Evening Star Newspaper, April 27, 1932, Page 5

FOES OF PAY CUT FIGHT GAG RULE Hope to Defeat Amendment Shutting Off Debate on Omnibus Bill. (Continued Prom First Page.) first of the four possible amendments will be offered by Representative O'Con-‘ nor, Democrat, of New York, a mem- ber of the Rules Committee, who will propose to increase the exemption be- fore cuts are made in Federal salaries from $1,000 to $2,000. There is quite general belief that this amendment will be accepted by a big majority vote. The sccond amendment is to be offered by Representative Cochran, who is a member of the Economy Commit- tee. He will prop:se knocking out the provision to abolish the Saturday half- boliday for Government employes. Saving Put at $200,000,000. Late yesterday Chairman McDuffie filed the formal report of the special committee, which went into exhaustive details on the bill and placed the savings at approximately $200,000,000. On the section granting President Hoover authority to reorganize the Gov- ernment subject to congressional ap- proval, the report said “It is believed this v2to power affords | ample security against any possible | abuse or unwise use of the power granted the President. * * *" “The general plan of retrenchment,” it added, “as embodied in tre bill * * * paturally divides itself into four parts. The first has to do with personnel, and the reduction in compensation to the employes of the Government; the sec- ond has to do with miscellaneous items to be reduced or eliminated: the third has to do with consolidating with agencies and bureaus; while the fourth pertains to the relief of veterans of past wars. “It is the last of these categories enumerated whici hangs over the future of the country like a black cloud, for under existing ;aws and assuming there will be no additional benefits granted, the cost of veterans reli2f 10 years hence will substantially exceed $1,300,- 00,000 annualiy. City Wage Cuts Cited. Characterizing the proposed pay cut | as the fairest mcthod in effecting the end sought, the report listed the follow- ing cities which have reduced silaries from 3 to 20 per cent: Chicago, Phila- delphia, Detroft, Los Angeles, Cleveland, ‘Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Minne- apolis, Cincinnati and Kansas City. The report said the scaling down of benefits to veterans proposed in the bill would affect 123,320 persons and save the Government $48,714,000 an- nually by reducing allowances, pensions and hospitalization to persons having an income of $1,500 if single, and those having incomes of $3,500 if married, allowing $400 for each dependent. The committee said in view of the *drain on the Treasury, resulting from ; expenditures on behalf of veterans, which has amounted up to the present | time to approximately $15,000,000,000 and which will continue to require an- nually in the future appropriations of approximately $1,000,000,000 or more and the additional needs * * * it was felt only fair that any person whose income was equal to or above the amount specified should be excluded from benefits.” Items to Be Saved. Items for which estimates or savings are given in the report follow Elimination of Saturday half holiday, | $9,000,000. Suspension of automatic increases, $2,100,000. Retirement of superannuated civilian employes, $3,000,000. Reduction of railway mail clerks’ sub- sistence allowance from $3 to $2 a day, $3,000,000. Reduction of Ccngressmen's travel allowance 25 per cent, $56,500. | Abolition or reduction of Philippine | Bcouts, $5,000,000. { Restriction of transfer of Army nnd‘ Navy personnel, $3,368,000. Abolition of Army, Navy and Panama transport services, $1,500,000. Recrganization of Shipping Board, $2,500,000. Army and Navy cocnsolidation, $50,- | 000,000 to_ $100,000,000. | Savings by reducing veterans' benefits, | eaffecting 123,320, $48,714,000. Elimination of pay to employes for | overtime and night work, $5,600,000 The third amendment will be by Rep- resentative Ramseyer, Republican. of Jowa, also a member of the Economy Committee, who will ofier the Presi- dent’s compulsory furlough plan in sub- stitution for the 11 per cent cut. | The fourth and last amendment that | ean be offered to title 1 cof the bill will be to strike out the entire section. More Liberal Rule Seen. Should the special rule be defeated the Democratic leadership has two al- ternative propositions under considera- tion, one of which would be to go im- mediately to the Rules Committee and | get a more liberal rule, throwing the economy bill open for more general amendment, and"the other to bring up the economy bill as privileged matter under the general rules of the House, and to proceed in that way until con- sideration of all provisions of the bill has been had up to the point of actual passage, and at that stage to get a spe- cial rule making the amended economy bill germane as