Evening Star Newspaper, August 27, 1935, Page 23

LARGER AIR FORGE URGED IN SWEDEN Seven-Year Plan of Expan- sion Would Stress Light Warships. By the Associated Press. STOCKHOLM, August 27.—Re- vamping of the Swedish defense sys- tem, including unification of com- mand, expansion of the air force and army, and reduction of the navy with greater attention to light ships, was recommended today in the report of the commission of 13, completing a five-year study. A seven-year program entailing the expenditure of 70,000,000 kroner (about $18,000,000) was recommended for building up the air force from | 100 first-line aircraft to 257, with a | corresponding increase in personnel. | A 10-year program of navy moderni- | gation was suggested, at a cost of 50,000,000 kroner. | The commission decided that bat- | tleships for defense purposes did not | justify their cost, but recommended | that the most recently built should | be modernized against air attack. The commission also urged that | the conscription age limit be raised | from 42 to 45 years. | The commission, whose report now must be considered by the govern- | ment, said: “The conclusions were | reached after a careful study of the international situation and the eco- nomic and strategic position of | Sweden.” | TEXAS WET VOTE NEARLY | CIRCLES DRY OKLAHOMA XKansas Only Enforcement Ally as Repeal Advocates See | | Eventual Victory. \’ By the Associated Press OKLAHOMA CITY, August 27— Texas' repeal of prohibition made Oklahoma a dry desert in the South- west today—surrounded by five wet States and only one dry. Repealists jubilantly hailed moist turn of affairs in Saturday's ‘Texas vote as assuring eventual repeal | in Oklanoma Prohibitionists and enforcement agents, busy enough already, saw the problem of keeping thirsty Okla- homans that way made increasingly difficult. “We can't keep Oklahoma dry now,” | gloomily muttered one officer. Kansas is the only bordering dry State. Ar- | kansas, Missouri, New Mexico and Colorado preceded Texas into the wet column. the | e FAIR SETS RECORD SPRINGFIELD, IIL., August 27 (#).— | Improved agricultural and industrial | conditions was the explanation Gov. | Henry Horner gave yesterday for the record attendance at the Illinois State Fair last week. The total was more than 800,000, a | new high mark for the fair. i Mistakes Creep G STAR, WASHINGTON, Into Statutes As Congress Swamps Checkers By the Assoclated Press. A few misplaced commas and mis- spelled words slipped into the law of the land during the drive by Con- gress toward adjournment. 1t takes two acts of Congress to cor- rect an error in a bill already passed. Government lawyers, who checked over the last batch of bills before they are signed by the President closed their eyes to minor errors which would not affect the meaning of the bill. President Roosevelt has 10 days after Congress quits to sign or veto measures, but the checkers were ready to speed the process. ‘The department experts are the last editors to read the laws. Every bill is given eagle-eyed legal scrutiny before it is signed and be- comes law, but errors sometimes slip by. A printer once dropped a line of type and a bill was passed by both Houses, signed by the president of the Senate and the Speaker of the House, signed by the President and sent to the Government Printing Office for publication in the statutes at large before some one discovered that the law was meaningless, because one line had been omitted. When a serious error creeps in, Congress must pass & new law, cor- recting the error. If the error is caught in the final check before the President has made the act a law, Congress must pass two new acts— |one asking the President to return the bill; the other correcting it. The first check is made by the leg- islative counsel, soon after the bill is written. After it is introduced it goes to committee. The committee mem- bers read it carefully. Often they ask some Government department for an opinion on the form and content of the bill. The department lawyers check it and give a legal opinion. After passage by both Houses, the bill is printed on parchment and sent to the White House. ‘The President sends it out again to the interested department for a final checking. The Justice Department at- torneys are asked to read many bills which involve intricate legal phrase- ology. The Budget Department also checks those carrying appropriations. ‘When the President signs his name the bill becomes law—and every citi- zen is presumed to know what it or- ders or forbids. Halled into court an hour after the President signs, the citizens cannot plead ignorance of the law. Chinese Cities Get Phones. 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