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WEtitiESDAY;Mt.i8,1328 .T~HiThie JVeek in Wshmgtbri, By Congressman Roy O, Woodruff^Tenth Michigan District. :.If t.. --P. Briefly summarizing the occurrences on Capitol Hill in Washington'each week, witlucomrnentg, up-'•on these matters that are, of especial interes^;- 'I hope to , contribute 1 to a' better under-sanding of what the, congress anti xhe executive tijStyirtmpnts of the governp'.ont are doing, i t ..pri April 12, thjUsfehate passed1 the McNary-Haugen' farm relief bill, S-856S by-a-record vote of 53 to 28. The bill aspasseil carries a .provision for a-..revolving fund of $400,000,006 to be administered by federal farm board to .mid agricultural. cooperatives in handling tlieip export surplus. The equalization fed provision was retained. Hoth of Michigan’s senators, Qouz-ens and, Vandenberg, voted for the bill- .In previous congresses, this, hill Has'not jne| with; such enthusiastic support''in the senate, although it did pass thpt bocly in the last congress after passing ‘the house; Only to be vetoed by the president. Th'eTJiouse. has always passed it with substantial majorities, and will take it up again about the last week irr jjpril. It has been, reported out to the house and is now on the house.calendar.tenth Michigan district, as we have a unit of the national forest in IoSCoy Oscoda and Alcona counties, which ,wi|l be added to under the provisions of the Woodruff-Me-Nary reforestation bill.7 The Woodruff-McNary reforestation bill which I introduced in the bouse and Senator McNary in the senate, has phased both the house and senate and is now ip conference. This bill provides for the purchase of denuded forest lands in approved, locations, and appro,-priates $2,000,000 per year for two years to acquire such lands as may be available at nominal prices In'such areas as the national forest commission ‘and the United States forest service may select. In addition to enlarging the Tawas unit, the. corpmissipn expects t.o acquire nfore land in, the western part of the Lower Peninsula and.,to, enlarge its holdings..in the Upper Peninsula. t ^Eventually, under this program, which , is just now being initiated for tho first tinio in my bill, Michigan will have within its bprders one. of the largest national forests'in the United States.' The policy ’ inaugurated under this measure will be continued in suc-The house committee; on rqads ceding congresses under appro-reported out H. R. 383 on April 12. This bill provides fo/ appropriations of $150,000,000 for federal aid in the construction of rural post roads and •815,000,000 for federal aid for forest roads and trails. For- the rural post roads $75,-000,000 would bo available for tho fiscal year ending Juno 30, 1931. For forest roadsand^ trails, $7,500,000 would be available for the. fiscal year ending June po, 1930, and $7,500,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1931. This policy of building roads and. trails, in the national forests will be of direct benefit to theMt. PleasantPhone NNbj0.8 •;priations that will be provided..The house, on April 11, passed H. R. 12032, proyidlng an .appropriation of $7)000,000 for flic eradication of tho European com borer and tp compensate farmers for their work in this connection. Not more than 9 per con; of the above appropriation may Jj'e spent for personnel and riot more than 1 per cent for new machinery, thub leav: ihg 90 per cent to.be paid farmers who do work in the campaign of eradication, .not incident to their Tegular work on the farms.On AprR 11, the department of agriculture stated that th supply of farm Iqbor on April 1, 1928 was greater than on the same date in, 1927, while the demand was about the same. The index of farm wages was 10G per cent of the pre war averages, which is . five points above the January index, and the same as. on April 1, 1927. The labor supply is given by the department as being 95.2 per cent of normal on April 1,1928, as compared with 90.8 per emit on. the same day last year.The senate committee on the judiciary on April* 9 ordered a favorable report to the senate on senate bill No^ 290,1 which provides for inereasecl penalties for violations' of the national prohibition act. The bill which was introduced by Senator Jones, of Washington provides a maximum fine of $10,000 or imprisonment of five years or both for violations of this act. ^Legislation sought to prevent interstate traffic in the sale of fraudulent securities was urged upon President Coolidge April ,9 by a committee of the Invsetment Bshkers association of America. There is a bill now pending In the house, IT. it. 12731, designed toai a **n t- nr- h . H c*Col. Charles A,-Lindbergh and 1 at San Diego, Calif. .The new, sh Dindy by the makers,of his filmed 11prevent fraudulent sale and traf-fice in wild-cat securities in theDistrict of Columbia. Legislation of thisi sort js sorely needed, as it is estimated that the public each year, is mulcted out of hundreds of millioiis of dollars through these channels.As a member of the naval affairs of tho house of representatives, I am present at hearings at which naval experts testify as to the relative strength of our navy and the navies of other nations, and take part in discussions at theso hearings on matters pertaining to the naval establishment. In my investigations in connection with naval affairs, I have felt trongly for a long tiine that if other - nations, especially Great Britain, would agree to the abolition of capital ships such as battleships and battle cruisers, each of which costs from $35,000,000 to $50,000,000, we could relievo the taxpayers of a largo burden, and at the same time retain the efficiency of ou^j. navy on a par wit It What is agreed upon in our conferences with other nations. Pursuant to .this thought I wrote a letter to the secretary of state the other day suggesting total abolition of capital ships by tlie principal naval powers of tbs', world. I have now had a conference with Admirals Charles^E. Hughes, chief of naval operations,, and Hilary P. .Jones, who represented the United states in naval .matters at the Geneva conference recently. They represent tlie navy department and’ the ad m in istrntion in naval matters, aryl have taken my suggestion under advisement, ■so that if such a proposal .is advanced to other nations through our state department as requested in my letter to the secretary, our government will have the facts and figures with Which to sustain our position.Bas LakeJeff Hall has bought 20 acres of
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Wed, Apr 18, 1928
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