,935 to $730,000 for inspection and quarantine of animals, from $441, to $525,200 for investigation and e: periments in_animal husbandry, from $162,760 to $211,100 for scientific in- vestigations _of diseases of animals, and from $5,061,110 to $5,206,540 for the inspection of meat and meat-food products. These increases would pro- vide for promotions of veterinarians in this bureau. An increase from $499,734 to $539, 600 is included for the Bureau of Dairy Industry, for conducting investi; tions, experiments and demonstrations in the dairy industry. Increase for Forest Service. The principal increases in the Bu- reau_of Plant Industry are from $142,705 to $170,000 for diseases of or- chard and other fruits; from $167,570 to $200,000 for diseases of cotton, truck crops, forage crops, drug and other related plants; from $200,500 to $300,000 for acclimatization and adap- tation investigations of cotton, rul ber and hard fibers, of which incre $80,000 may be used for rubber inve: gations in the Philippine Islands; from £171,255 to $196,000 for sugar-plant in- vestigations; from $109,095 to $142,095 for investigations in connection with western irrigation agriculture; from $197,660 to $225,000 for pomological in- vestigations; from $115,000 to $140,000 for horticuitural investigations; and from $120,500 to $165,000 for forage crop investigations. The estimate for the Forest Service provides an increase from $6,016492 to $6,344,000 for the administration and protection of the National Forests. Due to transfers, to and from this item, and also to other minor adjust- ments, the act i the employment of additional person- nel for the administration of comme: cial timber sales and for the regulatiol of grazing, and $120,528 for inc -d protection of the natural forests from forest fires. Of the amount trans- ferred to this appropriation $75,000 is for insect control work and $108,000 for protection from forest fires. Both of these amounts were transferred from the item ighting and prevent- ing forest fires,”” which item has been accordingly reduced. Other principal increases are from $44,880 to $64,000 for research investigations of range conditions within the National For- ests; from $1 200,000 for seed and tree planting within the National Forests; from $337,000 to $364,300 for i ultural investigations; from 900 to $587,900 for national forest improvements; from $1,000,000 to $1,- 200,000 for forest fire co-operation with the States in accordance with the re- forestation act of June 7, 1924. Items under the heading “Special funds” and “Indefinite_appropriations” have been decreased $347.750 to meet the present estimates of cash withdrawals from Insect Control Fund. The principal _increases Bureau of Chemistry and Soils are from $195,947 to $259.000 for m- vestigations relating to the application of chemistr to agriculture from $278,940 to $290,000 for fer vestigations and from ,000 for conducting The estimate for 1 for the Bureau of Entomology and the Federal Horticultural Board con- in the nd also it this | | made in 1928, | call fo investigations of in from $40.180 tions of insects nd domestic 1 |a 2,277 to $130,000 for tax- onomy interr of insects and an insect p $69.000 for prin 70,000 for affectin 180 for ir lations surve ations, 1 the est Reser T pal inereases Bureau of Biologic 000 to $69,000 f¢ sservations. The crease in this item fence n actual $368,000 to the food | habits of 0 birds and | other anin n vicul- ture and for rodent and predatory wild animal control. | incipal inc ition pro )0 for invest orth Ameri eases in the Bud- for the Bureau fr r investigations ment _and ) to $715,- eminating | connected | and di subjects 000 for acquiring information on market from for crop and tes due to a transfer of $6 8 from this item to “colle tisties of the grade S ; from $1,054.3 9,- | for mark E 1 20440 to for co-oper marketing tions; from 000 to $400.000 for collecting statisti of the gra of cotton; from $710,140 to §758,650 for enforce- ment of the grain standards act; from | $5,000 to $30,000 for the enforcement | of the produce agency act of March 3, 1927, and the enforcement of the | standard container act for which a | eparate appropriation of $5.000 was esti- | 000 in | n | i $137,281 for Home Economics. An increase is provided for the Bu- reau of H. conomics from $127,- 244 to § 1 for studies of the rela- | tive utility and economy of agricul- | tural products of food, clothing, and | other uses in the home. | The principal increases in the new | plant quarantine and control adminis- | tration referred to under the Bureau | of Entomology are from $465,180 to $500,000 for plant quarantine; from $242,800 to $287,800 for suppressing | the spread of the pink bollworm of cot. ton; from $15,000 to $30,000 for in spection and certification of domestic fresh fruits, vegetables, and seeds and stock offered for export; from §514,660 to $887,660 for control of the | Suropean corn borer; and for the con- trol and for prevention of the spread of an insect pest, new to the United States, and known as the Mexican uit worm, an estimate of $100,000 is included. The principal increases in the food, drug, and insectide administration a from $918,780 to $938,000 for the e forcement of the food and drug ac from $200,000 to $215,000 for enforc ment of the insectide and fungicide act. For enforcement of the recently passed milk importation act and the caustic Soda act the Budget estimates cludes §50,000 and $25,000 respec- tively. ? Corn Borer Fund. For experiments and demonstrations in livestock production in the cane- sugar and cotton -districts of the United_States there is an increase from $43,930 to $54,000, 1i-peiis 84 The Budget estimités also! provide that $150,000 of the unexpended bal- ance of $10,000,000 appropriated for eradication of control of the European corn borer for use in the fiscal years 1927 and 1928 shall be available dur- ing