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Newspaper Page Text' '' c lJ , . .o 8 S- JV A Telephone Mill WEATHER NEWS November 30, 1945 Mix. (Nor. 29) -..41 Mln. 23 Precipitation last 24 houn . 00 Stam yttr to data ...3.97 Kormal 2.89 Last yai 3.21 Forecast! Claar. Saturday Shooting Hoursi Klamath Tula lakat Open 7:03 a. m. Cloia 4:27 p. m. PRICE FIVE CENTS KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMb. 30. 194S Numbai 10882 Day'sfe73 By FRANK JENKINS rn- IRVING LANGMUIR, as J soelato reseurch diroctor for f Wa Cionorul Electric company, ' folia tho somite atomic cnorgy eominlltoo today: 'IF an atomic armament raco dcvolo, Russia will produce lta first otomlc bomb In about three years and will thorcuflcr pos sibly accumulate a irtoro of the bomb FAH FASTER tliun Uio United Slates." THAT, ln lt,eIf' h trt,,n stutemont to the avorago run of us Iny citizens who have moro or lens tiikon it for granted that iu.. Amnrii'iiiiH have the bulge on till selonllflo and industrlul pro It rem). Dr. Langmulr then proceeds to make stiitomenls thai are ivm MORE STARTL1INU. HE soys tho Russians have con tinned tho TRAINING OF SCIENTISTS durlna the wor to a far greater extent than we. lo adds: "They have a deep opprecla tlon of pure and applied sclonce, and have already planned far mors extcnslvo program In oclence than any contemplated by us." , . T1IESE Russians, you co, are NOT rudo barbnrlons. In an age when scientific progress Is EVERYTHING (as witness the immediately frightening atomic bomb and the ultlmotcl alluring prospect of atomic energy) they are planning an ALL-OUT pro gram of scientific development. W 'AT the same time, Dr. Lang f rV muir m,yj, the Russians are taking steps to improve their Industrial efficiency. Ho toll the senate committee ; ready have a REMARKABLE SYSTEM OF INCENTIVES that la rapidly Increasing the ef fectiveness of their Industrial PRODUCTION. Bccauso Russia Is extremely secretive, wo don't know the practical details of hor Incontlve system, but we do know In a vague way thnt It Includes MORE PAY FOR MORE WORK. Through our own carllor ex perlonco with piecework pay, we know that such a system docs .HmilnlA nrndliction. Rassla has ovldcnliy discovered that fact for herself, and Is begin ning to put the system Into prac tice. , , . WHILE tho Russians have been going in deeper for scientific research and steadily Increasing the efficiency of their industrial production, wnui nave we ul-cu doing In tho way of thinking and planning for tho future? Viewed ln tho light of a SHARPLY COMPETITIVE fu ture, the answer isn't too en couraging. For a dozen years or moro, our political thinking (that Is to say our AGGREGATE thinking as a people) has been nvtnnalvnlv alonil tllO lino Of spending and legislating our selves rich. We have happily -spent billions upon billions of '" public money for boondoggling but have been content to leave tho all-Important field of sclent- A line ana industrial rcscurcii i largely to tho comparatively slim resources of a private in dustry that has been increasing, ly the target of hostile and re drlrtlun lntrlslation which RE' DUCES the resources that It Is ablo to devote to research and progress. t COR approximately a century, wo Americans have been MORE EFFICIENT than any other people so much so that in all the world there has been NO COMPETITOR wo really feared and- HAD to keep ahead nt. As a result (as Judged by the direction our politico-economic i thinking has taken) we may be beginning to fall into that rut that is nearly always follen Into when there is no competition ln sight that anyone really tears. IF what Dr. Langmulr says Is true, we have In Russia AN UPCOMING COMPETITOR that will challenge our best efforts and all our ingenuity. If even half of what ho says is true, we can't afford to trust our luiure to BOONDOGGLE thinking. I We've got to get to work. ' We can't Just laugh Russia off as a competitor. Her obvious in terest in scientific progress makes that unsafe GM Firm In Refusal To Talk Truce With Union Socks And Bonds DETROIT, Nov. 30 (IP) While awaiting conferences next week with federal conciliators, General Motors corporation today took up with the CIO United Auto Workers union what it con slders ono of the knottiest problems In the 10-day strike "illegal picketing" at the struck plants. The corporation agreed to meet with Chief U. S. Conciliator Edgar L. Warren in Washing ton next Tuesday but told him negotiations with the union, as recommended yesterday by Presl dent Truman, would not bo resumed until the latter modifies its picketing practices and iU 40 percent or else wage 11 RESIGNS POST PORTLAND, Nov. 30 (IP) Vern L. Drager, liquor control commission supervisor of en forcement ot licenses, resigned today.. R. D. Davis, supervisor of tho hard liquor enforcement divi sion, will take over Dragor's du ties in addition to his own. Solon Raps Selection Of Marshall WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 (IP) New repercussions from tho bombshell resignation of MaJ, Gen. Pulrlck Hurley as ambas sador to China shook Capitol hall today. 