an amendment to the legislative appropriation bill Amendments Outlined. The first amendment would strike | from the bill section 207, providing no employe of the Government should be paid a higher rate of compensation for overtime work. The section also would Tequire that as much overtime work as possible be performed by substitutes, in- ad of individuals working during the ) | ‘The second amendment would eiim- | inate a provision limiting traveling al- lowances of postal service employes to $2 a day The third amendment would kill a section providing suspension of all pro- visions of law allowing automatic in- creases in the compensation of Federal and District government employes, based on the length of service. The fourth amendment would strike from the bill provisions authorizing the Postmaster General to temporarily as- sign post office employes to the duties of railway mail clerks and vice versa, 4f desired. Seeks Debate Extension. When the special rule was presented by Representative Bankhead, Democrat, | of Alabama, Representative Purpell. | Republican, of Indiana, sought to have ' the time for debate on the rule extend- ed from one hour to an hour and a half Objection was registered by Rep- Tesentative Schafer, Republican, of Wis- consin, who said: “I can't approve a gag rule which allows so little time on such important legislation.” Representative Blanton. Democrat, of #exas, asked that it be made in order for a substitute rule to be presented, saying, “some of us are not satisfied . with this rule and want mors e." Representative Bankhead said he ®ould not make such a deal. Bankhead was recognjzed for one hour with the right to yield half of that time to those opposed to the measure. Representative Bankhead admitted there some truth in the charge that had n made that this is a gag rule, since ii places some restriction on the number of amendments that can be offered “However, it does permit amend- ments,” he said, “on each title in the Bbill, and it gives privileged status to those -menamen'ta which allow hl'gy liberal opportunity to pass upon the Pnajor phases of this legislation.” . Rapresentative Bankhead pointed out | broadcast chains. | networks and _individual | for _ consideration. | all | assistant chief of continuity, but she |in perfecting amendments THE EVENING Poster Contest Winners TWO HIGH SCHOOLS TAKE ALL HONORS. | | | LL honors in the Dental Society’s annual poster prize contest, conducted in the schools under authority of the Board of Education, were won by McKinley High School in the senior group and Gordon Junior High School in the junior group. The winners were announced at exercises in Central High School last night. The winners are: Standing, left to right, senior high school group—Ruth | ! Welsh, second prize: Ruth Jackson, third prize, and Marguerite Burgess, first | prize. Junior high group—Helen Herfurth, first prize; Anthony Chanaka, second | prize, and Marian Stewart, third prize. | The speakers at the presentation last night were Dr. Wallace S=ccombe, | dean of the University of Toronto, Ontario, and Dr. E. V. McCallum of Johns Hopkins University, who discussed the relationship of nutrition to hea Both_men are internationaly known health authorities Following selections by the Central High School Orchestra, direction of Samuel Wood, Dr. George Albert Smith, chairman of Hygiene and Public Instruction Committee of the District Dental Socie has charge of the May day programs, stated the purpose of the meeting, exp ing the hope that it would lead to better health among school children. He introduced Dr. Herbert C. Hopkins, president of the Dental Society presided for the rest of the meeting. The first speaker was Henry Gilli member of the Board of Education. Mr. Gilligan congratulated the soci its work and spoke of the willingness of the school board to sanction the contesis and other similar events. ENBRYD WRIERS CUTS HELD THREAT BESEGHG RADD TOREVENUEBUREA) Poems, Plays, HouseholdiLoss of 2,206 Workers Scen Hints and Other Products| Despite Increase in Work Submitted, bat Hope Dark. Next Year. Although the Internal Revenue Bu- NEW YORK, April 25—The embryo | reau wil have a heavy volume of work writer has found a new outlet. It's the to do next year in collecting the new jand increased taxes contemplated in As a result, there is being poured in |the pending revenue bill, that bureau | upon the continuity departments of |will have to dismiss 906 revenue agents 1 stations a|and 1,300 zone deputy collectors if the flood of manuscripts running from five- | Senate applies its 10 per cent reduction | iine poems through household hints and |rule to the House allotments for that up into plays and sketches. | agency. | i under the b By the Associated Press. Few of them have a real chance to| = get on the air. One checkup shows| Figures Given in Letter. that out of 150 to 175 received a