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Show Rivers and Harbors Bureau Is Proposed NEW YORK, March 1. Transfer of (ho control of river and harbor improvements im-provements from tho United States army engineer corps, whose work along civil lines is termed "costly and obsolete," toa proposed national department de-partment of public works, is urged in a statement issued by the National Department De-partment of Public Works association. The new department would Like over public works functions now supervised su-pervised by numerous other federal departments and bureaus. |