the fiscal year 1929 for special corn-borer research work, with a view to meeting any situation arising out of the infestation of the corn borer. Appropriated for 192 Supplemental _estimates ted for 1928... Total for 1928. Budget estimate for i Net increase T 181010 The net increase of $131,010 for the department would augment the appro- priations for the Office of the Sec- retary by $221,350, providing increases in contingent expenses and printing. For aeronautics the estimate sub- mitted is $120,350 more than the cur- rent year’s appropriation. This will permit a considerable enlargement of the program for construction and maintenance of air navigation facili- ties over 1928. The funds provided will make possible the operation of 7,512 miles of lighted airways by June 30 next, with 2,500 additional miles if the estimate for 1929 be granted. The estimate calls for $320,000 for wireless communication, an increase of $16,000 over the current availability. This should permit the full resump- tion of the responsibility of the De- partment of Commerce for the en- forcement of radio laws in accordance with the Federal radio act of February 23, 192 Increased estimates are submitted for the Bureau of Domestic and For- n Commerce. The additional funds recommended — $440,400—will permit greatly enlarged activities in connec- tion with the promotion of commerce. Census Estimates Cut. Estimates for the Bureau of the Census are $116,760 less than the amount available this ar. The near completion of certain projects makes this possible. There is included, how- ever, an item of $110,000 for prelim- i v work on the Fifteenth Decennial Census es are made in estimates for the Steamboat Inspection Service and the Bureau of Navigation to provide needed additional personnel. The Bureau of Standard: a $115,620 increase, which is for additional personnel, in- tigation of textiles, structural ma- . sugar research, and standard- ion of equipment. The total esti- mate of the Bureau of Standards is less than this year's apropriations for the reason that current funds were augmented by 00,000 appropriation for a new power-plant building. Allowances for the Lighthouse Serv- ice are increased from $10,677,2 $11,14 0. The amount for sa estimates needed &oh template a reorgani ion of both activities whereby all research work relating to insect control will be conducted by the Bureau of knto- mology and actual control work in- cluding quarantines will be conduc- ted by the Federal Horticultural Board, which will be designated “Plant Quarantine and Control Ad- ministration.” Under this plan of reorganization the principal increases in the Bureau of Entomology are from $294,580 to $309,500 for investi- gations of insects affecting deciduous | fruits; from $68,900 to $113,000 for in- vestigations of insects affecting trop- i s from $208, 000 for inve insects affecting truck and garden crops: from $367, to $426,900 for Investigations of insects sereal and forage crops; from | lighthouse ve: | $2. J commission; els, is_increased f 3,000 to 700 for the opera- tion of new light vessels to be put in and the salaries of super- lents and clerks from $570,000 to 00, for the employment of addi- watchmen at lighthouse depots mount for s of lighthou { keepers is reduced from §1,960,000 to 151,950,000, due to the installation of automatic lights. . An increase from [$1,247,000 to $1,722000 will permit a {larger program of construction under the item of public works than was pro- | vided for 1928, the total allowance p viding for the construction and equip- ment of three new light ships and a tender to replace one condemned and int $576 { tion | to $399,470; opers | buildings | Budget estimate work upon five more; $242,000 to begin work upon seven; and $50,000 to be- in and complete within that amount the construction of two projects. Decreases Are Listed. liminating 1928 supplemental esti of $408,000 for co truction of the net decrease of $6,510, | from $2,318,590 to $2,342,080, for the | Coast and Geodetic Su ‘dm'l ase from $315,640 to $311,640 for | work on the T » Coast, and from 000 to $640,000 for pay and allow- ps of crews of vesss n in- se from $40,000 to $50,000 fc tic work to permit observations in smolog, The de w8 to §1 Fisheries mat vessel 20 from the Bur lity an inc 110,180 for its normal tivities wh » <pecific projects for 1928 and 19 wre taken into consideration. The wppropriations and supplemental es submitted _include two 10,00 000; and 35.000. The 1920 pre projects rontemplate ments at the followi hville, Mich., L0n0 .. $20,000 1, Wyo 815 Sprinc i transfer of Br Ma station, $8.,000. The wctual increase of uted mainly as follows; large, $40.850 to $47. cultural station es, Alaskan 70, for operation of new Vves s of fish propagation, $4 00,000; maintenance of 6,000 to $152.500; scientific inquiry 3,000; fisher industries, 000, 1o enable a study of the threatened depletion of Atlantic fisheries aind protecting seal and salmon fisheries of Alaska, $332,000 to 50,000, to enable a more efficient policing of Alaskan wate The Patent Office is inc 940, from $2,822.860 to $2,903,800, permit the employment of additional patent examiners upon the regular permanent roll in order to handle the rapidly iner work involved in patent applic: mates powe an Beaufort, )00 ans Point resulti SK.000 Employes ; saluries, fish $25,000 to sased $80, Bureau of igures. of the need for $601.000 less in 1929 than in 1828 for helium production servation, the 19 estimate is a decrease for the Bures of Mines of $463,070. from §3,02 to 080, which, however, volv s follows: Investig; tion of mine , from $386, ting mine rescue cars 30, Because and stations, from $327, which allowance will permit the pur chase and equipment of a new mine rescue car; mineral mining investi tions, from §% ,000, provid- ing for the s and testing of vari- geophysical methods of locating hidden bodies of minerals and oil Under oil-shale investigations an in crease from $30,000 to $80,000 is granted to pursue, and, it is contem- plated, to complete the investigation into the most practicable and eco- nomical methods of mining shale and of producing oil from the An se from $71,360 to $76,360 is also provided for care and maintenance of at the Pittsburgh plant, and conomics of mineral indu n added $50.000, from § 000. Under helium production and _conservation there is a decrease of $601,000, the 1928 program con- templating construction projects and purchase of gas rights not included in 29 program. Bquipment expend- however, under this appropria- tion will be increased by about $185,000. Appropriated for 1038 . .. 