month, | These figures are contained in a not. over one or two can even qualify letter from David Burnet, commissioner | of internal revenue, to Senator Oddie, | Republican, of Nevada, chairman of the subcommitfee having charge of the | Treasury-Post Office appropriation bill, The letter was written at the request of the Senator. Mr. Burnet submitted tables showing how these reductions in personnel would be distributed throughout the various sections of tHe country. He pointed | out that in the actual application of the cut it might be found that in some | districts it would not be possible to| curtail the force, which would mean | dropping a larger number in some | other districts | In presenting the figures to the Sen- ate late vesterday, Senator Oddie. who | is fight'ng vigerously against the 10 per cent cut, said | Fears Collection Loss. " “I have already called attention to the fact that possibly $95,000,000 in | internal revenue collections will b2 lost | if these reductions in the personnel are | made.” | The Oddie subcommittee has heard the testimony of Secretary of the Treas- ury Mills and Postmaster General Still these unsolicited offerings have been productive of several leading pro- grams, such as “The Goldbergs,” “Hello Marie,” “Careless Love,” “Moonshine and Honeysuckle,” and “The Phantom Caravan " Opportunity For Good Ones. Writers who show any possibility at are encouraged, says Miss Kay Seymour, National Broadcasting Co.’s finds that most of the uscripts show a lack of knowledge of radio pro- gram production. “It seems so easy. after listening to a broadcast, to set down and dash off something real good,” she points out “As a matter of fact, radio writing is far ‘more difficult than writing for the movies, the stage or for publication. “Radio depends upon sound alone. Most of the manuscripts received over- look that. They seem to miss what we term the third dimension of the micro- phone—the idea of getting over the impression of depth, or more aptly, motion, merely by the proper technique of presentation. | Brown as to the effect of the 10 per Everything Is Read. cent on their departments, but has not “Despite the apparent lack of skill |decided where to apply the cut in the in the material that comes to my desk, | tWo departments. s }rlea: ever}‘!hlnx submitted carefully | — the hope of finding something worth- while. Ttcluded in the material nave| CENTER FORUM TONIGHT been poems to which the writers at. | i tached a plea that a place be found for_them on the air. Southenst “It’s true that radio doesn't pay as Di i well as some other 'ines, largely because | rection of Mrs. Taylor. we are still feelint our way along The Southeast Sustaining features, naturally. do not| Will hold a bring the writer as much as those which have a sponsor.” —_— Public Speaking Under { | | | | | Community _Center | blic speaking forum to- night at 7:30 o'clock in the Hine Junior | High School. Mrs. Hazel Clark Taylor | | will direct | | The meeting is the fourth of a series | of elght ev 1d weekly at the cen- | ter. The s ill close May 25. Mrs. | M. W. Davis supervises the activities at the center. in reply to a suggestion from Minority Leader Snell that the rule would also give the committee a chance to bring O'Connor Opposes Rule. Representative: O'Connor, Democrat, | of New York, a member of the Rules | Committee, declared himself opposed to il the rule and expresed the hope it in the | would be beaten. He emphesized ihat -, - | the Economy Committee has been giver, World W ar { extraordinary high privilege, and was | expected to bring in its bill with the | same rights as are given to Appropria- i < tions and Ways and Means Commit.| | COmPiled by Sergt. L. E. Jacckel. tees. Instead of that, ne sald, they resorted to the very unusual procedure of coming back to the Rules Committee for a special rule, under which they could put an amendment of 71 pages of highly controversial legislation. on an appropriation bill. If the rule is adopt- arded the Distin- ed, he said, he would offer an amend- ss for extracrce- | Mment to increase the exemntin for pay | nary herolsm in a“tion with the enemy at cuts on Government cmployes from | Cantigny. France, $1.000 to $2,000. This, he said. would | May 28, 1918 relieve 417,000 civilian and 764,400 mili- | Even tkough hs tary employes, leaving only 341,000 em- normal duties were ployes affected. | as_orderly for twc Representative Purnell, Republican, | officers, Pvt. Ward of Indiana, said he hoped the rule volunteeced for would be adopted. “Neither the rule | action £t Cantig- nor the bill is entirely satisfactory to | ny and successful- me,” he said, “but neither side of this| ly went out into House will go before the country and | No Man’s Land and killed a sni- per who was in- flicting losses on his detachment, carried mossage: through machine- = gun apd artillery fire, end, although