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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-16
YOUR PILLOW KNOWS

Your pillow gets as close to
your hair as anything does-so
Just check it for unpleasant
odors. Remember, your scalp
perspires just as your skin does
and it's easy TO offend with
scalp odor-and not Lpop ii.
To make sure your hair
doesn' t drive people away,
shampooregularlywith Packers
Pine Tar Shampoo. 1t contains
pure, medicinal pine tar that
works wonder, with scalp odor
and oily hair. The pine scent
doe,it Is work. then disappears.
Start using Packers tonight
and be safe-with clean, fresh
scalp -. soft, lustrous hair.
You can get Packers Pine Tar
Shampoo at any drug, depart
ment or ten-Ccnt
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-16

IN A ANY of my favorite
M dishes have origi-
W. mated in Mexico"
writes Mrs. Irene Gray OF
Kansas City, Missouri. But l
think probably the one I like
best of all is Mexican Steak
and I'm sure youll like ii too.
if you'll just try it.
Take II or 2 pounds of
round steak about 2 inch thick
and heat il we'll. Rub and
pound in a little more than l.
cup OF flour. mixed with / tea
spoon salt and a teaspoon of
pepper. Brown both sides
quickly in , tablespoons Of hot
fat, and pour over II this sauce
Add = cup Of CatSup TO lk
cups of hot water. Stir in 2
teaspoons OF prepared mus
tard tablespoon of butter.
IA bl e Sp Don Worcestershire
sauce. > teaspoon tabascn
sauce. Juice of one lemon.
Glove garlic, minced. a little
chopped onion. and a small
amount of grated lemon peel.
Cover the meat and sauce and
simmer about , hours or until
the meat is tender Guests
viii love the different taste of
Mexican Steak, and yOu'll like
II because its SO easy 10 pre-
pare and II goes long way"
T5Tfg Cray Your Mexican steak
is indeed a treat We are always
pleased 20 receive fine Mexican
dishes Mary Lee Swami
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-16
BY MARY LEE BLAIR
High Point. North Carolina

4 HISTORY books may not
put me I'm a class with
4 I Columbus. but I've made
a pretty important discovery
of my own. I've discovered the
Soybean It's not only effec.
tive as a main Ingredient but
II imparts richness and
SmoothncSS OF its own without
changing the taste of the meat.
There are probably thousands
of housewives all over the
country who are using Soybean
products on their tables, so I'd
like TO give them my own spe-
cial recipes, and for those who
haven't discovered IL yet we'll,
/ hope they It try II TOO. FOR
-sUybeanS and soy products are
high protein foods as Well as
point StretcherS.
SOY Burger,
! pound of ground beef
CchuckJ
, cups OF mashed cooked SOY
beans
/ egg
3 tablespoons of top milk
/ teaspoon OF chill pJW der
2 teaspoons of salt
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-16
I'm A 'SoHbean Columbus

l tablespoon of Worcestershire
sauce
Beat eggs and milk together
then Worcestershire sauce.
Add salt and chilli powder.
Mix SOybcans and beef, work
in her ingredients Use
hands 10 make pattics Yield -
large Soy Burgers. Grease pan
with favOrite shortening and
pan fry on top of stove or broll
until golden brown
SOY Meat Leaf
l pound OF ground beef
Cchuck or any cheaper cut
you want
! pound of pork
, cups of mashed SoybeanS
6 tablespoons OF top milk
! -2-ez- eaH-6t interchangeable
s6ttp
l teaspoon of salt
J. teaspoon of mustard
! tablespoon of Worcestershire
sauce
Mix all ingredients together.
Mold IN creased pan and bake
for | 10 ~ hours at 30 de.
grees. Serves $ people
Baked Soybeans
Soak pound of SoybC7us
over night I'm enough water 10
cover them Next morning
wash and add
l teaspoon OF salt
I tablespoons Of sugar
, tablespoons of molaSSes
J pound of salt pork or bacon
! cup of undiluted tomato
soup or tomato catSup
! cups catsup
Cook SlnullL Until beatts are
done II YOU desire it you can
brown IN oven for /. hour.
-I4ttf-ErrruPruT fdTHIPTS al The
OF Beet Cdttle, "NobleS' Heaf"
Cradc for I
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-16
CORNISH POTATO CAKES

