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45 MILLION SAVING | 15 FURLOUGH PLAN President Makes Proposal at Parley—Cuts to Exceed 200 Million. (Continued From Pirst Page.) considered only economies that might be achieved through passage of new legislation amending or repealing ex- isting laws blocking savings. Departments Face Cuts. Besides these reductions, the House Economy Committee submitted to the President and those sitting with him— Secretaries Mills and Wilbur, Post- master General Brown and Budget Director Roop—its plan for further re- ductions through cutting of regular de- partmental appropriations and through Teorganization or consolidation of Fed- eral functions. These savings will add many millions of dollars to the Gov- ernment’s retienchment program. Walter Newton, secretary to the President, said President Hoover did not include appropriation cuts or con- solidation projects in his agenda be- cause these functions were in the hands of Congress and were “indefinite.” Chairman McDuffie of the House com- mittee reported to the conference sav- ings of nearly $60,000,000 already ef- fected through slashing of departmental funds and a proposed cut of $23,700,000 in War and Navy supply bills yet to come before the House. The committee also announced suggested consolidation of many Federal acttvities, including merger of the War and Navy Depart- ments, of all health services under Pub- lic Health Service, of business research bureaus into one agency and of various other bureaus and commissions. $80,000,000 Added. Secretary Newston said the Admin- istration program added approximately $80,000,000 to proposed economies in- cluded in the House committee’s leg- ve program. gl;%e THouse committee’s threefold plan, embracing not only legislative “hanges, but appropriation cuts and con- solidation of activities, totaled approxi- mately $200,000,000, he pointed out, so that the President’s additional recom- mendations that received approval would bring the estimated saving to $280,000.000. Mr. Newton ted out, however, that it is impossible to estimate proper- 1y the amounts that could be saved by Teorganization and consolidation meas- ures in advance of actual mergers. The appropriation reductions, too, are hard to approximate, he explained, because they are subject to action of commit- tees of bothuhmu%s of Congress and of congressional conferees. While the official statement issued by the White House at conclusion of the conference at 6:15 o'clock yester- day did not go into details ding the administration’s furlough plan for Federal employes, Chairman McDuffie told reporters the President had in mind a “staggered” system of enforced lay-offs. Agree on Reduction. o neral idea of & redu ‘c:nuc economy leader declared, “but we did not agree on how the reduction was to be accomplished. Our commit- tee proposed salary cuts and the Presi- dent suggested furloughs and a per diem five-day week, which is doing the same thing in another way. Further Consultations. “We think our plan would be less hurtful to the employes. We say under our plan: ‘Give regular employment.' The President’s plan says: ‘Lay off the employes for a month or two months.’ “I don't quite understand how the President’s plan will produce the sav- ing estimated. However, he is going to have the figures presented to us next week.” Mr. Newton ssid there would be further consultation between admin- istration officials and the House Com- mittee, with a view to seeking greater reductions in Government expenses. No more White House meetings are con- templated at present. PARK POLICE MAY USE HORSE PATROLS HERE Capt. R. C. Montgomery Considers Employment of Animals in Rock Creek. Re-establishment of a police horse patrol in Rock Creek Park is being considered by Capt. R. C. Montgomery, U. 8. A, superintendent of the United States Park Police. He is now studying the possibility of renting horses, so that the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks will be saved the cost of their upkeep. For Rock Creek Park, Capt. Montgomery believes that the use of horse patrols will be both economical end satisfactory. Although the Metropolitan Police are proposing to abolish bicycles, Capt. Montgomery said today that this method will be retained by the Park Police as best sulted for travel between the various smaller parks of the city. For patrol within the large parks, he #aid, his police do not use bicycles. Radio-equipped cars are now in use on the Mount Vernon Memorial High- way and in Rock Creek Park, where motor cycles are dangerous, because of the narrow, winding roads, he said. Only slowly will motor cycles be replaced in the parks, Capt. Montgomery assert- ed, as they are still the best method for gelngg through congested traffic at high speed. SPECIAL NOTI . ATTENTION. — BRICKLAYE BPECTAL meeting of Ericklayers' Union, No. 1. D. C.. called apri 13, 1033, at 7 o'clock, pm. By order WM. H. PITTS. Jr., Recording Sec'y. HONEY—5-LB. C. 90c DELIVERED for folks who can't eat sugar. HONEY POT, Phone West 0654 by 10 a.m. 1065 31st n.w COMPANY K, 2nd & 3rd INP.. D. C. N. G.. will assemble’ April 21 and again report to J.R. GIBSON, Q. M., Box 445, Rossivn. 