Evening Star Newspaper, December 4, 1929, Page 34

THE EVEN. NG STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1929. INCREASED AMOUNTS ARE URGED FOR ARMY AND NAVY PROGRAMS DIRIGIBLES AND CRUISERS HELP TO BOOST ESTIMATE nial Census and by the Lighthouse Service for vessel construction, The appropriations for the Office of tke Becretary are increased $41,560, be- ing $3,060 for salaries, $30,000 for print- ir- and binding, and $8,500 for contin- gent items. The $10.000 apparent increase for the | Legislative establishment: New House Office Building. ITEMS OF INCREASE AND DECREASE ‘The larger items of increase and decrease in the budget follow: Enlarging and improving the Capitol grounds. $3.600.000 Increases Decreases 1,500,000 Assistant attorneys, from $359,600 to $450,000; and salaries and expenses of clerks, ' Uhited "States courts, $1,943400 to $2,105,060. These esti- mates provide for increases in salaries of som= of the United States attorneys, marshals, and clerks of courts, and part of their office forces, additional person- from | $11,250,000 MORE SOUGHT FOR VETERANS® BENEFIT Radio Division is a current requirement | availability increase of $60,000 for the | teason that the current year available | total provides $50,000 for construction not asked for in 1931. Thirty thousand dollars of this increase s for personnel Completion of Senate Office Building. Bullding for Supreme Court...... Independent establishments: Arlington Memorial Bridge Commission Federal Farm Board revolving loan fund . (Note—An estimate for 1931 will be sub- mitted later when the amount required 2,700,000 nel where necessary, and additional 1,000,000 funds for traveling and other expenses. Expenses of Courts. The estimates for fces of commis- sioners and fees of jurors and witnesses, Each Service Department Is Given Funds for Carrying Out Five-Year Justice Asks $4,079,922 for Additional Work—Post Office Wants $1,000,000 150,000,000 Aviatior (Continued From Page 33) eontinuance of the availability of the | unexpended Dbalance of this amount | through the fiscal year 1931. Veterans’ Bureau. Appropriated for 1930, $499.975.000; | injurious and beneficial to agriculture | Government life insurance fund: Losses, | and investment of receipts, $97.- 400.000; comparable total for 193 $597,375,000; appropriations for 1931, Budget estimates, $511,225,000; Govern- | Mment life insurance fund: Losses, loans, | and investment of receipts—Budget es- | timate for 1931, 8.530,000; Budget estimate for 1931, $589,755,000; net de- | erease, $7.620.000. | Eliminating the items of expendi- | tures from the self-supporting Govern- | ment life insurance fund, the estimates | for appropriation of funds for 1931 ex- | ceed the 1930 comparable’ availability for similar purposes by $11,250,000. | For salaries and expenses an increase | of $2,000,000 is requested for personnel in new hospitals and an increase in the | legal division of central office to handle | the increasing number of claims cases. | n Plans tural products: $36.000 for soil surveys $41.000 for sofl fertility investigations: and $38,635 for other chemical investi- | gations affecting agriculture, For the Bureau of Entomology there is an increase of $268.442 for investi- gating the history and habits of insects and determining methods of those that are injurious. For the Bureau of Biological Survey there is an increase of $46,727 for de- stroying rodents and predatory animals: $21.200 for research studies concerning wild animal life including their rela- tion to forests: $18987 for protection of migratory birds: $23.800 for protec- tion, production, and utilization of fur- bearing &nimals and reindeer in the United States and Alaska; $30400 fou maintenance of animal and bird reser- tions and refuges: $125.000 for acqui- sition of areas for migratory-bird reser- vations under the act of February 18, 1929. These increases are offset in part by a reduction of $161.816 in the amount for land purchases and phy: cal improvements at the Bear River Utah. bird refuge, the amount esti estroying and $30,000 for monitoring equipment. T r acronautics the estimate su mitted is $2509,210 more than the &p- propriations for the current year. hundred seventy-three thousand eight | hundred thirty dollars of this increase | is for pay and expenses of additional inspection personnel for rapidly grow- ing requirements under inspection and licensing of aircraft, pilots, and me- chanics and for the overhaul and re- placement of 9 of the 20 planes used in the inspection service. Th= increase will also provide for examining and 1ating seronautical schools as required in the act of February 28, 1929. An maintenance and operation of lighted afrways to be in operation by June 30 | next, the construction of 3,000 addi- ‘tlnnal miles in 1931, and its mainte- year. The program also inclides a con- siderable extension of the tcletype sy: tem of weather reporting. Foreign and Domestic Commerce. ‘The Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce is increased from $4.548,547 to $4.811,660, or a total of $263,113. This will permit an increase of $127,113 for growth in the activities especially concerned with foreign trade, $71,000 or the promotion of domestic com- An additional $4550.000 is included | mated being the final installment under | Merce by means of surveys and studies in the estimates for military and naval compensation, largely for retired pay | of emergency officers under the act of May 24, 1928. Retirements under this act greatly exceed the number antici-| ted. P.AII increase of $3.950.000 for mrd'(‘nl" and hospital services is requested for maintenance, equipment, and operation, excluding personnel, of new hospitals | and to provide for the increasing num- ber of nonservice connected cases. ¢ For military and naval insurance an increase of $4.750,000 is asked for in the 1931 estimates. ‘The $2.000,000 estimated for hospital facilities and services will complete the appropriation ef $15.000,000 authorized in the act of May 23, 1928, of which $6,000,000 was appropriated for 1930. Appropriated for 1930, $155,729.990; deduct portion expended in 1929 or transferred, $92,667; $155,637,323; add unexpended balances continued l\'lfl-i able, $14,686,483; total available for 1930, $170,323,806. Deduct amounts available in 1930 for ojects not included in 1931} 3’?\2‘3‘2»‘" ood_rellef, road repairs—| Vermont, New Hampshire, and Ken- tucky, $3,280,169; Missouri, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Arkansas, $3,654,000; Joans to farmers in Soutiieastern States, S Fourth World's Poultry Con- ujs‘ooszs'“go: I‘.dlt;l’runlln fruit fly, 035,000, $10,369,169. sl(l‘zf total for 1930, $159.954,637; Bu.get estimate for 1931, $165,088,506; une: ded balances continued avall- able, $810,000; total for 1931, $165,898.