The Barnwell people. (Barnwell, S.C.) 1884-1925, June 28, 1917, Image 2
LEVER LEADS FIGHT
♦
PISHES FOOD Bill THROIOH
BOISE FOR A VOTE
BILL IS VERY DRASTIC
OtwifrwiOmn H*y» Act U Intcndml
to BHb# Oookji Into the ttanllght,
Hoi to Hart Honest Bnelnene—
Organisation is Only Way With
Which to Heat German Orgaalz*-
The food bills were pushed to the
front in both houses of Congress
Bfpnd&y, and with the personal in-
ffdenoe of President Wilson press
ing for their immediate passage, it
was more' than likely that nothing
else would be done until they were
disposed of.
While the bill was explained to
the House by Representative I^ever
as a measure which would harm no
honest business man, but would drag
“crooks” and speculators into the
sunlight, a letter from President
Wilson to Representative norland
was made public, in which the pres
ident warned the opponents of the
bills that, should they defeat them,
•hey mast be prepared to take the
r*wpnn*lbll!ty for food conditions
and price* which were predicted to
follow
The grrat majority of the House
greeted the opening of debate with
bursts nt applause and approval, but
ths opposition was ailently making
readr for Its attack
In the Senate the opposition also
ws• r<*ad]r I>ed by Senator Reed of
Mhaeosrl Senator Smith of Georgia,
and Heaator Gore of Alabama, all
Hmao'-rats it was rootewded that
the first food bill, alesady passed
eel new awaiting roafereaca wltb
the Mowee rosta'aed provlaloas ta
rSkevk epetfslettwa a ad pww finag
akdab J*4Mla HAJMflMdLJU
la bla letter te Rep*«wwwtatlv<
It 'i«ed r»«e*4ewt fit flaea wrote
a 'ertaia dioaervwie has beww
dees the m»e>ere hf spoeatag ed
M SS the feed feWtrwl bill Tb#
*eewt e>t the asewesre m aet te
•ootret the fewd ed the eweatrv.
pftsa ar R—Mid the aaftty ••
ettmiaale tajeMama apeestailea
te regatete et^baacaa aad board*
of trada, ta etder to pew Mbit *a-
dee flact satioa of prlcoa, aa)aal
market maalpalattoa of aafalr of
m la lead lag market qaotallog*. to
rednea waste. Including the powar
to regulata or completely to pro
hibit the uaa of ceredla In the
manufacture of alcoholic bever
ages. and to atlmulnta production
by assuring the fanner a reason
able profit, guaranteed by the gov
ernment, and a free and open mar
ket for Ills products, unrestricted
by manipulation and uncontrolled
by gambling operations.
We Intend this bill to drive from
the established agencies of distri
bution the market manipulator,
the gambler, the man who buys ns
cheaply as he may and Bella as
dearly aa he can—the Shylock of
commerce, who would rob the
widow and the orphan, or filch the
pennies from the blind man upon
the street corner with as much
complacency and unconcern as he
would evidence in ordering a meal
at a restaurant. Tito measure we
propose Is a war measure pure and
simple.
The' hill established a govern
mental control of necessaries
which shall ,be exercised and ad
ministered ' by 'the president,
through voluntary arrangement or
agreement, and in co-operation
with any agency or person. This
is the most far-reaching and im
portant provision of the bill, and
upon It we confidently rely for
that sane and adequate control
nerensary to the stabilization of
prices and for the satisfactory and
orderly distribution of necessaries.
The administrative directive
authority Is here conferred, with
out which any real solution of the
problem of food and fuel control
Is ImiKMudble and without which
control the same ebaoe and waste
and lost motion and manipulation
and skyrocketing prices of the past
few months will only be exagger
ated and increased, both for onr-
•elve* and for those for whom wo
fight
Under this power we prdpoee
I Hal these who f *mleh the me*
cMerry which itsha up the pro*
decer end the reesemer abnll
AiAlSST SPAfATl PEACE
BIT WtSI AIIS REVISE)
IDiSLUSS TODD BILL
0. S. AIIIRAL COMIAJIS
TIE ALLIEI l BOAT 8l*fT
«.,.m HOOVER SAYS FOOD SPECULA
TORS ROB THE PEOPLE
• It Woeld Mesa l/cevtim Owe
Alliance for the Other.
