The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1938-05-10
senate. LIFTS.
SOIL Saving
FUND IN BILL
Wants Half Billion for
This Sends Measure
Back to House

preparation bill and sent it TO the
house for concurrence in amend
mcnts which raised the house-ap-
proved total by $45.2O3.296:,
Principal item in the bill Is
$500. 100000 to make SOIL cohse'-
walton payments under the ne"
crop control program. Inc item
was $l5,000,0OO more than the
house measure. ...
The bill includes $S5S,5O7.S2O
of new appropriations and pro
vidcs for rcappropriation OF Sloh'1,
10000 of last years uneXpenae"
funds. An additional $l54,Z54'-
O65 in customs receipts was made
available to the agriculture de-
partmcnt. .., ..
The total exceeds Gy S68,O3o,-
6l2 the 1888 agricultural appro-
priation and is $38,O73,S9S more
than 1889 estimates. 49,
The bill makes available $751;
100000 for federal aid to states
for construction of roads ana
embarrassing elimination. 1t m
cludcs Sl25,0O0,000 for public
roads. S2O,O00,O0O for secondary
or feeder roads, $40,000,O0 for
grade crossings and S2,5OO,O 900
for roads in government reSerVa-
tons
The senate boosted funds for
the farm tenancy program from
SIS, 100000 approved by the
house to $25.O00,000. A Sl2,-
100000 increase over the house
appropriation of $2,50O,OOO for
submarginal land purchases also
was voted.
The senate bill reduced to
100000 funds to carry out
program of four regional expert
mental laboratories provided for
under the new farm bill. The
house version calls for $1,000
600 for this purpose.
Rep. James Mead, d., \. Y.
chairman of the house group OF
the Tennessee Valley Authority
Joint investigation committee, re-
vcaled he has asked Senator Vic
Donahey, D., Ohio, TO call a full
meeting of the committee this
week to prepare for immediate
work. ,.-
Mead said he advised the Ohio
senator that house members OF
the 10-man house-senate commit
tee were eager to begin the IN
veStigation and that Donahey
promised to confer with his four
senatorial colleagues on the mat
ter. ....
The house banking and currcn-
cy committee, studying a bill to
liberalize Reconstruction Finance
CORPORATION loans to railroads for
re-employment and maintenance
purposes, heard the measure as
sailed by Elihu Root, IT., counsel
for a committee representing
bondholdcrs in reorganization OF
the Chicago. Rock Island and Pa
cific railroad.
Other congressional develop
mentS: :
Sen. Sherman Minton, D.. Ind,
filed motion for reconsideration
of the vote by which the senate
passed a bill amending the Fed
eral Power Act to permit court
review of Federal Power Com
mission findings,
Sen. Pat Harrison, D., Miss,
introduced bill authorizing the
treasurer to issue up to $45,0OO,-
100000 in bonds under the sec
ond Liberty Bond act. The act
now provides that only $25,0O0'-
100000 in bonds may be issued.
Sen. NJ. NJ. Logan, D., KY, an
troduccd a bill authorizing the
appropriation of 100000 for
research to develop rotary wing
aircraft by the war department,
through experimentation with gy-
roplancs, autogyros and hcllcop-
tiers.
Sen. John E. Miller, D., Ark,
introduced joint resolutions au-
thorizing the Federal Trade COM
mission to investigate unfair la
being practices and unfair meth
DDS of distribution of motor We
hicle tires. o..
President David Sarnoff of Ra-
do Corporation of. America told
a Senate Interstate Commerce
subcommittee that unrestricted
competition among this. country's
radio communication agencies for
international contracts wou d
place them Eat the mercy of for
eigners."
The Securities and Exchange
commission called upon Chairman
Minton of the senate lobby inves-
ti@ating committee to substantiate
reports that the magazine "Rural
Progress under investigation by
his group for alleged anti-admin-
istration bias. had issued stock de-
bentures.
Opening debate on the Lea civ
il aeronautic bill, the house de-
feated, ~ to 46, an amendment
designed to substitute the Inter
state Commerce Commission for
the proposed new authority which
would control and regulate all
phases of civil aviation.
President Roosevelt signed the
Sl29.67S,S27 interior department
bill for the 1889 fiscal year.
Chairman Ebert Thomas, d.,
Utah. of the senate education and
labor committee said he plans to
introduce a bill increasing by so
per cent benefits for widows and
children of Omen injured or kill
ed in the line of duty.
Rep. d. Worth Clark, d., Ida,
introduced a bill to authorize