THE PRESIDENT said:
"The estimates which I gave in my recent message to Congress as to the probable size of the deficit will depend, of course, upon how far the Congress adopts economies which I have recommended. The budget calls for $850 million reduction in appropriations for the next fiscal year, which would result in a reduction of about $530 million of expenditures, the difference being due to old continuing appropriations and commitments in respect to them.
"I stated the other day that the five appropriation bills so far dealt with by the House or committees of the House showed an actual increase of about $35 million instead of a decrease. The details are given in the attached statements. However, the largest part of the economies proposed in the budget have yet to be dealt with.
"I regret, of course, that the consolidation of 58 bureaus and commissions into a few divisions which I had directed by Executive Orders [5959-5969], has been nullified by the action of the House of Representatives [H. Res. 334]. There was apparently no examination of the merits of the different Executive orders by the House or the House committees and certainly no hearings of any consequence were undertaken. While it is my conviction that all these orders would be accepted, if accurately investigated, yet it is a certainty that if they were investigated at all, the majority of them would have been passed.
"The Joint Committee on Reorganization of the Government, created in December 1920 and comprising representatives of the Executive together with members of both parties in the House and Senate, agreed upon the same fundamentals as were represented in my Executive orders.
"There is no question that the consolidations would have brought about great economies. No one wishes to estimate these economies until it is possible to determine accurately how many offices can be abolished, how much can be saved by the more advantageous purchase of supplies and the greater coordination of work. But it is a certainty that great economies would have been made if the program had been carried out. It would have been a contribution to lessening taxation in the forthcoming fiscal year."
Note: On the same day, the White House issued the following analyses, summaries, and tables.
ANALYSIS OF BUDGET ESTIMATES WHICH HAVE BEEN ACTED UPON BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OR ITS COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS TO JANUARY 17, 1933
President's Increases by House of Decreases by House of Amount approved
recommenda- Representatives or by Representatives or by by House of Repre-
Department tions for Appropriations Committee Appropriations Committee sentatives or by
and Type appropri- of the House of of the House of Appropriations
of ations Representatives Representatives Committee of the
Appropriation (Second by failure Other Genuine Postpone- House of
figure to accept increases Reductions ments to Representatives
column on the recom- future
first Budget mendations Deficiency
Message bills
Agriculture:
Annual $105,130,181 $2,931,612 $1,138,315 $6,814,387 $100,109,091
Permanent 10,753,116 10,753,116
Total 115,883,297 2,931,612 1,138,315 6,814,387 110,862,207
Interior:
Annual 44,487,543 1,596,386 $460,000 846,425 2,044,600 43,652,904
Permanent 12,107,000 12,107,000
Total 56,594,543 1,596,386 460,000 846,425 2,044,600 55,795,904
Post Office:
Annual 694,343,491 29,784,670 5,177,800 1,315,400 10,957,183 717,033,378
Permanent 694,508,491 29,784,670 5,177,800 1,315,400 10,957,183 717,198,378
Treasury
(Exclusive of
Public Debt):
Annual 265,237,330 4,963,410 12,167,521 13,650,000 244,383,219
Permanent 19,660,817 19,660,817
Total 284,898,147 4,963,410 12,167,521 13,650,000 265,044,036
War:
Annual 348,496,591 4,033,554 9,285,793 8,070,455 7,911,951 345,843,532
Permanent 12,479,440 12,479,440
Total 360,976,031 4,033,554 9,285,793 8,070,455 7,911,951 358,322,972
Aggregate:
Annual 1,457,695,136 43,309,632 14,923,593 23,538,116 41,378,121 1,451,012,124
Permanent 55,165,373 55,165,373
Total $1,512,860,509 $43,309,632 $14,923,593 423,538,116 $41,378,121 $1,506,177,497
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January 18th 9:30 A.M. The genuine cuts are summarized by Departments as follows: Total $23, 538, 116 Total $41,368.121 The increases are: Agriculture $2,931,600 43,309,300 14,923,593 $58, 232, 893 The details of these amounts are shown in the attached tabulations. STATEMENT OF REDUCTIONS BELOW 1934 BUDGET ESTIMATES MADE IN APPROPRIATION BILLS WHICH HAVE BEEN REPORTED BY THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS OR PASSED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
Reductions Reductions
which which
Items Total would would
Reductions require result in
appropriations savings
later
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Agriculture Bill 1-- Federal-Aid highways 4,814,387 4,814,387 Agricultural Engineering: Miscellaneous: Total, Department of |