- 506; increase 1931 over 1930 for regular | continuing activities, $5.943.869. ‘This increase of $5943,869 includes increases amounting to $1,531,103 for research work and $2,019,500 for fire protection in of the national t:r;xu. ‘The cipal increases and decreases m;:l‘l':l_mclufl!d in the estimates for 1931 4s compared l\l'uh the avail- ity for 1930 are as follows: w!’:.’n"ma Office of the Secretary there is & decréase of $103440 for Tent of buildings due to the probabllity of the Government acquiring title to buildings now rented; an increase of $10,550 for new positions and promotions, and $49.- 500 for reroofing both wings of the pruent-deynrtment building and the purchase of automobiles. For the Office of Information there is an increase of $100,000 for printing and binding to enable the department to print material which has accumulated under increased appropriations for re- search work., and $10,000 for two addi- tional ‘editorial writers. For the library there is an increase of $3,000 for two additional employees. For the Office of Experiment Stations there is an increase of $14.000 for ad- ministering acts making appropriation for the use of State agricultural experi- ment stations. $5.000 for extending the acts to the Territory of Hawail, and| $2,000 for additional work at insular| experiment stations. Office of Extension Service. Por the Office of Extension Service there is an increase of $10,000 for ex- tension work in Alaska pursuant to the act of February 23, 1929; $5.000 for farm_forestry to cooperate with addi- tional States under the Clark-McNary Act: $55.000 for cooperating marketing specialists to meet the needs of the| Federal Parm Board; and $3.000 for ad- | ministration. These increases are o7- set in part by the omission of special funds for extension work in flood reliet for which $61,615 was available in 1930 For the Weather Bureau there is an| increase of $56,000 for improving the | general service and $600.000 for fur- nishing additional - weather forecast service to aviation. For the Bureau of Animal Industry there it an increase of $11,400 for In- spection of the Quarantine Service: $34,000 for tick eradication: $65.210 for | investigations of the breeding, feeding, and management of domestic farm ani- mals: $74,000 for poultry feeding and | breeding: $56.220 for investigations of | animal diseases; and $20,000 for melt' inspection. These increases are offset in part by & decrease of $171.000 for the eradication of bovine tuberculosis, and $15300 for the eradication of dourine in horses, both decreases being | due to progress which has been made in_eradication work. Por the Bureau of Dairy Industry there is an increase of $38500 for in- vestigations in dairying and dairy herd | improvement, $11,000 for the purchase | of land near Beltsville, Md, and a de- crease of $30,000 due to the inclusion in 1930 appropriations of funds for the | establishment of a dairy station at| Lewisburg, Tenn., which now requircs funds for operation only. Bureau of Plant Industry. For the Bureau of Plant Industry there is an increase of $19.948 for l(:;'-\[ thology; 859,500 for cotton produc- ?l‘on ln'dv cotton diseases: $104.000 for research work in improving wheat and rice growing: $25.000 for further physical improvements at the Cheyenne, Wyo., dry-land agricultural station: $102269 for horticultural investigations: $18.800 for the introduction of foreign plants; | and $28.500 for miscellaneous items. i For the Forest Service there is an| increase of $188.500 for prevention of | forest fires: $1.500,000 for fire roads and | trails: $331,000 for forest fire protec-| tive improvements; $50,000 for control | of insects, rodents, and diseases affect- | ing forests; $300,000 for cooperation with States and others in fire preven- tion and suppression in other than Go ent forests, under the Clark-Mc- ernm ! Nary Act: $238,000 for forest research work under the McNary-McSweeny Act; $111,950 for administration and improvements of the national forests. For expenditures under permanent and indefinite appropriations for the na- tional forests there are estimated in- creases of $270.000 for payments to States of the required percentage of forest receipts, and -$300,000 in pay- ments from funds received from the States and others for cooperative work | in national forests and forests adjacent thereto. For the Bureau of Chemistry and ! merged with the regular appr the legislative authorization. Public Roads. For the Bureau of Public Roads there is an increase of $75,000 for research work on machinery used on farms where the control of the corn borer is a problem, this work being carried on in 1930 with the unexpended balance of the corn-borer appropriation; $20,000 for research work on machinery used for cotton ginning and for the distri- bution of fertilizers; and $10,000 for studying engineering problems in con- nection with irrigation and drainage. For the Bureau of Agricultural Eco- nomics there is an increase of $28,000 for studies in farm management and practice; $61.900 for acquiring and diffusing information relative to the marketing and distribution of farm products; $65.000 for collecting and publishing estimates of the production of agricuitural crops and live stock: $40.000 for collecting and disseminating information relative to foreign supply and needs of agricultural products; $35,000 for cooperative work in making inspections and certifications of farm products on sale at certain markets; $70,740 for collecting and distributi; information relative to market supply demand, and movement of agricultural products (market news service) ; $40,000 for enforcement of regulatory acts per- taining to cotton futures; unwarranted destruction of produce received by com- mission merchants; and standards of cotton, grain, and produce containers, making a total increase of $340,640, which is offset in part by the omission of an estimate for the operation of Cen- ter Market for which $150,000 is avail- able in 1930. The appropriation for co- operative marketing was transferred to the Federal Farm Loan Board on Oc- tober 1, 1929. For the Bureau of Home Economics there is an increase of $40,200 for studies of food and of the utilization of agricultural products in home: For the Plant Quarantine and Con- trol Administration there is an increase of $54,000 for improving ‘the inspection service at ports; $96,000 for improving the inspection service” at the Mexican border; $20,955 for interception, inspec- tion, and disposition of articles trans- ferred in violation of quarantines; $52,- 000 for control of the European corn borer. There is an apparent increase of $80,000 for control of the gypsy moth, but taking into account a pro- posed supplemental estimate for 1930 of $100,000, there would be a decrease of | $20,000. There is an apparent increase of $208.000 for Japanese beetle control, but taking into account a proposed supplemental estimate for 1930 of $188,- 000 there would be an actual increase | of $20,000. These increases are offset in part by a decrease of $55,120 for con- trol of the ‘)lnk bollworm and $13,700 for date scale eradication due to com- pletion of an adopted program of work. Grain Futures Administration. For the Grain Futures Administration | there is an increase of $15,000 due to | the necessity for opening another office | in the Northwest and of strengthening the Washington office, For the Food and Drug Administra- tion there is an increase of $75,000 for preventing manufacture and sale of adulterated, misbranded. or deleterious foods and drugs. This increase is offset in part by the omission of an item of | $16.300 for collaboration with other de- partments, provision therefor being con- tained in an item which authorises | transfers of funds from departments for | work done for them. For experiment and demonstration stations in the South and West there is an increase of $10,000 for physical | improvements at Huntley, Mont., and Jeanerette, La. | For the coilection of seed loans there | is an increase of $80,000 due to add!