Show uI U U S S ECONOMY PLANS WAIT ON HOOVER VIEWS House louse Committee Ready to Act When President Sends Message By Br Associated Press WASHINGTON Nov Upon 30 Upon President Hoovers Hoover's n nto to congress next week rests the course of n-cw n new n effort to o reorganize the government gov gov- in the Interests o of economy Chairman Cochran of the house expenditures committee which handies handles han- han dies lles reorganization legislation said today today to to- day he is waiting to see what the president proposes I OIl understand he has asked Budget Director Roop for estimates as to what some consolidations would save Cochran said Last session vc we VC gave him the power to consolidate As A. soon as we see his message mc ge my ray I committee ommittee will meet and study his recommendations The time to do any reorganizing Is s before Democrats g get t In the hundreds hundreds hundreds hun hun- of useless offices and beg to tobe be left eft ther there Well We'll lose a little patronage patronage patron patron- age if it we do reorganize but well we'll save savea a lot of money Cochran said he doubted that his committee ommittee would approve a bill to consolidate the army and arid navy this session A bill to that end was was defeated de de- by the house last winter There developed too from another front rent a drive for economy The joint congressional committee on veterans' veterans legislation was called to meet tomor tomor- row ow Representative McDuffie D D. Ala ranking house member on the com corn said he hoped the tee ee will at least get organized He lie proposed open hearings saying Our SOur job Is to get the facts and present present pre pre- sent ent them to the country When the committee does begin work it will be confronted by fueling demands and claims from many directions signaling what bids fair air to be one of the most heated con con- in the short session The chamber of commerce of the United States and the Uie- National Economy Econ Econ- omy my league for instance propose to reduce educe veterans veterans' benefits around the American Legion wants to o increase them about two and a half billion dollars in the next ten years The house economy committee of which was chairman last session presented a bill to reduce veterans veterans' vet- vet erans erans' rans costs plus a year The house however rejected the rec ree 4 |