8285484 020.00 Supplemental estimates sub- "Mitted for 10 51,199.801.20 Total for 1928 ....... 21.20 et et for 1939 08900 Net decreass 36.493.732.20 The failure of the second deficiency bill for 1927 forced the use of sxn:m}“" 0 the pension appropriation for 1‘9’353%0 ikl ponsi«n'! payments for the months of May and June, 1927, The Tapid adjudication during 1928 of a largely increased number of new claims due to the new pension legisla- tion of the first session of the Sixty- ninth Congress will further increase the shortage in the 1928 appropriation. Accordingly, a supplemental appro- priation of $46,000,000 for Army and Navy pensions for 1928 will be neces- Supplenmental estimates for 1928 will ‘also be necessary in the amount of $3,450,000 for the Coolidge Dam irrigation project being constructed by the Indian Service, and $1,000,000 for the construction of roads and trails by the National Park Service. The: and other necessary supplemental items for 1928, if appropriated by Con- gress, will increase the total of the 1928 appropriations from $285.484,020 to $336,683,821.20, or $36,493.732.2 more than the Budget estimate for Reductions for Interior. The following comparison is made, therefore, between the Budget esti- mates for 1929 and the existing appro- priations for 1928, plus the above- mentioned supplemental estimates for that year. The estimates for the of- fice of the Secretary of the Interior how a decrease from $865,600 to $850,- 200, due mostly to small reductions in personnel. The estimates for the Gen- eral Land Office are decreased from 2,207,550 to $2,138,550 by reductions in personnel in the District of Columbia and in the field. For the Geological Survey there is a decrease from $1,- 807,880 to $1,766,080, chiefly in the items for classification of lands and oil-leasing work. For the National Park Service the estimates are re- duced from $4,924,6: due to the submission of a supple- mental estimate for 1928 of $1,000,000 for roads and trails construction, al- though there is an increase of $687,565 in the 1929 estimates over the existing 1928 appropriations. The estimates for the Bureau of Education show a decrease from $921, to $914,800, largely through the reduction of the item for investigation of land- grant colleges. For the Territorial governments, the estimates show a slight decrease from $1,620,200 to $1,599,200, through a reduction of $100,000 in the estimate for the Alaska Railroad, which is offset in part by the biennial estimates of $80,000 for legis- lative expenses. he estimates for the Bureau of Tn dian Affairs are apparently decreased from $16,204,486 in 1928 (which in- cludes supplemental estimates for 1928 of $3,549,801.20) to $13,754,009. Excluding the 1928 supplementals, there is an increase in the 1929 esti- mates over the existing 1928 appro- priations of $1,099,324, to provide for more extensive work in educating the Indians and in bettering their condi- tion ph 1 Pensions Total Cut. For the Bureau of Pensions, the es timates decreased from $268,- 16,000 to $231,738,000, through the in- clusion for 1928 of a supplemental es- timate of $46,000,000 to meet increased pension nents during that year. The 1929 estimates for the Bureau of Pensions include the amount of $19,- 950,000 for beginning the financing of the' liability of the United States to the civil-service retirement and disa- | bility fund. |mation show an increase from $12 800 to $13,160,000, to more rapidly on the work of authorized new construction of reclamation projects. v's Hospital the esti reased from $929,000 to $1,313,000, due to the inclusion of an item of $400,000 for the beginning of out of commission; $130,000 for the completion of three other navigation | \ids upon which work has already 0 in progress; §209,000 to continug construction of a new medical and surgical building to cost, with equip- {ment, $ 00, vessels, | | to ¢ involves a | | w | t Nebraska fish | Oklahoma | modeling stations: | salar %000 | tion 1 Fotan | $390.000. $110,180 is_distrib- | Estimates for the Bureau of Recla | | ulation U. S. Receipts and Expenditures Are Detailed in Digest of Budget The receipts and expenditures shown in detail n the budget are summarized in the following statement: SUMMARY (EXC Receipts: Customs Incom Miscell; Fove Miscell ta ous ue .. 1c01s 16 SIVE_OF POSTAL REVENUES AND POSTAL EXPENDI- URES PAID FROM POSTAIL REV Estimated, 1929. $002,000,.009.00 ,000.00 $605.499.983 44 SOeEOATR0 M265.006:000: 4,992.800.25 000.00 ES). Famated, 1928, Actual, 1927. 044,421,541 50 4.00 654,480,115 85 Total receipts ..... 