The desire to align Russia's Inter
national program with that of her
allies as quickly as possible was et-
pressed at Sunday's session of the
Pan-Hussian Congress of all coun- * *
' l , 1 " or .*°u m I n '* ,old 1 le , ^ ■; d «f>: Henaton aro Soapldoua Aboat OraaU
utles by M. Tseretelll, minister of i
posts and telegraphs, who coupled
OPPOSITION IS SILENT
this expression with sharp repudia
tion of any idea of a separate peace
for Russia.
“We desire to hasten the conclu
sion of a new treaty in which prin
ciples proclaimed by the Russian de
mocracy will be recognized an the
basis of the International policy of
the Allies,'* said M. Tseretelll in his
lug Wholesale Power to Krecudve
Departments—Hoover Says Floor
Should Haro Been $0 n
Democracy May Fall Through
Food Shortage.
Food speculators have been taking
address. “Let us employ all possi- $50,000,000 a month for the last five
ble means to the end that our pro- months—a total of a quarter of a
gram may agree with that of all the billion dollars—from the American
allied governments so as to avoid a People, Herbert C. Hoover Tuesday
rupture with our allies.
“Let us reflect that the worst re
told senators In explaining the pur
poses of the food control bill now
suit of our struggle for universal, before Congress,
peace would be a separate peace with 1 Disclaiming entirely that the bill
Germany, which would destroy the 8e * 8 U P a food dictatorship, Mr.
results of the Russian revolution and Hoover told senators its purposes
prove disastrous to the cause of in-1 were entirely to organize the re-
ternational democracy. A separate i 8 ources of the country and the peo-
peace ‘s, in fact, impossible. Such a P le themselves into a food adminls-
peace would bring Russia into a new tration, to limit middlemen'^ corn-
war on the side of the German coali-; an( * prevent extortion.
tion and would mean leaving one
coalition only to enter into another.'
Minister Tseretelll described to
government for the summoning of
an Inter-allied couference for the re
vision of the various treaties, exclu-
“With rightooiiM manufacturer*'
and dlMtributorV price*,** he said,
“the price of flour should not have
been over $9 a barrel. Yet It aver
age* $14. In the laat five months
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■Ive of the London agreement en- • f roni ^he American consumer in ex-
gaging the Alllee not to conclude a of normal profits of maaufactur-
aeparate peace. I ora and distributors
After epeaklag la support of the' • slagle national trade aaao-
work of Minister of War Kerensky.Hoover told the senators. Is
he urged renewed activity by the ‘'PP 0 ****! *'> the food control bill The
army When the country finds MrIv# food ndmlaietrator emt
self menaced by aa attack from with- ‘ to rMUM to esplaia the hill te
oat.** he declared. “It la (he daty of formally to eeeator* la the hope that
the revolhtSoeary army te he ready. | a enderet a ad lag of ita ubjecu
of Ita own accord, to advance The * r '' 5 1 - r p*»*e* map allay some of th#
tnnrtlvtty en eer front he* not con- *
asdldnled the revelet*en« hot. on the It* ** bouses of « <>«greaa are el
ceeirerv he* eefeeMed fei ** | the feed htll aggfg tPffh fihg ggggBh
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ths reaaaet its mrm and Ms f dnrd The treetp raaaassd nnnasd-
nttMode eepsrtally regerdleg the of the hill with ita aoppnft
wnr aed -r- 1 — M si*te# ef Wer defesMHg Me rnnsfiftntienamy
UmAo* Announrmi AppotaUneet of
Admiral Hims to Onmmeod
Irish Waters.
London reports: Vice • Admirr.l
William S. Sima, D. S. N., has been
appointed to take general charge of
the operations of the Allied naval
forces in Irish waters.
Admiral Sima will act In this ca
pacity while the British commander-
In-chlef la absent from his post for a
period, the official announcement of
his appointment explains. The Amer
ican admiral's flag meanwhile has
been hoisted as the Allied senior of
ficer in these waters.
Washington reports that a brief
message from London to navy de
partment was the first news of the
appointment of Admiral Sims to
command the Allied naval forces in
Irish waters during the absence of
the commander of that district and
gave no other information as to the
new responsibilities placed upon the
American officer.