- | tional work in making collections on | loans to farmers in the Southeast on | account of losses due to hurricanes. For special corn borer research $250,- 000 of the unexpended balance of the corn borer appropriation was continued available for 1930, and it is recom- mended for 1931 that there be con- tinued available from the unexpended balance $125,000, which will exhaust this fund. There have been added, | however, to regular appropriations in | the department $125,000, so that the same amount”will be available for this special research work for 1931 as for | 1930 For the operation of the national arboretum there is included $30,000, to begin the care of land which has been acquired For forest roads and trails there was an appropriation of $8,000,000 for 1930, of which $1,500000 was expended in the fiscal year 1929, leaving $6,500,000 available for 1930. A supplemental ap- propriation of $2,000000 will be re- quired for 1930, which would provide for a total expenditure of $8,500,000 during the current fiscal year. Due to reduction in the last few years of the margin between the total authorizations and the total appropriations, $7,500,000 should be sufficient. for 1931, For the Federal-aid highway system $74,000,000 was appropriated for 1930, of which $26500.000 was expended in 1929, leaving $47,500,000 available for 1930. A supplemental appropriation of $31,500,000 will be required for 1930, which would provide for a total expend- iture of $79,000.000 for the current fiscal year. Due to the reduction of the margin between the total authorizations and the total appropriations in the last few years, $75000000 should be suffi- clent for the fiscal year 1931, For special barley investigations $25 - 343 was appropriated for 1930. Esti- | mates for this activity for 1931 are | opriations Animal In- for 1931 for the Bureau of dustry and Plant Industry. Department of Commerce. Appropriated for 1930, $58,795.609: reappropriated from unexpended bal- | ance, $100,000; balances available from | 1920-30 appropriations, $71,228; com- parable total for 1930, $58,966,837; Bud- get estimate for 1931, $52,382,270; net decrease, $6.584,567. The net decrease of $6.564.567 is ef- fected through the need for less funds of problems of production and market- ing, and $65.000 for establishing a.nd strengthening district offices. An_increase of $186.135 is requested for the Steamboat Inspection Service, | from $1,187,220 to $1.373.355. This will | provide ‘45 additional assistant inspec- | tors at a total cost of $130,500, an in- | creased travel allowance of $25,000, ad- | ditional fleld clerks at $25,000, and will | increase by $5,240 the bureau personnel. The Bureau of Navigation increase of $41480 from $355820 to $397,300 is recommended principally on account of | Joad lines on American vessels.” ‘The Bureau of Standerds estimates call for an increase of $232,101 which is further virtuallv increased by $100,- 000 representing the amount in the 1930 appropriations for power-plant equip- ment that need not be supplied in 1931. This increase will be applied to the ex- panding needs of the bureau in testing, principally Government materials: re- search; and standardization; $173,000 has been added for increase of person- nel, $75,000 for remodeling the old power-plant building, $75,000 for mis- cellaneous equipment, and $9,000 for various contingent expenses. A reduction has been made in the al- lowances for the Lighthouse Service from $11,539.980, appropriated for 1930, to $11,367.700, estimated for 1931. De- creased requirements for vessel con- struction amounting to $605,000 make possible this reduction and at the same time permit substantial increases in the other appropriations of the service. General expenses, the regular mainte- nance appropriation, is increased by $201,500, making the total £4,500,000. Retired pay requires $49,000 more to meet the gradual advance in cbligations under this appropriation; the “salaries appropriations for vessel and other field services are increased by $53,220; and other aids by $129,000. ‘The total estimate of $1,354.000 for con- stiuction will provide a new tender at '$550,000 for use on the Gulf Coast and will permit the following program for other aids to navigation; $255,800 for the completion of seven projects upon which work is now in progress; $343,500 to continue work upon nine more; | $75200 to begin and complete within that amount the construction of four projects. Coast and Geodetic Survey. For the Coast and Geodetic Survey an increase of $31 vided, from $2515860 to $2.911,104, which amount is further actually in- creased by $58,000 included in 1930 for construction of a tender that is not re- curring in 1931. Other appropriation items are increased in a total amount of $468,244 as follows: Atlantic coas* furvey, from $122,500 to $174,500, for wire ‘drag _work_especially along the shores of Long Island Sound and for revision of surveys of Atlantic waters farther south by’ larger vessels of the service; magnetic work, from $47,380 to $58.780, for building repairs and replacement of equipment; Federal boundary and State surveys, from $88,- 600 to $314,124, for an enlarged pro- gram _of control surveys to expedite topographic mapping; repairs of vessels, from $78,000 to $91,000; pay of officers and men of vessels, from $653,000 to allowances of commissioned officers, from $555,000 to 627,820, 0of which $19,- 000 s for automatic promotions and $53,820 for additional personnel for the enlarged programs under State surveys and resurvey work of the Atlantic coast; office salaries, from $483.000 to $510,000, for additional personnel and moderate promotions; and general expenses, from $64.680 to $67,180, for replacement of equipment. The increase of $26,510, from $2,198,- 550 to $2.225,060, for the Bureau of Fisheries is in effect an increase of 8161510, taking into consideration $125,000 appearing in the 1930 total for & new power vessel and $10,000 for im- provements at the La Crosse, Wis., fish- cultural station that need not be pro- vided in 1931, This wil] add $29,260 to salaries appropriations for necessary increases in personnel; $10,000 to fish propagation, for the op tional stations; $17,500 to maintenance of vessels, for two vessels being added to the fleet; $9,250 for. technical study of problems in fishery industrics; $6. for equipment items in protect:ng seal | and salmon fisheries of Alaska; $24,000 station; and $65,000 for a by-products plant on the Pribilof Islands. The estimate for the Patent Office is an increas= of $210.550, from $3,333,~ . 