Show I Cutting Budget-Cutting Drive by House Passes Dollar Billion-Dollar Mark WASHINGTON March 26 n l D I IThe The The House budget cutting budget cutting dr drive e passed the billion dollar billion dollar mark Wednesday and a Interior Department appropriation appropriation ap ap- ap bill was set up as the next target Already trimmed from Pres Harry S Truman's requested by the appropriations comm committee the Interior measure offered little opportunity opportunity opportunity for heavy slashing It was scheduled for a final vote Thurs Thurs- day Dollar Billion Cut House passage late Tuesday of ofa a bill financing the Labor Department and the Federal Federal Fed Fed- eral Security Agency for the fiscal year starting July 1 sent the total cuts thus far slightly over a billion dollars The Labor Labors Labor Federal Federal Security bill was less than the President had requested and was the third successive budget measure the House trimmed None of the three bills has been considered by the Senate Senate Sen ate Only of the reduction reduction tion in the Labor-Federal Labor Security Security Security Se Se- measure was initiated by bythe bythe bythe the House itself The rest was imposed by the appropriations committee whose recommendations were accepted On Leaving House HouseAs HouseAs houseAs As it left the House the bill included these appropriations Labor Department a cut of Federal S See Security e c u r i t Y Agency a cut of National L Lab Labor a b o 0 r l' Relations Board a cut of I National Mediation 1 B Boa Board o a r l' d no cut Federal Mediation and Conciliation Conciliation Conciliation Con Con- Service Service- a cut of To date the House has considered considered consid consid- ered in regular departmental budget bills presidential money requests aggregating and has voted exclusive of the pending pending pending pend pend- ing Interior measure |