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THE CLINTON CHRONICLE
Thursday, November 9, 1930
Living In Luxury
!
Counting All Extras, Congress!
Get Equivalent of $75,000 a Year
by President Truman in his budget of slot machines or “one-arm” band-
request was $42,205,6)11,721 in gen-! its in states w here gambling is ille-
eral funds and he stimultaneously jg a j Senator George Malone of Ne-
Washington. Nov. 1— Many a
freshman senator and representative
has been amazed to discover all the!
“extras” to go along with his $12,500
a year official wage.
Some unofficial estimates say these
extras could bring a member’s con-
giessional income to the equivalent
of $75,000 a year or more, if he tool;
full advantage of them—and that
some do.
to and from each regi^lar session of
congress.
Additional per diem allowances for
trips outside Washington on official
business.
On the house side, each member is
allowed a maximum of $500 to cover
a year’s telephone and telegraph
costs. Most other benefits are about
the same, but the house says its gym
nasium is better than the senate’s.
Senators, however, can ride from
„ . . , . their offices to the Capitol and back
The $i5,000 figure includes an es-(. n un( jerground electric cars. House
timate of the cash value ot ^ rious , mem bers have to walk,
free facilities and services. !
Congress keeps no single, official! Both sides have a pension plan, on
audited account against which to! which a member can retire after six
check the estimates. Most members | y ears - A medical staff looks after
content themselves with statements the health of both house and senate
members, and also treats emergency
cases among visitors to the Capitol
Special rates for treatment in gov-
Tne taxpayers keen a staff of bar- ernment hospitals also go with the
bers right in the Capitol to make' lawmaker’s job.
sure their senators are well shaved! Most congressmen contend all this
and shorn. I is less golden than it seems. They
In audition, each lawmaker gets! point out that getting elected to the
that the estimate is exagerated and
overlooKs extraordinary expenses
which they have to meet.
pointed out there would be a finan
cial deficit in fiscal 1954 since fed
eral income would amount to only
a little more than $37 billion.
Included in the total were two de
ficiency bills, one for $837,614,600
mostly for veterans administration
and the atomic energy commission,
and one for $635,761,608, largely for
salaries and obligations of the gov
ernment.
Since the 81st congress adjourned,
this column has received several
inquiries from readers, the answers to
which may be of general interest.
One letter asks whether or not the
vada, where gambling is legal, fili-,
bustered the bill to death.
“Has World War II officially end
ed?” The. answer is “no.” Neither
congress nor the President has offi
cially made a declaration of peace,
and treaties of peace have not been
signed with either Germany or Ja
pan. President Truman discussed a
peace treaty with Japan with Gener
al MacArthur on Wake Island.
“Will the new congressmen chos
en in the November elections serve
in the scheduled November-Decem-
ber session of the present congress?”
No. The newly elected congressmen
free combs and brushes, soap and job cos.s
congress has closed down completely | w in not be sworn in until January
during the present adjournment. The! when the 8 2nd congress convenes
answer is “No,” since important com- |
mittees are meeting regularly. These! "
committees are now studying the!
draft law, crime syndicates, small!
business, labor problems and other
matters.
Another question—“Does an in^
cumbent congressman have any ad
vantage in the campaign over his
opponent in the comping election?
This is a difficult question to ans
wer and depends largely upon the
personalities of the two candidates
involved. However an incumbent
i congressman does have these ad-
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the right to mail out popular govern- I
ment publications and his own I
speeches by franked mail, and his j
voting record, which he can produce.
into other resources to pay additional
barbered senator can relax with a office help.
free turkish bath, massage and swim. Private dining rooms are provided
without even leaving the Capitol, i for both House and senate members, or nQt ^ an advantage to
And in his air conditioned office: but the lawmakers pay for their food U; _T
suite he ccn sip free mineral water i and any outstanding restaurant bills
i: he doesn’t Uke the variety that' are prior claims against their pay
comes out of the tap. House mem- ■ checks,
bers have thei
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comtort* too but no
free m neral water or turkish baths.
Haru cash benefits are numerous.