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Byrns, Democrat, of ‘Tennessee. —Underwnod Photo. Retrenchment Plan Laid Before Hoover By House Committee The retrenchment program as laid | before the President yesterday by Chair- man McDuffie of the special Economy Committee of the House follows in brief (savings to be made in appropriation bills already passed by the House): Agriculture Department, $23,088,924. Interior Department, $6,000,000. Commerce Department, $4,074,000. Independent offices (vocational edu- cation), $1,728,805. Treasury Department (public build- ings, etc.), $25,000,000. (Savings to be made in supply bills not yet before the House) War Depart- ment (rivers and barbors, etc.), $20,- 720,000. Navy Department, $3,000,000. Legislative changes proposed, vet- erans’ administration (to repeal or amend provisions of World War vet- erans’ act), $28,000,000. Pay cut of Federal employes (11 per cent over $1,000), $67,000,000. Retirement superannuated employes: Reduction 30 days leave to 15; prohibi- tion against filling civillan vacancles except key positions, $10,000,000. Eliminate Saturday half holidays, $2,000,000. Vocational education—make inoper- ative or repeal permanent appropria- tion, $5,701,000. Make inoperative or repeal perma- nent appropriation by half for agricul- a\:l;l extension work (if half), $2,328,- Repeal of employment stabilization act, $90,000. Efficiency Bureau Hit. Discontinuance of Washington, D. C,, new Federal heating plant appropria- tion, $750,000. Abolish Efficiency Bureau, $199,000. Abolish International Water Commis- sion and transfer duties to Mexican Boundary Commission, $25,000. Total, $199,705,777. Other items on the program, for which there were no estimates of the cavings, follow: Increase final patent fees to $35. Authorize charges for services of Foreign and Domestic Affairs Bureau, Bureaus of Mines and Standards, in Commerce Department, and to author- ize the Radio Commission to charge for licenses to stations. To limit retired pay of Government employes getting regular Army and Navy retirement pay. Consolidations Suggested. Consolidations of Government activi- | tles Were recommended as follows: | ‘War and Navy Departments. Steamboat Inspection Service with Navigation Bureau. | Wireless Enforcement Division with | Radio Commission. All health services with Public Health | Service. Retirement (veterans’ administra- tion) to civil service. | Merge all business research bureaus into one agency. Consolidated International Boundary Commission (United States and Can- ada) personnel with International Joint Commission. L Board of Mediation with Conciliation Other proposals included: Reducing the Shipping Board or put- ting it under the Commerce Depart- | ment, reducing to $10,000 all salaries of employes receiving in excess of that amount, abolition of the 12 offices of | the surveyor general in the Land Of-| fice, cutting down congressional fu- | neral parties andvmileage for Congress- men, and abolition of the office of chief co-ordinator. ECONOMY PROGRAM FEATURES ANNOUNCED AFTER CONFERENCE —(Continued From First Page) and avold so far as may be possible the necessity for supplemental or de- ficiency estimates in the next session of Congress. This will not entirely eliminate supplemental and deficiency estimates, but unless such provision is made the inflexibility of reduced ap- propriations and the emergencies which are certain to arise might result in great public damage and would cer- tainly necessitate more supplemental and deficiency estimates than will be needed if this provision is adopted. Reduction of expenditure is indirect. 2. Retire superannuated employes. Estimated saving, $3,000,000. Cut for President. 3. Suspend for one year the operation of all provisions providing for extra pay for overtime and night service and all automatic promotions provided by law | to civillan employes. Estimated saving, $10,750,000. | 4. The Congress to take appropriate | steps to reduce the congressional, cab- | inet and the President’s salary. 