U. S Budget Is Like Yours
—It Simply Can’t Be Cut
WASHINGTON—Out of a con
templated national budget of
nine billion dollars (count em),
it seems as if Congress ought to
be able to chisel off a couple of
billion at least. But when you
begin looking at the budget —
item by item —you can’t escape
the conclusion that there will
NOT be much trimming.
The congresional heart is pro
bably as hard as any other heart
in the mass. vBut the congression
al heart is never confronted by
the budget in the mass. It is con
fronted by it piecemeal. And the
congressional heart, section by
section, melts. The long odds are
that, in the coming session of
Congress the mass heart will
melt again piecemeal, and there
will be no cutting down of ap
propriations.
Congress can always make a
show and demonstrate that it cut
the budget—but that claim is al
ways a publicity cheat. The bud
get is what the various depart
ments ask for. As a matter of
well-established practice they al
ways ask more than they expect
to get, although (they will defend
every dollar as essential to the
continued national existence.
The President gets first chance
at cutting the budget. He, too, is
a past master at doing it the
skillful way. More than one con
gressman will tell you that the
president does his heavy trim
ming in items which he expects
congress will put back. The idea
is that it leaves him a margin so
he may be lenient with those por
tions of the budget for which he
has shown special favor in recent
years — notably the Navy and
Army.
As an example, he trimmed a
slug off farm benefits a couple
of years ago and suggested that
Congress could put it back only
if it was willing to raise the ex
tra money by taxation. The con
gressmen didn’t raise the money
but did put back the appropria
tion—and the President has been
punishing them verbally ever
since.
Take individual appropriations
the point is clearer For .the old
time services of the Department
of Agriculture such as extension
work, inspection, experiment sta
tions, and the like about $391,
000,000 is needed. But the Depart
ment of Agriculture appropria
tion last year was $1,289,000,000.
Where did it all go to, and why
can’t some be cut off?
Well, $654,560,000 —two-thirds
of a billion—went out as soil
conservation and benefits or par
ity payment to cotton growers,
tobacco growers, corn and wheat
growers, and farmers in general.
In an election year do you ex
pect Mid-western senators and
house members or those from
the cotton and tobacco belt, or
the trans-Mississippi wheat stat
es to vote for cutting that figure,
If you think so you have never
seen a congressman in the flesh.
Congress cut the emergency re
lief appropriation last session,
1 but even then it reached the
sorru what staggering sum of
$1,750,000,000. That’s barely half
.what it has been at times. Con
gress is more likely to increase
that sum even for this year, than
to cut it.
Take the next item, the vet
erans’ administration appropria
tion of $561,093,000. That sum,
too, will increase, not decrease.
Have you heard of anyone argu
ing for a reduction of the CCC?
That cost $295,000,000 this year.
How about the Army, It got
$531,940,000 in 1939, and the sum
was jacked up to $742,058,000 for
the current 1940 fiscal year. The
President has already asked an- j
other $118,000,900 to pay for in
creasing the Army immediately.
Moreover, only a small amount
of the total cost of the new air
program has been covered by ap
propriations. Unless the program
is stopped in mid-air (nice pun,
suh), more cash must come.
The Navy got $625,000,000 in
1939 and $778,188,000 in 1940. To
pay for ships already started more
must come next year. The Presi
dent has lumped additional
army and navy needs into a flat
half billion. That will mean an
even two billion for defense.
Want to cut it?
You can’t make a dent in such
figures by firing a few dozen sec
retaries. If you put your finger
on a single one of those appro
priations likely to be cut by the
coming Congress we will be glad
to send you a picture of the presi
dent laughing up. this sleeve.
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THE W A R W ENT TO HIS HEA D—-That coy little bird masquerading as a hat tor
Rosalie Colton didn’t utter a cheep-cheep when it glimpsed the bonnet .vnrn by Horace Scwarz to
the head-dress hospital-benefit bail in Philadelphia. Hitler, Mussolini, Chamberlain and Daladicr
adorn the Scwarz hat, with a peace dove on top. \ band on his chest read, i'm neutral.”
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A VILLAIN IS FOILED ACAI N—From a mine washed up on the English coast, a mem*
ber of Britain's mine patrol takes out 16 lamps of explosive, which arc then thrown among the rocks to
be later burned. The patrols are having a busy time of it, dismantling the scores of mines washed up
weekly. The job requires the utmost caution and skill.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS
No. 613
In the Probate Court in and For
The Cape Nome Precinct, Terri-..
.tory of Alaska.
In the matter of the estate of
HANS MIROW, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that by
order of the Probate Court in
and for the Cape Nome Precinct,
Alaska, the undersigned has been
appointed Executrix of the es
tate of HANS MIROW, deceased.
