T. Gorton: “I respond to the distinguished Senator that the amounts that will come out of each of the functions across the board…”

“I respond to the distinguished Senator that the amounts that will come out of each of the functions across the board under the alternative proposal of the Senator from Washington will be directly proportional to the amount in the allowance section, the small print, in the budget directed toward the purchase of furnishings for various Federal Government agencies. That, of course, is precisely specific, no more or no less specific than the amendment of the Senator from Iowa, which comes out of national defense. Of course, it would come out of any function of national defense, I suppose, if some of these agencies ended up preferring their own personal comforts for the work which they were designed to do that they might buy their plush furnishings in any event and shortchange their own activities. It is not the intent of the Senator from Washington-- the intent of the Senator from Washington is identical to that of the Senator from New Mexico, who had a similar but broader amendment during the course of the debate over the budget resolution in the Budget Committee itself. In any event, it comes out of the allowances section, and the precise intent will be to reduce by 50 percent the amount of money all Federal agencies spend on furniture and furnishings.”