Supplemental estimates of appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1936, by the Post Office Department-Continued Detailed object of expenditures Total amount Amount ap- OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL-continued OFFICE OF THE SECOND ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL Railroad transportation and mail-messenger service: For an additional amount for inland transportation by railroad routes and for mail-messenger service, etc., including the same objects specified under this head in the Post Office Department Appropriation Act, 1936 (U. S. C., title 5, sec. 298; title 39, secs. 524, 542, 579, 826; act May 14, 1935, 49 Stat., p. 238) Railway Mail Service, salaries: For an additional amount for Railway Mail Service. salaries, including the same objects specified under this head in the Post Office Department Act, 1936 (U. S. C., title 39, secs. 602, 605, 606, 609, 610, 613, 614, 616, 629, 635, 637; U. S. C., Supp. VII, title 39, secs. 640, 828, 831; act May 14, 1935, 49 Stat., pp. 238–239) . Railway postal clerks, travel allowances: For an additional amount for travel allowance to railway postal clerks and substitute railway postal clerks, fiscal year 1936 (U. Š. C., title 39, secs. 615, 633; act May 14, 1935, 49 Stat., p. 239).. Contract Air Mail Service: For an additional amount for the inland transportation of mail by aircraft, etc., including the same objects specified under this head in the Post Office Department Appropriation Act, 1936 (U. S. C., title 39. secs. 463, 464; U. S. C., Supp VII, itle 39, secs. 463-465 F; acts June 12, 1934, 48 Stat., p. 933; Feb. 21, 1935, 49 Stat., p. 30; May 14, 1935, 49 Stat., p. 239; Aug. 14, 1935, 49 Stat., pp. 614-617) - OFFICE OF THE FOURTH ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL Vehicle service: For an additional amount for vehicle service, etc., including the same objects specified under this head in the Post Office Department Appropriation Act, 1936 (U. S. C., title 39, secs. 116, 483, 493, 802: U. S. C., Supp. VII, title 39, secs. 52, 116, 828, 831; acts May 14, 1935, 49 Stat., pp. 241–242)- Deficiency estimates of appropriations required for_the_service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1935, by the Post Office Department Detailed object of expenditures Total amount to be appropriated under each head of appropria tion Amount appropriated for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1935 OFFICE OF THE CHIEF INSPECTOR Payment of rewards: For an additional amount for payment of rewards, Special-delivery fees: For an additional amount for fees to special-delivery о 2d Session No. 425 SUPPLEMENTAL ESTIMATE OF APPROPRIATION FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, 1936 COMMUNICATION FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TRANSMITTING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF CONGRESS, A SUPPLEMENTAL ESTIMATE OF APPROPRIATION FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1936 IN THE AMOUNT OF $250,000 FOR THE PURPOSE OF AFFORDING RELIEF TO RESIDENTS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA WHO ARE UNEMPLOYED, OR OTHERWISE IN DISTRESS, BECAUSE OF THE EXISTING EMERGENCY MARCH 16, 1936.-Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, March 14, 1936. The SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith for the consideration of Congress a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the District of Columbia for the fiscal year 1936 in the amount of $250,000 for the purpose of affording relief to residents of the District of Columbia who are unemployed, or otherwise in distress, because of the existing emergency. The details of this estimate, the necessity therefor, and the reasons for its transmission at this time are set forth in the letter of the Acting Director of the Bureau of the Budget transmitted herewith, with whose comments and observations thereon I concur. Respectfully, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. BUREAU OF THE BUDGET, Washington, March 13, 1936. The PRESIDENT, The White House. SIR: I have the honor to submit herewith for your consideration a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the District of Columbia for the fiscal year 1936, as follows: EMERGENCY RELIEF OF RESIDENTS, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Emergency relief: For an additional amount for the purpose of afford-. ing relief to residents of the District of Columbia who are unemployed or otherwise in distress because of the existing emergency, to be expended by the Board of Public Welfare of the District of Columbia by employment and direct relief, in the discretion of the Board of Commissioners and under rules and regulations to be prescribed by the board and without regard to the provisions of any other law, payable from the revenues of the District of Columbia, fiscal year 1936 (act June 14, 1935, 49 Stat. 367). $250,000 The District of Columbia Appropriation Act for the fiscal year 1936 provided $2,000,000 for the above purpose, which amount was believed to be sufficient at the time the budget for that year was submitted. However, it now appears that as of April 1, 1936, there will be unobligated of the original appropriation only $125,000, with 3 months of the fiscal year 1936 yet remaining. The 1937 appropriation under this item as passed by the House of Representatives, March 6, 1936, amounts to $1,506,020, or approximately $125,000 a month. Therefore, a recommendation is made herewith that an additional sum of $250,000 be appropriated to cover the remaining months of the fiscal year 1936. This estimate is required to meet a contingency which has arisen since the transmission of the budget for the fiscal year 1936, and its approval is recommended. Very respectfully, RECOMMENDATION FOR AN APPROPRIATION FOR RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TRANSMITTING A RECOMMENDATION FOR AN APPROPRIATION FOR THE RELIEF OF UNEMPLOYMENT NOTE House document 426, 74th Congress, 2d session, Report of Reconstruction Finance Corporation, Oct. 1-Dec. 31, 1935, which is listed in the table of contents, is not included in this volume, as a copy of the report has already been issued to depository libraries and international exchanges without congressional document notation. at a later date. I am now prepared to submit such a recommendation, and this message should be regarded as supplemental to the Budget message. In asking the Congress for an appropriation to meet the needs of the destitute unemployed during the coming fiscal year, certain facts should be clearly set forth. (1) Since the spring of 1933, there has been a gain in reemployment in each successive year. At least 5,000,000 more people were at work in December 1935 than in March 1933. (2) In spite of these great gains, there are at present approximately 5,300,000 families and unattached persons who are in need of some form of public assistance-3,800,000 families and unattached persons on the works program and 1,500,000 on local and State relief rolls. Every thinking person knows that this problem of unemployment is the most difficult one before the country. (3) These figures, large as they are, do not, of course include all those who seek work in the United States. In none of these figures is included the many unemployed who are not on relief but who are experiencing great difficulties in maintaining independent support. Neither are there included many others not on the relief rolls who are content with occasional employment; nor some who are so constituted that they do not desire to work; nor many young people who H. Docs., 74-2, vol. 12-56 |