5. Instruct the Secretary of the Navy to appoint a board of naval officers to report upon the closing of all land naval stations which in their view are not essential to the national defense. ‘The decision of this board to be final recommendations. Saving indeterminate, but probably $3,000,000. 6. Require the transfer of the cost of pporting the Philippine Scouts to the ppine government. Estimated saving, $5,000,000. 7. Suspend for one year all payments to the States under the Federal Board for Vocational Education except those for industrial rehabilitation. sul Pl of all shipping lines operated by the Shipping Board. Estimated saving, $7,500,000. 9. Amendments to Veterans legisla- tion as pointed out by Gen. Hines. The various projects were undeter- mined but range in savings from $39.- 000,000 to $80,000,000 per annum. 10. Limitation of pay of emergency officers and of retired Army and Navy officers employed by the Government. 11. Prohibition against filling civilian vacancies except key positions. 12. Reduction of printing and paper. Triangle Fund Doomed. 13. Establish fees for service in cer- tain bureaus with view of making them more self supporting. 14. Discontinue appropriation for N. 'W. Triangie heating plant, $750,000. 15. Authorize transfer of fish hatch- eries to such States as will accept and operate them. 16. Abolish Army and Navy and Panama transports. 17. Other subjects were referred to later consideration. 18. In considering the savings to be made in the Federal establishment, the administration group proposed: (a) For onc year the introduction of a five-day week be authorized for per diem employes and authority for stag- gering the employment of annual em- ployes by means of furloughs without pay. The reduction of appropriations by the Congress will result in the dis- charge of many employees unless some provision is made to prevent this con- tingency. This would permit the re- tention of trained and qualified em- ployes and provide a somewhat re- duced income to some of the Federal staff in lieu of discharging those who cannot be retained on full time. application of this principle into other services will produce effective econo- mies. Estimated saving, $45,000,000. (b) Amendments to the law pointed out by the Postmaster General to sus- pend for one year allowances to mail carriers for maintenance of vehicles and other possible items. Suspension of Leave. Estimated saving, $17,500,000. (c) Authorize the suspension for one year of all rights to annual leave with pay and to sick leave with pay to any civilian employe of the Federal Govern- ment in excess of two calendar weeks each for annual leave and sick leave, but providing that unused sick leave may accumulate to the credit of the employe in the succeeding year. Estimated saving, $35,000,000. The Economy Committee’s proposal in lieu of the above was: (a) Instead of peragraph 2 was a pay cut for one year arrived at by the formula of exempting $1,000 before a cut of 11 per cent. Estimated saving, $67,000,000. (b) Do away with Saturday half holiday. Estimated saving, $10,000,000. |MICHIGAN WILL VOTE ON DRY LAW REPEAL Anti-Prohibitionists of State Pre- sent Petitions, Assuring > Poll on Question. By the Assoclated Press. LANSING, Mich, April 9—With considerable showmanship, anti-pro- hibitionists today placed the issue of State concurrence in bone dryness on the ballot for submission to Michigan voters next November. Accompanied by bands and & truck load of petitions, some 300 automobile loads of advocates of repeal came to the State capitol and met Frank D. Fitzgerald, secretary of State, on the steps. Mrs. Frederick M. Alger, State chairman of the Women’s Organization for Prohibition Reform, formerly pre- sented the petitions, which ask removal of the prohibition amendment to the State constitution, and Mr. Fitzgerald accepted them “with pleasure.” ‘The petitions, Mrs. Alger said, con- tained 200,000 signatures, some 114,000 more than required by law. Mr. Fitz- gerald said the proposal to repeal the gr;fi:ntdmem will have top place on the of The anti-prohibitionists came from Detroit, Grand Rapids, Jackson and other cities in gayly decorated automo- biles, which made a colorful spectacle in the capital and in other cities through which they passed. HUSBAND WATCHED FOR RETURN TO LIFE Widow of “Man Who Should Have Been Prince of Wales” Un- daunted Days After Death. By the Associated Press. LOS ANGELES, April 9—The widow and & group of friends waited tonight in a mortuary chapel here for the re- turn to life of John David Guelph De Windsor, declared dead by doctors, but believed by his widow to be “in a state of suspended animation.” ... The widow predicted that life would return” at 3 p.m. today. She and & group of friends waited tensely in