Interior Bill--As passed by the House
General Land Office:
Salaries $41,670 $41,670
Surveying public lands 44,090 44,090
Contingent expenses of Land
Office 17,170 17,170
Protecting public lands 10,000 10,000
Bureau of Indian Affairs:
Salaries 22,460 22,460
Purchase and transportation
of supplies 44,600 44,600
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Field representatives 620 620 Boulder Canyon project 2,000,000 2,000,000 Geological Survey: Classification of lands $72, 950 472,951 Insect control and fire prevention 14,670 14,670 Total, Dept. of the Interior 2,891,025 2,044,600 846,425 Net savings 386, 425 Post Office Bill--As passed by the House FIELD SERVICE Office of the First Assistant: Total 12,272,583 10,957,183 1,315,400 |
INCREASES
Office of the First Assistant:
Clerks, etc., first and second class
post offices $3,491,400
City Delivery carriers 203,400
Rural Delivery Service 1,483,000
Total increase 5,177,800
Net increase 3,862,400
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Treasury Department Bill--As passed by the House Refund of Taxes Illegally Collected 13,000,000 $13,000,000 |
Bureau of Industrial Alcohol 98,065 98,065
Bureau of Narcotics 27,573 27,573
Coast Guard:
Pay and Allowances (1)709, 322 (1)709, 322
Fuel and Water 50,000 50,000
Outfits 46,140 46,140
Contingent Expenses 9,000 9,000
Repairs to Coast Guard Vessels 77,242 77,242
Bureau of Engraving and Printing 125,000 125,000
Secret Service:
Uniforms, White House Police 500 500
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Public Health Service: Remodeling and enlarging Total, Treasury Department 25,817,521 13,650,000 12,167,521 1 Of this figure a reduction of $475,000 was requested by the Bureau of the Budget due to elimination of reenlistment allowance. STATEMENT OF REDUCTIONS BELOW 1934 BUDGET ESTIMATES MADE IN APPROPRIATION BILLS WHICH HAVE BEEN REPORTED BY THE HOUSE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS OR PASSED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
Reductions Reductions
Total which would which would Remarks
Reductions require result in
appropriations savings
later
War Department Bill-
As reported to the House
Salaries, departmental $10,125 $10,125
Contingent expenses,
departmental 23,000 23,000
Printing and binding,
departmental 50,000 50,000 A Actually no cut
Contingencies, Military
Intelligence Division,
General Staff 35,010 35,010
Army War College 6,880 6,880 Discharges
employees
Command and General
Staff School 7,985 7,985
Welfare of enlisted men 175 175
Pay of the Army 2,310,501 $2,201,951 B 2,310,501
Mileage 68,750 68,750
Expenses of courts-martial 5,000 5,000
Finance service, field
employees, salaries 6,820 6,820
Subsistence of the Army 1,138,400 1,100,000 C 38,400
Regular supplies of the Army 880,064 500,000 D 300,064
Clothing and equipage
of the Army 1,581,534 1.500,000 D 81,534
Incidental expenses, Army 167,604 67,604 Discharges
employees
Army transportation 2,021,978 425,000 E 1,596,978 " " "
Horses, draft and pack animals 220,875 220,875 Immobilize certain
mounted units
Barracks and quarters 1,928,725 1,928,725 F
Construction and repair
of hospitals 23,822 23,822
Signal service of the Army 129,083 129,083
Air Corps, Army 494,375 494,375
Medical and hospital
department 175,495 175,000 D 495
Engineer Service, Army 26,158 26,158
Ordnance service and
supplies 149,344 149,334
Rock Island Arsenal bridges,
operation and maintenance 1,000 1,000
Chemical Warfare Service, Army +85,962
Cavalry School 310 310
Field Artillery instruction 1,400 1,400
National Guard camps of
instruction +200,000 Immediately
available, 1933
no Budget estimate
National Guard armory drill pay +8,934,831 $2,000,000
immediately avail-
able, 1933; no
Budget estimate.
National Guard, --uniforms,
equipment, etc 1,000,000 1,000,000
Reserve Officers' Training Corps 557,798 557,798
Civilian military training camps 1,000,000 1,000,000 Estimate all camps.
Ornance equipment for civilian
rifel instruction +50,000
Maintenance, U.S.
Military Academy 19,835 79,835
Totals, Title I --13,922,046 --5,901,951 --8,020,095
+9,270,793
--4,651,253 Net
TITLE II--MILITARY ACTIVITIES
Cemeterial expenses 46,165 46,165
Petersburg National
Military Park +10,000
Shiloh National Military Park +5,000 No Budget
estimate
Washington-Alaska Cable and
Telegraph Sustem $995 $995
Preservation of historical
fortifications, San Juan P.R. 10,000 10,000
Dam #2, Muscle Shoals--
maintenance and operation 3,200 3,200
Panama Canal--mainenance
and operation 2,000,000 2,000,000 G Actually no cut
Totals, Title II --2,060,360 2,010,000 50,360
+15,000
--2,045,360 Net
Grand totals --15,982,406 --7,911,951 --8,070,455
+9,285,793
--6,696,613 Net
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Herbert Hoover, Statement on Budgetary Deficits and Reorganization of the Executive Branch. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/208031