1. President Truman's desig nation of General George C. Marshall as Hurley's successor was hit by ono representative a "poor appointment." 2. The scnute heard fresh criticism of the state depart ment and American policy in me f ar bast, and 3. Three congressional com mittees vied for an opportunity to question Hurley on why he quit his Chungking post. 4. Hurley told rcnortcrs he was willing to take on all com ers but wanted tho hearings public. Marshall Criticised The tritlcism of Marshall was made by Rep. Patterson ID Calif.) at special news confer ence. Patterson asserted tho for mer chief of staff "doesn t know anything about China." He also found fault with Marshall's ap pointment ."because he is a sol dier." . . : In the senate, Senator Willis (R-Ind.) said that Hurley's res ignation statement criticizing "career diplomats" in Asiatic affairs "certainly do nothing to dispel our doubts about the ef ficiency of our foreign service. "It seems to me that our de partment of state has a lot of explaining and houseclcanlng to do ln tho coming months." Tho inside story of events leading to Hurley's resignation is something that interests the senate foreign relations commit tee, Vho house committee on un American activities and the house military committee. All want to talk to him about it. Young Cowboy Changes Mind VANCOUVER. Wn.h 30 (IP) A 14-ycar-old cowboy bound for eastern Oregon homo of the black stallion veter an hands have been trying to corral was taken from a bus nere last nignt, Emery Molt, farm boy from Silver Lake, was attired in cow boy regalia, police said. He carried a lariat with which to snare Rainbow, the wild horse. Today the boy was back doing his chores. A state patrolman advised him to lot the old timers catch Rainbow. Besides, the of ficer clinched his argument, It's cold in eastern Oregon right now. BOND SALES GAIN PORTLAND, Nov. 30 (IP) Oregon's E bond sales reached a total of $11,350,000 today, 60.4 Eer cent of the state's Victory ond goal. Sales of all issues passed the three-quarter mark, with $30, 640,000 7.3 per cent of quota. at today's discussion the first meeting of tno two panics since tho strike began was Vice President Wulter B. Rcuthcr, who has denied the compony charge of illegality on the pick et lines. The Washington conference was arranged by Warren after President C. E. Wilson ex pressed GM's willingness to meet with government officials cither hero or in tho capital and offered the services of Har ry W. Anderson, GM vice pres ident in charge of personnel. Conciliation Offer Accepting tho conciliation of fer, Anderson said he hoped Secretary of Labor Schwellcn- bach would "find time aiso to attond tho meeting." Other GM executives who can aid in pre senting the corporation's side in tho dispute which has idled 229,000 workers will accom. pony him to Washington, An derson added. Warren said he would at tempt to get negotiations re sumed "as soon as possible," but Wilson, at a press confer ence after receiving the govern ment invitation, was emphatic In the company's refusal to con sider merits of the dispute un der present conditions. The "Illegal picketing," Wll son said, has prevented super visory employes from entering and leaving GM plants at will, has led to a "situation of law lessness" at the plants and- has made "the whole atmosphere of the thing wrong." -- .r-.'-v..;.,. Army Assumed Hawaii Alert WASHINGTON, Nov. 80 (IP) Ma, ucn. Sherman Miles testi fied today the possibility ot a Japanese attack on Hawaii in the event of war was not mentioned ln - warning messages to the army commander there because it was assumed Hawaii would be on the alert. Miles, chief of army Intelli gence at the time the Japanese struck Pearl Harbor Dec. 7. 