The Mena weekly star., 1921-02-10
FIVE HOSPITALS FOR WAR VETERANS
Low House of Congress Authorizes Appropriation of Sl2,500. .000-Win- go Declares It Peacemeal Leg
 islatiOn" and Inadequate.

Washington, Feb. 7.-The house to- day unanimously passed a bill au- thorizing the construction of five hos pitals for disabled veterans at an es- timated cost of $12,500,000. An ad- ditional S5000O0 would be available for conversion into hospitals of build ings at Forts Walla, Wash. and Me- Kenzie, Wyo.
 The specific location of the five hospitals, which would cost $2,500, 900 each. has not been determined, but the bill provides that one be in the central Atlantic coast states, one in the Great Lakes region, one in the central southwest, one in the Rocky Mountain states and one in southern California.
 Representative Wingo, of Arkansas, altho voting for the bill, declared it did not make adequate provision for the care of disabled war veterans.
 This is pieeemeal legislation" he said.
 Two big relief measures put thfu the house in hurry today and a third beaten by slight margin.
 Called up under suspension of the rules, proceeding which required a two-thirds vote on passage, the $13,- 100000 scldier hospital bill was passed by a rising vote, and the $1O0.- 100000 road fund appropriation won with votes to spare.
 The big upset of the day was the defeat of the Winslow bill to permit partial payments to railroads under the guaranty section of the transpor. tation act. Backed almost solidly by Republicans, 1t was killed because two members did not shout answers when their names were called.
 Democrats lined up almost as a unit against the measure and criti- cized the Republicans for attempting t0 rush it thru with debate limited and no opportunity for amendment.
 The defeat of the Winslow bill to- day, however, was only temporary for after failing to receive the neces- sary two-thirds vote the house rules committee reported a rule which pro vides for it's consideration tomorrow, immediately after house convenes The vote was 230 to III, which line up, if maintained tomorrow. easily will give the measure the simple ma jority that will be needed
 Passage by the house of the bill appropriating funds for the hospi- talization of disabled service men. was followed by the adoption of sim liar legislation by the senate. The latter went the house one better, mak- ing a total appropriation of $18600,- 900. available thru amendments tackled on the sundry civil bill
 The hospital bill passed by the house, provides for erection of five regional hospitals for sick and dis abled soldiers at cost of $2.500.000 each and $500, ,000 for conversation into hospitals of buildings at Fort Walla , Walla, Wash. and Mckenzie, Wyo.
 One of the senate's hospital amendments to the sundry bill would appropriate SIP 100000 for five new hospitals. the location to be decided by the surgeon general of the public health service and the president, and the other would provide $600.0 900 for the care of disabled veterans thru improvements or new construction of public health service hospitals.
 The bill passed by the house mak- mo the appropriation for good roads, would permit expenditure of $100.- no 900 and was offered as substi- ute for the McArthur bill, which scuebt to appropriate that sum each year for the next five years.