Evening star., 1933-06-10
PUBLIC WORKS BILL
RUSHED TO HOUSE
Measure Also Makes Funds
Available for Muscle Shoals
and Tennessee Valley.
By the Associated Press.

The fourth deficiency appropria-
ton bill, carrying $3,459, ,480, 900 for
expenditure on many phases of the
Roosevelt program, was passed to-
day by the House and sent to the
Senate.
On point of order by Representa-
tive Wadsworth, Republican, of New
York, language in the bill authoriz-
ing payment for Tennessee Valley
project work already done at the di-
rection of the President was stricken
from the bill
BY the Associated Press.
A bill making available $3,459, AGO.
908-most to be spent on public works
and the Muscle Shoals Tennessee Valley
project-was rushed before the House
today by its Appropriations Committee.
- The purpose of the measure was to
give the administration enough money
to inaugurate the many recovery prof.
ects that already had been approved in
bills enacted by Congress and signed by
the President.
Just as the Senate last night passed
the industrial bill with its So SOC, ,000, 900
authorization for public works, Presi-
dent Roosevelt's request for money to
begin the jobs was approved by House
subcommittee.
Formally Approved.
That subcommittee met until mid
night and reconvened at 9 am. today
with the full COMMITTEES, whcreupon the
measure was formally approved for
submittal to the House.
In compliance with request from the
President, the bill appropriates $780,
100000 for public works, making not
more than $50, ,000, 900 available to the
board of the Tennessee Valley project
for use as specified in the law recently
enacted
Likewise, the bill allows SAC, ,000, 900
for the revolving fund set up by the
farm credit bill, s50,00o,00o for sub
scriptions to be paid in surplus of
Federal Land Banks under the farm
mortgage act, $15,000,000 for payments
to Federal Land Banks to meet reduc-
tions in interest from to Az per cent
as provided by the farm mortgage act,
$4,000, 900 for subscriptions to preferred
shares in Federal Savings and Loan
Associations under the home mortgage
bill, Sl,500,000 to set up the new en-
ployment service required by the
Wagner-Pey bill and 100000 for
administration Of the farm act.
Indian Aid Delayed.
The President had asked $232,086 for
payments to Pueblo Indians under the
act recently approved by Congress, but
the Appropriations Committee found
that the new law requires the Secre-
tary of the Interior to report to Con-
gress in connection with such awards
and the committee finds such action
has not been taken"
Of a $125,000 item for expenses OF
the International Economic Conference,
the committee said:
This amount supplements the appro-
priation of $150,000 made in the sec
ond deficiency act approved March 4,
1888. The latter sum was intended to
cover the expenses of conference last
ing three months and the amount
recommended in the bill is contingent
appropriation to be utilized in the event
1t becomes necessary to continue the
conference for an additional three
months"
The bill also allowed $265, 900 for the
Federal Trade Commission to admin
lister the securities act; $l50,000 for the
Federal Home Loan Bank Board, to
encourage savings and home financing.
and several hundred thousand dollars
for claims.