s curtained room in the mortuary, where the body is being held five days after death on the appeal of Mme. De Wind- sor. The figure on the bier did notstir. Nevertheless, the group continued to sit. A medium joined the watchers “to the circle stronger.” Doctors pronounced De Windsor dead last Wednesday night. He was 71. He claimed consistently throughout his life that he was the son by a mor- ganatic marriage of King Edward VII, and that he should have been Prince of Wales., STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, APRIL PERSONNEL FUNDS. SALARY CUT FOES REDUCTIONS MADE Committee Slashes to Be Considered by Senate This Week. The Senate probably will determine this week whether funds for the pay- ment of personnel in & number of Gov- ernment agencies are to be pared down to cover part of the total reduction of 10 per cent the Appropriations Com- mittee was ordered to make in the In. terior bill and in the bill for the State, Justice, Commerce and Labor Depart- ments. In applying the Senate’'s 10 per cent reduction order to the State, Justice, Commerce and Labor bill yeserday, the Appropriations Committee made reduc- tions aggregating approximately a mil. lion dollars in items for the bayment of salaries, scattered through various bureaus of those four departments. Cuts also were made in other allotments which are used partly for payment of personnel, where the exact amount ap- plicable to salaries is not known, but which will swell the extent of the cut. Affect Only Lump Sums. ‘These cuts in the lump sum allot- ments carried in the appropriation bills for personnel have nothing to do with the question being discussed in Con- gress of reducing salary rates in the Government service, it was explained at the Capitol. The rates of pay for positions in the Government service are fixed by law. What the committee has done is to reduce the Jump sums that would be available in certain offices for payment for personal gervices, It means, however, that the bureaus in which the lump sum allotments for salaries are pared down will have that much less available for the employment of personnel during the next fiscal year, if the committee changes are agreed to by the two branches of Congress, One Government official familiar with personnel problems pointed out, however, that there is nothing in exist- ing law to prevent a department from adopting the method of brief furloughs as a means of keeping its present per- scnnel within a reduced allotment for salaries. Reductions Are Made. Items for the payment of salaries in & number of branches of the State, Justice, Commerce and Labor Depart- ments were reduced by the Senate Committee yesterday by the following amounts: State Department—Office of the Sec- retary, $40,000; foreign service officers, $5,000; clerks in the foreign service, $275,000; foreign service officers, $298,- 500: salaries, foreign service officers while receiving instructions, $8,000. Department of Justice—Office of the Attorney General, $153,780; Court of Claims salaries, $12,623; Prohibition Bureau, for personal services in the District of Columbia, & reduction of $35,000. Department of Commerce—Secretary's office, $31,142; Steamboat Inspection Service salaries, $4,900, and clerk hire, $26,890; Bureau of Navigation salaries, $8,313, and clerk hire, $11,505; Bureau of Standards salaries, $65,000; Bureau of Lighthouses salaries, $11,790; Bureau of Fisheries, salaries in commissioner's office, $23,480; Bureau of Mines salaries and general expenses, $10,350. Department of Labor—Salaries in Secretary’s office, $16,060. In reducing the appropriation for prohibition enforcement rrom $11,369,- 500 to $10,250,000, the Senate Commit- tee provided that of this amount not The | to exceed $335,120 may be expended for personal services in the District of Co- lumbia, as compared with $370,120 al- lowed by the House for personal serv- ices in the District, or a reduction of $35,000 for personnel here. Other Parings. In applying the 10 per cent cut order to the Interior bill several days ago, the Senate Committee pared down a number of lump-sum salary allotments by the following amounts: In the Sec- retary’s office, $25,000; Indian office, $72,900; Reclamation Bureau, salaries and expenses, $13,360; Geological Sur- vey, $25,000, and education office, $30,000. . These reductions in the amounts for payment of personnel constitute only & part of the total amounts the commit- tee had to eliminate from these two appropriation bills in order to comply with the mandate given by the Senate when it adopted the motion of Senator McKellar, Democrat, of Tennessee, to reduce the total of each bill 10 per cent below the