Evening star., 1928-04-22

OF man or leave my own body to join
the fossils of the Cobb"
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United States Of Ameriea--The PreSi-
dent has characterized the food con-
troll bill, recently passed by the Senate
and now being debated by the House
as ''the most extortionate proposal ever
made upon the Nations revenues"
We are told that he Is not likely to
approve a food control measure al all
indefinite in character or carrying q
definite appropriation above $325. 900.
900. The President finds the Senate
measure indefinite that the obligation
carried by 1t might be found to total
81 500 900 900. including 500 .000, 600 for
navigation improvements. The bill Is
being criticized as monstrouSN favorable
to lumbermen whose property would,
under It's provisions. be taken over. The
administration measure prepared by
Gen. Jadwin. chief OF engineers. called
for an expenditure of $500 900 900. in
Guiding $iOO 900 600 for navigation inn
provementS 1t will be recalled that the
Senate passed its bill unanimously.
The Interstate commerce committee
has submitted TO the House the Parker
bin providing for voluntary consolida-
tions of railroads
n-America.--A resolution has been
introduced In the House calling for a
survey by our Government In co-opera-
ton with the governments OF Mexico
and the Republics of Central and South
America, looking To pan-American
motor highway. An accompanying re-
port by the House foreign affairs COM
mittee says:
mot only will this highway be used
for automobiles and motor trucks. but
IL will also serve those who IN the future
will travel and transport matter by air
routes. With this purpose in mind, the
proposed highway will be of such width
that at any point 1t will afford landings
for airplanes that may be compelled to
descend"
This has the look of very large
order too large, considering the colossal
dlificuties presented By terrain, for
realization this side OF many years. But
a good highway for automotive vehicles
from New York To BuenoS Aires, say
with proper radiationsl. should b.
compassable within the coming lustrum.
Mexico Is going In vigorously and skill
fully for highway construction. An
automotive vehicle road TO connect
Mexico City with Acapulco, ON the
Pacific. Is being rapidly pushed over
very ditticult country; one already COM
pleted between Mexico City and Puebla
Is to be carried on 10 Vera Crux
Columbia Brazil. Chile and Argentina
all are reported TO entertain ambitious
highway projects.
A pam American congress ON high
ways Is TO convene in Rio de laneiro
In fuly 1879
Notes.-The so momentouS French
general elections are taking place To.
day supplementary hallottng, As re-
auired, next sunday. In every case
where there Is not q clear majority for
candidate there must be a second
halioting.
Two terrible earthquakes have raw
aged philippopolia In Bulgaria and the
nelghhoring district. Perhaps as many
AS so persons we're killed. with some
scores of injured The dispatches speak,
probably With exaggeration, Of 100000
people rendered Shelterless,
On Friday. In the first trial of strength
In the new Japanese House OF Repre-
aentatives lthe lower house of the im-
pertai Dietl, the government won by
4 hair, It's candidate for speaker re-
oeiving aa0 Votes to aaa for the oppo~
sition's candidate, The reader viii be
we'll advised To watch closely the politl.
cal developments Ia Japan,
Henry Ford Is reported 10 ~hae
ahtained concession OF a,000. 600 acre,
N the Amazon Valley for rubber prs
duetinn IN particular and other inei
dental developments on A Stupendau
seale II IA one Of the most colossal un.
dettaknRs known to the planet,