Evening star., 1939-08-08
Rayburn Cites Change
In Security Act as Big
Accomplishment
Rodio Forum Speaker
Reviews Advances in
10th Congress
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agreed with T. v. AS intention to
purchase at a fair price the facilities
it required to distribute its power
There will be no duplication of lines
and services-no destructive compe-
tItion.
On August Is the properties will
be conveyed. T. v. A.. an agency
of the Federal Government. will
acquire the company's generating
plants and its high-tension trans
mission lines. Municipalities and
rural co-operatives will purchase the
distribution systems. The Common
wealth e. Southern Corp. will re-
ceive $78,600,000, with which it will
pay the company's bondholders and
preferred stockholders, the public
investors, 100 cents on the dollar.
The merchant marine bill pro-
vides for rehabilitation of domestic
vessels so that vessels nearly obso-
lete might be turned in to the COM
mission and replaced by a modern
fleet. Another bill modernized mo-
tor boat legislation preserving all
security features of existing law,
but materially relieving from the
burdens of unnecessary fines and
penalties.
Other legislation in the interest
of the fishery industry provided
through the medium of the Surplus
Commodity Credit Corp. benefits
similar to those accorded agricul-
ture and provided for an educa-
tional and promotional campaign in
the interest of increased consump-
ton of fishery products.
Legislation was passed authoriz-
Ing construction of additional and
larger locks at the Panama Canal
so constructed as to provide, so far
as humanity possible, ample accom-
mediation for the transit of the
largest naval vessels contemplated
In the next rs years. They will be
bombproof and located so as to be
immune from any damage which
might be sustained by the existing
locks In the event of attack.
Oil Waste Scrutinized.
President Roosevelt has recently
written letter to Chairman Lea of
the Committee on Interstate and
Foreign Commerce of the House,
recommending legislation to prevent
waste in oil. In response, Mr. Cole
OF Maryland introduced bill known
as the Conservation Act of 1899. An
able subcommittee is now consider
Ing this whole question with the
thought of reporting legislation to
the next session of Congress. 1t is
the hope that this will be done.
The Connally law. known as the
Connally Hot Oil" Act, expired
this year. but has been renewed to
June, 1941. 1t prohibits shipment
OF petroleum in interstate commerce
which has been produced in viola
ton of the State conservation laws.
The interstate oil compact. which
expires on September /, 1899, has
been renewed. The existing COM
pact included New Mexico, Kansas,
Oklahoma. Illinois, Colorado and
Texas. Michigan, for the first time,
is named in the new compact.
Extension of the Civilian Conser-
vation Corps activities will take
another quarter of a million youths
of of the streets and highways 1t
will direct the energies of this
youthful legion into various chan
nels of mprovement-for self and
country. 1t is an investment in
humanity. Clean-cut manhood is
the c. c. c. dividend.
The youth of today is the coun-
selor Of tomorrow That led also
to the establishment of the National
Youth Administration.
Convinced we are on the right
path, this Congress wisely guaran-
teed the continuation of the N Y. A.
for another period 1t is taking
care of an army of young people
that could not 60 to school at all.
It provides job paying them SIS a
month so educational opportunities
which might otherwise be lost can
be theirs. N. Y. A. has laid low
the barriers of social caste and
financial consideration.
The appropriation bill for w. P. A
provides for reducing the number
on relief rolls from 100000 in 1889
to 100000 in 1910, for the reason
1t is believed that a million more
people on work relief will be en-
ployed in private industry in the
fiscal year of 1910 than in 1889.
1t has been demonstrated that
when one person on relief is taken
into private employment, three peo-
pie unemployed-not on relief-are
employed in private industry. 1t is
our hope and belief that these 4000,-
900 people will be absorbed by
industry, thus reducing the number
of unemployed by 100000 in the
year 1940-over 1899.
National Defense Strengthened.
As q result of the realignment of
European powers and the constantly
changing world economic conditions.
the links in the chain of national
defense were greatly augmented by
Congress so that today the United
States is in better position to pro-
tect its national interest than ii
has been at any time in its history.
The Congress authorized an in
crease in the Air Corps of the Army
by providing for total of 5000
Army planes.
Legislation was passed providing
for the use of civilian flying schools
for the primary training of pilots,