1941. told a senate-house committee Investigating the disaster that lata in November and early ln December, 1941, he considered there was a "strong possibility of a Japanese attack on Hawaii and Panama." But, Miles said, Hawaii was not mentioned in any of his es timates to Gen. George C. Mar shall, then chief of staff, or In tne warning messages to Lt. uen. Walter C. Short at Honolulu be cause it was felt Hawaii was on guard. British Planes Hit Indonesians BATAVIA, Nov. 30 (P) Brit ish airplanes attacked with bombs and rockets today against Indonesian guns wmch yesterday hurled 95 sheila in the Am- bnrawa camp area where allied refugees had been gathered. Thirteen persons were killed and 34 wounded by the Indo nesian shelling. Among those killed were five British soldiers. The British announced that fighting broke out again in Ban doeng yesterday between Dutch and Indonesian nationalists. Elliott's Blaze Destroyed; Eleanor Hot Under Collar ALBANY, N. Y., Nov. 30 (IP) Blaze, Elliott Roosevelt's bull mastiff of transcontinental plane ride fame, licked the late presi dent's Scottlc, Fnla, but paid for the victory with his life. The stale health department said today Blaze was destroyed, as a precaution, by Dr. Thomas Sheldon, Rhinebreck veterinar ian, but that examination of Blaze's head showed the dog did not have rabies. The department received Blaze's head Tuesday from Dr. Sheldon. Fnla was admitted to Dr. Sheldon's hospital Saturday. Several stitches wero needed to close Fala's wounds and he was weak from loss of blood, Dr. Sheldon said. Fsln, a visitor Saturday at the Roosevelt Hyde Park estate, while ambling across a lawn met tho 136-pound Blaze. Fur began to fly from tho Scottio but tho mastiff was unhurt. Blnza broke into the news last January when three servicemen were "bumped off" a transport fnane Decause me mastiff nad a lighcr priority. The dog was en route to Elliott Roosevelt's wife, Actress J-aye Emerson ln tall fornia. Roosevelt, then an offi cer In the army air forces, sent Blaze from England. In New York, the Herald Tribune said Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt gave short ' answers when asked about the. fight be tween tne dogs. "I don't see that this Is any one's business except the fam ily's," she said, "Furthermore, I don't know what you're talking nooui. Then she asked the reporter: "I don't see how you even heard about it wno told your- Told the Associated Press had revealed the facts, Mrs. Roose velt said: "Go back to your office and telephone the Associated Press and tell them to mind their own business. Internees Try To End Own Lives STOCKHOLM, Nov. 30 (IP) Hundreds of German, Polish, Austrian and Baltic internees delayed their transportation from Swedish Internment camps to Russian-occupied territories today by mass suicide attempts and self-inflicted wounds. Early estimates said more than 1000 of the Internees were suffering self-inflicted wounds. Prisoners attacked themselves with knives, razors, bits of glass and even sharp atones. Some of the internees formed tight rings against Swedish mil itary and police who surround ed their barracks preparatory to carrying them to a Soviet deportation (hip. They held off the officials while others stab bed themselves. Many barracks soon were splashed with blood. Granttd 10 Mlnutts The internees were granted 10 minutes to decide whether they wanted to be moved to Russian-occupied territories vol untarily or by force when mili tary and police surrounded the camp barracks. In that interval. In spite of safety measures, a stream of stretchers began moving to wards dressing stations as the ucrmans and otners mutilated themselves. Ambulances took the seriously injured to hospi tals. Many of the 3000 prisoners were too weak from hunger strikes to be moved. The strikes began last week when it was announced that Russia had de manded extradition of the pris oners and the Swedish govern- mend nad agreed. Most of the Drlsoners were former members of the German army who fled to Sweden at tne time of the German uncon ditional surrender. House Repeals Rail Discount WASHINGTON. Nov. 9n IWi The house passed and sent to the wnite House today a bill to re peal the 60 rjer cent discount in railroad rates which the govern, ment now receives on the move ment ot goods and troops. Action on the measure, al ready approved by the senate, was by a 159 to 44 standing vote. Several western railroads granted the 50 per cent rate re duction to the government about 50 years ago in exchange for grants- of federal lands. The practice was subsequently made uniform throughout the country. French Aroused Over US Charges PARIS. Nov. 30 IIP) The. French foreign office refused to day to accept American blame for occupation difficulties in iU'' 11 MoiT'ecostfeir Yokes Toll ; Off.l 8 Lives By The Assoclatad Press A two-day-old nor'aastar battering the New Enaland eoait sent gleantic wavas over saaways, plars and highways today, while New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania xacovarad