District’s Heroes S recorded in the official cita- tion, Fran G. Ward (Army | 2.805,234), private, | 1st Engineers, 1st American Expedit of prozedure or legislation, but to have | us put in practice rigid economy. It is high time for the Federal Govern- ment to take its cut. This program should have adopted a program of|braverv, coo'ness and fearless devotion economy. cutting appropriations to the | throughout the engigement. Residence bone, before going to the country for | at enlistment, Disirict of Columbia. additional taxes. et i Pvt. Ward's last address, according| say they are opposed to any measure | which may offer hope of economiy. The country is not interested in intricacies would give evidence of our good faith by reducing our own salaries. I believe | twice buried the House leaderchip has put the cart | shell craters, before the horse, and that first we displayed heroic & | to War Department records, was 305 Grass fires have been doing damage | D street. He no longer live near Folkestone, England, -t & time | phdress st b ‘when snow drifts are common. (Copyright, 1932.) STAR, WASHINGTON, | the ordnance plant at South Charleston " | piciure completely, because they might 1o | e needed in a national emergency?” ADAMS TESTIFIES ONNAVY YARD NEED Holds Only Establishments in East Could Be Closed Without Damage. By the Assoctated Press. Secretary Adams told the House Naval Aflairs Committee today that only naval shore establishments on the Atlantic and Guif Coasts can be closed without “detriment to the needs of the fleet.” The Secretary of the Navy was appearing on a_resolution by Chairman Vinson of the Naval Affairs Committee | to avthorize the President to close, sell, | or lease anv shore stations held unes- sential by the Navy head. Three in East Needed. ed that the facilities at York. Philadelphia and in the Hampton Roads area for the mainte- nance and the supply of the fleet are | ited amount of new construction, and that without undue reduction in naval v the remaining fleet facilities wn and the estimated annual | s were: val Operating Base, New Orleans, Portsmouth, N. H,, Navy Yard, Naval Station, Key W Navy Yard, Boston, $1,109,786; d, Charlesion, S. C., $400.614; al Training Station, Newport, R. I, s Naval Ordnance Plant, South | Charleston, W. Va., $60,000; Naval | Ordnance Plant, Baldwin, Long Island, | $20.150 Prison Could Be Closed. Adams also said the naval prison at Portsmouth, with a possible consolida- tion of prison activities, could be closed. On February 29, he said, there were employed the following number of men at the stations named: New Orleans, | 70; Portsmouth, 1,540; Key West, 36; Boston, 1,694; Charleston, 535. Adams testified, however, that he thought no naval establishment save | should be sold. Referr to the stations Adams had enumerated, Chairman Vinson asked Then there are no activities except the South Charleston ordnance plant | which you would like to put out of the “That is correct,” Adams replied. PLACED ON TRIAL! Accused of Beating Man to Try to Make Him Confess Stealing Flag on July 4. Jesse F. Hasty, tenth precinct police- | man, went on trial today before Justice Jemes M. Proctor and a jury in Crim- inal Division 1 on a charge of an as- sault with a dangerous weapon. This is another of the “police brutality” cases investigated by the Department of Jus- tice. Ralph Ware, colored, had been arrest- ed by Hasty July 4 last when seen by the officer carrying an American flag | early in the morning. It is alleged that Hasty, who was in a scouting car, at- tacked the suspect with a club in an ef- fort to extort a confession that he had stclen the flag. The alleged victim, it is stated, had been intrusted with the flag to display for Independence day. Assistant United States Attorney Julian I Richards is conducting the prosecution, while Attorney James A. O'Shea is defending the policeman, U. S. COURTS WARNED | T REDUCE EXPENSES | Justice Department Notifies Of- | ficials Funds Are Near De- pletion for Fiscal Year. By the Associated Press Because of depleted funds the Depart- ment of Justice has notified Federal Judges, district attorneys and United States marshals to hcld down court expenses for the remainder of the 1932 fiscal year. | The * department announced today that requests have been made of these officials to co-operate in curtailing on fees for jurors, witnesses, bailiffs and | on miscellaneous salaries and expenses. | The department also advised district | attorneys that between May 16 and June 30, the end cf the fiscal year, it would not be able to authorize employment of expert witnesses or court reporters in either civil or criminal cases. NOTED STORE O#ééATOR | YEARNS TO START AGAIN | Selfridge Says He'd Hew New Career in South America if He Were Only 21. By the Associated Press CHICAGO, April 27.