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Sen. Roy E. Stevens rendered his home city of Ottumwa some valuable service, in quick order, Wednesday when he insti gated and steered through the senate an enabling act in regard to the P. W. A. grant in connection with the local armory coliseum construction. After unanimous passage by the sen ate, the bill was messaged to the house where Representative Fabritz took it in hand and it was passed by that branch without a dissenting vote. With this statutory barrier replaced, through amendment of the law on riverfront com missions, the way seems to be open for speedy allowance of the local grant, that work may be resumed on the coliseum project. Captain Baker of the local cavalry troop, in Washington, was told by the legal department of the P. W. A. that until the lown law was changed, to permit river front commissions to erect public build ings, it was impossible to permit the grant to be made. When Baker presented the situation to Senator Stevens in Des Moines, by phone, the local assemblyman quickly set the legislative machinery in motion and secured—in one day’s time— passage of the enabling act, ready for the governor’s signature. Valuable service thus was rendered the home city by the senator, for by this change the course was cleared for quicker action from Washington in getting the work under way here.
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Ottumwa Daily Courier
Ottumwa, Iowa, US
Fri, Feb 02, 1934
Page 3
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