The Washington government has
given Admiral Sims wide powers to
enable him to meet any situation.
He has full authority to act on his
own initiative In disposing his forces
so as to secure the greatest co-opera
tion with the French and British
navies and also the maximum effi
ciency in the battle against German
submarines. Much of his time has
been spent in London and Paris and
the advices are the first to Indicate
that he has been at sea with his
ships.
•The statement that Admiral Rims
had hoisted bis flag as senior Allied
naval officer In Irish waters led to
much speculation as to what Amerl-
can enrahlp he might be using aa a
ftagehlp. as presumably he would
hoist hie flag only aboard aa Amer-
icon veeoel The eely fact* dierlowed
by the depart meat a* to the veeeele
•oe la Keropeea enter* have been
that destroyer* have beee newt to
British porta aad the navy collier
Jwptter te a rvemrh pert eNh eep-
pltee
Kereeehy s appeal fee eh eft so site
eh feck he there* tensed ee troweee le
the leierenie ef MMereetieeml eedel*
II Keremehp. Ml repfptegL eee-
demteod the deetnee eeeeeteied hp
Lemsee. ehhrB he seid eee it**s>**s
mmefeerpeesed wed weld «k«
otatike* with the see my ehtob Lee
•ee edveeesed eei e renaedv gene
after the heart ef the uerteee gee
e*ei eleff
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Mia vtoH le the rvoei aed the Rawer
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Sttt FBtEIS tAtS FUR
the t«*rai Is used herr. means not
only the * hipping Into shspe of
llic m*n po***r of the nation. Iho
money power of the nation, but
ov**ry resource of the nation which
may bo usod in the content.
Anticipating attacks on giving the
piosident extraordinary powers, Mr.
Lever said:
We must either confer-the so-
called autocratic powors upon tiio
constitutional head of our govern
ment or be prepared to have them
assumed by the German Kaiser.
No war was ever won by a de
bating society. The time is upon
us for getting down to brass tacks.
Kvery man, woman and child
must 1)0 prepared to make sacri
fices—great sacrifices—and no
man is going to be permitted to
stand be|ii ml fine-spun theories
and technicalities in his opposition
to this measure. This is no pink
tea affair, nor is it a ladies' sew
ing club matter. It is war against
the most powerful autocracy the
world ever saw. Germany took
control of her food situation with
in five days after the declaration
of war.
Hungry armies do not win vic
tories. Men w ho fight must be
fed Those who send their loved
ones into the ranks likewise are
to be fed. The supreme duty, as
well as the supreme necessity of
the hour, is to feed ouV fighting
force*, the fighting forces of the
AHum, and absolutely provide
nsreesari**. at living print*, for
ou/ own people and a* largely a*
ee ran the nviliaa population of
osr alllee
•***#% i demeesavetiems wets held
let* !fi«ede? eight fee eeiMsecthNl with
ib* res*re le !»eblMi ef (Be rvleesed
fitee fete*** Tee mee climbed the
eelte *f the reieed pebllf belidieg
*e e htrh they lied the flleg Fete
tug The crowds semg the $!••
voeg amid greet cheer teg wed
BeSeree from the fetregred me
kipe) ekertme. hew eveiteMe frem
ell diet run* e*<wp« eee. shew that
the total vet* te the whole city will
» r*.t mV • • . .t af * JvpU n
• f eeerly l.hdd.hed The Rerlel Dem
police did hot letrrfere uetfl 1
o clerk *hee tee demoeatretors
were arreeted aed rherged with
breaking le the poet office end set*
tleg fire to timber* The police later
dlsp^rsod several marching beads.
The provisional executive of the
Sinn Fein has decided to demand
passports for three of Its members
to proceed to the United States for
the purpoee of opposing the objects
of the Irish party mission there. No
previous word has been received that
an Irish mission was to come te the
I'nitcd States.
REGISTRATION COMPLETED
IMUD.IKtH Mon Have Boon Knrollct]
for rompulNory Service.
War registration'returns, virtually
completed by reports from Wyoming
and Kentucky, show 9,649,9.18 men
between the ages of 21 and 30 years,
inclusive, have been enrolled for the
country’s service.
In addition to the regularly tabu
lated total, 6,001, Indians were en
rolled by state officials or on reser
vations by interior department
agents.