m q By . So . ave e''S Sa' to
I Y all our food. writes
Mrs L. Daniel of Grass Valley,
California. Il think oldfash.
Toned Cornish potato cakes
will help many housewives in
getting their family TO clean
up those leftover mashed
potatoes
4 cups fresh mashed DO.
tatoes Tor reheated)
L cup flour
? TEASPOONS baking powder
3 tablespoons butter
Mix butter in hot potatoes
and beat well Mix baking
powder with flour and add to
potato mixture Spread in
small baking tin about . inch
thick aU~Nakc AZ once In
about 80 minutes they will be
4 golden brown.
tNr> Daniel W. are always glad
20 h1'" n"@ Ia.lpe- which -atl-
food s1F"ts 4ul your potato cakes
az" delicious Mary Leo Swami
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-16

family cranberry mullins once, you'll have 20 serve them
again and again.
! cup CranbeIrcS ! teaspoon salt
- cup
= cups flour l cup milk
teaspoons baking powder tablespoons melted shortening
Chop the berries and sprinkle with half the sugar Sf
the dry ingredients Add the milk. melted shortening and
beaten egg the flour and the sugar
Stir only until blended and fold the berries Turn
CREASED muffin tins and bake 42J degrees until done"
r jr
pleased
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-16
AN UNUSUAL TURKISH BEAN DISH

ut HIS is the way my mother in Istanbul prepares
beans, writes Mustata Kazdal of Champaign Illinois.
Il have found any bean dish country that
tastes quite the same as this does.
- 10 dried navy beans
medium carrots Scraped and sliced thin
medium six small onions chopped
Cooking oi-about four tablespoons
looes OF garuC-c chopped fine
soak beans over night Drain with large amount
~ S7liad water and boil slowly Dram Simmer
onions slowly in oil tender not brown put AN
ingredients ma deep pot with barely enough
Cook with a o flaIsleHnti beans Serve cold
2i.-t'tp Klail arr grateful fo li,lne
b % To- b 10 a "a
IA. FHIas similar Zirs uI
- Nary Lee SWAMP
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-16
<h.2x:4.3a<H
l7ISI!I7S:l1l

III 7 family has Welcomed peanut soup weekly
M menu with open arms writes Mrs Mary F. Podas
" of Jackson. Michigan I'm yours will do the
they've tried
Soak II pints Of peanuts overnight in quarts
In the morning add the remainder of three
quarts of water bay leaf = of celery and slice of
Simmer slowly five hours stirring frequently
prevent burning. Rub through and fire
When hot add quart of milk let soup boil up then
season and ScrvcP
recipe easy.
o.
makeNary Lee Swami
AMERICAN WEEKLY
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-16

farmers Hc IIh Century Raised Trro Minds
OF Beef Cdue Nbe Nea fer The Wen and SoJf, Delicate
GrGdc far hcir Ladies.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-16
MEXICAN STEAK

IN AANY of my favorite
dishes h have s,.s oTisi !
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-01-16

belongs
TO-DAY $40
TN AMtRIC Al WFEKLP, NOT SEWIII'S RI.NANACk.
Bon l9t GRAND CENTRAL ANNEN,
Evening star., 1944-11-08

in q series Of advertisements
throughout the country. The ads
are addressed to patrons Of the hotel
and warn that requests for Waldorf
rooms are at present far beyond
capacity"
Evening star., 1944-11-08

men discounts of 10 to Is per cent.
The remedy? Hotelmen wish they
knew.
The Waldorf Astoria has taken
definite steps to alleviate conditions
by appealing directly to the public
Evening star., 1944-11-08

house III miles from Storm Lake,
as have livestock In the yards and
want some one in the building"
Help win the war by saving waste
lifAla~n AnAsl
Evening star., 1944-11-08
Proves Wonderful
For Itching Skin