soma- wnai irom a snow norm mat cost at least IB lives and caused considerable property damage. tour deatns war raported In naw England, II in Naw York and three in Naw Jersey as a result of tha storm. Snow flurries struck tha Great Lakes region and Chicago. Milwaukee and Minneapolia raported btlow-freetlng tempera tures. Transportation and communication facilities In Naw Enaland and upstate new tcotk Droicew- down under tne weignt oi me DeLoi Mills, left, auctioneer and high buyer of E bonds at Rotarv's sale today, and Nelson Reed, one of the limit buyers of E l, hold coveted nylon stockings wmcn ware me awaras given to purchasers of J5000 In that series of ma victory Loan Hamilton Asserts Klamath Police Force Inadequate Downtown traffic In Klamath Falls has increased "at least 100 per cent" since the end of gas rationing, Orville Hamilton, act ing police chief, estimated today, and right now the pre-Christ-mas congestion is the worst it has ever been, and the police force Is too small to cope with the situation, he said. - The Main street business dis trict is almost packed solidly with cars during shopping hours now, Klamath, Pine, S. 6th and the cross streets are almost as bad. Finding a parking space is virtually an Impossibility within Germany. Paris newspapers ech oed the sentiment. , A foreign office spokesman characterized as .unjustified the criticisms of Gen. Elsenhower and Byron Price, special Investi gator for President Truman. Both the Americans declared French refusal to discuss- plans for unifying certain phases of life in Germany had blocked the work of the allied control coun cil in Berlin, where decisions must be unanimous. Diplomats Study Iranian Picture WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 (W) The state department said today it has sent three diplomats from the American embassy in Tehran to northern Iran to make a first hand investigation of reports of an Iranian separatist movement there. At the same time Michael J. McDermott. special assistant to Secretary Byrnes, said the sec retary is now carrying on dis cussions with Great Britain and Russia looking to revision of the Italian armistice terms. Rotary Bond Sale $150,200 Rotarlans rang the bell at noon today when the members of the Klamath Falls club put over the biggest sale of E bonds ever held in Klamath county. whan Hirio wprp tabulated the membership had purchased $150,200 in series E, and in all other series, $370,500, making a total for the day, $520,700. The club's quota in-E bonds is $300,000 of wmcn amount nnn hnri hppn subscribed. To day's purchases put the club within $31,000 of the E bond quota. Under the capable salesman ship of DeLos Mills, past presi dent of Rotary, the bidding got underway immediately after El ton Thompson, Rotarian and chairman of the Victory Loan, announced the day s quota, io limit buyers of E bonds went a pair of nylon stockings or a slab of bacon. The bidding was cumulative and later all bidders were given chances on other merchandise ranging from Four Roses to a pound ot Duuer. . f!an4iiin Jack Captain Jack, the highly pub Uttlp hantie rooster, was handed to Henry Semon of Hen ley district lor represenuns "lc nnripiiltural district turning in the highest purchase report. An drew Collier, Klamath county war finance committee chair man, presented the bird to Semon but warned that Captain Jack would be taken from nen ley by any other community ex ceeding the Henley purchases. The fnnr nueen candidates. Agness Winters, Virginia Lee Benoist, Betty Steinman and Marie Dorlaque, were presented with corsages by Thompson. Chairman of the agricultural committee is Mitchell Tillotson who is ill at his home and un able to present Friday's pro gram. Rotary is handling the agricultural quota. Queen Race Past WOO Vote Mark In a dose race for Klamath Victory Queen title all four con- -' rnir, neeca1 iVlO 1000 .camiiia nave uoocivu i mwww vote mark. Betty Steinman re tains her lead wim naa votes The other three candidates are not far. behind. Virginia .Lee Benoiit is credited with 1J5B, Marie Dorlaque, 1220, and Ag ness Winters, 1078. Ballots are sent to bond head quarters, 1011 Main, for daily tabulation from the issuing agents. All ballots must be turned in to bond headquarters by December 8, the contest's closing date. The girl winning the title of Klamath Victorv Oueen will go to Portland to compete in the state finals. Two girls from Oregon will be sent to Holly wood to enter competition for the west cqast una. several blocks of the business district. Hamilton estimated that" his police force needs a minimum of 30 men and better yet 