Counting the 600.000 or more men
in the federal service and not re
quired to register, the provost mar
shal general’s office said the census
bureau estimate of 10,275,604 eli-
gibles was approximately correct and
that few slackers are to be sought.
hot more than IT" <>fi The C h
•ntutiuual Damurrata. their alUev.
vacured under 3$#.$$$.
The voIdler* voted* In eaormona
number* Virtually the entire gnr
rlnon of Petrognut penned before the
ballot boxen, acting co-relyively
The extremist factions, followers of
Lenlne, are notoriously recruited In
moat cases from the factories: hence.
It Is obvious that out of 120,000
votes cast by them, the minority
came from the soldiers. An over
whelming preference by the latter,
therefore, was given to the Social
Democrats—In other words, the par
ties not committed to the policy of
“peace at any price.’*
This satisfactory conclusion is the
first appeal of the Russian electorate.
The appeal has had a sobering ef
fect all around, as it tends to check
the aggressive ardor of the dema
gogues and strengthens the hands
of the moderate elements of the
council. The delegates' position with
the government is greatly improved.
NEW GREEK KING'S STAND
C«
Wltfe
aa ag<
which woeld •’ m »!*£* yrwd vrtkag.
eAimteala ee**« aed rweeew* the
f«ed waggly teat ceewfey vee ha*
fasetoh the kail ad f*wd I# (ha
4 Blag
^Iterating With INmcr* to Bring
A bowl Tranquility,
The official Gaaettn prints the fel-
• etng letter sent by King AAaxan-
vr le Premier Zetmla
“I am fel lowing with the aimeet
k'srest the gevemmegt a effort for
fee rass u r*tlee ef the eeny ef the
►entry Aa fiao mpeeif,
to toMhfti iphNBbb ef khe am
' --ea*. -i rxer 4 ase *ten v*4 fig
«» .*• e* *d the gowese t
it
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am
ORDERS COAL AND OIL
Daniels Says Prices Will Be Fixed
by Trade ConunisHion.
•
Secretary Daniels has ordered coal
and oil producers to supply the enor
mous quantities needed by the navy
at prices to be fixed later by the
president when the federal trade
commission has determined a fair
rate. The navy will use 1,750,000
tons of coal and 50,000,000 barrels
of oil purchased under this applica
tion of the authority granted by
Congress Similarly, steel for the
entire navy building progrsm la be
ing bought at a rate fixed whea Sec
retary Hah lets rejected the
of steelmakers a* too^high
coal operator* proposed Jo
navy real ai a rate ef It t& a lee et
the mi on The eee? bee heee pa?'
•M It ta a m
la the Hoeso the debate e eel or
ed eff the eehjert. ehd late eeaerdh
tiea. the feaat pceevdeetlei asmpoign
ead a tew ether eeaefietod vehjevve
Mr Maaaat eetfitood heeadty Rfito
seeeaaah ef preepesue* toed *ep
pMaa
The real ptuMltaa. " he ea*d ta a
peepared vteiem vat m wheihor ta#
•hort^* eui ««atie*« eeat y*ar *%4
ttbafl am he the heeds v# the Attfeae
add a merer e tmaptia me radatod
fi aeetoptiea ef the AUtoa they will
eoaetra a tafpet adheadt ef eappfiii
«*M thee ever b*4«#« The
A idee ere m«r* meftaaod IB lead
aaarved
The AHtoe are depeadam eped
Bam Aflfeortod let the •em majer
Bp ef their lead impeffia Me ehoaid
ha able la eappty • 1 pee voat ef
ahei they repotee The ether #$ ear
real meat ha made *p hf f*rthor
dvatei ad thafir part add eevtap ed
MMhaal ee edapaaie fined
•eppR? Be Serwpadd PppadPHtod tMB
reaiia aa la fight add ee ahaii dad
aervelvee aleee eaeieei Qoemadf
The Beetoafi revelwtiea eea 4
feed fiat aed wee pet that eitg la
htoiptMhftop parplyaad B**peambii
Ilf reel* ed eat poeeramadt far fail'*
ef daptotvei? Ihfp^h 4 Btott-
ape ef feed ~
T• rates ta ‘daPtoetir ceadlttoda
Mr Heevef aaid thin re«eiry haa
heed expertaactag eaprereggaiad
