The daily banner., 1919-06-27
s491,ooo,ooo
. FOR BUILDING
Senate Committee Cuts Off Sal
aries Ct Tariff Commission.
FUNDS TO FIGHT REDS
Provides S2,3C0ooo For Department OF
Justice to Enforce Laws Against
Alien Anarchists.

Washington, June 21.-The senate
appropriations committee provided
S491 .0OO. 600 for the shipping board )
shirbuilding program in the Sundry
civil appropriation bill.
The house appropriation of S"oa,-
600 for salaries of tariff COMMISSION
members and expenses was stricken
from the bill.
Large increases for administration
of the war risk insurance law were
provided. The appropriation for fam
ily allowances was raised from S4o.-
100000 to S53OO0,0O0 and that for
compensation and supplies from S24,-
100000 to S7O000,O00
The house appropriation of $2,0SS,-
600 for continuing construction of the
Alaskan railroad was increased to
S12,OOO,OOO and Il new appropriation
of 100000 for expenses of combating
the Alaskan influenza epidemic was
added, together with $4,000 for de-
veloping the herring industry in Alas
ka
Besides increasing from S1,400.0oo
to S2OO0,O00 the house appropriation
for the department of justice for gen
eral detection and punishment or
crimes the committee added S300,00O
additional for special work in enforc-
ing the law against anarchists and
proposed drastic peace time legislation
regarding manufacture, purchase and
storage of explosives.
The committee cut 100000 from the
federal trade commissions salary roll
and recommended additions of $1.40O.-
600 for social hygiene work and So
O7OOOO for completing projects of the
housing corporation.
Outlining future plans of the ship
ming board before the house merchant
marine committee Edward \. Hurley.
chairman, said the board expected to
order 125 ships of from 11,O00 TO d.
900 tons "to round OUT the merchant
marine fleet and to eXpend S250O0,Ooo
in building ten drydocks large enough
to accommodate the largest vessel.
Mr.. Hurley said this program could
not be carried out if the senate bill
making it unnecessary for shipyards
to obtain permits for the construction
of ships for foreign nations were en-
acted. He asked that the bill be laid
on the table, saying the committee
could use it as a club to make the
shipping board behave ITSELF
Mr.. Hurley said the drydocks would
be built at the places where they
could be used most advantageously for
the repair and reconstruction Of ships.
They will not be constructed by the
board itself, he said, but by private
companies, which will invest probably
S5O,OOO,OOO in their construction.
After Harrison S. Robinson, repre-
sentative of eighteen western coast
ship yards had asked the committee tc
defer action on the bill, the commit
tee voted to pass the measure over in
definitely.
Sale of government merchant ships
to private interests, recommended to
congress recently by Mr.. Hurley, was
by Senator Fletcher, Florida,
ranking Democrat and former chair
man Of the senate commerce commit
tee, in an address to the senate.
An indeterminate policy of govern
ment operation of the new merchant
fleet either by the government itself
or through private corporations, char
tered or controlled by the government,
was advocated by Mr.. Fletcher.
Whether the government should con-
tinue construction of ships, Mr.. Fletch-
ar &aid. is for future determination.