Tosoothe itching, burning skin, apply
medicated liquid ZEMO-a Doctors
formula backed by 35 years continu-
Gus success! For ringworm symptoms,
eczema, athletes foot or blemishes
due to external cause, apply ZEMO
freely. ZEMO promptly relieves and
also aids healing. Over 25,O0O,OO0
packages sold. One trial convinces.
. different sizes. 7EMn
Evening star., 1944-11-08
Free Rent Offer

ALBERT CITY, Iowa (P.-Sign
In = restaurant here: Free house
rent-wanted. some one to live in
Evening star., 1944-11-08
T00AYS Offer
to you who suffer
MAEMks

The first spoonfuls of Pertussin MUST
promptly relieve such coughs or
money will be refunded. PRESCRIBED
Tor years by thousands upon thou
SANDS OF Doctors-it must be good!
Pertussin not only helps relieve
your coughing spell, but it loosens
and makes sticky phlegm easier to
raise. Safe for both old and Young
Any Ainsxpenstoe! drnastoss SpERTuseINS
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-20
Air Fleets Fly Ocean
To Join in Invasion

LONDON. March 20 GNS)-
The London Daily Mail reported
today that fleets of American
FortreSSeS and LiberatorS are
being flown directly from the
United States 10 Britain 10 take
part in the pre-invasion offensive
against Germany.
Some planes, said the paper,
arrive in Britain within 10 days
of coming off factory assembly
lines.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-20
Parents Of Z Babies,
Burned toDeath, Held

MONROE, March 20-Mr. and
Mrs. Kenneth Doan, whose two
young children were burned 10
death Saturday while alone in
their home, were held by police
today on an open charge.
The children. Roger, 4 and
Gloria. 3, died in a fire that de
stroyed their two-family dwelling
seven miles south Of here, while
the parents were IN Monroe.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-20
Beef Supply Lower;
Pork More Plentiful

CHICAGO. March 20 QNS)-
An American meat institute sur
Vey, made public today revealed
the nations supplies OF beef veal
and lamb are decreasing while
those OF sausage and many pork
items including bacon, are in
creaSing.
The survey, made at the request
OF OPA ratiOning officials. COW
cred the period of March 6
through March II.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-20
0PA Raises Prices
Of Corn Products

~ ASHIN TON, March 20
INS)-The OPA announced to-
day an increase i'm maximum
prices for yellow and white dry
corn milling products.
The OPA explained that dry
corn millings are used in large
amounts by the armed forces, in
lend-leaSe shipments and in the
manufacture of steel, munitions.
planes and other vital mechanical
SinewS OF war.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-20
Death notlfes

