EIGHT MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE
Friday, February 17, 1956
Appropriations Committee Votes Funds To Triple Par!c Construction I'Jork
Leaders Cautioned
On Responsibility
01 Conservation
Washington U.R) The
House Appropriations Commit
tee, concerned at overcrowding
and deterioration in the national
. parks, put up enough funds to
day to almost triple construction
work in the parks. .
At the same time the Demo
cratic controlled committee cau
tioned administration leaders
they have "no greater respon
sibility" than to assure conser
vation and effective use of na
tural resources administered by
the Interior Department.
The committee voted $15,000,
000 for construction of public
facilities in the parks in the 12
montns starting July 1, against
$5,200,000 requested by Presi
dent Eisenhower and compareq
with $5,425,000 to be spent in
the current fiscal year.
Disregard Request
The committee disregarded a
supplemental request from the
President Feb. 2 boosting his
original request for park con
struction work from S5,200,000
to $13,550,000. Rep. Michael J.
Kirwan (D-O.), chairman of a
subcommittee that drafted the
money bill, told a reporter this
request came only after the sub
committee indicated it was go
ing to put up extra funds.
The funds were included in a
$415,963,200 money bill approv
ed by the committee to run the
Interior Department and related
agencies in fiscal 1957. The total
was $10,785,000 less than the
President wanted but $79,067,
753 more than was made avail
, able for fiscal 1956.
In its report to the House, the
committee said funds spent on
conservation and park functions
of the Interior Department are
''almost inconsequential" al
though the work is vital.
The money bill covers all In
terior Department agencies ex
cept the Bureau of Reclamation,
Bonneville Power Administra
tion, Southwestern Power Ad
ministration, and Southeastern
Power Administration. Funds
for these" functions will be in
cluded in a separate public
works bill-
On Major Reduction j
The committee gave the Na- j
tional Parks Service,: toverall,';
$67,688,000 of $4,025,000 less j
than the .President's Duaget re
quest but $22,658,700 more than
the service was given to spend
this year. :
The only cut, which more than
offset, the increase for park con
struction work, was in the out
right elimination of a $13,825,
.000 item sought for construction
of a new Jones Point bridge
across the Potomac river from
Virginia into Washington.
The committee said with bet
ter highways and added leisure
hours the park load is increased
by 2,000,000 persons yearly, and
that 54,000,000 visitors are ex
pected in the national parks and
monuments during the new fis
cal year.
. Except for the park construc
lon work the committee gave the
President just what he asked,
or a little less.
Other Allocations
The Bureau of Land Manage
ment got $22,500,000, $778,000
less than the budget request but
$6,500,000 more than this year.
The Bureau of Indian Affairs got
$85,590,000 or $3,600,000 less
than the budget but $8,597,502
more than this year.
The Bureau of Mines was al
lowed $21,697,300, a budget cut
of $2,000,000. For the Fish and
Wildlife Service the committee
allowed the full sum requested,
$17,813,500. The Commission of
Fine Arts got $31,000, as re
quested.
For the Forest Service of the
Agriculture Department, includ
ed in the Interior Bill because of
related function, the committee
put up $96,773,000 as recom
mended.
The Shady Valley district of
Johnson county, Tennessee, , has
produced manganese by mining
operations since 1883.
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high school Teens Against Polio
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Newspapermen Gather
For Oregon Conference
Eugene U.R) The 37th an
nual Oregon Press conference
opened here today with publish
ers, editors and others connect
ed with; the newspaper business
attending."..
Meetings are sponsored by the
Oregon Newspaper Publishers
association and the"" school of
journalism at the University of
Oregon. .
. Bernard Kilgore, president of
the Wall Street Journal, was to
give the Eric Allen memorial
lecture this afternoon. The con
ference closes Saturday.
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Southern Oregon Fire Fighters Commended
Forest fire fighting agencies
of southern Oregon were com
mended this week at the annual
meeting of the Keep Oregon
Green association.
Albert Wiesendanger, execu
tive secretary of the , association,
wrote Lewis L. Simpson, secretary-manager
of the Southern
Oregon Conservation and Tree
Farm association, that the board
of trustees "went on record to
publicly acknowledge the won
derful ' record of accomplish
ments which forest fire fighting
agencies of southern Oregon
have made."
: "The cooperation which . you
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becoming a model for all other
sections of the nation."
, The association noted the
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