—Harry Gordon Selfridge, who “retired” as a Chicago | merchant in 1904 only to become active | again as a founder and successful operator of a London department store, came back yesterday to talk it over with his old cronies. At a luncheon given in his honor talk turned mostly to the old days, when he was general manager of Mar- shall Field & Co. Selfridge said he had one regret | “I'd like to be 21 again,” he said, “with the whole werld before me and no career cut out for me. Id go to some new country, perhaps some place in South America, and I'd make as much disturbance as I could.” GUILTY IN BABY’S DEATH i 19-Year-Old Father Faces Prison for Fatal Slapping. | MILWAUKEE, Wis., April 27 szl Trial of Joseph Coutley, 19-year-old father accused of slapping and caus- mng the death of his infant daughter, Joan, ended abruptly yesterday when | Coutley pleaded guilty to first degree ' manslaughter Municipal Judge George A. Shaugh- nessy immediately sentenced him to serve 5 to 10 years in Green Bay Re- formatory. Efforts of Coutley's wife, Evelyn, to spare him from prison were unavailing. She testified the youthful father loved his little daughter and he had been | kind to her until March 30, when, ex- | asperated by a protracted crying spell, | he slapped her so violently that she was fatally injured. MANITOBA OPTIMISTIC WINNIPEG, Manitoba, April 27 ().— The Canadian west, drought-stricken | and sun-baked for three years, smiled | optimistically Monday as rain show- ers swept praie farm lands for the third successive day. Virtually every point in Southern Saskatchewan bene- fited from the liberal rainfall. Meanwhile, flood water subsided in the Peace River district and blizzard- wracked Celgary yas returning to nor- DEg, | another Soviet citizen. | inces. WEDNESDAY, Diplomat Dies JAPANESE EXPERT TO BE BURIED TOMORROW. RANSFORD S. MILLER. Funeral services for Ransford S. Miller, 65, State Department Japanese expert, who died yesterday in Garfield Hospital, will be held at 2:30 o'clock tomorrow afternoon at St. John's Church. Born in Ithaca, N. Y., Mr. Miller went to Japan as secrctary of the Interna- tional Committee of the Young Men's Christian Association following his graduation from Cornell University. In 1895 he joined the staff of the American Legation in Tokio, where he served for some time before going to Seoul, Korea, | as consul general. He returned to the United States in 190% with the Japanese Financial Mission. He was twice chief of the Division of Far Eastern Affairs at the State Depart- ment. Besides his widow, the former Lily Murray of Lockport, N. Y., Mr. Miller is survived by two daughters, Mrs. James Cooper, Syracuse, N. Y., and Miss Lillian May Miller, now in Japan. JAPANESE ADVANCE ON CHINESE REBELS Launch Greatest Manchu- rian Drive Since Capture of Chinchow. By the Associated Press. HARBIN, Manchuria, April 27— Japan's Manchurian military machine opened today the greatest drive since the capture of Chinchow in an effort to suppress a Chinese revolt against the government of Henry Pu-Yi. Three Japanese brigades moved by rail and river boats in a “pincers” movement against the rebel forces, estimated at 20,000, along the eastern lines of the Chinese Eastern Raillway and in the lower Sungari Valley. At the same time lesser Japanese forces sought to crush minor revolts in the Tunghua district, 125 miles east of Mukden, and in the Tungliao region, on the Mongolian border, northwest of Mukden. Advance Is Cautious. The main Japanese force is made up of Maj. Gen. Murai’s brigade, now near Imienpo °nd Hengtaohotze, on the eastern end of the Chinese Eastern Railway, ready to move northward toward Fangcheng and Sanhsin; Maj. Gen. Yoda's brigade recently in’' the Chinchow area and moving eastward along the Chinese Eastern to join Gen. Murai, and the brigade of Maj. Gen. Nakamura. Gen. Nakamura's brigade, which recently arrived in Manchuria from Japan, departed from Harbin down the Sungari River in 22 gunboats. Each carried two field guns. They were es- corted by four gunboats which formerly belonged to Marshal Chang Hsiao- Liang, but now held by the new Man- churian regime of Henry Pu-Yi. They proceeded cautiously because of reports that the rebels had planted mines between Fangcheng and Sanhsin. | Gen. Nakamura hoped to meet Gens* Murai and Yoda in the neighborhood of Sanhsin, after crushing the rebels along the way. and then, making Sanh- sin the headquarters, continue opera- tions in the lower Sungari Valley. Anxiety Is Manifest. A dispatch to the Rengo New Agency rom Antung said troops which merly acknowledged the new Pu-Yi regime had revolted and enveloped Tunghua, where Japan maintains a branch consulate. Considerable anxiety was felt about the safety of several Japanese residents of Tunghua and strong forces of Jap- anese police were sent there from Mukden and from Antung. \ ‘The rebels reached Yulengpu, 7 kilo- meters west of Tungliao, dispatches said, and the