HJG-Mafch Is. Raymond } be-
loved husband Of Frances kAIp
Hug. dear father ~ Harvey Harold.
Arthur and the late Janet Msskehs.
grandfather OF five grandchildren.
brother OF Ambrose Funeral Wed
ne-1Hy 10 a. m from residence
l0f22 sterritt. and 10 80 a. M a.
Nativity ~ our Lord Church
LOVES March Is. Rose OF 800
I.ennX beloved wife ~ George.
dear mother Of MIS-. George bishop.
Mrs Leonard Buttcrman And George
O. Loves grandmother OF June and
Gerald. sister Of Thomas of Marine
(ty Matthew 81 AlEOnAc ard Hi-
ram Ward. Funeral HedneAIaF.
1880 m. At A X. Peters Funeral
Home. i2057 Gratiot Ave ana IA
a. m AZ John Bsrchman Church.
BATTAGLIA-Louls tnee Mrflol.
beloved wife Of the late John,
dear sister Of Mrs. John Be'uIi
MIS-. James DiIucca. louis Charles
and Caroline Merio and Mrs. Henry
Van LerDerghe Funeral from ne
Van Lerherch- Funeral Home 1890
warren, CORNER La keEie
Wednesday morning az 1913 snd a.
ST. Anthony Church a. II. knsap
Tuesday evening al 5. Interment
NJ Olivs,
REsSKE-J0hn, March X dear
brother OF Mrs. Agnes Foshae
Mrs Mary Wittg and Miss Lillian
Resske Funeral Thursday morning
from John Jurkiewicz a Son Funeral
Home. 1896 Canifi. Notice OF time
later
RIM, Peter n age 50. "a 1921
Field Ave, beloved husband Of The
lar % NIlhelmina Rieh tnee Wl,tmerlt
-GsAE--l-t 4.@s--..f-.A<. --r+----r-t--.-y vi =.
=. Riehl grandfather ~ eight grand
children. Funeral from Alfred "
"Opens Funeral home s33s Gratiot
Ave, Wednesday morning a. 2 30
and at 81 Anthouy's Church, -5+
10 IS. Intermeut MI EIllQl+~~C Gene
terry
SAkREI~-M aLG4.~'1b Mary OF -
ulKE---7r1- avenue Highland Park,
sister ~ Mrs Margaret Bleasosle.
Mrs Agnes O'Malcy ~ Blackburn
England. Funeral Tuesday morning
a. $50 ~ a r. Peters Funeral
Home i2037. Gratiot and . 30 m.
A. BlcsseA- SActALnnri- Church Mood
ward ana Belmont
SZCZEPANSkI-W Waiter. Mar. il. AZ
his residence. 3fo5 FarnSworth. be
loved husband OF Dorothy, deRz
father al Raymond. in L. SIX. r. .
Mercedes, Janice and. Beatrice Mutry-
nOunisk dear brother Of John
Frank and Theresa Angel and one
-ssE----rrIIId Funeral from NJ Urban
Funeral Hof1- 1926 McDougaIl
Thursday ~ 30 % 81 Hyaonth :
Church an 10 lnterment ~ Ouvet
TON LK>-Mary 3 (nee Stepaniak .
wife ~ the late Joseph J Towers
loving mother ~ George j., Lester
2 and Mrs William Beattie tEduai
also survived by three s8ters. SIX
brothers and Eve grandch ldren
Funeral from residence 1880 Hlueer
Ave. Wednesday morning. s.f5. and
10 81 Rose Church a. 70. inter
ment NJ Olivet Cemetery Deceased
was member ~ Ladies' Arbeiier
Society and American Legion AuNih-
AIRY John Faust Unit Post lib Serv-
ices a. Q TUESDAY evening. Rosary
Tuesday evening at Sl5
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-20
rrpnlM-lz.4o cd. River a, Btr~ ooc
NNry-Gpud Rive At Joy Road

thNSs S''S'h' tlfN. ID Ne ai''HIil
Jon Hal iu MT Carson" Pms Rosaur1
Russell Jon Han mis- eiri r,dsY
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-20
LOST AND FOUND
Trade scHooLS--MALE

AcETYLESE ARC WELDING
Body. fender repair. inspection, blue
print reading drafting.
WOLVERINE SCHOOL. 140o w. Fort
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-20
BOY

BOY
Young eN-service for engineering
dept. 10 90 blueprint and clerical
work. no experience necessary. per-
m9nent position state axe. draft
stafns and schooling Address Box
BIOS. Detroit Times 81
BOYS steady employment ana good
wages for boys, Apply Mr.. Martin.
an floor, Detroit Times, Cass Avenue
a. Times square
BOYS 1912 years old 70 work ia
cigar factory apply r. g. Dun
cigar co. 2is0 East Milwaukee.
BOYs-17 or over Tor llthoEraph
press room Apply National Litho-
graph Co. 1910 Beauhien
BRAKE MECHANICS - Commission
with guaranteed Or straight hourly
rate store located near you, See
Nj Symons
James J. Bright & son, 1855 w Yer
nor
BRIGGS MIC co needs cutter
Grinders Brlng your release with
you Apply
BRIGGS MFG co 1881 MACK
BUS boys wanted good salary. plus
room ana board Call Mr.. Heine-
mann. Dearborn Inn. Dearborn 1910.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1944-03-20
81 Klchmona