50 to adequately cope with traffic and law enforcement in town. He has a force of 20 officers now. as many as the city budget will allow. The force is adequate for town of around 12.000 but are dealing with a boom-town popu lation of 35,000. - ' There s nothing we can do about traffic congestion right now." Hamilton said. He advo cates as remedies public parking lots, parking meters and more traffic signals on key streets. He believes that the installa tion of narkinz meters here would bring in enough revenue to nire two or tnree more patrolmen. After S. 6th Is widened, traf fic lights will have to be placed at every intersection down to the railway viaduct. Hamilton believes. As the situation is now, that street is so heavily traveled drivers coming in from side streets have a hard time getting a break In traffic to cross or turn in. Labor Parley Issues On Block WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 (IP) Leaders of the president s labor- management conference put on a last minute drive to iron out the major disagreements which have plagued the parley. The first hint of this effort came when Chairman waiter P. Stacy emerged from a closed session of the executive com mittee and asked all members of the three committees, still in disagreement, to "make mem selves available" to the execu tive committee. Chinese Reds Open New Attack CHUNGKING, Nov. 30 (IP) Chinese communists, aided by Japanese artillerists, have open ed a new attack against Kwei sui, beleaguered capital of Sui- yuan in inner Mongolia, a unm ese nationalist dispatch reported tonight. The dispatch quoted Chinese farmers as saying that 30 Jap anese commanded by a Japanese officer manned two big guns being used in the assault. Meanwhile the Chinese press and tne Moscow radio reported an agreement" by which Russian torces would remain in Man churia long enough for the Chinese government to bring in troops. storm. The coast guard report ed at least three vessels In trou ble. Two. a 37-foot cabin cruis er out of Newport, R. I., and a fishing boat out of New Bed ford, Mass., were missing. The third, the freighter Fordham Victory, was aground on Spec tacle island in Boston harbor. Snow, following furious rain and sleet, began falling yester day and by this morning Buf falo reborted iz.4 mcnes: Al bany, six; Boston, three; Hart ford, Conn., nine; Rochester, N. Y., 11, and Newark, N. J. three. Hign winns The weather station atop 6000-foot Mount Washington, N. H., reported wind velocities as high as 109 miles an hour. The northeast gale which struck Boston at 60 miles an hour caused thousands of dollars in damage by toppling trees, car rying down power and tele phone lines, breaking plate glass windows and hurling sea water. Plows had to be used to clear tons of sand blown across Ocean boulevard at Hampton Beach, N. H., a 100-foot retain ing wail In the Northern avenue dock area of Boston was smash ed. Many small craft ..were washed ashore. The New York Central, rail road reported trains due in New York City from thcwesi were running from 60 . to oi minutes behind schedule. (Jo: mercial plane operations at La Guardia field were almost at a standstill. . Officials said - 386 Operators In valley Sign Truce PORTLAND. Or.. Hm, n (IP) A wage settlement with tha Willamette Valley Lumber Op. erators association lareest operator group to make peace in the nine-week-old lumber strike was announced todav bv th striking AFL Lumber and Saw mill workers. The operators offered the same 15 cent wage Increase which has set the pattern for strike settle. ment. The agreement, which awaited rank-and-file worker approval would affect 33 operations 8 more than those covered in the Initial Tacoma settlement. Other offers on the 15-cent basis compromise from tha AFL's 20-cent demand con tinued coming. The six saw mills making up the Coast Oper ators association aereed to tha Lwage boost, and Coos Bay area wuriters win vote on it tonight. At Everett, Wash., 15 plants granted the Increase subject to approval by locals. Negotiations were reported nparintf ivimnlAKnn A V VannMi. BWI1U3UI1. - VIUViaiQ SdLU ' dDOl "P u . . u...u u- trip cancelations ' had - been ver, wash. For three refinishing made in thefeast . three . ays - Seven troopships were strand ed in outer-Boston-harbor and port of embarkation authorities said none of the 7500 soldiers aboard would be debarked un til the inner harbor is opened. Hess Feigned Memory Loss NUERNBERG. Nov. 30 (IP) Rudolf Hess told the Interna tional military tribunal' today that he accepted "full responsi bility for all I have done, signed or co-signed," and that he