Show I CURB PLACED ON ECONOMY BOARD Taft Commissions Commission's Powers Restricted Re Restricted Restricted Re- Re by Provision in Legislative Bill SENATE TRICKED BY HOUSE Real Significance of Legislation Legislation Legisla Legisla- tion Not Discovered Un UnI Until Until Un- Un I til Yesterday I ASHINGTON Aug 27 President 27 President WASHINGTON hafts Taft's economy commission Jt it was discovered ere tO today was ruthlessly trimmed by tho Democratic House and b by the In the sundry civil cl appropriation appropriation ap ap- and tho the legislative appropriation lion bills In addition to limiting tho the powers of I the commission to matters of or transacting transacting trans trans- acting the public business s of oC the ROV ifO ov- ov only In n the tho several executive departments tho sundry cl civil bill reduces 10 re- duces duce j the th salaries of or Its members Tho Tiro chairman now K Kota ta a year oar while the tho five fie other members receive receive- each The Tho new law Jaw provides that nut not moro muro than three persons may muy bo ho paid IlaM 1001 tools moie C than per annum and cuts culs to the amount designated to tu prosecute prosecute prose prose- cute tho the work In tho legislative t bill a paragraph slipped In at nt the last Jast moment that the regular annu annual annul l estimates of uC appropriations and expenses of ot the got go O eminent shall hall ho bo prepared and milted to Con Congress Congre s by those charged with the tho duty of oC such preparation and submission only in III the tho form orm as aR at the time required b L by law Jaw and in lit no other form and at no other time The commission has hns been in favor Cavor of oC th the tho English I budget system which house leaders declared highly incompatible with the manner In which the United States government was waif operated President Taft Tuft has endorsed the tho commission commission com com- mission and the tho House quietly seized tho opportunity of blocking the commission commission com com- mission from further Interference with Its Ils wort on appropriations The rhe Innocent paragraphs excited no comment and aroused no suspicion In Inthe Inthe inthe the Senate it was not until today tollay that the real significance of or the legislation legis legIs- I lation cropped out |