Bt th ho,i>e and senate members ge’J
a tax-free expen-e allowance of $2,-1
500 a year
Each senator gets an aditional $90'i
a year to help him maintain in his^
home state an oft.re through which Special to The Chronicle,
constituents can reach him House Washington, Nov. 1—The 81st con-!
members don ■ get that, but many economy-minded, had slash-1
of them wangle tree office space in more than two bil.ion dollars
their home to a a federal buildinga from President Truman's budget re- 1
.n-tead. quests, according to its own estimates
The law prov.des $35,400 to $42,920 whcn ^ Korean war struck on June;
a year for ear i senator toward the ^ THen economy went out the win- ^
io>t o! m mtaining a staff of advi,- dow As a result, the 81st congress
ers and do. ks The total depends!l ,assedthebl M esl ''P eace:iine ‘ ,bud *
on the population of ais state, which'? e: m Mstory totaling more than
theore* -a!'-, govern, tne volume of * oU Mli-n of which more than $40
oemanus fn,m constituents. billion goes for war—present, past
Ho.i^e n ember-; get only a flat $12,- future.
5t o j yea. tor office staff. In each I Sin " e t!ie -ongress adjourned, the
“In the light of congressional in
quiries into gambling and racketeer
ing, what can congress do to ban or 1
control nation-wide gambling syndi-j
cates?" Congress can control inter-1
state commerce, so it can ban inter
state shipments of gambling devices
and restrict transmission of race re
sults. It can also crack down on use
of mails to clear bets. A bill passed'
the house and was up for passage'
before the senate to ban shipment!
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e .any -unexpended balance must
returned to the government.
bureau of the budget, under terms
oi congressional will, announced that
Each senator and representative j, | LJ33 uad been slashed from,
assigned an aireconditioned office funds appropriated and apportioned
suite. The government furnishes and amon 8 the 31 non-defense agencies.
carpets it. provides typewriters, ad- The bud $ e l figure for military ex- j
dressing machines, spittoons and oih- P* 11 ** 1 amounted to approximately!
er equipment, puts helpful reference, * 13 ’ 000 ’ 00<) - 000 wben iHe June out-1
volumes on the book shelves and brea,t ot new wa r in Korea shattered '
pays the lignt, water, heat and air th * economy plans. As a result, mil-1
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conditioning bills
In the senate, these are some oth
er aids to members that are granted
by law
itary expenses spurted to $32,147,602.1
169. directly, and another $7 to $10
billion went to pay for expenses for
past conflicts, including about $5.6
billion interest on the national debt.
A comparative war budget howev-
An u..owance of $300 a year (rais
ed recently from $500) to buy sta-,
tionery ana the right to draw more! er sbowl m 1944 the appropria-
paper and envelopes free from com- tions ^ th « congress totaled $128,-
miv.ees on which the members ser- 0 1°^48,539 and for 1945 the total
ves was $75,657,753^25. These figures
For long distance telephone calls P lum meted to approximately $34 bil-
maae outside the Capitol, $450 a! llon * n l®* 7 * 4*5 billion in 1948 and
year. j $50 billion in 1949. The total asked
Free long distance telephone serv
ice through the Capitol switchboard,
up to 50 calls a month totaling not
more than 250 minutes.
Free postage for official mail.
P: ivileges to charge to the govern
ment ail telegrams relating to official
business.
A flat 20 cents a mile to travel
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U. S. Atom Program
Doing Very Well,
Chairman Says
Washington, Nov. 1—How’s our
atomic weapons program progress-
ing?
"We’re much better off today than
we were a year ago,” Chairman Gor
don Dean of the Atomic Energy com
mission told a news conference yes
terday.
He puts heavy emphasis on the
much , and went on to say:
"You c^n be sure we’re stronger
than Russia.”
Dean said he thought a lite for
working on the hydrogen bomb would
be chosen shortly.
He indicated, without giving de
vils, ihat good progress is being
nade toward developing an atomic
3.ant for submarines.
And he didn’t appear rtSuch dis-
urbed over the reported disappear-
ince of Dr. Bruno Postecorvo-, Brit
an atom Scientist, behind the Iron
Curtain in Finland, Dean did say,
hough, that the ABC naturally is in--
erested in anybody who “goes sour”
vith A-secrets in his keeping.
The question, Dean said, is how
nuch secret data Pontecorvo had.
’he E niton didn’t get much of ours
luring a. wartime visit to the 0. S.,
Dean >*id, and it doesn’t appear that
ie had close access to Britain’s top
secrets.
Asked if Russia had set off any
atomic explosions since the one Pres-
icient Truman announced in Septem
ber 1949, Dean didn’t say yes or not
but gave an answer that reporters
00k to be negative. ~
Mr. Truman made the original an
nouncement because he thought the
people were intitled to the informa
tion Dean said—and the president
hasn’t made any similar announce
menu since.
-TU leave it to you to guesa on
that basis,” the chairman said.
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