Morgan County Democrat. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1886-1943, 1940-03-07
Robert T. Secrest
Announces For
Congress

/ 4. so0oy ioIWdIuIHg my Detf-
IONS TO GAINESVILLE and will be a
( gress.
AS / have always done in the
| past, 1 snail run on my record Of
service to the people OF my district.
me record OF the past two years
| exceeds by far any other two-year
perloo since l have been in congress.
mere nave been two regular ses-
s,ons since the last election. In
Ine nrst OF these sessions, the five
year ngnt to have the government
pay Inc total cost of the Muskingum
rlood control Project was brought
70 successful conclusion In the
same session we were able to get
an approximation of s1,400,0OO to
carry out the terms of the bill This
lnoney mas already been paid to the
Conservancy District In the pres
ent congress, despite the trend to-
ward economy and the fact that the
nood control appropriation for the
Wnole nation was cut in half, we
were able to get an appropriation
through the House amounting to
$1'o14,o00 to further carry out
the terms of my bill.
Enough land has been bought so
that every dam can be placed in op-
Grafton tomorrow in case of flood.
During the last election, people
We're told to go to the court house
and look at their flood tax on the
books. 1t was there. This fall, I
want, them all to look again. They
won't, find it,-thanks to hard work
and the fact that I am now number
three on the Flood Control Com
m1ttee of the House, and, as such,
entitled to participate in all confer
ences between the House and Sem
ate on flood control legislation Re-
gardless of the outcome of the next
election, I'll still be entitled to my
place on this committee. I am
candidate again because I want to
finish this job.
Since the last election we have
been able to get purchases com-
menced on the National Forest in
Washington and Monroe counties
where the land owner voluntarily
sells the portions of his farm that
are not profitable for agriculture.
/ want to see this through to the
finish.
Since the last election, I have as
sisted in getting several hundred
miles of rural electrification lines
approved and constructed I want
to continue lending my efforts to
this work until every farmer is serv-
ed where it can be economically
done
Since the last election, I have
been able to get thirteen bills
through the House, most of which
passed the Senate and became laws,
a record that 1 never achieved be-
fore
In the past two years, I have
made more and better speeches than
in any other term in congress.
/ am serving on five committees,
which are vital to my District, the
Library Committee, the Flood Con-
troll Committee, the Roads Commit
tee, the Mines and Mining Commit
tee and the Invalid Pension Com
mittee.
One of the things that put me in
congress was my work in the state
legislature on behalf of rural roads.
In cnogress. I have continued my eff
forts and thousands in my district
have secured improved roads as
result of legislation and projects
Lndt L nave supported.
In my district is Seneca Lake,
which | hope to see the finest and
cleanest recreational spot in the
United States. Since the last elec-
ion we have completed the first in
and Federal Fish Hatchery in
Ohio at Seneca Lake and the Fed
eral Bureau of Fisheries hopes 10
begin operating it this spring.
Since the last election, we have
secured a National Park Camp
which is doing wonderful work in
developing the land and expects to
]uild many cottages to rent to those
who cannot afford to build their
,wn. | want to see these things fin
shed
I have supported all bills that /
hought were good and voted
against all that / thought were
wrong. have voted against all
rade agreement bills because had
lotteries and glass factories and
lave bitterly opposed the large ex-
,orts from Japan that result in un-
at home.
l have protested the selling of
rms to Japan and Russia in
peech to the House and voted
gainst amending the Neutrality Act
o permit such sales.
/ have consistently voted with the
i'm in mind of keeping the United
'tates out of war, feeling that de-
nocracy and civilization itself will
e in the greatest danger If we
lunge into a long and costly con-
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ALBERT MCCONNELL NAM