Ottawa County news. (Port Clinton, Ohio) 1931-1956, 1952-05-09
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REPORT
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Northern Ohio judgeship

The House, by vote of 1866
149, sent back to Committee and
thus defeated the bill which would
| create an additional % federal
| judgeships, including one for the
| Northern District of Ohio Unfort-
unately, this bill was voted upon
as a partisan issue. The Repub-
licans did not want the incumbent
President to appoint any more
judges. During the debate | said
did not care who made the ap-
pointment, but that an added judge
was important to our District. l
suggested that if necessary, the
bill be amended to take effect
next year. The second objection
was that the cost to the nation
for the added judges would be
too great pointed out to the
House that an additional judge,
his necessary expenses the salar-
les of his court aides and the cX-
penses of operating the court
would be about $35, 1000 per year.
The total judiciary budget is a
very small fraction of one percent
of the total national budget This
cost for maintaining the greatest
judicial system in the world is
not too great But, these argu-
ments did not prevail. The Nor
thern District of Ohio and other
heavily overburdened districts will
have to continue to have wait
ing list of cases in the Federal
courts. | believe this House action
was an error.
ST. Lawrence Seaway
The chances for a joint building
of the st. Lawrence Seaway by
the United States and Cahada
seem better this week than ever
before during the twenty years
in which such agreement has been
sought. The Senate Foreign Re-
lations Committee voted this week
to report this proposal to the Sen
ate. Estimates now are that it has
stronger chance for Senate ap-
proval than at any previous oc-
casion when the Senate consider
ed it. The House Public Works
Committee is expected to report
it to the House without recon-
mendation if the Senate passes it.
Then it will be up to the Hor6e
to determine whether we build
this greatly needed waterway or
not. This appears to pe our chance,
because if we do not join with
Canada, that nation has said she
will do it alone. The waterway wlll
be of great value to the Port Of
Toledo. Recent figures show that
we handle the seventh greatest
amount of tonnage of any port in
the country, and are second only
to the combined Duluth-Superior
port on the Great Lakes. With the
installation of the st. Lawrence
SeaWay the prosperity of Toledo
will undoubtedly increase and the
nations transportation system will
be greatly enlarged.
Flood Relief
That Congress can work fast
when it needs to was proved again
this week when the House and
Senate, in one day, passed and
sent to the President a bill provid-
ing $25 million for flood relief in
the Missouri Valley. This is in
addition to the $67 million al
ready available for such emerg-
encies. Both Houses of Congress
voted unanimously to provide this
money. Some good may come from
these floods. They may cause
better and more efficient flood
control program Throughout the
whole nation and not subject us
to periodic floods as in the past
The Great Lakes must be included
in such a plan.
Budget Summary
The House has already acted
upon seven of the ten major APP
preparation bills for this year.
These Appropriations are for all
Government activities except the
Agriculture Department, the Leg
islative Branch, and the Mutual
Security program. They total, as
requested by the President, nearly
500 billion. The House has re-
duced this by slightly more than