Arizona republican., 1918-02-24

tContlnued from Page One) users; that the immediate construc- ton of the Florence diversion dam tfor which I found s175. .0O0.OO was now available in Washington, might be brought about Both of these problems are now well under way towards satisfactory solution.
 The Whipple Sanitarium.
 incidentally, while in Washington the great desirability of using Fort Whlpple as a military sanitarium was brought to my attention, and Con- gressman Hayden and l had a very satisfactory conference with Surgeon General Gorgas on this subject, which, 1 am glad to say, has resulted in such action being taken that Fort Whipple, which has recently been abandoned, will be put to a very val uable purpose in connection with this war.
 T also found, after a conference with the cotton cabinet in Washing ton that the supposed order for Ari- zona Pima cotton for manufacture into fabrics and use in actual flying tests this year, had been sidetracked. and that Sea Island cotton only had been purchased to the extent of about 15OO0 bales. With the help of the Secretary of Agriculture, MT. Hous- ton, and the very valued co-opera tion of MT. Howard Coffin. head of the Aircraft Board, this situation was remedied, and we are now assured of the actual use of this cotton in flying tests at an early date
 On Investigating this very inter- esting subject 1 found that while the English are still using linen fabrics for their planes, the Italians in their big Caproni warplanes, have been using Egyptian long fiber cotton with very great practical success Sue cesful actual flying tests have al ready been made with the Sea Island cotton.
 The Food Question.
 My other work in Washington was l largely connected with the work ot | the Market Committee of the Ameri | can National Live Stock Association and the Beef Advisory Committee ot | the Food Administration. The three members of this latter committee wh; were present-Mr. E. L. Burke ot l Omaha, Nebraska; Dr. Cochel of Man haitian, Kansas, and myself-had s number of most interesting and val uable sessions with MT. Hoover ant his associates
 MT. Hoover took us into his com plete confidence, showed us the tre. mendously delicate international sit uation that confronts him, and by putting us in possession of the facts as to this international situation, vii enable us to be of much more prac- tical use to him in future, from ar advisory standpoint
 While the beefless day was prob ably not essential at the time it wa. put into operation, it is my sincere belief that it has been an essentia national policy since January 1st, ane that from now on the demands upor this country for all classes of fooC products are going to show a re ', markable increase. Some confidential wires which MT. Hoover read us iron the premiers of England and France furnished convincing proof not only for the need of our producing to th, | utmost, but of our saving to tn, limit.
 What we really need is a nationa live stock policy in which there shal be the closest cooperation between the Department of Agriculture il direct touch with the producing ens of the situation; the Food Adminis tration, who control all foreign pur chases, and through it's economi power stabilizes prices; and tn Director of Transportation, who mus be in shape to move the food product in greatly increasing quantities iron now on.
 Letter to MT. Houston.
 Tn addition tO Ollr conferences will Mir. Hoover and his aides, we ha, several very frank and helpful con ferehces with Secretary Houston, an, the following letter to MT. Houston illustrated my personal viewpoint ol the need of a national live stoc policy.