The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1919-06-25
Manner of Governments
Disposal of War Supplies
Especially Meats is Crit
icised.
TEMPORARY LULL
IN LEAGUE DEBATE
Senate and House Confer
ees Adopt House Plan to
Return Wire Systems
Night of July 81.

Washington. June 24.-The senate
tonight adopted amendments to the
army appropriation bill providing for
an average army Of 100000 men for
the year beginning July 1. AS passed
by the house, the bill provided for
SOC, 600, and Secretary Baker recon-
mended 5Os.O00.
During the discussion Senator Nc
Kellar and Reed criticized the man
ner OF the governments disposing of
war materials, especially the surplus
meats, estimated worth $65.000,0oo.
McKellar called attention to a news
paper article saying all bids for this
meat were rejected because too low
and charged packers with being espe-
cially favored by the war department.
There was a temporary lur today
in the League of Nations debate which
has been almost continuous since the
new senate convened. 1t was the first
time in more than a month that an
entire days session passed without
mention of the peace treaty. In its
consideration OF the army appropria-
ton bill. the senate did not take up
the amendment presented by Senator
Fall to declare war at an end.
Senate and house conferees today
adopted the house plan terminating
government control of wire systems at
midnight on the last day of the calen-
dar month in which the law is ap-
proved. Toll and local exchange rates
viii be continued four months unless
sooner changed by state commissions.
The practical effect OF the legisla-
tion, the conferees stated. will be that
the wires will be returned to private
control and operation at midnight,
July 81, as it is expected the law
will be signed by the president early
in July.
Representative Osborne, republican,
of California, introduced a bill today
to create the government department
to have charge of federal highway
construction and directing it to build
three east and west and four north
and south trunk line roads within the
next nine months for which a billion,
seven hundred million dollars shall
be appropriated by annual INSTALL
ments.
Representative Langford, of Geor-
gia, today introduced bills directing
the government engineers to report to
congress the feasibility of construct
ing two canals in Georgia and Florida.
One would connect Cumberland sound
with ST Georges sound. via st. Mary 3
river. The other would connect the
Atlantic ocean with the Gulf of Mex
leo, running along the Altamaha, Oc-
mulgee. Bluff, Gum, Flint and Apa-
lachicola rivers.
The house judiciary committee to-
day refused to amend the wartime
prohibition enforcement bill SO as to
make it unlawful for a man TO have
liquor in his own home
The committee also struck out the
section of the prohibition bill which
would have prevented "use" by private
citizen of liquor in his private dwell
ing. and decided that in the matter OF
general enforcement there would pc
no difference between wartime and
constitutional prohibition
Rpeal of the government housing
law under which houses were buhe
TO relieve congestion during the war
was proposed by Representative CLARK
of Florida. today. Government built
houses would also be sold by the
treasury under his measure