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Show ESTIMATE FOR 1 YEAR EXPECTED I TO CAUSE H I I' Republicans Likely to Make M Sharp Changes in Dem-ocratic Dem-ocratic Figures WILSON PREPARING j MESSAGE TO CONGRESS Executive to Urge Enactment of Reconstructive Measures, In Document ! '..v 9 I B) the I Associated Press), Estimates upon 1 whll h COngfCSS will make approprla- jH tions for the first fiscal year of the H new Republican administration are B now being prepared by the various mi tlepat under t h If I lire, tion of Democratic; cabinet offl- ( PH cars and ill accord with the policies j of the Wilson administration. 1 The estimates will be submitted to j J congress at the opening of the next J session on December S. Since the Republicans have a majority in both the senate and house sharp changes me expected to be made in most of the estimates undes revision plans which Republican congressional lead-ers lead-ers are expected to work out In co-operation co-operation with other leaders of the .Harding administration which takes office- on March I. 1 Oil FEREXT Sn t VI in The present political situation with 1 regard to the annual appropriation is slmalar to that which obtained eight vears ago after the first elec- 1 tion of Presldenl Woodraw Wilson, 1 but the economic situation in the Ii country was vastly different. At that time Tuft administration Republicans were ln control of the executive brunches of the government, but tho Democrats had a majority in both tho ' senate and house. M The forthcoming estimates for tho I 'war department will be- bayed upon the requirements of un army the size I of w hich alrcftdy has been fixed by bibibibb tho, Republican congress, but the na atsiBiBa val e.-.timates to be submitted next SjSiBlBfl month, will be based upon the Demo- IbbbI crattc program Secretary Daniels had iLtsiBa repeatedly said that unless tho Unit- Lbb)B er States became a member of the sjb)B)B)1 league of nations, it must maintain the :H most powerful navy In the world. LB ri i GREL-V1 Rl im its Under tho program authorized in i)b)B)H 131t. the government now is coi struetlng five great battle cruisers and more than that number of super- dreadnaughts and the forthcoming na- "L val estimate is expected not only to II Include appropriations for carrying H on this work, but also recommends- iLsiBii tions for additional warcraft. JH Estimates for all of the government I departments are expected to exceed .-our billions of dollars, this total In- eluding amounts for refunding por-I por-I tions of the public- debt falling due 'during the next fiscal year The esti-I esti-I mates for the present fiscal year ex-jceeded ex-jceeded six billion dollars, but these H subsequently were reduced by some- IH thing like tw.. billion dollars. iH Whether all of the annual supply H measures will be completed at the nOXi H and final session of the sixty-sixth H congress remains to be determined. H President-elect Harding is expected to ail a special sesigon of the new con- LH gress soon a ti-r. he takes office 0n :H March -I. and it may be that some ,,f H I the appropriation bills w in go over I to th.- Special session. WILSON M WORK President Wilson has begun work on : his . mural mi-s-.ive ogress, which SjH will be transmitted either on the OpeD Ing day of the next session on Decent-j Decent-j ber C. or on the day following j White Ileus- official said today I the) hail no information as to wha t recommendations the president plans jto make to congress, but admlUlstra-tion admlUlstra-tion officials expect that among oih- bibibiI I ,-e ii.... i... nan ...... i- SBBBBS - -I'-aiui cnaci- BBjSjSl in. nt of i number of reconstruction SibibibiI measures, which he recommended at lh :ii-st spe.-ial session of the pre.s- congress earlj last year.. L Tiii- week the president will receive i tine,. Latiu -American deplomatg wh I have arrived n W ashington within th last few weeks. They are Kmillo Jot bert. minister from San Domingo: Dr. Julio Biam hi. minister from Gua- ILfl teraala and Dr. Oetavlo Beeche, minis .t.-r from Costa |