wished to continue on trial with his fellow nazis. Hess declared that he had feigned loss of memory, even to his own attorney, for "tactical reasons." The court adjourned for the day without announcing a rul ing on the mental fitness of me former No. 2 deputy - fuehrer, whom allied psychiatrists have reported sane, but suffering from hysteria. Hess'. case was brought up af ter a surprise German witness testified that Germany's leading spy expert long plotted against Hitler and finally was executed in 1944 after the failure of the bomb plot against the fuehrer. (See also Page 3). Cordon Irked Over Policies PORTLAND, Nov. 30 (IP) Sen. Guy Cordon arrived here from Washington today and re ported that the nation's capital is "a mess." Here to attend the Interior de partment's timber hearing at Eugene next Monday, Cordon declared that "muddy thinking" is the style in Washington. "The rapid ending of the war seemingly caught all the admin istrative departments off base," he said. "As a result, there is no integration of our domestic and foreign policy." . Lawmaker Terms Lindbergh "Billy Mitchell Of This War" WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 (IP) Rep.-Mason (R-Ill.) declared today- that Charles A. Lindbergh "is the Billy Mitchell of this war", and demanded restoration of the army air force reserve commission Lindbergh resigned after a dispute with President Roosevelt in 1941." -Mason asserted' that Lind bergh "shot dewn several enemy planes'' while making test flights as a civilian expert in the Southwest Pacific .and should be awarded the Dis tinguished Service medal for his work in that theater. "Lindbergh is exactly in the same status as the late General ' '( Billy Mitchell, who was dead 20 years before the wrong that was done to him was correct ed," Mason told a reporter. "I am hopeful that this will be rectified without legislation, and that is why I am calling it to the attention of the public and congress at this time. "However, if something isn't done voluntarily I propose' to introduce legislation to clear Colonel Lindbergh and restore his commission." Mason added he would wait "probably until January" be fore taking any action. The army air forces had no comment. plantsat. Grays. Harbor, Wash., and at Lebanon, Ore., site ot tho -Big Cascades Plywood corpora. EUGENE. Nov. 30 (IPIG. A. Metzger, secretary-manager of the Willamette Valley Lumber Operators association, with head. quarters nere, made me follow ing statement in regards to the) lumber strike that was formal, ly ended here last night: , . "The futility of the prolonged strikes for higher wages clear ly revealed by the present AFL Lumber and Sawmill Workers case. The latest bureau of labor statistics sunftv of tha far west lumber industry shows mat me average straight time hourly wage for all lumber workers is $1169. It takes 7.93 hours of work at $1,339, the average wage including the 15 per cent increase, to make up each hour lost at the lower rate. "Thus it will take the work ers over 79 weeks of work at the 15 cents per hour increase to make up the loss incurred by the 10 weeks strike. Based oh a 40-hour work week, this means that it will take until June 8, 1947, to get even on their wage loss. " "On October 25, 1949, the union was offered a 12 cents per hour increase. Five weeks more idleness has resulted in a gain of 214 cents to the union. It .will take the men over five years of work, or until Janu ary, 1951, to make up the loss incurred by the refusal to set tle the strike October 25, Metz ger said. Both operators and unionists in this area were in session in , separate cities today, and it was presumed that the AFL strike situation would be fully dis cussed. ' . A meeting of the Klamath basin district council group was held by the union at Medford. Hugh Haddock, union agent here, went to the meeting, and AFL men said nere tne wage and strike question would be on the program for full discus, sion. Onerators represented by tha PIRC were meeting today at the Wlllard hotel. No word came from their meeting as to .pos sible developments. : Fund Added For Flood Control WASHINGTON. Nov. 30 UP) The house today overruled its ap. propriations committee to aaa more than $122,000,000 for navL gatlon and flood control to a de ficiency supply bill. Ending a prolonged dispute, the action coincided with Presl. dent Truman's request for the money to put war-halted water programs back on a peacetime basis, as suggested by the army engineers. , . By a standing vote of 137-83, the house approved the fund, totaling $122,275,000 and cover, ing scores of project throughout the country.