prtcea aad rampaet agocelptlad.** cH*
tag haw miggumea aed ell ether
weede le the dftalfihetiee p re reeve*
heee parcheatax lerreeaed •ap
plies te avert ledlvfedeel short ogee
r The tele ef t<
ir *b e*ter* fe* ee efiee repealed
•ea It haa heee mid th *
a It heel the AfiMOferaa veaoole ta#
Bnrtoe heve hod ihoeaaade of do*
•trefere vehmertee rhaaore ef ell
•save eed fitad* mtae emeogore e*r
"eft eed every ether method ef eem*
| hett>eg eehteertaee goefieg fep thee*
e*»er* ie ee eftert te keep epee the
•htppveg laea
All ef iheee feeve* are hod adder
Admeral fi>m> Oa him afiae »ea*a
grehafi ^y ilia 4 *19 *4 arvaagsag Rdf
ibe arrival add degdftere ef eddf*
merrtnR vemaia hath traee Atlaatm
eed reametee that eater trtod eat
a** The Rtotome adPdrnitf mm
vtoae rtptd eedtraR eear *d*p move
meave ead ee waaei l*a*ee pert eecii
the eem rommaefi*i repeate the
la eme *var*e#* h eee ee*dlad
•vt that the aaaaaaragtodt that tea
Amer traa ag*lrer had haoa pinrad
aeee feemporentf ia eemtMad ef
Rfimteb Pnrree gv*e* *t eaptofiar ta
eere eager the Had id thee* aatare
might have a pgBfimdl aflh*i fee Ire
taeg where the ntaeiied to lerba
teat with the approach ef tlto IrtoA
'*»* avauea parted It toighi Redd fin
v4oo heyodd gaealtodw M on* see
domed that the BrMieh ead Amm%>
•• goverameate aere ftp part art er
gppg.
oerameat
►f the egnrell
Beep.
Bad lag the appeal t log
ooh a toed eg part ta p*
leg le the I eiuw! Male*,*'
“le hegiend the price of breed to
rvee XI prr reel, below the pricr
ee pay."
Mr. Hoover dented that the bill
establishes a food dictatorship 11*
characterized the purposes of food
administration as to mobilize the
people in order to carry out the ad
vice given them by the government
officials, and to decentralize the
functions of the administration in
order to centralize the functions of
food administration lo the various
states.
A commission to take charge of
production and distribution of flour,
sugar and possibly a few other prin
cipal commodities, Mr. Hoover said,
is being contemplated.
“Provisions for the government to
buy and sell aommodities will be
necessary for use only as to a very
few' prime commodities,” he said.
“The aim Is to stabilize prices and
thus eliminate speculation. The bal
ance wheel for stabilizing prices is
gone. We need an artificial balance
wheel.
“By setting up a wheat commis
sion we can buy wheat, regulate its
shortage and transportation and han
dle it until exported or sold in this
country. If we do not do this, wheat
prices may relapse on account of our
not being able to store and carry It
with speculators securing the sole
benefit and farmers bearing the loss.
“We can contract to-morrow with
the Allies for a certain return for
every bushel of wheat we can sell.
Fly controlling prices at interior ter-
minals, we can aaaure miller* .their
suppilea and simplify transport*'
tlob" , '
Am to aagar. Mr Hoover aaid
America* refiner* are competing
with the Allien In Cab* and that th#
ngar cam mlaaion could
with tlto Allied pnrehae*
•v* the A
GREAT AIR FLEETS .
WILSON BACKS DEMAND FO^
, SUM OF $600,000,000 j
HAY DETERMINE OUTCOME
Record-Breaking Project Will Be
. Submitted, to Congress — Baker
Champion* Plans and Says "a Few
Trained Aviators May Spell the
Difference Between Defeat and
Victory."
The administration will submit to
Congress, probably the present week,
estimates of appropriations for the
greatest air fleet ever devised. The
aviation program calls for an expen
diture of $600,000,000, and the pres
ident is understood to have given his
approval to a bill prepared by offi
cials of the War and Navy depart
ments and the Council of National
Defense.