3.800.49 expenditures (includ- reluction of the public debt ro w to be made rary ceipts) 55 from Excess of receints .. n for the Deaf are increased from $113,400 to $130,000 to provide for re- the power plant. Howard ity has an incre 2 from 00 to $240,000 in the items for s and expenses. A new item of £130,000 is included to begin construc- a chemistry building to cost The cstimates for Freed- how an increase from 2,000, largely the result the inclusion of an estimate of $242,000 for an enlargement of the nurses’ home, for a new dining room and kitchen facilities, for remodeling the power plant, and for an addition to the employes' quarters. timated amounts required un- us permanent and indefinite tions, eased from $218 men'’s Hospitil $188,000 to § Appropriated for 19 Supplemental estimate dtag \al for 1928 ot estimate for 1 119.555.50 rtment of t decrease es for the Dep: 9 include pay for addi personnel and necessary pro- An increase of $157,000 is d for miscellaneous expenses of United States courts, composed of $119,000 for salaries and traveling ex- penses of law clerks for circuit judges, §23,000 for salaries and expenses of tenog: s - engers for the new United States dis- trict judges, and $15,000 for salaries and expenses of stenographers to spe cial assistants to the Attorney Gen- eral in prohibition cases. Material increases are recommended The estir Justice for 19 |for the varjous Federal penal institu- tions to provide for an incre and to meet the increase in the clothing allowance and cash gra- tuity authorized by the act of July 3, 1926. For McNeil Tsland $177,100 is asked for construction and equipment pur- poses. An item is included of $60,000 for an additional family. building to house 40 boys at_the Nafional Train- ing School for Boys. An appropria- tion of $75,000 was made in 1928 for a similar building. Funds are re- quested to provide for additional guards for the various penitentiaries. Reductions are contemplated in the printing item, for pay of special as- ant attorneys, for fees of commis- sioners, jurors and witnesses, and a smaller amount for rent of court- rooms, ng pop- Department of Labor. Appropriated. 1928........ ..$10.159.516 Supplemental estimates ‘submit- ted for 1928...... Total for 1928. . Budget estimate for i Increase .. 570.084 The appropriations for which the estimates provide increases or reduc- tions of the amounts appropriated for similar purposes for the fiscal year 1928 are as follows: Appropriated Estimated Appropriation 1928, 1929, Salaries, Office of the Secretary of Labor Supplemental esti- mate submitted for 1928 $186.000 ... $192.000 8.875.000 257.000 191,240 35.000 immigration. . 6.5 50.000 i yf statiol Immigration General Bureau of et Promotion of welfare oF ity and fnfancy. Children's reau ... .. 1000976 100.000 656.000 680,000 1.108.000 102.000 S omen's Burean. - Cantingent. expenses. it 43.700 39.000 Publishing <hin o jon . ..... 25,000 10,000 ReTURGR. Sipic: ELE e (00 The act of March 4, 1927 (4 3 1221), authorizes two assistants to the Secretary. Part of the salaries of these assistants will be met by sav- ings effected by the department and the remainder is provided by the $760 estimate increase. Immigration Needs Listed. The need for a larger appropriation to enforce the immigration laws is recognized by the increase of $340,000. This provides $17,000 for additional personnel in the District of Columbia, £95,000 additional for coast and land border patrol for prevention of illegal alien entries, funds for additional im- migration inspectors to locate aliens illegally in the United States, and ad- ditional funds for the detention, transportation, and deportation of such aliens. The amount of the esti- mate for coast and land-border patrol s $195,000 in excess of the fiscal year 1927 appropriation for this purpose. The estimate increase will provide 16 more senior patrolmen, 100 additional patrolmen, and 88 more immigrant inspectors than were carried on the fiscal year 1927 rolls, $75,365 more for detention and maintenance of aliens, and $157,337 more for trans- portation of aliens than was expended for similar purposes in the fiscal year 1927, when 12,055 allens illegally in the United States were deported. Ellis Island_immigration station is in urgent need of repairs, particular- ly its water system, plumbing, paint- ing and electrical fixtures and equip- ment. An amount of $207,000 is in- cluded in the estimate for immigration stations for these repairs. $21,000 General Expenses. The estimate contemplates an in- crease of $24,000 in the appropriation “General expenses, Bureau of Nat- uralization,” to enable the department to keep pace with the increase in ap- plications for citizenship and to pro- vide temporary additional bureau personnel for the consolidation of 2,250,000 individual records of declara- tions' of intentions, petitions for citi- zenship, and certificates of citizenship now maintained in separate files. ‘The estimate asks for an appropria- tion increase of $17,024 for “Promotion of welfare of maternity and infancy. Children’s Bureau,” to meet State ap- propriations. imate contemplates an in 2,000 in the appropriation and _expenses, Women’s for additional travel. The appropriation “Contingent ex Office of the Secretary of 1928,” included a special item 00 for travel expenses of a ional committee for a_survey e: congee of ce conditions. The estimate is $4,700 less than the 1928 appropriation. The department has on hand a con- siderable supply of aliens contemplating citizenship, and the estimate asks for a reduction of $15,000 in the appropriation “Publish- ing citizenship texthooks, Bureau of Mwtimates for the Colymbla Institu- Naturalization,” V| t and land-border immigration textbooks for | T4,075.608.001.00 4,120,394,441.10 3,493.584.510.40 $635,800.921.70 3.621,314,286.00 T $151.283.806.00 Navy Department. 