The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1935-06-19
S22A,472,561
CARRIED IN NEW
DEFICIENCY BILL
S173.509,000 Slated for
Public Works Under
House Report.


public works construction program
costing sl735Os 600 was recon-
mended 70 Congress By the House
Appropriations Committee today.
The public construction provided
for in the s224.4725s second de-
hclencv bill. reported out BY the
COMMITTEES. included a program for
433 buildings. one in probably each
congressional district. and for new
national defense projects. mainly in
the Hawaiian Islands.
Cut out o. the bill by the COM
mittee in an unexpected move was
an Administration requested spprO-
priation Of SO. s62. $50 70 reimburse
the Philippine government for the
effect Of gold devaluation on cur
rency reserves OF the islands.
Final Appropriation Bill
The bill. last appropriation meas
Ure OF the session. viii be brought
I'D in the House tomorrow. II car
ries funds for deficiencies in gov
eminent departments for the pres
ent fiscal year and supplemental
appropriations for the next fiscal
year.
The public construction program
FOR Federal buildings and post
Offices AMOUNTS TO s55.O0O,OO0. which
Will be all6cated b. the Treasury
and Postoffce Departments for 433
projects out Of 1153 projects being
studied.
In addition 10000. 600 is carried
for a veterans hospital construction
program designed 10 provide 1l.46G
new beds at 80 different hospitals.
Other Projects Listed
other public works:
Tennessee Valley Authority. s34. =
675 1872. 10 start building Gunterville
and Chicksmauga dams.
Boulder Canyon project $4,000. -
600. TO make final payments on con-
structiOn and provide for power ma
chineTy.
Navy construction. Sl3.574, 600
$40 600 900 for Type B floating dry
dock at Pearl Harbor. S750.0OO for
Type ID drydOck at Pearl Harbor:
$1,000 900 for ammunition storage
facilities at Balboa and Coco Solo.
Canal Zone: Sl124,OOO for Pearl
Harb0r fleet air base. and $4,000
for foundry extension at Puget
Sound Navy Yard.
Rivers and Harbors
Navy. ArmOr and armament.
s6110.OO0 i0r ships under contract.
Military post construction. S9.85O.-
600. Of which S5.324250 would be
spent at West Point and S4,525. $50
for an airdrOme in Hawaii.
Rivers and HarbOrs: $4,000 900,
including SS.244.OOO 10 complete
lock. power house. slipway and fish
way construction at Bonneville
Dam: $4,000 for Brunswick (GaD
HarbOr. 100000 for deepening and
widening Lake st. Clair channels in
the ST. Clair and Detroit Rivers.
and S1.163OO0 for the intercoaStal
waterway. Cape Fear River, N. C.,
to Winyah Bay. S. c.
Other items in the bill:
Sl50,OOO for machine guns, alarm
systems for Federal minis.
100000 for foreign airmail sery-
ice across the Pacific.
100000 for extension OF Labor
Department Cancellation activities.
Improvement of Aviation
s1s.OOO.OOO for payments to Fed
eral Lank Banks because of interest
rate reductions on farm mortgages.
S2O.O0OOOO for paid-in surplus Of
Federal Land Banks necesSitated by
farm mortgage moratorium law.
S338O5O for the national advisory
for aeronautics TO develop
high speed planes.
$4,000 for oil commerce regula-
ton.
SI54OOO for Federal prison i'm
prOvements including $4,000 at
/ eavenwOrth. Kas.. s55.OOO At Nc
Nell Island: $4,000 at Alactraz;
81. 500 at ChillicOthe and S24.500 at
Springfield. Mo.
S6O0OOO0 for new Federal con-
structiOn in the District OF Columbia.
Settlement Of Indian Claims
$500 $50 for judgments and
authorized claims largely in connec-
tiOn with Indian claim suits now
pending amounting 10 $1,000. 900 900
(B).
In turning down the Administra-
ton recommendation for reim-
bursement Of the Philippines. the
committee said that on the basis of
testimony before IL no evidence
has been abduced or presented to
show that the Philippines have in
any way been injured or suffered
any loss by reason of the action Of
The United States in changing the
geld content Of the dollar. If such
had been the case there could be no
objection 70 this nation making good
loss 10 that government its
action might have caused in con-
neCtion with these reserves.
The committee cut S7.63000O the
appropriation for the
IVA.
IVA Is Defended
Il defended the much attacked
IVA. however. asserting that it be
heves the board 10 be sincere and
in endeavoring 10 carry out
the law
The IVA appropriation. as cu5.
the committee said. means post
ponement Of the HiwaSsee Dam
project. The committees stand in