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Watauga Democrat
Boone, Watauga County, North Carolina
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The Roosevelt administration is set to announce major cuts in veteran expenditures under the economy act. Five veterans' organizations, including the American Legion, conferred with Budget Director Lewis W. Douglas in Washington on Friday to discuss the program.
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President Roosevelt Is Believed to Be Ready to Cut Expenses.
Five Veteran Organizations Are Called Into Conference.
Washington. —Announcement of the Roosevelt administration's plan for sweeping slashes in veteran expenditures was considered Friday by veteran organization officials to be imminent.
The administration's program for cuts in veteran's expenditures, authorized by Congress under the economy act, has been laid before five veterans' organizations by Lewis W. Douglas, director of the budget.
The five organizations called into conference at the Treasury Department were the American Legion, the Disabled American War Veterans, the Disabled Emergency Officers Association, and the Veterans of Foreign Wars.
At another conference with Douglas Friday, the organizations discussed changes in the program, which it was said would 'go the entire limit' in paring down veteran expenditures.
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Friday
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sweeping slashes in veteran expenditures authorized by congress under the economy act
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Announcement of the Roosevelt administration's plan for cuts in veteran expenditures is imminent. The program has been presented to five veterans' organizations by Budget Director Lewis W. Douglas. The organizations, including the American Legion and Veterans of Foreign Wars, conferred at the Treasury Department and discussed changes to the program, which will pare down expenditures to the entire limit.