Secretary Baker Issued a state
ment saying:
“The war department Js behind ,
the aircraft plans with every
ounce of energy and enthusiasm
at Us command. The aircraft pro
gram seems by all means the most
effective way in which to exert
.America’* force at once In tolling
fashion.’*
leaders In Congress were advised
that the administration would seek
a record-breaking appropriation for
aviation Information at th# eapttol
la that th# Aircraft Ifroductlo# Board
has decided $<$$.•#•.$$• la required
for the training of filer* the acqt||
alt Ion of sit#*, and establish meat
training school*, and th# purr boas
thonannd* of nlrrmft
It • snders'ood the estimate* *|
proved by th# proofed##!, will bn #o$*
muted for n “eonttnnftng program
of eooniroetton. tloo mono? to ho
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pow#ra in only hocnaan of th# war
aaAad fionaiMr Goto.
*1* pasfroido not onlp moeo food
for th# A Ills# hot for ouroolvoa." Mr
Hoov#r replied *’Kvon If o# had
not gotten Into th# wnr w# would
hav# been up agalaat th# tremen
doua demand from Kurope and prob
ably driven to aom* legislation to
protect our own p#opl#."
Mr. Iloovor expressly disclaimed
authorship, personal Interest, or re
sponsibility for the bill's provisions
''\Nndlng to fuel*
“I'm concerned only with the pro
visions relating to food,” he Insisted.
The provisions for commandeer
ing factories, mines and other plants,
he added, would not be necessary in
administering food question*.
Senator Reed asked who was r>
sponsible for the clauses relating to
fuel, and Senator Sheppard of Texas
suggested that President Wilson de
sired that authority.
“It is not fair to the president to
say that,” Senator Gore interjected.
“I may say that I had several talks
with him on the bill, and he ex
pressed great surprise at some of the
things that are in it.”
Senator Reed referred to a section
which he contended would permit
the government to take from cribs
and bins grain stored there In excess
of the amount actually needed by
the farmer, and asked Mr. Hoover’s
opinion regarding the enforcement.
Mr. Hoover added he did not In
tend to enforce the section authoriz
ing the government to take charge
of patents and formulas. He also
said the food administration had no
desire of regulating consumption of
food as is being done abroad, saying
that would be left to thev oluntary
will of the people.
Senator Gore naked Mr. Hoover If!
he would deny to the farmer the
right to judg ethe amount of crops
he thould grow.
"If the government guarantee* a
minimum price.'* Mr Hoover re
plied. **w# might not g#t th# benefi
cial renelt for th# former antoaa w#
Alan hove the power to limit li
witt Bn nsfisd to#
a etherise th# “rnetteei— prwgtem *
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s«en A five thewaned trntnad *•!•-
ter*, hewever with tlto mar hie#* far
their ea#. may apell th# dlffem#
hetnsen victory nod d#f*eL
“TB# #epremncy of th# air In
modern warfare to •nasoUal to n
•ucreaafal army, America must
mak# sure that th# Alii## and not
Germany secure th# permanents
domination of the air and thatm^
within the year,.
"It *111 take no mor# shipping
•pace to send a thousand air pilot*
abroad than a thousand Infantry
men; It will take no more apace to
send airplanes and motors than ar
tillery. It Is now certain than If we
make the effort we can send enough
of both men and machine* within a
year to be of great value, perhaps to
turn the scale, all without handicap
ping our plans for the army which is
to follow, nor hindering the vital w -
flow of food and munitions.
The enormous appropriations
which the administrtion is to ask for
aviation rather staggered memljers
of Congress, hut it is not believed
there will be any material pruning of
the estimates.
The submission of the estimates
probably will give impetus to the
movement for a department of aero
nautics, proposed in the Sheppanl-
Hulbert bill, upon which a sub-com
mittee of the Senate committee on
military affairs is now working.
There is also pending in the House
a bill by Representative Hulbert of
New' York to create a special House
committee on aeronautics to consist
of twenty-one members. The avia
tion estimates may be referred when
they reach the House to any one of
three committees —r- appropriations,
naval affairs, and miljtary affairs.
A clash* Of committee Jurisftictipn
is hot Improbable considering the
magnitude of the proposed appro
priation, which concerns both the
army and the nary. During the pres
ent session the appropriation* com
mittee ha* had charge of moat of
Ik# war budget* on th# theory that
they w#r# deficiency measures com
ing under th# Janadfectlon of that
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