Japanese garrison at ’Ijtmghno was preparing to defend the city. SOVIET CONSUL PROTESTS. Members of Staff Reported Beaten by | White Guard. MOSCOW, April 27 (#)—A dispatch to the Tass News Agency from Peiping,”| dated April 23, said traffic on the southern line of the Chinese Eastern Railway was halted and telegraph con- | nection with the eastern line and Vladivostok interrupted by the occupa- tion of she station of Sanchakhe by “partisan detachments.” Moscow morning papers also printed dispatches from the Far East saying young “White Guard” elements at- tacked and beat two members of the stafl of the Soviet consulate at Harbin and raided an apartment belonging to The Soviet con. sul protested to the Manchurian au- thorities, the dispatches said. The Soviel manager of the Chinese Eastern Railway denied there was any strike on the road and_attributed re- ports of a strike to “White Guard” provocateurs. CANTON ARMY ADVANCES. Fukien Province. CANTON, China, April 27 (P)— Cantonese leaders predicted today the 80,000 Communist soldiers approaching Amoy and Foochow would turn from their objective to face the Canton army now entering Fukien Province. Reports here indicated the two armies Wuultd soon meet in a decisive engage- ment. Amoy and Foochow, principal citles | of Fukien Province, are on the coast | northeast of Canton. The Canton army has also started its reconquest of Kiangsi Province, ad- joining Fukien and Kwangtung Prov- D. C. POLICE TO HELP Officials of the Metropolitan Police Department decided yesterday to assist the police of Winchester, Va., in the handling of crowds expected to attend the Apple Blossom Festival next month. Inspector L. I. H. Edwards, assistant superintendent of police, announced that 12 men will be sent to the Vir- ginia city, May 4 and 5. The expense will be borne by the city of Winchester. sweeping | for-, APRIL 27, 1932. INTERIOR FORCES 0 FIGHT EXPENSES Bureaus to Have Struggle Holding Within $45,398,- 672 Appropriation. The Interior Department is expected to function after July 1 like a low- powered motor in a high-class automo- bile, according to officials engaged today in the task of making ends meet at the close of this fiscal sear on an appropri- ation of $45398,672, a total of $30,281, 926 less than the operation costs for the current year. “It is going to be an extremely hard struggle to mect the demands of the public with a depleted force of workers but we'll carry on the best we can,” said one in authority. The reduced ap- propriations in the six bureaus of the department call for the laying off of 4,093 permanent and temporary em- ployes, besides cutting the activity of | each of the bureaus to a minimum. This official pointed to the plight the Geological Survey is facing at the start of the new fiscal year. Of the total jof 390 employes in the slated for dismissal in Washington land the field, 185 of them are highly | trained geologists and technical men, who on entering the Survey deliberately lected | careers | Many of these men now are scattered | throughout the Nation searching for ! invisible wealth of this Government hidden away in the dark recesses of the earth. In informing Secretary of Interior Wilbur a few days ago that it would be necessary to let these valuable workers go, Director W. C. Mendenhall reminded the head of the department that they had entered the service of the Government “knowing that_they were thus abandoning hope of financial independence but with the expectation that they were entering upon reason- ably stable scientific careers whose chief reward would be the satisfaction of useful public service, and the oppor- tunity to make contributions to human knowledge and to the Nation's welfare and advancement.” Economy Demands Met. With the department operating on appropriations for this fiscal year of | $75,680,598, Secretary Wilbur complied with President Hoover's rigid economy demands for the 1933 fiscal year by slashing his budget estimate to $56,705, 352. When it came up for a vote in the House, it was reduced an additional $6,258,920. Then the Senate imposed a straight 10 per cent reduction, which also was _voted on favorably by the White House it was $30,281,926 less than the sum the department operated on during the current year. To operate a department under such circumstances and so close to the beginning of the next fiscal year, caused orders to be issued for immediate retrenchment reports from each of the six bureaus—the main item being the plan to throw reluctantly into the ranks of this country’s unemployed 4,093 men and women. There remains a ray of hope, officials pointed out, should Congress approve the proposed amendments in the omnibus bill now awaiting debate in the House, calling for forced furloughs instead of an 11 per cent salary cut and allowing interchanging of appropri- ations in departments or agencies up to 15 per cent. Should