All persons having claims again
st said estate shall present them
with proper vouchers attached,
within six months from the date
of this notice to the undersigned
at Nome, Alaska, or to her
through her attorney, Leroy M.
Sullivan, at his office in the City
Hall in Nome, Alaska.
Dated at Nome, Alaska. Jan
uary 8, 1940.
Madeleine Mirow
Executrix
Publish Jan. 8 15 22 29, 1940.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
No. 615
In the Probate Court in and for
The Cape Nome Precinct, Terri
tory of Alaska
In the matter of the estate of
JAMES HAUGHEY, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that by
order of -the Probate Court in
and for the Cape Nome Precinct,
Territory of tht Alaska, the un
der signed has been appointed
Executor of the estate of JAMES
HAUGHEY, deceased. All persons
having claims against said estate
shall present them with proper
I vouchers attached, within six
' months from the date of this no
tice to the undersigned at Nome,
Alaska.
Dated at Nome, Alaska, Jan
uary 15, 1940.
Aimer Rydeen,
Executor
Publish Jan 15,22,29, Feb 5,1940
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
In the Probate Court for the
Noatak-Kobuk Precinct, Terri
tory of Alaska, Second Division
j In the matter of the estate ol
(FRANK STOKER, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given that th<
[undersigned Geo. H. Wagner ha
been appointed by the above en
titled court, administrator of the
estate of Frank Stoker, deceas
ed. All persons having claims
-against the estate of said deceas
I ed are hereby required to pre
sent the same, duly verified, to
the undersigned administrator of
the said estate, at Kotzebue, Al
aska, within six months from the
date of this notice.
Dated at Kotzebue, Alaska,
this 15th day of January, 1940.
Geo. H. Wagner,
Administrator of the estate
of 'Frank Stoker, deceased.
Publish Jan 15,22,29 Feb 5,1940
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Carrying an Assortment
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Missing Men
Inquiries have been received
by the Office of the Governor,
Juneau, Alaska regarding the fol
lowing persons supposed to be in
Alaska.
Clementson, Melvin—age 40, 5 ft.
10 inches tall. Last heard from
in October, 1936. He was pros
pecting in the summer months
out from Ketchikan and trap
ping in winter months. He has
dark brown hair and blue eyes
DEXTER, John—about 27 years
old. Dark brown hair and eyes.
Left Los Angeles two years
ago, believed to be in Alaska.
HJALMAR, Erick —Believed to
have been Anchorage or Se
ward last August.
HASKOWSKI, John—a veteran,
was taken to veteran’s hospital
in Portland, Oregon for about
a year then left for Alaska
again this past summer. He is
believed to be around Cordova.
HAGARTY, Dominic—last heard
of from Cordova in 1919 but be
lieved to still be in the country
SMITH, Mae (Mary) — A dau
ghter of John and Margaret
Smith—believed to be in or
around Juneau.
WICKLANDER, Olaf—when last
heard from he was employed
in Oregon as an operator of a
large Deisel dragline for gov
ernment work. He has also
been employed in the state of
Washington and in Alaska.
Anyone having information at
all in regard to these people is re
quested to notify the Governor’s
Office. Juneau, Alaska.
ALASKA MUSEUM VISITED
DURING YEAR BY 11,385
An all-time record number of
I visitors, 11,385, made calls to the
Alaska Historical Museum and
Library. Curator A P Kashevar
off reported at Juneau.
The 1939 total is 136 in excess
of that for 1938, the previous re
cord year.
j Number of visitors to the mu
seum is roughly double the pop
ulation of Juneau.
DIMOND REITERATES PLAN
TO SEEK 15,000,000 FOR BASE
SEATTLE — Anthony J. Di
j mond, Alaskan delegate to Con
I gress, said here he would seek
, passage of a bill at the next ses
i sion of Congress authorizing a
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$15,000,000 military air base at
Anchorage.
“With a virtual alliance be
tween Russia and Japan, there
is no time for delay,” he said.
“The bases at Kodiak, Sitka and
Fairbanks are not enough to de
fend Alaska.”
He was confident the war de
partment would approve the
plan.
iDimond also disclosed he
(would outline a fish conservation
program, particularly for herrnig
and would ask for gradual abol
tion of fish traps.
The territorial delegate was en
route to Washington, D C., with
his wife and three children.
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for your convenience — Dredge
Logs, thawing and drill reports,
Mining Deeds, Placer and Lode
Location Notices. Vouchers,
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LET S SIT THIS SE T—Between sets of tennis at Palm
Beach, Fla., Countess Ilaugwitz-Reventlow, the former Barbara
Hutton who inherited dime-store millions, sits out one set with
Robert Sweeny, American sportsman. Reportedly he may become
Husband No. 3 when the countess gets a divorce from the Danish
„ nobleman for whom she renounced her American citizenship.