M VLLO open e. g Rochelle b.f-
ner~srs 20 iAdles Jean Brooks seventh
Victim bon Barn ln q anS"u tui
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-27
Juvenile Parole
Sysiem Waits
Full 0verhau!;nq

SACRAMENTO, Sept, 81. CUP)-
Governor Earl Warren has au-
thCrized the California Youth Au-
thority to use surplus funds for a
complete reorganization" of the
states Juvenile parole system.
Karl Holton. irector Of the au-
thcrity. Said the reorganization in
Cludcd appointment of a supervisor
of parole officers, an assistant SUI
pcryisor in northern and southern
California, increasing the parole
staff. and opening branch offices in
Alameda county. Sacramento. Fres-
no and San Diego. as well as en-
panding a Les Angeles office.
Under the new setup, Holton said
each officer would be assigned to a
relatively mall district, where he
would supervise about IS boys pa
rolled from all correctional schools
The existing system provides for q
separate parole officer for each
school HClton said.
Funds to support the reorganiza-
tion were saved" by the authority
out of it legislative appropriation
when the army employed its older
boys tC work In Benicia and Stock
ton arSenals. Holton said.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-27
Courts Mandate
Stirs Study of
Insurance Plans

SACRAMENTO, Sept. 81. up
Governor Earl warren has ap-
pointed a special committee to
study the need for new insurance
legislation in California. declaring
that U. S. supreme court decision
holding insurance 10 be interstate
commerce made a "reappraisal' of
the states position in relation to
The insurance business essential.
Warren Said the study was neces-
STATED by the fact that Congress
under the decision has the power to
regulate insurance. although he said
it has not yet indicated a desire to
do So
He added that if the states were
to maintain jurisdiction over insur-
anc they would have to take
whatever steps are necessary to as
sure Congress the business is being
conducted in accord with the best
interests CT the public"
Members of the committee are
State Insurance Commissioner May
nard Carlton, chairman: rofessor
Arthur NJ. Cathcart, Palo Alto: c.
C. Hannah. San Francisco; state
senator James Mcbride. Ventura:
assemblyman Frank J. Waters, Los
Angeles: attorney general Robert
W. Kenny; Eugene L Stockwell. Los
Angeles: Bertrand J. Lynch. Los
Angeles. Neal Harris Oakland. and
Francis Y. Keesling. San Francisco.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-27

the way The war is going now. Fine.
But I think the people back home
are too darn optimistic about those
Japs. Everyone's attention is
focused on the European front and
everyone seems to have forgotten
that there still is a war going on
over here in the South Pacific AND
hell of big one, too. But, then,
most of them don't give a damn
anyway. We, the Americans, are
very optimistic race and when
things start going our way, are in
clined to slack up. That will never
do. To really get rid of the Japs
for good, there can be no Stacking
up until the war is won and we
have accepted from them 'uncondi-
tlonal SurrenC er. ] am not mad at
the people back home but they don't
seem to realize that it isn't a heav-
en- out here. And these little gains
are puShoverS in the general opin-
ion. If a few of them had gone
ashore with the marines and navy
on Saipan and Guam, I think they
NOIi4u 81 ~ lltII Jd-h W llltlI ldUlltO )
and stuff and work like beavers to
get those guys back home again.
But they wouldn't understand.
Il do think that the war with
/ Germany will be over soon, that is
# the PEOPLE back home stay on the
ball We have the war pretty well
cinched but that isn't any reason
that 1t can't drag on for two or
three more years if the people won t
wake up.
But, then, who am I TO say? !
Just hope and pray for the best like
the rest of the fellows over here.
Gee. I kinda blew my top ther
but l think 1 gave you an idea OF
what the guys over here think Of
the situation. We appreciate al
the things that they are doing fol
us-mustering out pay-and all thai
sort of stuff-but the main thine
all of us want is to get hcme. Home
again and to get the damn wal
over"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-27
Rains DAMAGE
Arizona Crops