18.131.957 aval Sup unt Fund ated bal- 3 from prior Years reappor- and made ailable for 1928 . D 5.115.000 Tnobli 830.000 Total able “to date for In_addition. ‘supplemental esti- niates for the fiscal year 198, due largely to legisia- tion passed by the last ses. sion of Congress. which, if enacted into law, Wil * fn- crease the total availability of 1928 by . e Total _estimated for 1928 Budget estin a1 23,701,020 availabi Increase over ability for 19 cereens 14,209,043 of the § 1,020 supplemental estimates for 1928, mentioned above, $21,417,000 is due to legislation en- acted by the last Congress. . It is contemplated that the Budge! estimates will provide for the same number of enlisted men of the Nav and Marine Corps for 1929 as, for 19 for practically the same number of ships in commission during 1920 as will be in commission at the close of 1928; for continuing work at a nor- mal rate of speed on all new ships under construction at the present time; for completion of repairs and alterations to the battleships Okla- homa and Nevada; for meeting the third increment of the Navy five-year aircraft program, and second install- ment on the construction of one large airship; for numerous public works projec including new buildings and a continuation of the work of dredg- ing the Pearl Harbor Channel; and the eflicient maintenance and op- ion of the fleet and shore stations. The net increase of $14,209,043 ove) 8 availability is absorbed ver: by the increase of the Navy ation. On the supposition that supplementals submitted for this item will be approved, there will be available for increase of the Navy this vear $39,615,000. Estimates for this purpose for 1929 total $48,000,000, an increase of $8,385,000. This amount will enable the prosecution of work on all naval work authorized by Congress, with the exception of 3 submarines and 12 destroyers authorized in 1916, for which no funds are wanted at this time. $32,735,000 for Aviation. There is recommended for aviation, Navy, for 1929, an availability of $32 735,000, an increase of $10,773,000 over the 1928 availability. This will provide for the third increment of the Navy's five-year air program. Ample provision is made for major alteration of vessels, including altera- tion of submarine $-48. For public works, Bureau of Yards and Docks, $4,276,000 is recommended. For engineering the budget carries an estimate of $19,400,000; for con- struction and repair of vessels, $17, 000,000; for ordnance and ordnance stores, $13,000,000; pay, subsistence and transportation, $149,250,000; main- tenance Bureau of Supplies and Ac- counts, $9,862,000; and maintenance Bureau of Yards and Docks, $7,500,000; all of which show substantial in- creases. Fuel and transportation, however, shows a reduction from $12,000,000 in 1928 to $10,690,000 for , due to reduction in price of oil. ‘or pay of the Marine Corps there is a slight increase, while general expenses, Marine Corps, are reduced from $9,- 405,000 available for 1928, to $8,370,000 for 1929, Supplemental estimates for 1928 amounting to $1,207,520 abnor- mally swell the 1928 availability, made necessary by extraordinary expendi- tures for China and Nicaragua expe- ditionary forces. Post Office Department. $755.566.200 ‘sirb- year Appropriation for 1028 . Supplemental estimates mitted for the fiscal 2.031.800 757,588,000 768,270,042 Net icnreass .... 10,682,042 The estimates for 1929 show an in- crease of only 1.4 per cent over the appropriations and supplemental esti- mates for 1928, which is below the usual rate of increase shown in previous years. This increase does not, however, fairly represent the pro- vision that has been made in the es timates for the expansion of the postal service in the fiscal year 1929, by rea- son of the fact that the estimates and appropriations for 1928 were based upon an anticipated increase of 6 per cent in postal business. It now ap- pears that the increase in business in 1928 will not amount to more than 4 per cent. While it has not been pos- sible to reduce expenses in a_ corre- sponding ratio, the need for additional employes and supplies has not been as great as it otherwise would have been. It is now estimated that the expend- itures in 1928 will be approximately $14,700,000 less than the appropria- On this basis the estimates for show an increase of approx- imately $25,400,000, or 3.4 per cent, over the estimated expenditures for 1928. The 1929 estimates are again figured on the basis of a 6 per cent in- crease in postal business, which is considered the only safe basis in esti- mating so far in advance require- ments of the service. Post Office Increases. The more important increases and decreases are as follows: An increase in departmental salaries of $69,300, which provides for five ad- ditional draftsmen in the division of topography of the Fourth Assistant Postmaster General's office and promo- tions in the several bureaus of the de- partment. An increase of $650,000 for com- pensation of watchmen, messengers and laborers, to provide for automatic promotions authorized by law and ad- ditional laborers in post offices. An increase of $100,000 for car fare and bicycle allowances, because of in- creased number of city delivery car- riers who, in the interest of economy of time, must be transported over the Jarger area occupied by the increasing population of the larger cities. An increase of §4,450,000 for city de- carriers, to provide for the auto- promotions authorized by law for necessary additions to the force. | An increase of $450,000 for vehicle service, principally for the purchase of new equipment. An increase of $2,000,000 in the pro- ons for carrying air mail by pri vate contractors, due to the marked | increase in mail offered for transmis- Lsiull by this means. An increase of $1,200,000 for trans- portation of foreign mail, including an Total for 1928 . Budget estimate for increase of $150,000 in the provision for carrying foreign mail by aircraft. A decrease of $400,000 in the allow- ance for indemnities for the loss or damage of domestic mails, due to re- duction in the number of claims filed as the result of better protection given porcel-post mail, including taking of recelptaion delivery of insured parcel post. Indemnity Fund Cut. A decrease of $50,000 in the allow- ance for purchase of stationery, due to ecomomies in use of supplies and re- duozd prices. An increase of $125,000 in the item for labor-saving devices, to provide for additional conveyor systems in a num- ber of the larger post offices and the replacement of worn-out