the inter- action, the Interior Department could adjust its funds and keep many of the employes now slated for dismissal on | & part-time basis, it was said. It was pointed out that it is extremely doubtful whether any of the $1,500,000 appropriated to the National Service to build roads and mountain trails during the coming year could be used to avert these wholesale dismissals. This amount would pay the salaries of those slated for unemployment and still leave sufficient funds to build many trails in the national parks for tourists to use for a short period each year. Work for Many Needy. From a congressional viewpoint, however, this appropriation will supply work for many now out of jobs regard- less of Secretary Wilbur's expression in a letter to Speaker Garner that it emphasizes local desires instead of good administration. Commenting _further on this fund, Mr. Wilbur said Congress has viewed this appropriation as being more important “than the welfare of | hundreds of well trained men and women doing needed Government service. Certainly it seems reasonable to wait for the improvement of a few miles of open road rather than to turn men and women into the streets.” Just how the Geological Survey and the other five bureaus of the department erate under the curtailment plan has been submitted briefly to Mr. Wilbur by the chief of each division. The Survey, which performs _important functions as a unit of the interior conservation organization, has been crippled with an appropriation of $960,740 less than the current appropri- ation of $3,141,740, each item in support of its work being reduced. This bureau must maintain a highly trained technical staff because of its recognition as the Federal authority on facts about available water supply, both surface and underground, essential to any well-planned development, but becoming more widely recognized as necessary in the settlement of the country and the growth of the cities. It also classifies the public lands from the mineral and agricultural point of view, and supplies the engineering and technical service necessary in adminis- tering the leasing laws affecting the publicly owned deposits of such minerals as coal, oil, gas, potash and phosphate. The reduction from $285,600 to $250,- 000 in the appropriation of the Office of Education for salaries will mean, according to Commissioner William John Cooper the elimination of 11 specialists in important fields of edu- cation. The reduction of $20,000 from the funds alloted for the investigation of teacher training will render impos- sible, the commissioner said, the print- ing of a considerable portion of the results of the study, making it unavailable to school officers through- out the country. Previous Work Wasted. Elimination of funds for the invest- | | £ the dropping on June 30 of 23 employes and render useless, Cooper asserted, practically all of the work that has been done during the present fiscal year on that study under the appropriation of $50,000 for 1932, To take care of the cut of $25,000 in salaries in the Office of the Secretary, it is estimated that it will be necessary When You Motor Over the MEMORIAL BOULEVARD i . TO MT. VERN —why not return by way of the Richmond Highway—and stop for LUNCHEON or DINNER at ! Continusus Service Until 9 P.M. DINNERS—85c—$1.00—$1.25 Special Week-day Luncheon, 65¢ bureau | entific instead of busmesm House. Thus when the bill reached the | changing amendment meet favorable | Park | igation of school finance will result in| to drop 12 or 13 employes. There are at present 170 employes in this agency. Twelve Washington and 56 permanent field workers will be released from the service of the Land Office. It was said |that many surveys and resurveys requested cannot be undertaken and some of those in process will be dis- i continued. At least five of the 14 public survey offices in the West will be abandoned and 24 fleld engineers and 10 draftsmen, computers and other | technical office employes, all of whom { have been trained from youth in this highly specialized work, will be dropped from the service. ‘The reduction of $75.000 in this bureau’s agency for protecting public ands will require, it was said, a reorgan- ization of the entire field service, resulting in the abolishment of at least two divisions and throwing out of work 22 men. ‘The appropriations for the Indianm | Service for the 1933 fiscal year are 1$20,710,439, a reduction of $4,279,000 less than for the present fiscal year. This will cost 720 permanent and temporary workers their jobs. Forty {one of those slated for dismissal are in the Washington office, which will be ! crippled, according to officials, to such {an extent that the effect will be felt | throughout the entire service. A general curtailment will be neces- {sary for the vast reclamation service { to Temain within its appropriation of 187,414,500, which