Show COUNTLESS MILLIONS K BY CONGRESS I I Stupendous Amount of Money Appropriated by b Criminally Wasteful Republicans Pitifully Weak and Foolish Plea of Chairman Tawney T Th That the Democrats Made Us Do It The Republican party is responsible for the results of this ses session s s sion Responsibility cannot be shifted from the house to the senate nor from the congress to the executive The Republican party is in I control of all these and is called upon to answer for its actions The Democracy is willing to submit the issue to the intelligence of the American people and to abide the result of their judgment Demo Democratic cratic Statement Washington May SO The conference report on the general efficiency bill the last of ot the great government supply measures acted upon by congress T vas as agreed to by both houses today It carries an appropriation of ot of or which Is to begin work authorized by the public buildings bill I the authorizations of ot which aggregate over The bill Itself was only briefly discussed in the house but it furnished an opportunity to Tawney of ot Minnesota and Fitzgerald of ot New York chairman and ranking minority member respectively of the committee on Appropriations finances to make the usual statements regarding the state estate of ot the na MAJORITY SUMS UP Representative Tawney of ot Minnesota chairman of ot the committee on appropriations appropriations today toda presented to the house his annual review of ot fiscal appropriations and I expenditures The keynote of ot his speech was as sounded Bounded in the declaration that the Insistent demands of the people and of the public service result in an increased ag when enacted into law and anil the efforts of the majority to maintain a policy pOIl y of greater economy were frustrated by Ps b an obstructive and recalcitrant minor liv In n liv In n Exceeds Rest of the World Mr Ir Taw 3 In opening said The annual expenditures of our gov gow gO eminent exceed those of ot any government I 1 In the world The work of ot analyzing the 1 estimates for them of ot inquiring Into their necessities together with tie the needful need Cui in inQuiry Inquiry cuiry Into the methods of the departments in administering and in expending pre previous Ious appropriations is rapidly becoming the most important duty and the most prodigious task to be performed in con connection connection with the legislative department of ot the government a task whose magni tude is not appreciated nor Is the labor necessary in its performance understood It requires constant application from the beginning until the close of ot the session and the most mast careful discrimination to prevent needless appropriations for the federal government or unauthorized ap appropriations appropriations appropriations tot for the tile exercise of ot govern governmental governmental governmental mental functions belonging to the states or for tor the doing of ot that which belongs exclusively to private interests Minority Did It Referring to the Democratic filibuster which marked the last third of the pros pre present ent ert session Mr Tawney said It Is a matter of sincere regret that to toa toa a a political purpose or gain gains s 51 me partisan advantage the minority in house bouse deemed itself Justified in disregarding garding gardin its responsibility by pursuing the tho F llcy it has hail followed for tor almost alm st two under the leadership of ot the dis gentleman from Mississippi Mr Williams a policy polley which made it necessary for the majority in order to transact any public business to adopt rules of ot procedure under which nonpar nonpartisan nonpartisan nonpartisan questions In tn relation to the appropriation appropriation of or public money mone could not be con considered considered with that freedom of ot discussion and action that otherwise would have en enabled enabled enabled this house to prevent many of ot the thein in mci N eases tases that were finally agreed to As Asto Asto Asto to the result of ot this increase se the aggregate aggregatE aggregate gate of ot appropriations made at this ses session session sion idon is larger by many millions than it would otherwise have been Huge Amounts Not Necessary Mr Tawney Tawn y said ald that a review of the de ile demands demands mands upon congress this session slon showed show d that the estimates of the established pub public lic lh II service and for previously authorized public works for the next fiscal year were more than in excess of appropriations appropriations appropriations made for the sante period during the last session of ot the congress and that those these e demands did not rest in Intact Inh h tact fact upon the necessities of ot the pUblic nubile service senke but were SuP supported mainly by b official recommendations to congress packed Jacked by the approval of the press prEs of ot the country and they consisted largely largel of in increased Increased Increased creased compensation atlon to the civil chU and mil mU military military branches of ot the public service Mr r Tawney Tawne stated that the total appropriations appropriations of ot the session to be He lIt said the total revenues of ot the govern government government ment merit estimated to congress by the secre score secretary tory tary taI of ot the treasury trEasur are placed at SiB that in addition to the authorized expenditures of ot 1267 for the opera operation operation tion lion of ot the government during the next fiscal year appropriations are also male made maleas as follows Aggregate of In deficiency acts exclusive of ot o for public buildings authorized at this session for requirements of ot tho the sinking fund for tor redemption of I national bank notes for tor con construction construction construction of ot the Panama canal bonds to tobe tobe tobe be issued for tor miscellaneous and special objects including for the relief of storm and flood sufferers suter rs In the southern states and sun for the payment of claims of the Ro Be Roman Roman Beman man Catholic church in the Philippine islands making a grand aggregate for tor the next fiscal year y r of SICo said that the estimates sub submitted submitted to congress by b the executive as a basis for tor the appropriations made amounted to SS an excess of ot 70 iO over the total of ot the appropriations made mado at the last session A subtraction of ot the totals of estimates and appropriations appropriations he lie said showed that the present house cut down the estimates for the ordinary nary operating p expenses of tee govern covent government ment 1 The fhe grand total of ap apt Continued on Page 2 t 1 COUNTLESS MIlliONS BY CONGRESS I MAJORITY SUMS UP I Continued from page 1 I N made mu e at Mt this thia session exceeded those of last t by S Table T bl Submitted S Mr Tawney T submitted the tho th following t ta ble b ht of ot appropriations enacted at this 8 s For aBri r Army Im ce Diplomatic ik and Q consular i i rn r I District of or Columbia I payable from district taxes Fortifications na Indian Legislative Lt executive and gud judi judicial del cia I Military academy 8 i Gt Navy avy 1268 g Pensions Po R Sundry civil ii I Ii Miscellaneous us l xo Permanent i annual a noal appropriations lions U 03 Grand total Compared C With Last Year In it 4 further table of comparisons Mr Tawney Tawn y showed hewed the til differences between major appropriations of oC the last session and aDd the present pr lent session se ion as us follows Increases over last year Agriculture Army Diplomatic and consular Fortifications Legislative executive and judi judicial cial 7 Navy avy i Pensions Pen iona Sundry civil Deficiency 44 Miscellaneous It eIla m Permanent P Total increases J 1 Reductions s District of ot Columbia M Indian Military academy S Rivers and harbors no bill this session Total reductions Net increase this session over last sos ses session aba sion Mr Conclusion In conclusion Mr Tawney said saM Whatever the unthinking or the super superficial superficial tidal critic may ma now say the Impartial and nonpartisan historian will wilt hereafter h record and truthfully state that In the af at affirmative affirmative work performed and in contend contending ing against Bull avid successfully restricting unconstitutional demands upon the powers and treasury of the federal government the work of no previous session is comparable comparable able with the work of the first session of the sixtieth congress In a census office table subjoined to Chairman Tanes report there are given comparisons showing the relationship of or expenditures for the maintenance of or gov government go government to the aggregate wealth of the nation and proving the uniformity of ot that relationship for a long series of years This Tb table shows s that the census report of ot isIo the to present resent the aggregate payment for all expenditures for all tax classes J as distinguished from mere levies for states counties cities and mi ml minor minor nor civil divisions including schools amounted to S or a total expenditure expenditure expenditure of for each e ch 1000 of national wealth In however the year in which wh h the next census Inquiry upon this subject was made the aggregate expendi expenditures expenditures expenditures tures of or this class olase 8 had nearly doubled amounting to or l W per p r 1008 1005 of national wealth |