House totals. For the In- terior bill this meant a cut of $5,047,~ 760, and in the State, Justice, Com- merm‘ and tle‘or bill yesterday, it meant a cut of roximatel; 12,- 400,000. - e All of the items pared down in mak- ing these total cuts will have to be acted on by the Senate, and also con- sidered by the House, after conference. The Interior bill probably will be debated in the Senate tomorrow and acted on early in the week, followed by the State, Justice, Commerce and T measure. Training School Funds Cut. Two cuts were made in committee yesterday in the items for the Na- tional Training School for Boys, in this city, which comes under the appropria- tions for the Justice Department. For general expenses, including salaries and wages at the institution, the amount was reduced from $265,260 to $248,000. For construction, repairs and purchase of machinery at the school, the amount was reduced from $124,000 to_$76,000. The committee also reduced yester- day from $50,000 to $40,000 the item carried under the State Department for expenses in connection with the four- teenth annual convention of the French Veterans of the World War, to be held in Washington in September. Amendments to Be Taken Up. Among the amendments to be con- sidered when the Interior bill is taken up tomorrow are two affecting Howard University, the committee having rec- ommended elimination of $300,000 to- ward the building of a heat, light and power plant, and $100,000 toward the building of a library at the university. In both the Interior bill and the State, Justice, Commerce and Labor bill, the Senate Committee followed the precedent established by conferees on the Agriculture bill with respect to the House provisions relating to normal promotions and the restricting of new appointments in the Government serv- ice. agreement eliminates ban on promotions, but retains in mod- ified form the restriction on new ap- pointments. It provides that vacancies could only filled in essential cases, with the approval of the President. It would also ;:rmltd temporary, emer- gency, seasonal and co-operative - tions to be filled. B ROOSEVELT IS ASSURED OF KENTUCKY DELEGATES Sentiment Is Overwhelming in 120 Democratic County Conventions. By the Associated Press. LOUISVILLE, April 9.— Roosevelt forces apparently were assured of the Kentucky delegation to the Democratic national convention late today when early reports on the State's 120 Demo- cratic county conventions showed an overwhelming Roosevelt sentiment. Forty-one of the first 48 counties re- ported instructed delegates to the State convention here Tuesday to support the New York Governor. One county instructed its delegation to Melvin A. Traylor. It was Adair ty, native county of the Chi- Other counties voted for PLAN FINISH FIGHT Bitter House Battle Also to Be Staged Against En- forced Furloughs. (Continued Prom Pirst Page.) ‘We will fight this proposal just as vig- orously as we have been fighting the flat rate slash of all Government sal- aries—and we have that licked. “‘Personally, I can take a reduction in salary and still exist, but I will fight | cutting salaries of members of Con- gress just as earnestly as those in de- partment or fleld service. The whole principle of salary cutting is wrong, eco- nomically unsound and unjust. “A member of Congress who supports two homes and a family cannot live on less than he is now receiving. It is all a part of the same scheme, to take pub- lic service out of the life of a poor man, to drive the representatives of the work- ing man and the common people out of the legislative body, and t6 make it a rich man’s club. “It is part of the plan to punish us in Congress who have not obeyed the dictates of big business and special in- terests. They propose to cut Govern- ment salaries, but that is only a prece- dent to cut all salaries and firmly es- tablish a poor class who will be in com- petition for the jobs.” Representative John J. Cochran, chair- man of the House Committee on Ex- penditures and the one member of the Economy Committee who has stood steadfast in opposing cuts in salaries, discovered his alternative proposals to avoid salary reduction incorporated with the salary slash proposals. Ready for Finish Fight. Connery and many other members last night assured Representative Cochran they stand ready to follow him to the finish in a fight against either the 11 per cent flat cut or the Presi- dent’s recommendation of enforced fur- loughs without pay. They claim they have the votes to defeat both proposals. “Members of Congress and the people must not be -deceived about the fur- Joughs—that is merely a camoufiage for pay cuts,” Connery