6 supervisors, 15 clerks, and 5 messengers. The available total of $2,374,670 for Bureau of Mines for 1930 includes $100,- 000 reappropriated for construction in the helium work at Amarillo, Tex, Ex- cluding this nonrecurring ' item, the estimate of $2.549,480 for the fiscal year 1931 contemplates an increase of $274.- 810 distributed as follows: Investigat- ing mine accldents, from $422,000 to $438,640, to rebuild explosives testing laboratory _destroyed by fire at the Bruceton, Pa., experimental mine, and for study and testing of equipment used in promotion of mine-safety work; operating mine-rescue cars and stations, $326,130 to $330,530, for an assoclate engineer at Norton, Va., in the promo- tion of health and safety work: mineral mining investigations, from $144.220 to $165,000, to expedite the study of min- ing methods and costs: helium plants, from $95,800 to $306,190; economics of mineral ‘industries, from $285,000 to $307,600, for current reports on coal dis- tribution, additional studies of distribu- tion and utilization of petroleum prod- ucts, and for further expansion of the work in mineral statistic Department of Interio Appropriated for 1930, $311,346,075.78; budget estimate for 1931, $304,302,347.74. Net decrease, $7,043,728.04. The estimates for the office of the Secretary of the Interior are increased from $929,000 to $858,500 for personnel Sofls there is. an increase of $53.430 for chemical investigations of agricul- in 1931 than in 1830 by the Census Bureau for‘taking the Filteenth Decen- and contingent expenses. The diminishing cost of the admin- Two increase of $2.235,380 is included for | nance and operation for a part of the | the act of March 2, 1929, “to establish | estimate | 244 has been pro- | $717.000, to man a new survey vessel | for the ‘Atlantic coast service: pay and | fration of addi- | to improve the Fairport, Iowa, biological | Veterans' Bureau— Salaries and expenses. Military and naval comp Medical and hospital service. Military and naval insurance Department of Agriculture: Forest service Plant quarantine and con! Public roads Department of Commerce Aeronautics branch Bureau of the Cenrus. . Department of the Interior: Indian service Indian trust funds.. Army and Navy pensions Department of Justice: Department of Labor: . Immigration and naturalization Navy Depariment: Pay, subsistence and trans) Alterations to naval vessel Increase of the Navy Public works. Post Office Depar Postal deficiency. State Department: Foreign_service. ‘Treasury Department Bureau of Prohibition. . . Coast Guard Construction of public building War Department: Buildings at military posts Other Quartermaster Corps items Ordnance items........ Citizens' military training. Maintenance and improvem harbors. . ... Flood controi. Inland waterways corporation culture .. Soldiers’ homes Panama Canal. District of Columbia. Public debt: Interest on the public debt... istration of the public-land service ac- counts for the decrease in the estimates for the General Land Office from $2,- | 159,400 to $2.134.350. | . The estin" .o the Bureau of In- |dian A ¢ increased from $16,- 673,215, $19.708,029. This net in- | crease of $3,124.814 includes $1,327,500 | for education: $688,400 for conservation | of health; $275.000 for industrial assist- ance and advancement; $464,487 for frrigation and drainage of and water supply for Indian lands; $224,000 for general support of Indlans and admin- istration of Indian property: and $162,- 1000 for administrative salaries and ex- | s of the Indian Service. ¢ of | Pensions are decreased from $243211,- 000 to $236,509,400. The appropriation for Army and Navy pensions is de- creased from $221,000,000 to $214,000,- 1000, & result occasioned by the decrease in the number of Civil War pensioners. | The annual amount for financing the | Government's liability to the civil-serv- |ice retirement and_disability fund is | Increased from $20,500,000 to $20,850,- cromse in the Government pay roll. The estimates for the Bureau Reclamation are increased from $8,07 000 to $8,346,000. Provision is m for continuing the availability of the balances of certain prior year authori- zations from the reclamation fund to the extent of $2967,000. In addition, expenditures totaling $200,000 from power revenues are authorized. and it funds advanced by water users for the construction, operation, and mainten- ance of reclamation projects. There would thus be available for expenditure by the Bureau of Reclamation in 1931 a total sum of $12,296,000. For the Geological Survey, the esti- $2.421,800. This increase of $336,000 includes $37,000 for topographic map- | ping in cooperation with the States and | $94,000 for other topographic mapping; | 850,000 for geologic surveys: a new item of $100,000 for fundamental research | in geologic science; $7,500 for mineral 000 for gauging streams, and $17,000 for engraving and printing geologic and topographic maps. National Park Service. The estimates for the National Park Service are increased from $7,595940 to crease in the number of park visitors. ‘There is an increase from $1,052.140 to $1,341,005 in the estimates for the Bureau of Education. The following increases are provided: $31920 for ad- | ministrative personnel and expenses, | 8143325 for education of natives of | Alaska (including $71,000 for a new | industrial school in southeastern Al- aska), $31,620 for medical relief in Alaska, $50,000 on account of the study |of secondary education in the United | States, and a new item of $50,000 for | beginning & 3-year investigation of teacher training in the United States. | The investigation of land-grant colleges, | for which an appropriation of $8,000 |15 avatlable in 1930, Will be completed during that year. An increase from $239,400 to $314,800 in the estimates for the Territorial gov- |ernments of Alaska and Hawail is |largely due to the fact that the Ter- ritorial legislatures will meet in bien- nial session during 1931. The estimate for the Alaska Railroad is decreased from $1,200,000 to $1,000,000, because of increased earnings and decreased capital outlays by the railroad. For St. Elizabeth’s Hospital there is an_increase from $1,430,000 to $1,513,- 248. This represents & decrease of $475,000 supplied in 1930 for the com- pletion of the medical and surgical bullding, and provides $120,000 for the construction and equipment of a tuber- culosis building, $300,000 for beginning the construction of a male receiving building (to cost $1,050,000), $130,000 for repairs and improvements, nclud- ing_increased capacity for the heating and power plant, and an increase of $8,248 for additional personnel. For Columbia Institution for the Deaf, there is an increase from $120,000 to $125,000, the increase of $5,000 being for personnel and equipment. The estimates for Howard University are increased from $600,000 to $610,000. There are decreases on account of the 1930 items of $240,000 for the comple- tion of the chemistry bullding, and $40,- 000 for completing the dormitory for young women. There are increases of $90,000 for additional personnel and administrative expenses, and $200,000 for beginning the construction of an educational classroom building with an authorized cost of $460,000. The estimates for Freedmen's Hos- pital are increased from $260.180 to $424,000. The increase includes $155,000 for a hospital addition for obstetrical patients, and $8,820 for salary and sub- sistence expenses, The estimated amounts required un- is also proposed to use $693,000 of the | mates arc increased from $2,085,800 to | resources investigations in Alaska; $25.- | $7,752,515, to provide for the normal in- | can be more definitely determined.) Interstate Commerce Commission Porto Rican Hurricane Relicf Commis Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Corporati nsation. ... Constriiction of hospital facilities Government life insurance fund.. Expenses, etc., United States courts Penal and correctional institutions portation 1 Fefunding taxes illegally collected. Return of funds contributed for flood control. . Restoration of roads and bridges in various States (transferred to Department of Agri- Reduction in principal of the public debt. $129.500 to begin work upon eight; and | 000 to keep pace with the annual in- | tion but which is provided for in & so(ll net reduction in the estimate for e | $1,228,300 to $1,225,060. | prisoners under the proposed plan for | system, | | | | for the Division of Identification and | $13,000 for traveling expenses of this 2.800.000 1,000,000 2,000,000 4. 0 1 " 4,000,000 18,870,000 3.300.000 1.100,000 2,500,000 2,500,000 4,500,000 7,000,000 3,100,000 1.100.000 2,250,000 1,150,000 3.100.000 6.050,000 3. «ees 1,800,000 10,000,000 1.275.000 . 2,450,000 1.600.000 2,650,000 1.100.000 1,700,000 1,500,000 5,000,000 5,000,000 10,000,000 3,650,000 esese 1 000 weees 3,300,000 11,500,000 der various permanent and indefinite appropriations total 820,963,700 as against $25,712,000 for the fiscal year 1930. Department of Ju: Appropriated for 1930, $27,937,370; budget estimate for 1931, $32,017,292. Increase, $4,079,922. ‘The estimate for salaries, Department of Justice, contains an increase of $43,- 900 for additional legal and clerical personnel in the department and $9,000 for increasing the salaries of the So- licitor General, Assistant to the Attor- ney General, and the six Assistant At- torneys General, while $56,140 has been deducted for the personnel in the office of the Superintendent of Prisons whieh 18 now being paid from this appropria- separate estimate for 1931, resulting in Department of Justice, from The estimate of appropriation for traveling and miscellaneous expenses, Department of Justice, which is charge- able with the traveling expenses of all officers and employees of the depart- ment not provided for by specific ap- propriations, has been increased from $18,100 to $24,000 to meet the require- ments of the service, The increase in protecting interests of the United States in customs ma ters from $113,170 to $120,210 includes attorney at $4,600, a stenographer at $1,440, ‘and $1,000 for an increase in the salary of ‘the Assistant Attorney General at New York in charge of this activity, There s an increase in the estimate for detection and prosecution of crimes from $2,307,720 to $2.781419. The principal part of this increase is re- quired to meet the large increase in the number of fleld investigations of al- leged violations of Federal statutes throughout the United States, and | which is reflected to some extent in the work of the administrative office at Washington. Additional personnel Information of this bureau is also pro- vided for in the estimate to meet the increasing demands for criminal identi- fication data from peace officers and law-enforcement officials. In the Budget for 1931 there appears for the first time an estimate for sal- aries and expenses, Office of the Super- intendent of Prisons, amounting to $102,878, which consists of $157.878 for personnel and $35.000 for traveling ex- penses as compared to $36.140 for the present personnel of this office which is being paid from the appropriation sal- arfes, Department of Justice, and personnel for which there is a sep- arate appropriation entitled “Inspec- tion of prisons and prisoners.” an in- crease over all of $123738 for 1931, The purpose of this estimate is to pro- vide specific funds for an organization unit at Washington to supervise the maintenance and care of United States reorganization of the Federal penal New Judges Salaries. The increase in the estimate for sal- arles of circuit, district, and retired Jjudges from $1,930,000 to $2,099,000 is Tequired to pay the salaries of judges | appointed pursuant to legislation | authorizing additional circuit and dis- | trict judgss and creating the tenth | Judicial circuit, and the salaries of | additional retired judges. The Federal Government has ac- cepted the cession by the State of Colorado of exclusive jurisdiction over the lands embraced within the Rocky Mountain National Park, and the esti- mate for salaries, National Park Com- missioners, is increased from $16,000 to $18.000 to provide for the salary of the United States commissioner for this park, ‘The act of March 2. 1929, transforred the jurisdiction over appeals from the Patent Office in patent and trade- mark cases from the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia to the United States Court of Customs Ap- peals and changed th- name of the 1="*er court to the United States Court Customs and Patent Appeals. Some ditional personnel and promotions e recommended on account of the increase in work causcd by this trans- fer. which, however, have been largely offset by reductions in the rent and the cleaning force, as it is expect>d that the court will occupy space in one of the new Government buildings shortly after July 1, 1930, the net result being an increass from $110,260 to 8111320 in this estimate, Increases are contalned in the fol- lowing estimates relating to law en- forcement, in order to exp-dite the work of the courts and bring it up to date: Salaries, fees. and exoenses of marshals, from $3.780,000 to $3,880.000; salaries and expenses of district attor- over which the department has no ad- ministrative control, are inc: ased re- !spectlv?ly from $550,000 to $62,000 and from $3,500,000 to $3,700,000, ‘o meet the increase in the 'business of the courts. There is an Increase in rent of court