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Show l, New Post Office This Summer 5c Is Probability rp C;"gressman J. Will Robinson in a recent communication to , M,- Claude Salisbury, president I tf of the chamber of commerce, de-clnrcs de-clnrcs that l.e nas definitely chosen Springville as the one city "","r in this congressional district to have a Federal building out of the appropriation for 1939 if he S cuii possibly secure it. i Congressman Robinson is very cncourag.ng in his letter. If every-thing every-thing goes well, he feels that it may be possible to start work on lil a new building during the coming summer. The letter from the congressman congress-man follows: April 20, 1038 ; Mr. C. G. Salisbury . Springville, Utah Dear Friend: Since receiving word that Springville had qualified for a i ! federal buildings I have spent con-siderable con-siderable time here in various de- 4 partments trying to work out a fit definite plan for obtaining this , building. We passed a general bill last - year appropriating several million mil-lion dollars for federal buildings, and I am doing everything I 1 can to have the appropriation for the Springville federal building P . come out of the appropriation 3v made last year. There is a considerable con-siderable balance in this fund at the present time. If this can be done, then, in my opinion, we VT' would be able to get a federal xK.j' building in Springville in the very VT. near future, possible we would be able to start work on it during J-' the coming summer. If this cannot ytS be done then the only alternative is to get an appropriation passed' 4oV during the present session of Hi' Congress. However, this session 6T Congress is taking an entirely different dif-ferent view on appropriations and """I it will be somewhat difficult to pass such an appropriation. I feel quite certain, however, that I am going to be successful in having 'the department consider Spfing-vije Spfing-vije as eligible under the previous appropriation. We had somewhat of an understanding that there Jm could be built in each congres-'R congres-'R sioinal district one federal build-ing, build-ing, and while this not written y in the law, in making up the final "tSi budget, this matter was taken into consideration. I have definitely chosen Springville us the one city in my district that should have a federal building out of this ap- 0 appropriation for 1939. I I am doing everything I can to secure this 'building for your city, and I believe within the next few days that I will have a definite commitment from the department. t Yours very truly, J- w- ROBINSON |