Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 April 1917 — Saved Two Hundred Millions. [ARTICLE]

Saved Two Hundred Millions.

According to reports from Washington, Secretary of War Baker urged the appropriations committee of the house to report favorably on a lump appropriation of over -$2,000,000,000 which administration officials could spent in any way they saw fit. The committee insisted upon specifications as to the particular purposes for which the estimate was made. In one day’s cross-examination of the war department officials the admissions were made that the estimates discussed that day contained $200,000,000 more than the department actually thought would be needed. Such instances as there make it necessary for members of congress to be constantly vigilant in the protection of the interests of the people of the country.