Show Wilbur filbur Fights l I Cut in Interior j I I Appropriations I I Protests to Senators o of States Having Tracts of Public Lands HOLDS MOVE DANGEROUS Says Reduction Would Impair Department Work I Br fly- Associated t d Pre Press I WASHINGTON Feb 18 18 Continuing ing his attack on cuts in the thc Interior department appropriation bill Secretary Secretary Secretary Secre Secre- tary Wilbur today wrote senators senator from the public lands states that the responsibility for disorganizing a great department of government should not be lightly assumed The budget estimates for the de department he said were below th the 1932 appropriations The j house committee made ImIde a further re reduction reduction re- re 1 of which gives gi the department a cut of HELD DISASTROUS I The budget estimates represent cd our absolute minimum requirements require require- ments even under existing abnormal conditions Wilbur said and additional addi addi- reductions in certain directions would be disastrous Economy that brings disorder into well regulated regulated and necessary organizations organ organ- is misdirected and aud can only onh prove exp expensive in the long run I 1 I have therefore suggested certain amendments If IC the proposals made by the secretary secretary sec see are arc adopted in the appropriation tion bill it will mean the restoration of of the cut from the bill by the house The department of the interior Wilbur said is an established institution institution for useful and needed service to taxpayers Its backbone is the expert expert ex ex- pert staff of built up by years of experience in performing duties prescribed by law which have havea a direct bearing on the general genera eco ceo econom economic nom c welfare Unnecessary em em- are not desired at any time and we have been the first to correct correct cor cor- correct any tendency toward th the in incubus incubus incubus in- in cubus of surplus plus pc personnel WOULD INCREASE JOBLESS JOBLESS' This organization is in continuing process initiated within the department department depart depart- ment in order to get full value from the funds provided by congress Wilbur said To add to unemployment ment b by the wholesale discharge of trained and nd expert people engaged I in practical work for the benefit of the public would be unfortunate in normal times but under present conditions conditions conditions con con- it is distinctly harmful This would be the result resul t if It f the proposed decrease in our appropriation is allowed al- al towed lowed to stand and the reductions in force would be largely largel in our field activities which reach into almost every locality in the west |