emphasized. Representative Mansfield, Democrat, of Texas anticipated President Hoover's proposal that Congress members should at once set to work cutting their own salaries, those of the cabinet and the Persident, by introducing such a bill late yesterday. The Mansfield bill would make each of these high officials take a $1,600 cut. He would reduce the sala- ries of the Vice President, Speaker of the House and cabinet members from $15,000 to $13,400, and the salaries of Senators, Representatives and Territo- rial Delegates from $10,000 to $8.400. “That's the first place cuts should be made to meet the wishes of the le. back home,” said Mansfield last night. He declared himself in favor of a rea- sonable reduction in Government sala- ries, but opposed to heavy levy against small salaries. Mansfleld is making out his own econ- omy program by introducing a series of bills toward this end, all of which he declares his intention of pushing for enactment. Would Abolish Franking. Another bill he introduced late yes- terday would prohibit members of Con- gress from franking their speeches through the mails. He has been in con- ference with postal officials and declares a big saving would be effected in that way. He put in another bill providing for consolidation of all the engineering and construction work, but instead of creat- ing & new general magaging executive in charge of this consolidation, he would turn the entire job over to the Chief of Engineers of the Army. Representative Thomas L. Blanton, Democrat, of Texas, declared last night he intends to fight bitterly against any reduction in low salaries. He says any salary under $2.200 should not be touched because it is scarcely enough to live on, and he will do his utmost to protect all salaries under $2,200. He has introduced a joint resolution which he intends to press. It would make all salaries above $2,200 drop back to their status in 1923 before the classi- fication act was d. He would abolish the Classification Board and repeal the classification act. Blanton advocates cutting salaries of members of Congress from $10,000 to $7,500 and proposes that no salary shall be paid to any Government official in excess of $7,500, except such as are protected in the Constitution—the President and judges. He declares that all quasi-Government institutions, such as the Federal Reserve Board and other co-operative agencies drawing subsidy from the Federal Government, not pay any officer more than $7,500 a year, or get no more subsidy from the Government. MRS. NORTON SEES MERGER ADOPTION Traction Measure to Pass at Pres- ent Session, She Says on Radio. ‘The joint resolution authorizing a merger of Washington's two street railway companies will be adopted at the current session of Congress, Repre- sentative Norton of New Jersey, chair- man of the House District Committee, predicted last night in a radio address over Station WMAL. A few hours before Mrs. Norton made her talk the merger resolution was re- ported to the House by Representative Black of New York, chairman of the Subcommittee on Public Utilities. The advantages of a consolidation both to the companies and the public were outlined by Mrs. Norton. She also reviewed the history of the 20-year movement in the interest of a merger. Mrs. Norton declared that “in view of the tremendous savings which ob- viously would result from a merger, it is most difficult to understand why the street railway companies have shown so little interest in & consolidation of the system.” MICHIGAN WETS APPEAL FOR REPEAL REFERENDUM Parade to Capitol at Lansing With Petitions Signed by Over 200,000. By the Associated Press. DETROIT, April 9.—Seeking a ref- erendum on the repeat of Michigan's prohibition law, anti-prohibitionists from several Michigan. cities paraded to the State Capitol at Lamsing today bearing petitions with more than 200,- 000 signatures, Only 86,000 signatures are_necessary. The petitioners glumed to converge upon the Capitol by 2:30 p.m. There Frank D. Fitzgerald, secretary of State, standing on the Capitol steps, will re- ceive the petitions from Mrs. Frederick Womeh's Orgamaation” for National omen’s on for Naf Prohibition Reform. of o, be other A Detroit cavalcade c Pproximately 250 motor mmx Joined by close to 100 cars cities en route to Lansing. e — Poland bacon producers have sent & special - representative to the United States to induce Poles in America to eat Polish bacon and agricultural products. 