SALARY CUTS.

Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20450, 21 January 1932, Page 7

SALARY CUTS.

PROPOSAL IN UNITED STATES. FEDERAL PUBLIC SERVANTS. (UNITED TRESS ASSOCIATION —BT KLECTSIG TELEGBAPK—COPYEIGHT.) (Received January 20th, 8.45 p.m.) WASHINGTON, January 20. Official circles were considerably startled when Representative Wood, in spite of the general belief that President Hoover was opposed to reductions in Government pay rates, asserted in the House of Representor lives that Mr Hoover not only was not opposed to Federal salary reductions, but would reduce his own salary if the employees would do likewise. Immediately a movement was launched to place legislation before Congress for salary cuts iu every branch of the Government service. Mr Wood said in answer to a question that President Hoover's private fortune was below 1.000,000 dollars, and had dwindled considerably lately, duo to his gifts to charity. Sonator W. E. Borah presented a Bill to the Senate proposing cuts beginning at six per cent, on salaries above 5000 dollars, and increasing up to 20 per cent, above 10,000 dollars. j [The salary of the President of the j United States is fixed by Congress at 75,000 dollars a year. In addition there is an annual allowance of 25,000 dollars for "travelling and official entertainment expenses. Each of the ten, members of tho Administration is paid 15.000 dollars a year. The salary of the Speaker of tho House of Representatives is 12,000 dollars' a year. There are 96 Senators and 435 members of the House of Representatives, each rocoiving an annual salary of 10,000 dollars. The salaries of Departmental officers in the Federal service range from 4000 to 10.000 dollars a year. On June 30th, 1930. the number of Civil servants was 608,915.3