Bisbee daily review., 1918-06-18
SUNDRY CIVIL BILL PASSES HOUSE
 RECORD VOTE
President Points Out That War Agencies Can Now Be Taken Care of Through Specific Appropriations
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 WASHINGTON, June 17.-The sun dry civil bill. carrying S1,76l.1Ol.OOO for the ship bUilding program; S5O,- COG. 900 for the presidents emergency war fund and s1.25O0O for the com. mittee on public information. was pass ed by the house late today without a record vote It now goes to the sen ate
 The measure carries a total of S2,- 915.OO0 0C0 of which more than S52,- 900 900 was added by the house. in- cluding the funds for the president and the information committee and s1 900 900 for Missippi river flood con trOl.
 The appropriation for the president and information committee were ap- proved today by the house committee and attached as amendments to the bill with both republicans and demo- crats supporting them. Before pass ing the bill. however. the house amend ed it so that none of information con- mittee appropriation fund can be used to pay salaries of men of draft age unless they are physically disqualified for military service.
 Other appropriations include S7,5OO,- 0O0 for the food administration; S3s 50O.OOO for the fuel administration; S3. .OOO for the war trade board: S2. 800, 900 for department of labor; Sls I5O.OOO for the war industries board; $500 900 for the alien property custod- ian; $40O. 900 for the council of na- tional defense and S200. .0O0 for the na- tional advisory committee for aero nauiics.
 One of the purposes to which a con siderable part of the presidential fund has been devoted was the repair of enemy merchant ships damaged by their crews before they were taken over by the government. This work now is completed. The president in q communication to the committee point ed out that war agencies which at the outset was supported by the emeTg- ency fund now could be taken care of through specific appropriations in the regular army.
 There remains the uses for such 9 fund which I may perhaps character ize as continuing but incalculable,' he wrote. "I refer to the conduct of many necessary investigations, for example. in connection with the determination of the prices which the government to pay and which the governments as sOciated with Us in the war are pay; to indispensable secret service and confidential uses abroad in to the very large necessities of record and infOr- nation: to the maintenance of the .n- strumentalities. both on this side of the water and on the other.
 Besides these things which can TOW be stated. the experience of the past year convinced me that there are many occasions which will arise which I cannot now even conjecture. but which will make it necessary that I should have a free fund at my dis posal.
 May I not take the liberty of say ing a word of special emphasis with regard to the work which the commit tee onpublic information has been dO- ing? I have had very close personal connections with the work of that committee and have watched its de- velopment and it's activities with par. tioular care and interest feeling a spe- cial responsibility The work of the committee has on the whole been ad- mirably done and think it very like ly that nobody. even those intimately connected with the governments. is aware of the extent. the variety and