equipment. An_increase of $420,000 allowance for mail bags and equipment to pro- vide for replacement and repalr of old bags and necessary increase in the number of new sacks and pouches re- quired. An_increase of $494,000 for the Rural Delivery Service, to provide for | extension of existing routes and neces sary additional routes, Department of State. $12.155119.41 971.000.00 Appropriated for 1928 Supplemental st Total for 1928. .. Budget estimate for 1936 Net increase......... This indicated increase is distri- huted very generally through State Department activities for increases in personnel and certain increases in pay made necessary by greatly increased demands upon the service. Additional help is provided for the very necessary recataloguing of the State Department library. An additional amount is pro- vided for extending the examinations abroad for intending immigrants. An increase of $76,000 is recom- mended for post allowances to Foreign Service officers needed to meet extraor- dinary living conditions in certain lo- calities. The annual allowance to the Pan | American Union i3 _increased from $150,568.93 to $152,256. This allow- ance is hased on population, and the increase is necessitated by a new esti- mate of population for the United States and its dependencies of 132,256, 000 people. There is a new item of $35,000 for the International Water Commission, United States and Mexico, created by the act of March 3, 1927. Another new item is an estimate of $41,000 for a statute of Henry Clay in Caracas, Venezuela, called for by the act of February 24,'1927. Sufficient funds’ are recommended for prosecution of the plans for acqui- sition of buildings and grounds in foreign countires called for by the Foreign Service building act of May 7, 1926, which authorizes an amount not to exceed $10,000,000 for the pur- pose of properly housing our foreign representatives.” The sum of $435,000 has been appropriated under this act, a_supplemental estimate for $700,000 will be submitted for 1928, while $1,300,000 is asked for 19 Suitable embassy buildings for Tokyo, Japan, were authorized by the act of February 21, 1925. A total ex- penditure not to exceed $1,250,000 was authorized. Of this amount, $880.000 has been appropriated. The total esti- mated_expenditure on this project to June 30, 1929, is $1,130,000. To keep pace with this program an estimate of $250,000 is carried in this Budget for 1929, In this Budget appears for the first time an estimate for the Foreign Serv- ice retirement and disability fund. $213,000. This fund was established by the act of May 24, 1924, amended by the act of July 3, 1926. The amount carried for this purpose in this Budget if appropriated annually will liquidate the Government's accrued liability within a period of 60 years and at the same time take care of the Govern- ment’s normal liability for that period, which will be reduced to 27 years if the annual increase in the pay roll during that tinte amounts to 3 per (Exclusive of interest on and retirement of the of the public debt Koniilated_tor 1028, 1 Appropria or 1928, in- cluding _$106.611.134 44 unexpended __balance on July ‘1. 1927. of appro- Ppriation for refunding_in- revenue taxes ille- gally_collected. for 1928 and prior years ........$275.337.267.44 Supplemental” estimates sub- mitted for the fiscal Total for 1928 .. Budget estimate for Net reduction .. from ordinary 11,181,928 The principal factors involved in this net reduction, with respect to the branches of the service involved, are as follows: Division of Supply. A decrease of $105,000 in the pro- vision for printing and binding, and $50,000 in the provision for stationery, due to decreased requirements, Public Debt Service. A decrease of $25,000 in expenses of administration of public debt issues, due to the removal from rented quar- ters to the new addition to the Lib- erty Loan Building, an increase of $116,640 in the estimated expenditures from the indefinite apropriation for expenses of loans, due to increase in refunding operations, and a decrease of $236,715 in the cost of distinctive paper for United States securities, dne to the proposed reduction in the size of United States notes. Included in the estimate for 1929 is a provision for a one month's reserve stock of distinctive paper. Provision is no long- er made in the public debt estimates for the preparation and issue of Fed- eral reserve notes, as the Federal Re- serve Board estimates are carried in the Budget for 1929 for the first time. This item amounted to $1,504,000 in the 1928 estimates. Customs Service. An increase of $1,000,000 in the item “Collecting the revenue from cus- toms,” due largely te the transfer to the customs service pay roll of the forces engaged in patrolling our bor- ders to prevent the smuggling of liquors into this country, and increases in salaries of customs employees amounting to $200,000, in addition to a like sum appropriated for this pur pose for the fiscal year 1928. The changes in the indefinite ap- propriations consist of an increase of $600,000 for refunds of excessive dutics and a decrease of $6,000,000 for de- bentures or drawbacks. Farm-loan Board. An fncrease of $68,201 In the pro- visions for salaries and miscellaneous cxpenses, principally for increase in force, to enable the board to increase its supervisory and examiner forces Controller of the Currency. An_increase of $50,000 in the esti- mated expenditures under the indefi- nite appropriation for salaries and ex- penses of national-bank examiners. Bureau of Internal Revenue. A decrease of $785,000 in the expense of collecting the internal revenue, duc to the transfer to the newly created Bureau of Prohibition of employes heretofore carried on the internal-reve- nue roll, but engaged on “prohibtion” work, and to a decrease in the fleld force. There is a decrease of approximately $14,600,000 in the requirement for re- fund of internal-revenue taxes. A decrease of $300,000 in the indefi- nite appropriation for redemption of internal-revenue stamps, and a de- crease of $400,000 in the provision for of 118,750 Is Provided in Budget Estimates for Next Year PANAMA CANAL INCREASE IS ESTIMATED AT $1.060.000 $50,000.000 for Rivers and Harbors: $10.