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Show II 'FRISCO ASKING . 1 G0VE1MI AID Citizens of the Stricken City j Hold That Their Disaster Is National. 3 1 SUM OF $10,000,000 FOR REBUILDING IS REQUIRED ) Committee Has Been Appointed ' to Confer With President and Others. i ( SAN FRANCISCO, June 9. A tcle- j gram was sent to President Roosevelt today, setting forth the conditions ex- 1 Istlng In San Francisco and offering suggestions as to means by which nld may be obtained from the National ij Government through action by Con- ( gress. j National in Extent. It Is pointed out that the disaster . which has befallen the city is not pure- , J ly local, as it involves a great national l p6rt closely related to Interstate and ; foreign commerce, the regulation of 1 which, ae well as oil measures affect- i lng the general welfare, Is entrusted j j by the Constitution to CongrPEs. There- 1; fore, it is asked that the precedents : established In the cases of the Pacific 'f: railroads, Cuba, national expositions : i and other Instances be followed. 5 Loan of $10,000,000 Asked. It Is suggested that Congress au- j thorlze first a loan to the National Red ; Cross of 510,000,000 to aid in the re-cs- tablishment of the homeless In houses ( before next winter, second, that the ' Secretary of the Treasury he author- (' lzed to accept $12,000,000 of bonds now I unsold in the city treasury as security j for the deposit of national moneys with a the banks, and third, that such other ,M measures be adopted as may be deemed appropriate, i Conference Requested, 'ji The President is informed that a 7 committee has been appointed to con- A fer with him and the Secretary of the i Treasury on the subject with a view ;. to expediting action, Tho telegram Ij signed by Gov. Par- c dee, Mayor Schmltz and William F. ; Herrln, acting chairman of the citi- ! zens' committee. Other Messages Sent Out. t Messages were also cent by Sccre- tury Rufus P. Jennings of the reconstruction recon-struction committee to Secretary Shaw, ( Senator Perkins and Congressman Hayes, calling their attention nnd that ! of the entire California delegation to i the matter and asking their earnest co- I j operation. |