is $14,656,500 less than | for the current fiscal year. Officials have estimated they will have to do | without the services of 1,839 permanent and temporary workers. Total of $2,000,000 was cut from the appropriation’ for the Colorado River struction is rapidly going on under contract and where any funds advanced jare to be repaid in full with interest at 4 per cent. The appropriations for the Hoover | Dam have been cut from $15,000,000 {for the current year to $4,000,000 for 1933, which caused Secretary Wilbur to issue a warning that “the sconer the | Hoover Dam is completed, the sooner | interest payments will begin and a great | community receive protection from inevitable floods.” He predicted a de- ficiency estimate would be necessary to keep this project going properly. ‘The cabinet officer emphasized this reduction in some of the appropriations was more apparent than real. He has referred to the general reduction as “pork,” to indicate that in cutting the department's appropriation’ bill “the choice was made to preserve ex- penditure in States and congressional | districts at the expense of necessary | Government service.” CRISP ANNOUNCES FOR HARRIS’ SEAT Dean of Georgia Delegation in i House Will Run to Suc- | ceed Senator. By the Associated Press. The office of Representative Charles R. Crisp yesterday made known that the Georgia legislator had announced as candidate for the Senate. Crisp is in Georgia. It is understood ! here that he was to make the formal | announcement today at his home at Americus. He will become a candidate to succeed the late Senator William J. Harris, The vacancy created by the | recent death of Senator Harris has | been filled temporarily by the int- | ment of John S. Cohen of Atlanta, ed- itor of the Atlanta Journal. | " Cohen was appointed by Gov. Rich- | ard B. Russell, who also has announced or the Senate. Judge Crisp is dean of the Georgia delegation in Congress. Santa Anna Reics Presented. Epaulets worn by Gen. Santa Anni at the Battle of San Jacinto have bee: presented to the University of Texas | Library at Austin. They will be exhibited along with Santa Anna's saddle and other relics. Prec and up, credibly smooth. It i undergone nearly 100 Buffalo, until the min owned fine cars of h | 142-inch to 147-inch Whe NEW EIGHT (4l prices f. project, where it was reported con- | item alone should be evidence that the | 137-inch to 142-inch Wheelbase . #¥¥% A S UINEMPLOYED GAIN SHOWNFOR SPRING | Number of Jobless Increases at Usual Boom Period, Green Asserts. Union unemployment reports in April |show a “new danger.” according to a | statement 1issued today by President William Green of the American Fed- eration of Labor, in that “industrial | unemployment is increasing at the peak of the usual Spring busy season.” He sald this is the first time on record that Jjobless conditions increased in April. Gathering monthly statistics from ‘abor union headquarters in all sec- tions of the country, he estimated that there were 7.950,000 workers idle. He said reports indicated that 150,000 men were hired on farms from March 1 |to April 1, at the same time 100,000 | were Icsing their jobs in industries. He reported that for the same period last | year “over 280,000 were taken back to | work in our industries.” | Problem May Be Growing. “This new rise is of ‘the greatest significance,” Green said “We can- !not count on any improvement from | industrial gain inthe near future, but we may be faced with a growing unem- ‘ploymfnt problem. Obviously we have yet {llltd to turn the tide toward eco- nomic recovery. Only by putting le back to work to create wealth lndpe:;‘:'n their livings can we put industry on a stable foundation “Wien unemployment increases, we cannot look for industrial improvement. It is a warning to make ready relief and public works. We are passing throueh one of the most critical periods in the | depression. The next two months will test whether the Government recon- struction measures can bring about a | start toward business recovery. Busi- ness hangs on buying power, and em- ployment is cutting buying power to still lower levels. | Urges Five-Day Week. “It is no longer possible to meet un- employment by relief measures alone. Already cities are reporting the failure of funds. Several reports funds al- ready out; very few have enough for the full year. There is only one way to give men enough work to keep body and sould together and at the same time stimulate buying; divide work time among those who need work by shortening work hours.” In conclusion Green said: “President Hoover is reported as convinced that the five-day week plan will have a nec- essary principle in the economic re- covery of the country. A universal five- day week would afford work for a large number of unemployed.” . Cow Gives 6,000 Gallons Milk. 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