- 400,000 for Flood Control Is Contained in Estimate Bill. payment into the treasury of the Phil- pine Islands of taxes collected in the United States on articles coming from the Philippine Islands. Bureau of Prohibition. A decrease of $591,265, of which 824 is due to transfers of em- ployes to and from ‘the prohibition service incident to its reorganization as a separate bureau and the transfer to the customs pay roll of the s called “border patrol,” and $350,000 due to economies effected in the cost of adminstration, principally in tran: portation charges and salaries for clerk hire in the fleld. Coast Guard. A net decrease of $765,330, made up of a decrease of $325,000 in the r quirements for fuel oils for vessel an increase of $133,400 in the provi- sion for rehabilitating stations and houses of refuge; an increase of $200,- 000 for outfits, ship chandlery, and engineers’ store a decrease of $ 000 in the requirements for coastal communication lines; an increase of ,000 for contingent expenses; a de- rease of $732,000 in the requirements of the program for building 10 new cutters; an increase of $50,000 for re- pairs to vessels and boats; and a new item of $34,770 for establishing a Coast Guard station at Grand Marals, Minn. Burean of Engraving and Printing. A decrease of $964,795, due to re- duction costs resulting from reduc- tion in size of United States notes by one-third. Secret Service. An increase of $29,100 for promo- tions in headquarters force and for continuing the reorganization of the field forces and making necessary ad- ditions thereto. Public Health Service. A net decrease of $60,805, made up principally of increases of $25,000 for repairs to the steamer Governor Pennypacker, $20,000 for field investi- gations of public health, to permit of additional subjects being taken up for inquiry, $145,000 for studies of rural sanitation, to permit of continued co- operation with other activities in handling sanitation problems in the Mississippi flooded area, with decreases of $125,000 in the provision for pay of personnel and maintenance of hos- pitals, due to the nonrecurrence of pro- visions made in 1928 of requirements brought over from 1927 as a result of the failure of the deficiency appropria- tion bill, and a decrease of $95,000 in the provision for preventing the spread of epidemic diseases in 1928, the work being carried on in 1928 from the appropriation for studies in rural $anitation. Mints and Assay Offices. A net reduction of $46,610 due to d creased requirements and economies effected in mintage costs. Office of the Supervising Archtect. The net increase of $13,358,467.16 in the provision for the Supervising Architect is' made up principally as follows: An increase of $4,868,000 in provision for erection of Federal buildings under the public buildings act of May 25, 1926. A new item of $8,000,000 for the con- struction of a new building in New York for the appraisers’ stores of the Customs Service. A decrease of approximately $400,- 000 in the provisions for miscellaneous construction projects. A reduction of $200,000 in the pro- vision for remodeling and enlarging public buildings. A new item of $275,000 for the rent of temporary quarters for the accom- modatjon of Government activities during the reconstruction of Federal buildings. An increase of $245,000 in the pro- visions for repair, equipment, and gen- eral expenses of public buildings. An increase of $630,500 in the pro- visions for operating expenses of pub- lic buildings. An increase of $630,500 in the pro- visions for operating expenses of pub- lic buildings, including increases of salaries of the custodial force amount- ing to $200,000. —Wn Department. Angropriated for 1028— ar Depart- ment proper. $351.932.197 National Home " for Disabled Soldiers Panama Cani Total . Unexpended ropriated * for F358:3% t 1928— ar Department proper. $307.857.320 4.445,000 Supplemental | estimates Submitted for the fiscal Total For 1028 " War * Depart- (ment, proper. 387,149,975 National Home " for Dinabied o'l Soldiers . : Panama Canai. Bugget estmaiés tor 1662 udget estimatés 392 J:r Depart- o= ment proper, 381,817,843 National Home for Disabied o1'u nteer Soldiers . . Panama Canal.. Total . Increase— National for bied 30,772,778 .345.300 /860,000 Home Disa Vo luntee: Department proper Net decrease....... The amount estimated for the main- tenance and operation of the Regular Army will provide for a maximum force of 12,000 commissioned officers, with an average of 11,738, and an average enlisted strength throughout the year of 118,750, exclusive of the Philippine _Scouts, for which an average enlisted strength of 6,060 is provided. It will also provide for the training of 15,125 reserve officers for a period of two weeks and of 600 reserve officers for periods varying from one month to one year; for the attendance of 30,000 men at citizens’ military training camps; for an en- rollment of 125,141 students in the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps units, and for_the maintenance of the National Guard at an average strength throughout the year of ap- proximately 188,000. Provision is also made in the estimates for 1929 to enable the War Department to commence the recognition of certain additional units with a view to rounding out the tactical organiza- tions of the National Guard and in- creasing its total strength to 190,000 officers and enlisted men by the year 1931. The budget estimate also provides for essentials connected with the maintenance and operation of active military posts, camps and stations as now constituted, the estimates