Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-16
DELEGATION IN CONGRESS IS
PROMINENT IN SHAPING MA
TIONAL LEGISLATION.
GOOD ACTIVE AS ONE OF
- APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
Heads Of All Departments Involved in
National Defense Preparations to
Appear Before His Committee-Frth
District Man One Of Best Informed
congressman.
Special to Times-Republican.

Washington. April 16.-Congressman
Good, of the Fifth Iowa district, as a
member Of the sub committee Of the
house appropriations committee. Will
have considerable voice in shaping
the measures that will be necessary to
supply the government with sufficient
funds to vigorously do cts Bit in the
world war.
Mr.. Good IL one of SIX members OF
the house appropriations committee
who has been selected as the special
war estimate sub committee" whose
duty it will be to pass on the question
of sums needed to prosecute the war.
The sub committee will be the body
before which every estimate for any
war purpose must pass before II Will
be taken up by the full appropriations
com mittee and later reported TO the
house for passage or rejection. Estl-
mates for defense and general war
purposes which total S3,400,000,D0O are
now before the sub committee for con-
sideration.
The heads Of all the government de-
the country. the war. state and navy
branches in particular will be called
before the committee TO give their
views on the need OF various appro-
prla lions. and because important Sc
crets will be laid before the commit
tee it is not thought that any publicity
will DE given the decisions reached by
the body.
Mr.. Good is considered one OF The
best informed men In the house on
matters of defense. having specialized
in coast defense estimates and needs
for some years. That he favors liberal
appropriations to increase the pre-
paredness OF this nation was indicated
in a bill he introduced last week, pro-
viding for an increased rate OF pay to
all enlisted men of the army. navy.
marine corps and other arms OF the
defense service of the United States.
While Congressman Good is doing
his part In the house on the financial
outlay necessary to carry on the war,
Senator Kenyon in the upper house.
member Of the appropriations commit
tee Of that body, Is seeing that the
funds of the country are not drained
by unwise appropriations. An evidence
of his watchfuness was the point OF
order he made against an item in
bill last week which under the gulse Of
q war necessity" was an effort
10 get a large appropriation for the i'm
provement Of the Chesapeake and Po-
tomac canal from Washington 10 Cum
berland, Md.
Senator Kenyon spoke against the
appropriation sought. declaring it was
vastly more unnecessary than many
calls that would now be made on the
American nation by reason of the war.
The item was ANONYMOUSLY killed by
point of order raised by the junior
Iowa senator. Mr.. Kenyon intends to
exert this watchfulness on every item
in appropriation bills in the future,
particular care being taken by him
not to permit any item to pass that is
not absolutely necessary.
The postmaster general has for
warded to the following Iowa post
masters their commissions as presi-
dentially appointed employees: Albert
Tagge, at Hartley; Charles w. West
colt, at Lake Mills; John p. Fisch-
bach, at Granville, and Warren l..
Hoggett, at Salem. The following have
been designated as acting postmasters
Charles F. Krebs at Avon and Ray C..
Barger at Derby.
Congressman Haugen, OF the Fourth
iowa district. who was long friend
OF the late Congressman Helgeson, ac-
companied the body of the North Da-
kota representative to DEBORAH, Iowa,
for burial
Iowans who visited Washington last
week included the Rev. G. S. Med
bury. Of Des Moines; c. II. Pergler.
OF Cresco, and Mr.. and Mrs. A. J. Col
Inns and son, A. II. Collins, Of Des
Moines.