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Show Multitudes of Office Holders Supported by Taxes of Public VIENNA, May 1. One-fifth of the population of Austria, 1,200,000 members of central, provincial and municipal government employes, are supported by the taxpayers, according to tho paper. New Eight O'clock, ln an articles questioning a statement by the finance minister, Dr. Rolsch. In tho negotiations recently con- . 1 p eluded between tho cabinet council and employes of the contral government govern-ment for a general Increase In salaries and allowances, tho top heaviness of tho Austrian governmental machlno was revealed. Foreign observors and Investigators having to do. with the peace settlement havo repeatedly commented on tho extravagant number num-ber of civil servants employed ln all departments. Dr. Rolsch admitted in tho discussions discus-sions that tho civil list numbered 220.000 porsons. Tho New Eight O'clock, however, challonged that flg-uro flg-uro as too low, and declared that if tho various liquidation commissions and other positions created under ar-tor ar-tor war conditions were taken into consideration it would be shown that there were not far from 300,000 government gov-ernment employes. I Austria has only 6,000,000 population, popula-tion, and it Is estimated that each government salary supports a family of four. Tho newspapers generally are uniting in a demand that the civil list be reduced by the immediate dismissal dis-missal of ten per cent. The adjustment reached about March IB adds a round 2,000,000,000 .im lji ii ,mrmmmM , f j crowns to tho already appalling de- , ficit that confronts tho government. ; It is to be met by another Increase in tho price of tobacco products and In 1 public utility rates, such as railway freight and passenger tariffs and pos- slbly postage and telegraphs. , , About tho only concession the government gov-ernment won was an Increase ln hours I from six to seven a day, with the un- j ; derstanding that a possiblo extension , to an oight-hour day would bo the ' subject of further negotiation. i Employes of tho national states or . provinces, apart from those of the ' central government, are also demanding demand-ing a heavy Increase in salaries and j allowances. , |