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Description: Huge Building Program Made - 3 Major Lines of American Enterprise; Urges New Orleans As Headquarters; Prohibition Crowds Tariff As Live Issue; Federal Farm Board Will Finance Wool
Date: January 5 1930Newspaper published in: Huntsville, AL
Source: Library
Page/Column: Section 1, Page 1, Columns 2 & 4
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HUGE BUILDING PROGRAM MADE
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3 Major Lines of American Enterprise To Expend Nearly Five Billions
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 (AP)- President Hoover contemplated today - and found encouraging – the results of his driver to boost construction and improvement work in an effort to absorb unemployment.
Three major lines of American business endeavors submitted a budget of $4,700,000,000 for 1930. This with many items still to be added, gave promise that the total to be expended during the year would be larger than that for 1929.
The largest amount was that of public works continued to grow with 19 states untouched in the survey and 13 others only partially covered. Sixteen states were complete.
The public utility and telephone groups fixed their estimate at $2,100,000,000; public works, including those of the federal government, reached $1,550,000,000 and railroads set a total of $1,050,000,000.
Surveys for the state move toward the White House daily and the president said he expected they would be completed by the middle of this month.
In addition to these, Mr. Hoover pointed out that this total did not include industrial and factory improvements or building construction.
The effect of the drive, the chief executive was told by the steel companies, already is beginning to show in their orders which already have grown to a volume beyond their expectations.
While the president was disclosing the results of the drive, the chamber of commerce of the United States said in a statement that no loss of momentum had been shown in the business reports to the national business survey conference committee.
The American federation of labor in its monthly business survey said today that employment probably would be low for the first few months of the year, but would improve later.
URGES NEW ORLEANS AS HEADQUARTERS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 (AP)- Senator Broussard, democrat, Louisiana, called on President Hoover today to urge the selection of New Orleans as the location of offices of the National Cotton Corporation being organized as a central sales agency for the cotton cooperative associations of the country.
New Orleans, Dallas, Houston and Memphis have asked to be considered as the focal point of the farm board’s activities in cotton.
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PROHIBITION CROWDS TARIFF AS LIVE ISSUE
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Warring Senate Drys Are Apparently Pleased
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REORGANIZATION OF ENFORCEMENT
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This Will Be Dependant More Or Less on Report of Commission
By FRANCIS M. STEPHENSON
Associated Press Staff Writer
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 – (AP) – Prohibition was crowding the troublesome tariff issue for attention today as first of the congressional hosts returned to a fire market capitol where they are to resume work on Monday in a session which promises to carry well into the summer.
Apparently pleased by new moves of the Hoover administration to dry enforcement, the warring Senate Republican drys were awaiting developments.
Early in the session the administration’s suggestion for creation of a joint congressional commission to study reorganization of the prohibition enforcement machinery comes up in the house. With the appointment of this group, the Hoover law enforcement commission has promised a preliminary report of its investigation.
Senate leaders of all factions today demanded that that the long pending tariff bill be given undisputed right of way.
Reorganization of the republican committees in the senate is imminent, Chairman McNary of the committee on committees has called a meeting for Tuesday to draft the new party organization.
Another debate on prohibition is congress is expected to occur during consideration of the treasury department appropriation bill carrying funds for next year’s enforcement.
Whether an attempt will be made by the drys to increase the $15,000,000 annual allotments for enforcement work hinges to some extent on the promised report of the law enforcement commission.
In the Senate today leaders of all factions were in conference and word emerged that they intend to stick by the agreement entered into before the Christmas recess to give full right of way to the tariff.
The appointment of Senator Sackett of Kentucky as ambassador to Berlin added a new problem to reorganization of the senate republican machine. Sackett was a member of the powerful finance committee for which there is already a scramble for the vacancy caused by the retirement of Senator Edge of New Jersey to become ambassador to France.
Senator Lafollette of Wisconsin was proposed for this committee by western independents but when the administration found that Senator Goff of West Virginia would like the place. He outranks Lafollette.
Chairman Caraway of the Senate lobby committee announced today that this group would resume hearings on Tuesday. Mrs. Gladys Moon Jones, of the United States sugar association; Junior Owens, representative of the American Bottlers of Carbonated beverages and Rupert L. Purdon of the department of commerce, have been summoned.
FEDERAL FARM BOARD WILL FINANCE WOOL
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 (AP) – The federal farm board acceded today to a recommendation that it temporarily finance the national wool marketing corporation in making pre shearing advances to the growers on “a basis of not exceeding $1 per head of 12 month clip.”
The board now awaits the application of the national wool marketing corporation for the loan.
The recommendation was made on yesterday by the wool and mohair advisory committee to the board, appointed under provisions of the agricultural marketing act by cooperative associations in those commodities.