Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, July 3, 1919, Page 9

Aarti aw pete ee ane WEDNESDAY, . JULY 2, 1919 PROPAGANDA TO CONTINUE WAR BUREAUS WORK Republicans Will Not Relax Use of Knife in Effort to} Housing Lower Taxation; Commission Doomed WASHINGTON, July 1.—The ef- forts of thousands of war-time office holders in Washington to impress upon the legislative leaders the ne- 1 cessity for continuing the bureau in} which they are employed, altho al state of peace has existed for more than half a century, is proving to be one of the greatest sources of} annoyance to those Republican mem- bers of congress who are intent upon, reducing taxation. At least two of these Republicans have expressed ‘themselves upon the subject upon the floors of congress and Senator Gronna of North Dakota, has sug- gested that the whole matter should| be turned over to a commission which oe ntayen of the affected base come to my office to urge not only a con- tinuation of the work, but also a greatly enlarged appropriation ‘for its expansion. I think this matter of placing the executive branch of the government on a peace basis should be turned over to a commis- mop which could do the work thoro- y.”” Representative fess of Ghio re- vealed even greater annoyances on th house side of the capitol. » He janid: Many Agencies “During the war there sprung up | work in the conduct of the war that to the war machine that’ seemed to j}do ,and probably did, such good work in the conduct of the war that | they are now, when the war is over, insisting upon continuing and en- ting all possible influences to im- press the public with the tremendous importance of their activities. My | office, as is yours, is besieged every | day by young*and old, by people in office and out of Office, by persons in Washington and out of Washing- ton, by personal visitation and by let- ter and telegram, declaring that if we do not continue this agency and that agency we are going to turn the| clock of progress backwards. “Every member has been told that could report to congress and enable} it to make a clean-sweep of super- fluous bureaus and employees. “Just on one small item in the ag- ricultural- appropriation bill,” said Senator Gronna, who is chairman of had at least one hundred of the em- One =6 10 -=16 by the needs of the war. these agencies are conducting syste- matic propaganda which is now run- ning. at high speed. But in the light of the fabulous drain upon the treas- ury, which reaches over $1,000,000,- the Agricultura] committee, “I have 000 per month, our first duty is to} use the knife. That duty is more im- | there should be on hand an unexpend-| a refusal proyes that he is not willing} | to be as progressive as was suggested | Many of! tion as to the activities of the com-| perative and even more important than expedition in legislation.” The Housing Commission. One of the bureaus which has made the most desperate efforts in’ this direction is the housing commission,- which has already cost the country} about $70,000,000, without, in the opinion of many members of con-! gress, having accomplished good com- mensurate with the vast outlay of} money. Chairman’ Langley of the! house: committee on public buildings] , and grounds has brought the future} of this particular commission to a} crisis by introducing a resolution pro-| viding for a special investigation of | its activities and expenditures. Even} though the investigation should not| be undertaken, it is practically cer- tain that the commission will be cut} short! ‘sf}?cnds on July 1 and thus | forced to: pass into history. | The committee on public buildings| and grounds recently inquired into the expenditures of the commission and concluded that, out of the $100,- 000,000 appropriated for housing,| ed balance of $40,000,000 The com- mission, however, says it has only | $32,000,000 on hand, and Chairman! ‘ Langley proposes to find out what has | become of the $8,000,000 which the commission has not accounted for. In addition to this disparity, Mr. Langley is anxious to get informa- mission in Bethlehem, Po., where it} is alleged it has expended $3,000,000 without having completed a single} building. See Save your money—eat at the Har vev sion. _____ Che Casper Daily Cribune _ e =~ ANOTHER HLF MILLION FOR STATE ROADS Contracts Let by State Highway Commission Call for Expendi- ture of That Amount During Coming Year Road improvement contracts total- ing nearly half a million dollars have | been let by the state highway commis- | The projects are as follow | | 19.25 miles of the Sundance-Beal-} uah road in Crook county, estimated cost $169,000, Construction company, Rapid City, | awarded 12.46 miles of the present Yellow- {stone highway north and south of} Chugwater in Platte county, estimated cost $100,000, awarded J. E. Hiiton| | of Lingle, Wyo. | 9.17 miles of the Big Piney road in Lincoln county, $44,000, awarded Levy Construction jcompany of Denver. 17.65 miles‘ of the Cokeville-Star Valley road in Lincoln county, csti- mated cost $117,000, awarded Fred Coolridge of Laramie, Wyo. estimated Road Construction . “These contracts provide for the reconstruction of very bad sections of roads which cannot be m: Anderson lin ‘waea conditian as at nebedne lo- cated,” says D. S. McCalman, state highway superintendent. cent of the cost will be paid by the |federal government. A number of additional contracts similar to, these will be let some time in July—just as saon as the plans necessury for greement with the authorities at ashington can be prepared. tors on these projects look high when compared with prices for similar work before the war but when compared with prices recently bid on govern- Isn’t it great that so royal a drink as good tea is also the cheapest—next | to water? 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