rooms, United States court , from $78,000 to $118,000, to provide neces- sary space for the new judges &nd to meet anticipated increases in_rcntals in some places; pay of bailiffs, etc., which includes not only the attend nce per diem of bailiffs, criers, and 'ury commissioners but also the trave.lng expenses of circuit and district judges, and meals and lodging of jurors and bailiffs ordsred by the court, is increased from $455,000 to $485,000; and the increase from $890,360 to $950,000 in miscel- lancous expenses, United States courts, is to promote stenographers and mes- sengers to judges in meritorious cases, employ stenographers and messengers for the new judges, and provide addi- tional funds for expenses in connec- tion with condmnation procecdings outside the District of Columblia. The estimate for United States peni- sentiary, Leavenworth, Kans., is in- creased from $1.036910 to $1,623,357, of which amount $1,051,612 is for the main prison at Leavenworth with an estimated average daily population of 3,400 prisoners; the remaining $571,745 is for the operation of a branch prison | In the Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth, where it is expected to maintain an average daily population of 1300 prisoners of a de-finite’ type. The estimate for United States peniten- tiary, Atlanta, Ga. is increased from $923.319 to $1.045.837, based on an esti- | mated average daily population of 3,300 | prisoners, while the estimate for United | States penitentiary, McNeil Island, | Wash., is increased from $381,872 to $478,708, for an estimate average daily population of 1000 prisoners. For mrintenance of the capacity daily aver- |ar: of 500 inmates at the Federal In- dustrial Institution for Women, Alder- sen, W. Va., the estimate for that insti- tvilon is increased from $286,210 to $393,125. The estimate for United | States Industrial Reformatory, Chilli- cothe. Ohio, s increased from $331,320 to $568.690, to maintain an average daily population of 1,200 prisoners. The increase in the estimate for National Training School for Boys, Washington, D. C. from $208,000 to $215.080 is to provide for the employment of a physi- clan-psychiatrist, steward-dietitian, and | chiet of mechanical service. Construction Projects. The following items are included in the estimates for construction projects at the several institutions: Leaven- worth, $22,300; Atlanta, $79,000; Mc- continue the construction of the In- dustrial Reformatory at Chillicothe, in addition to th> $550,000 already appro- priated, the total amount to be ex- pended for this purpose being limited by_law to $3,000,000. Provision has ' been made for the interchange of not to exceed 10 per cent of the amounts appropriated under the objects named therein, except ap- propriations for construction and repair, working urlul. and support of United States prisoners, with a re- striction that the total of any appro- priation shall not be increased by more than 10 per cent. Also the working capital funds for the United States penitentiaries at Leavenworth and At- lanta have been combined into a single fund, for the industrial enterprises authorized at those penitentiaries, in- purpos:s for prior years. viding for the establishment of a pro- bation system in the United States courts except in the District of Colum- bia, there are now employed seven sal- aried probaticn officers. For the ex- for probation system, courts, is increased from $25.000 $200,000, to provide for the salaries and expenses of 54 salaried officers and for the expenses of voluntary officers ap- pointed by the court for temporary service, The increase from $2450,000 to 43,000,000 in the estimate for support of United States prisoners is due prin- cipally to the increase in the number of Federal prisoners confined in State institutions and increases in the rates charged by such institutions. Also there is pald from this appropriation the expenses of operating the United States jail in New York City, which cares for prisoners awaiting trial, short- term prisoners, and prisoners tempo- rarily detained pending transportation to_a Federal penitentiary. claims against the United States fs on expenditures during preceding years, A reduction is made in the estimate this board was established will be fin- X];};Pld before the close of the fiscal year The estimate for salarles and ex- penses of commissioners, Court of Claims, has been reduced from $79,180 to $41,790, because the law authorizing the appointment of these commissioners will expire on January 10, 1931, and there is recommended for 1931 a pro 1930. Department of Labor. Appropriated for 1930, $10,774,430; | Budget estimate for 1931, $12,219,770. Increase, $1,445,340. The increase for 1931 is apportioned |among several of the activities of the department, as follows: Salaries, Office of the Secretary, $2,100; contingent ex- penses, $13,500; printing and binding, 25.000; expenses of regulating immi- gration, $885.000; miscellaneous ex- penses, Bureau of Naturalization, $253,- 940: investigation of child welfare, | Children’s Bureau, $42,000; general ex- | penses, Children’s’ Bureau, $5800: sal- arfes and_expenses, Women's Bureau, $50,000; United States Employment Service, $168,000. The increase for salaries in the Offier of the Secretary is to provide principally | & $1.000 increase in the salary of each of the two assistant secretaries. The increase of $13,500 in the item of contingent expenses is to equip and supply additional personnel and to rent punching and tabulating machines | necessary to administer the act of March 2, 1629, The increase in the amount for printing and binding is to meet the in- creased needs of the department. . The increase for expenses of regulat- ing immigration is for the pay and authorized expenses of 200 additional immigrant inspectors and 114 clerks in the field, and 14 employes in the Dis- trict of Columbia, to administer the acts of March 2 and 4, 1929, and for inspec- tlon at new international bridges, roads and tunnels. The increase for miscellaneous ex- penses, Bureau of Naturalization, is for ;nel adminisiration of the act of March citizenship papers to wives and children of naturalized citizens, the issue of duplicate papers for certain lost or mutilat-d originals, and the annual preparation of a statistical report under section 10 of the act. The Increase pro- neys, from $1,526.000 to $1.678.550: pav of regular assistant attgrn°ys, from $1,223,400 to ®1,479,700; pay of special vides for the following additional per- sonnel: 67 employees in the District of Columbia and 37 junior naturaliza- in United States cases when | Neil Island, $139,000; and $450,000 to | penal and correctional institutions on | ‘nder the act of March 4, 1925, pro- | tension of this activity, the estimate United States to ‘The estimate for defending suits in reduced from $80,000 to $70,000, based for salaries and expenses, Pueblo Lands Board, from $33,000 to $25,000, as it is expected that the work for whichi| rata