Show Agency Fund Troubles Brew After West Aid WASHINGTON Feb 7 UP UP- UP Having helped get the federal government government gov gov- started digging the Rocky gOV 1 mountain states out of their smothering snow blanket some western rn congressmen are a little worried about the effect of or this spending on regular activities of or several federal agencies Thus far they have only the unofficial unofficial unofficial un un- official assurance of appropriations bons committee members that I something will be done about it It I IThe The house committee however pigeonholed a bill by which the senate attempted to authorize re reThe re- re The senate measure would also have provided cash for forthe forthe forthe the snow fight authorized transportation transportation transportation trans trans- of stock and supported expenditures for food and fuel for beleaguered Indians Little Success Instead of the direct appropriation tion the house committee two additions to the presidents president's presidents president's presidents president's dents dent's disaster fund which is being used for the snow fight expenses During consideration of the last I appropriation R Reps e p s. s G Granger ran g e r D. D Utah Barrett R. R Wyo and others tried hard but without much success to obtain a promise from committee members that the regular funds funds funds' of the agencies age would be made whole again Granger asked a committee spokesman If It the bureau of land management management management manage manage- I ment and the forest service have exhausted funds that should be spent now how does the gentleman gentleman gentleman gentle gentle- man propose that these departments departments departments depart depart- ments continue to run 1 Go to Budget He got this reply from Rep CD D. D Mich In the regular course of business business business busi busi- ness they will go to the budget bureau to justify their expenditures expenditures expenditures expendi expendi- tures and ask for a deficiency appropriation appropriation ap ap- ap- ap propria tion The land management bureau administers the public livestock range and much of its money Is la used in range improvements the same is true of the forest service which also has lumbering roads to maintain The reclamation bureau the park service the Indian bureau and other agencies also have used funds earmarked for other pur pur- poses The army engineers probably probably probably ably have used money that otherwise otherwise otherwise other other- wise would have gone into flood protection Granger tried as forcefully as possible to get a more definite promise Finally he got this statement statement statement state state- ment from the ranking Republican on the committee Rep Taber New York I am sure that where funds have been used for this purpose and the appropriation is close to exhaustion the committee will give it very earnest consideration |