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Congress Edits the Budget

Crawford, Kenneth G. | April 6, 1940 issue

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The U.S. President's ingenious budget message was a dead letter. Republicans and Democrats were equally responsible for its long overdue demise, and everyone was relieved. The lid was off and Congressmen could be themselves, behaving again as they have always behaved in election years. The House immediately took advantage of its new freedom to add $17,450,000 to the National Youth Administration's appropriation and $50,000,000 to that of the Civilian Conservation Corps. Economy was important enough to serve as an excuse for cutting down the appropriations of the National Labor Relations Board and the Wage-Hour Division of the Department of Labor.

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BUDGET; LEGISLATORS -- United States; UNITED States. Dept. of Labor; PRESIDENTS -- United States; UNITED States. Congress; UNITED States

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