amount of the appropriation for | | miscellaneous increases and decreases | $20,73 tion examiners and 40 clerks in the fleld. The increases for the Children's Bu- reau are for expansion of the study of fuvenile delinquency. ‘The increase for the Women's Bureau is for a study of human wacie, with especial relation to women's employ- ment. An increase of $168,000 is recom- mended for the United States Employ- ment Service for expansion of farm labor employment activities, and to as- sist ex-service and rehabilitated men of the World War and men discharged from the Regular Army in finding em- ployment. vy Departmen Appropriation for 1930, $362,061.247; made available by transfer from the naval supply account fund, $3,500,000; made available by reappropriation unexpended balances for prior yea $1,132,023. Total for 1930, $366,693,270. Budget estimate for 1931, $380,392,526; to be made available by transfer from the naval supply account fund, $2,000,- 000; to be made available by reappro- priation ‘of unexpended balances for prior years, $700,000. Total for 1931, $383,092,526. Increase, $16,399.256. The estimates for 1931 will provide for 84,500 enlisted men for the Navy and 18,000 enlisted men for the Marine Corps, the same as for 1930; for the maintenance, repair and operation of practically the same number of ships in commission as will be in commission at the close of 1930; for the maintenance and operation of shore stations; for numerous public works projects, includ- ing continuation of work on ammunition !wl‘lgu facilities; for the completion of the fitth increment and the five-year naval aircraft program, calling for 1,000 useful planes on hand and on order at the close of the fiscal year 1931; for continuation of work on the two large dirigibles now under contract; for the completion of the modernization of the battleships Pennsylvania and Arizona, as authorized by the act of February 25, 1929, and for continuing construc- tion of ships authorized prior to Febru- ary 13, 1929. For the 15 cruisers and 1 aircraft carrier authorized by the act of February 13, 1929, provision is made to carry forward work on 2 cruisers aiready laid down, for 3 cruisers and the aircraft carrier to be laid down in the fiscal year 1930, and for the re- maining 10 cruisers to be commenced | late in the fiscal year 1931. Net Increase of $16,399,256. The Budget estimate for 1931 shows !a net increase of $16,399,256 over 1930. The principal items of difference ary follow! “Engineering” increased from | $20,436,300 (including $750,000 t-ans- | ferred from the naval supnly account fund) to $21.215.000 (including $1,000,- {000 to be transferred from the naval | Supply account fund). which provides $750,000 for tools and machinery for shops, the same as for 1930, and in- creases of $628,700 for safety and sal- vage devices for submarines, $50,000 for screw-thread gages and $100,000 due to changes in status’ of ships: “Construc- tion and Repair” increased from $18,.- 677,500 (including $750,000 transferred from the naval supply account fund) to cluding payment of obligations for such | $18,941,300 (including $1,000.000 to be transferred from the naval *upply ac- count fund), which includes $750.000 for tools and machinery for shops, the same as for 1930, and $1,070,000 for fety and salvage devices for subma- nes, as against 50,000 for this rpurpcse for 1930: “Pay, Subsistencs and Transportation, Navy.” inc | from $154512782 (including reappropriated from unexpended bal- ances for prior years) to $157,056,963 due principally to automatic increases under operation of law ublic Works increased from $5,197,350 to $7,500.- 000, due to additional requirements for ammunition storage facilities and improvements of naval air stations and other navy yards and stations “Aviation, Navy.” increased from $31,- 430.000 to $32,230.000 to provide ad- ditional funds required toward the con- struction of the two large dirigibles now under contract: total for the Marine Corps from $25.156.877 to $25,741,693, due principally to automatic increases in pay and allowances of officers and men under operation of law, and in- creased requirements for subsistence and clothing; “Major Alterations, Naval Vessel increased from $450,000 for 1930 for the completion of the modern- ization of the Oklahoma and Nevada, to $7,400,000 for 1931 for the completion of the modernization of the Pennsyl- vania and Arizona, for which purpose $7,400,000 was appropriated in the sec- ond deficiency act, 1929, to carry this work through 1929 and 1930; “Increase of the Navy" increased from $48,550,000 (including $2,000,000 transferred from the naval supply account fund) to $49,- 800.000 to provide funds necessary to carry forward work on ships laid down under authorization made prior to Feb- ruary 13, 1929, and for work on the 15 light cruisers and 1 aircraft carrier au- thorized by the act of February 13, 1929, as set forth above—(the Budget esti- mate is based on a program of ship construction requiring a total of $62,- 325,000 for 1931, the difference between this amount and the amount of $49.- 800,000, carried in the Budget, to be provided from the cash balance of over $28,000,000 carried from 1929 to 1930, of which at least $12,525,000 is expected to be carried from 1930 to 1931): and| the other items of differences involve | predicated upon the requirements of the naval service. Deducting the amounts pertaining to public works, major alterations of ves- | sels. and increase of the Navy, there re- mains available for 1930 8311.925.920.‘ | | and for 1931 $317,827,526, indicating an increase of 85,901,606 for 1831 over 1930 for current and ordinary requirements. Post Office Department . Which provides for the issue of | Appropriated for 1930, $818,235,725; Budget estimate for 1031, $838,970,577. Net increase, $20,734,852. The Budget estimate of $838.970,577 for postal requirements in the fiscal year 1931 represents an increase over the appropriations for the previous year of $20,734,852, or 2.53 per cent. The postal revenues for 1931 are estimated | At $754,400,000, an increase of $29,000,- 1000 over the estimate for the previous | year, or 4 per cent. On this basis the timated postal deficiency for 1931 would be $84,570,577, but it is expected | that probable unexpended balances in appropriations, which are usual in a | service of this magnitude, will amount to at least $6,070,577, and that the esti- mated deficiency will not be in excess of $78,500,000. Using the same method of computation, it is estimated that the deficit for the fiscal year 1930 wiil not be more than $84,000,000. The operat- |ing deficit for the fiscal year 1929, | which does not include retroactive maii pay to rallroads, is estimated at $8 309.514. The principal items of increase or de- crease which go to make up the net increase in the 1931 estimates over | 1930 appropriations are as foll | as poufble up to date. 4,852, the First Assistant, Third Assistant, and Chief Inspector. A decrease