for 1929 for the three principal actlvities falling within this classifica namely, barracks and quarters, w and sewers, and roads, Walks, wharves and drainage, amounting to a total of $10,440,000, an increase of $1.672,502 over the appropriation 1928, For new construction at mili. tary posts of barracks and quarters with = utilities and _appurtenances thereto, there is carried in the budsc estimate the sum of $5,000,000, and provision is made for obligation t contract to the extent of §2,115,0 additional. Provision is made for necessa Army transportation, including operation of the Army Transport S ice: for the purchase of 2,400 hors 1,981 mules and 468 automobiles the Army as replacements; for maintenance in part of war reserve including $7,051,500 for ammunitior for the surveillance of and protectior of stocks of ammunition to prevent deterioration and spontaneous com hustion; for the continued operation ot Army laundries at general hospitals, the disciplinary barracks, and at vari ous camps, posts and stations, for the upkeep of existing fortifications and accessories, and for carrying forward the general plan for the protection of the Panama Canal. $29,817,268 for Air Corps. For the Air Corps $29,817,268 estimated, $24,817,268 being for direc: appropriation and $5,000,000 for of gation by contract, there being includ- ed in these figures the sum of $1i 257,445 for the procurement of a planes, their spare parts and acces- sorles. In addition, the budget est! mate makes indirect provision for the Afr Corps to the extent of appro: mately $19.000,000, various sums ag- gregating this amount being included in the estimate 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 purchase of airplanes, their spare parts and accessories, the sum of $734,288 for the National Guard and $194,087 for the Organized Reserves. For the United States Military Academy, provision is made for the essentials connected with its mainte- nance and operation. Muscle Shoals Fund. Excluding ail items of a non- military character, as well as the pay of military personnel on the retired lists of the Army, the total amount provided for National defense in the ‘War Department budget estimates is $291,331,838. For rivers and harbors, $50,000,000 is estimated for the maintenance and improvement of existing river and harbor works, in addition to $7,251.2 which will be available from perma- nent specific and indefinite appropris- tions and contributed funds. For flood control on the Mississippi and Sacra- mento Rivers $10,000,000 and $400,00¢ respectively, are estimated. For the maintenance and operation of Dam No. 2, Muscle Shoals, Ala., including its hydroelectric power plant, $275,000 is estimated. This plant is being oper- ated and the power generated sold to private interests and is producing 7 net annual revenue of approximatel* $900,000, which is deposited in the Treasury to the credit of miscellaneous receipts, The total provided for all l]';sn.:’;oot river and harbor work is $68,- -$8.328.13° 8,345 Tncrease . R T The Budget estimate will provide for the essentials connected with the maintenance and operation of the 10 homes and for aid to State homes, Appropriated for 1928 Budget estimate for 1920. Interest on the Public Debt. Estimated expenditures for 19 revised as shown in the 1928 Budget e $720.000.000 Estimated 670.000.000 1929 .. Reduction 50.000.001 The reduction for 1929 below 1928 is due to continued curtailment of the public debt. The estimated expendi- ture for 1928, as shown in the 1928 Budget, was $755,000,000. The revise! estimate, as shown in the 1929 Budge!, is $25,000,000 lower. On August 31, 1919, when the war debt was at its peak, the gross deht amounted to $26,596,701,648.01. On June 30, 1927, the gross debt amount- ed to $18,511,906,931.85, a reduction from peak of $8,084,794,716.16. Appropriated for 1928 00 Bhleer cstimate for 1626 : >5:000:000 41 Increase ™ o The Budget estimate ‘provides. for essentials necessary for the ngrmal maintenance and operation of the canal, including $600,000 for overhaul of the Pacific locks, and for the sani- tation and civil government of tha Canal Zone. In addition, provision 9 made for certain capital additions, in cluding $600,000 for continuing the construction of permanent quarters. There is also included in the Budged an estimate of $250,000 for commena: ing construction of a dam across the Chagres River, at Alhajuela, Panama, for the storage of water for use in the maintenance and operation of the Panama Canal. This is a large and necessary project, to cost not in exces } of $12.000.000. This projected dam wil | prexide dditional water s(orsx‘e“ about 28 billions of cubic f ! additins thereto Will be & menes of o trot cf the Checrer River floods divir - the rainy seasou, which are a pesetsi- menace to canal navigation. It w7 require approximately five years i complete the undertaking. Canal bus ness {s increasing. The number o commercial craft, the net tonnage of vessels, and the volume of car; 9 ing through the canal during thoe '(‘;v\' ernment year ending with June 30 1927, exceeded the record for any pre vious yvear. The construction of the projected dam is an important and Tecessary step in the plan to provide for the increasing demands on t canal and for the extraordinary d velopment of c: ronieE anal business that is In connection with budget es s for maintaining and o;t;ralintxi(mflw great national asset the following in formation is of interest: The investment in the ca its fense and partly commercial. To June 30, 1927, the investment charged to national defense was $113,122,8%" and to commercial use $269 the total investment being $382,55.- 121, which is exclusive of fortifica- tions, military posts and submarine bases. The total gross revenues to June 30, 1927, amounted to $318,447.- 26, derived from tolls, taxes and iness operations. Deducting from (Continued on Page Forty-oned