Stafford, Ariz., Sept 27. up
- Damage reSulting from
heavy rams il this rich Graham
county agricultural area between
Sunday and Tuesday was estimated
Wednesday at approximately $7OO,-
COO
Charles Waughtel, special obser-
Yer for the U. S. weather bureau,
reported that 364 inches of rain
fell in Stafford and considerably
more fell in the nearby Thatcher
area. where most of the damage oc-
CURED.
The Stafford water supply from
Bonita Greek was still cut off; the
Southern Pacific railroad track be-
4 tween here and Central was washed
out. and the state highway patrol
reported that roads in the FLOOD
/ region were now pa5sable, though
still dangerous.
/ Insurance companies estimated
/ tine crop loss at about S275 900 anc
other property damages we're be-
lleyed to total at least s4O0 900. Mos
seriously damaged was the area,
cotton crop. described as a complete
loss.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-27
Murray Demands
Wage Increase

consideration of its case upon its
merits without waiting for possible
War-end changes in the nations
affiliations program, and said he
assumed the WLB would dispose of
the case by Oct. Is.
Murray made his statements in
presenting the unions case before
WLB hearings on modification of
the little Steel wage formula,
AFL representatives gave their er-
guments for wage raises yesterday
and INDUSTRY presents its opposing
case tomorrow.
Murrays mention of possible war
end changes in the sterilization pro-
gram was a reference to an asser-
ton by WIB Chairman William II.
Davis that the end of the war in
Europe was certain" to bring
changes in the nations wage policy.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-27
Churchill Eyes
United Nations
Meet on Peace

LONDON, Sept. 27. CUP)-Prime
Minister winston Churchill, appear
ing in commons a few hours after
his return from his Quebec meeting
with President Roosevelt, suggested
the possibility of a conference of
all the United Nations on postwar
security.
Responding to questions, Church
i'll also told the House that Adolf
Hitler and the Other Axis war crim-
inals will not be permitted Sanctu-
ary in any neutral country after the
war.
CheereG loudly as he entered the
House. Churchill smiled and took
a seat on the front bench. A short
while before he and Mrs. Churchill
stepped from the train which
brought them back to London.
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden
announced that Churchill will make
a statement on the war situation
Thursday. which presumably will
include whatever revelations he
feels free to make of his quebec
discussions with Mr.. Roosevelt.
Answering questions i'll commons,
Churchill said that if the United
States. Rucsia, China and Britain
agreed at Dumbarton Oaks on pro-
posals for the establishment OF an
organization to maintain peace and
security, they would be communi-
Gated to other United Nations con-
cerned "as a basis for discussion at
a Joint conference of all United Ma
tions.a
u greatly hope VIC succeed in
framing such joint proposals. he
added
Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-27
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Imperial Valley press., 1944-09-27
Missouri River
Project Gets
Urge From Iekes

WASHINGTON. Sept 81. CUP)-
Secretary OF the Interior Harold L
1ckes has urged enactment OF legis-
lation TO authorize the first stages
of construction on a Sl225. .OOO. 600
conservation and power program in
the Missouri river basin.
Ickes' views were set forth in a
letter to Chairman John H. Bank
head, ID. Alabama, of the Senate
irrigation and reclamation commit
tee. The secretary Endorsed a bill
by Senator Joseph c. OMahoney.
Cd, Wyoming, which would au-
thorize the bureau of reclamation
to undertake initial construction
work on a power and conservation
program in the area
Authorization at this time"
Ickes wrcte Bankhead, would en-
able the bureau of reclamation to
prepare TO launch the construction
of the initial stages when it may
most be needed as a part of the
postwar public works program and
- "a RoAA VI AAiI BAOSl dlll lOl It.
habilitation of servicemen and war
workers on irrigated. family size
and family supporting farms"
President Roosevelt last week sent
a message to Congress recommend
ing enactment of legislation to cre-
ate Missouri valley authority. sim
liar in scope and functions to the
Tennessee Valley Authority. The
proposed MVA would have super
vision of broad program to de-
velop power and conservation prof.
ects in the area. Several bills have
been introduced in Congress to es-
tabllsh such an authority. but
O'Mahoney's measure would simply
authorize the secretary of the in
terior-and through him the recla-
maticn bureau-to undertake the
initial construction work