of $50,000 in the provision for freight, express or motor tranporta= tion of equipment, due to appropria- tions for these purposes in 1929 and 1930 being in excess of apparent needs. An increase of $100,000 for compen= sation of assistant postmasters, to pro- vide for routine appointment and pro- motion of assistant postmasters. An increase of $6,950,000 tor clerks, ‘watchmen, messengers and laborers at first and second class post offices, to provide for automatic promotions pro- vided by iaw and normal increase in the force to handle the larger volume of mail. A decrease of $100,000 for clerks at third-class post offices, due to the ap- propriations for the past two years be- ing in excess of apparent needs. Miscellaneous Items. An increase of $143,600 for miscella- neous items at first and second class post offices, to provide additional tele- phone service and increases in salaries and personnel of the janitor force. An increase of $75,000 for village de- | livery service, to provide for the growth of the service and automatic promo- tions. An increase of $3,055,000 for city= delivery carriers, to provide for neces- sary additional carrieys and automatic promotions. An increase of $750,000 for special- delivery fees, to provide for probable further increase in this class of busi- ness. An increase of $550,000 for rural-de- livery service, to provide for the exten- slon of existing routes and the estab- lishment of new routes. An increase of $145,000 for power- boat service, to provide for the probable Increased cost of new contracts. An increase of $3,500,000 for railrond transportation and mail-messenger serv- ice, to provide for handling the normal increase in the volume of mail trans- ported. An increase of $100,000 for railway mail service salaries, to provide for necessaryincrease in the force and auto- matic promotions. - An increase of $100,000 for railway postal clerks' travel allowances, made necessary by increase in force, prin- cipally during the fiscal year 1930. An increase of $1,600,000 for foreign mail transportation, to provide for in- creased volume of mail to be trans- ported by steamships and for air-mail service to foreign countries. An increase of $100.000 for balances due foreign countries, to provide for in- creased service rendered by foreign postal administrations in the territorial transportation of foreign mails. An increase of $1,700,000 for contract 8 | air-mail service, to provide for the con= | tinued ¢ owth of this service. An in rease 6f $655,000 for star route service, to provide for probable increased cost of new contracts on existing routes and for the establishment of new routes, A decrease of $50,000 in manufacture of postage stamps, etc., due to a small decrease in stamp production and re- duced demand for postal cards. A decrease of $300,000 in indemnities on domestic - mail. due to improved | mechods of handling registered, insured | and coliect-on-delivery matter. An increase of $170,000 for rent, light and fuel. to provide for additional qua; ters and space for handling the mails ;md the increased cost of renewing orses. An increase of $300,000 for vehicle cerviee, to provide for Handling the in- creased volume of mail and the pur- ~hase of new equipment for the Govern= ment-owned motor vehicle service, Department of State. | o Appropriated for 1930, $14,794,045.6: Budget estimate for 1931, $17,238,659. | Increase. $2.443,713.46. The estimate for salaries, Department of State, is increased from $1,340.000 to $1,854.765, which increase consists of $242,085 for additional permanent and temporary personnel and $189,700 for | the employment of permanent personnel to replace Foreign Service officers now on temporary detail to the department, | $6.000 for increasing the salaries of the Undersecretary of State and the four Assistant Secretaries of State, $50,000 for promotion of other departmental personnel, and $26.980 for increases in salaries due to reallocations made by the Personnel Classification Board in 1929 and 1930 and which will be re- flected in 1931. The principal items which make up the increase in contingent expenses, Department of State, from $70.705 to ill’l‘flll are $20,002 for furniture and xtures, $10,926 for typewriters and office machines, and $4,215 for commu- nication service. The sum of $10,000 was included in the 1930 appropriation for examination of estimates in the field of the Departments of State and Com- merce by the House Subcommittee on Appropriations, and a like amount is requested for 1931 to continue this ex- ln'\x!:ltlol‘l‘. \ ere is an increase in printing and binding, Department of State, from $210,000 to $277,665, mainly for the enlarged publication program of the Department of State, which contem- | plates gublhlhinx the United States | Treaty Series, issuing weekly press re- leases and monthly treaty bulletins, and bringing Foreign Relations as nearly Funds are also provided to enable the department to catch up with the regular printing and binding and avoid carrying work over from year to year. which it has been found necessary to do in the past. An increase is recommended for pass- ort agencies, Department of State, rom $72,130 to $79,025, of which $3,280 is_for the purpose of increasing the salaries of employees in these agencies to the average of the salary range, and the remainder is for the employment of temporary personnel during the busy season, traveling expenses, rent, and typewriters and o achines, Official Papers. ‘The estimate of $15,000 for collecting and editing official papers of the Terri- tories of the United States is recom- mended. pursuant to the act of February 28, 1929, entitled “An act to amend an act entitled ‘An act to authorize the collection and editing of official papers of the Territories of the United States now in national archives,’ approved March 3, 1925,” which authorizes an appropriation of $125,000 for the pur- poses of the act, with a provision that not more than $50,000 shall be appro- priated for any one year. On the basis of expenditures during preceding years, the estimate for sals arles, charges d'affaires ad interim, is increased from $24,000 to $30,000, for payment of the additional salary au- thorized by law to diplomatic or consulgr officers while in charge of a post during the absence of the principal officer, The increase in the estimate for al- lowance for clerks at embasstes and le- gations from $398,400 to $456,850 is composed of $30,150 for additional per- sonnel and $28.300 for bromotions. Contingent expenses, foreign missions, is increased from $919.100 to $1,411,325, of which $30,262 is for additional per- sonnel including two supervisors of L An increase of $47.580 in depart- | mental salaties, to provide an executive Assistant to the Postmaster General aad additional personnel in the offices of construction in connection with the eree- tion of embassy and legation buildings in_foreign countries, $38,001 for pro- (Continued on Page 87, Column 1)®