10, 19 Entertain Masons PAUL B. CROMELIN HEADS PROGRAM COMMITTEE. PAUL B. CROMELIN, Worthy grand patron of the Order of the Eastern Star, who is head of the organization’s committee planning en- tertainment for guests and members ex- pected in Washington during Masonic week, May 9 to 14. A featpre of the order’s contribution to the week's pro- gram will be the presentation of a pageant in the Washington Auditorium the night of May 13, set aside as East- ern Star day. PASS INDEPENDENT OFFICES MEASURE House Members Vote Bill Providing $985,931,431 for 30 Agencies. Carrying $985,931,431 for the sup- port of 30 Government agencies next year, the independent offices appropri- ation bill was by the House late yesterday and sent to the Senate. As adopted, the bill represents a reduction of $54.948.535 made by the Appropria- tion comnnm under budget estimates, and a further slashing of $515,075 by the House itself from the committee’s recommendations. The biggest additional saving was $500,000, stricken from the $840,000 the committee had recommended for com- pletion of the bridge project connecting the Lincoln Memorial with Arlington National Cemetery. Highway Police Cut. Also the House knocked $15,075 from the bill that would have been spent to police the new $7-an-inch concrete highway from We to Mount Vernon. Instead of adding $60,000 to the Federal Trade Commission’s $1,266,~ 500 allowance, the House reconsidered its previous action and decided to make that portion of the total avail- able immediately so the investigation of utilities and chain stores may be continued. To the Farm Board went $1,000,000, left in the bill after its opponents had attempted to abolish it. Other Approprigtions. Other appropriations included: Veterans' Administration, 795; White House, including ries of President Hoover and Vice President Curtis, $429,380; Interstate Commerce Commission, $7,228,179; Mount Rushmore National Memorial Commission, $25,000; Smithsonian In- stitution, $1,194,254; Tarif Commis- sion, $1,150,000; Shipping Board, $423,270. PROPOSES RETIRING OF OLD U. S. CLERKS 2 House Economy Group Urges Hoover to Pension 3,440 Over Retirement Age. Three thousand four hundred and forty superannuated employes of the Government, most of whom reside in ‘Washington, would be forced to retire immediately if Congress accepts the recommendation of the Special Econ- omy Committee of the House made to the President yesterday. A report compiled by the Civil Serv- ice Commission last month shows that the 3,440 employes beyond the retire- ment ages fixed by law on the pay roll were paid a total of $8,102,288.63 last year. It is estimated that the average re- tired Government worker receives $1,200 a year, of which $900 comes from the Federal . If these em- ployes were retired now 1t would cost the Government about $3,096,000 in retirement pay. The net saving to the Treasury would be the difference, or about $5,006,288.63 a year. It was pointed out by Government officials that exact figures could not be obtained unless each of the 3,440 cases were studied individually. The amount of the Government's contribution to- ward retirement pay would be governed in each case by the length of service of the individual employe, the amount he Rr paid into the retirement fund and Most of the employes affected, it was said, are in the classes retired at the ages of 65 and 70 years. DAVIS SAYS WAR COST MAY BE 150 BILLION Liquor Tax Urged by Senator as Long Step Toward Balancing Budget. By the Assoclated Press. PHILADELPHIA, April 9.—Senator James J. Davis said tonight that the ultimate cost of the world war to the United States may reach the “incompre- hensible” total of 150 billion dollars, and advocated a tax on liquor as a long step toward balancing the budget. “It seems to me that Congress has levied & tax on everything that is tax- able,” he said, addressing a meeting of disabled veterans. “It is generally con- ceded that the program of national pro- hibition has not stopped the distribu- lrmmr. If we could tax that liquor which is being dis- tributed in violation of the law, estimators agree that it would go a long way toward the budget and supplying the deficit which the Govern- ment now faces in its income.” INJURED IN ARREST FEDERAL WORKERS | T0 FIGHT PAY CUT | “Last Ditch” Announcement Against Hoover Proposals Includes Furlough. “We intend to fight all pay cut and forced furlough proposals to the last ditch,” Miss Gertrude M. McNally, sec- retary-treasurer of the National Federa- tion of Federal Employes, asserted last night in discussing the proposals to re- duce Federal pay. Already unalterably opposed to the principle of a pay cut as sponsored by the House Economy Committee, Miss McNally also put the federation on record as opposed to President Hoover's new suggestion at the White House con- ference yesterday to furlough Federal workers without pay, in