Show 17 GUT CUT lOOMS IN INg g DEPARTMENT w w V President Turns Economic Pencil to Interior Office Activities WASHINGTON May 18 is The A D The presidential pencil of oC economy Is ex expected expected expected ex- ex to strike or more from expenses of or t t t. c e Interior department de de- for the next three years For the second consecutive weekend weekend weekend week week- end President Hoover HoO returned from Ills his Rapidan Va camp convinced that a saving could be made In a government department Last week the war department was considered and a decision reached for tor the abandonment abandonment aban aban- of or obsolete army amy posts po ts and anda a concentration of or activities PRESENT OUTLINE Interior department officials who l had ad found no unusually large Items they believed could be stricken presented pre pre- their savings outline at conferences conferences conferences con con- Saturday and Sunday They expect to save sa this year to next year and to the following year by restricting some activities and deferring other work Just what activities will be curtailed or what work put off of was not announced The Indian office oice which received for the fiscal year 1932 a net appropriation appropriation appropriation ap ap- ap- ap of 25 was not expected to provide pro much of or the saving For Secretary Wilbur and his aides have inaugurated a new policy polley In that branch calling for tor first class personnel at substantial salaries A material cut would hinder hinder hinder hin hin- der the work officials ls hold REDUCE PARKS FUNDS The park service however may accept curtailed appropriations for roads lOads and trails Some officials held this work could be spared most ily General administrative economy involving operations on narrow margins margins margins mar mar- gins will provide a a. goodly share of the he saving On his trip to Virginia the president president president pres pres- ident was accompanied by Mrs Hoover his son Herbert Jr and the letters letter's wife It w the first time I I the ic younger Hoover had been to I Rapidan since he went vent to Asheville N. N J. J C. C last year for treatment for incipient tuberculosis Secretary Wilbur Wilbur Wil- Wil bur ur and other interior department officials also were present |