Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-12-29 | Page 1 | Wide Power is Proposed for Economy

WIDE POWER IS PROPOSED Democrats Suggest Conferring Conferring Conferring Confer Confer- ring Blanket Authority on Roosevelt 1 HOUSE LEADERS AGREE President-Elect President Ready to Begin Study B By CECIL B. B DICKSON Associated Press Staff Writer WASHINGTON Dec 29 The 29 The Democratic Democratic Dem Dem- leadership in the house has tentatively agreed upon a proposal to o give President elect Roosevelt broad authority to reorganize the government to effect economies economics as asa asa a L major step toward balancing the federal budget The proposal is to be offered by Chairman Byrns of the appropriations ions committee probably as an amendment to the general deficiency bill late in the present session if it itis itis its is s not put on another mother supply bill by the senate The president elect will begin an intensive intensive in in- study of the governmental structure when he goes to Warm Springs Ga next month Various experts ex cx- ports will be summoned there to supply supply sup sup- ply the information he hc needs in tackling the job of reorganization The study was planned by Mr Roosevelt before he returned to Albany from his recent trip to the Georgia health health resort At that time he contemplated devoting ten days days' of ot his Warm Springs stay to the d de departmental dd- dd study G GARNER HOPEFUL Speaker Garner today expressed the hope that congress might see seethe seethe seethe the proposal for tor executive authority as a step toward reducing government government government govern govern- ment expenditures Representative Rainey of Ill the Democratic floor leader also is a sponsor of ot othe the he movement In making known the details of or the plan Representative Byrns said saidI saidI I I have g given ven the subject of consolidating consolidating consolidating con con- and abolishing federal agencies considerable thought thought and and I Inave have nave concluded that congress can not effect such reorganization The president has the machinery at hand to do it and by giving him authority to place economies into effect ef ef- ef feet we can expect to be able to rely upon it that they will be put into effect Both Garner and Byrns said that tha congress would have power to pass upon any consolidations made by the incoming president W WOULD ULD KEEP RIGHT Congress would have the right inthe in inthe inthe the last analysis to pass upon the presidents president's budgetary estimates Byrns said ncr Gas asked whether this proposal would mean the blocking of the reorganization reorganization re reo reorganization re- re organization of more than fifty agencies recommended by President Hoover under the economy act passed last spring replied not necessarily The Hoover proposals which go 0 into effect automatically in February unless congress takes action to prevent pre pro vent it could go into effect and then the new president Garner said could reorganize them as he saw lit fit It already has been forecast by byCh Ch Chairman irman Cochran of the house expenditures ex cx- committee however that thal thata thala a resolution to prohibit the Hoover recommendations from going into effect ef ef- ef feet would be offered It requires action action ac tion of but bu one branch to stop the executive orders