order to prevent dismissals. The committee's plan, which calls for an 11 per cent cut on all salaries, wil an exemption of $1,000, is considered by Miss McNally as the less desirable of the two proposals. She explained it would be more difficult to return sal- aries to present levels from a percentage pay cut. Furlough “Lesser Evil.” ‘The federation is of the opinion, ac- cording to Miss McNally, that there would be more likelihood of Federal pay returning to its present level if the forced furlough without pay were placed in effect than if a flat pay cut were made. “But we are very much against them both,” she said. “The conditions under which Federal employes have been working have become harder since last November, when the Government stop- ped filing vacancies. Work has piled up, foreing extra work and longer hours, because vacancies are not being filled. “Federal employes have been at the bottom of the heap long enough. Why pile up more trouble for them by & pay cut?” Increasing indication is coming from the country, Miss McNally emphasized, to show how serious a Government pay Congress from industry to force a pay cut_of Government workers, according to Miss McNally, but she said that re- cently there had come about a surpris- ing shift of opinion cn the part of many local chambers of commerce throughout the country. Positions Are Changed. ‘Whereas the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, she explained, is still in favor of a pay cut, many local chambers which formerly were in favor of a Federal pay cut are now changing their stand. The proposal to cut congressional, Cabinet and the President’s salary also 000 then he should go home and let a $10,000 man come in his place,” she said. “We are perfectly sincere in this position, as we need good men in Con- gress, the best we can get. Those who are dong work in Congress are worth much more than that. everyone knows that the President is underpaid for the tremendous respon- sibility he carries.” Proposed elimination of the Saturday half holiday meets with objection from the federation, Miss McNally that abolition of this half holiday would greatly lower morale of the Federal that the House $949,237,- | Economy the sala- tion of $6,000,000 for the postal service. Defends Superannuates. Also opposing the suggested retire- ment of all superannuated sug promotions, as Miss McNally explained workers would be satisfied to hold the les they now have. Suspension of extra pay for overtime and night serv- ice, she explained, would affect only the Customs, Immigration, Govern- ment Printing Office and Postal Service, FULL FUND ASKED FOR POST OFFICE Head of Clerks’ Association Says Curtailed Appropriation Means Unemployment. A warning on the unemployment that would follow in the wake of the pro- posed slash of 10 per cent in the $1,100,000,000 Treasury-Post Office ap- propriation bill yesterday was sounded by Thomas F. Dolan, president of the United National Association of Post ©Office Clerks. Explaining that Senator Jones, Re- publican, of Wi n, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, had said that his group would effect Lh15'1:_l_ls!.|.ll1".dl)r.\ax;l said: “The uct! in the Treasury ap- propriation would mean the lndenn.fie suspension of more than 250 Federal building projects, depriving and throw- ing out of employment some 35,000 men, who with their dependents will suffer. More recruits for the vast army of unemployed. “The reduction in the Post Office appropriation bill, $80,546,617.50 to be exact, would possibly necessitate that 30,000 or 40,000 postal employes be rele~ gated to the swelling ranks of the un- employed. It would mean a complete reconstruction of the entire postal fa- cilities of the country, rary, Dolan said, “the pasage of this bill in its complete form, with no reductions, will directly con- rosperity and the alleviation of unemployment and will give inspira- tion to a discouraged nation.” Pointing to moves in both houses of ongress to cut BOY, INJURED BY TRAIN, DIES BEFORE OPERATION | By the Associated Press. MEMPHIS, Your Planting and Remake Your Lawn Our many years of experience are at your service on any land- scaping problem. Phone us. Seeding, sodding, artistic plant- Ing, rockeries and lily pocls our specialty. Plans and Estimates Giadly Submitted ELORI 9, ST s copgee ih s, NURSERYMEN Atlantic 0162 Hyatts. 785 For Lease Best Block Ninth Street 610 Ninth Str mi ; in the retail distriet. ‘Will rent first ment separately. GEORGE A. WILSON Store Locations National 5900 907 15th St. N.W. floor store and base- A Whole Funeral for as Phone or write your Address. 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