Daily Capital News in Jefferson City, Missouri

Atomic and VA Fund Cuts Are Recommended

The House appropriations committee proposed cash cuts of about nine percent for the Atomic Energy Commission and seven percent for the Veterans Administration in a 5.8 billion dollar bill funding six agencies for the next fiscal year. It called for halting GI Bill hobby training and urged the AEC to consider practical spending realities. The plan also outlined cuts for the Maritime Commission, Housing Expediter, Defense Transportation, and War Assets Administration, with WAA to be abolished and its inventories redistributed to other agencies. The committee noted substantial reductions below budget estimates and signals of further Senate revisions.