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With the ferocity of Hyrcanian tigers, the House of Representatives fell upon the first spending bill submitted by the Administration this year and slashed $150,000,000 (17%) off the deficiency appropriation for WPA (TIME, Jan. 23). Still snarling like the most savage, sabre-toothed Economizers ever heard in the political jungles, House Republicans and anti-Administration Democrats ganged up on the Administration's second appropriation measure-a general Deficiency Bill-and chewed $3,550,000* off the bill's budgeted total of $13,529,000-an impressive saving of 26% which would have been truly sensational...
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