Show House Acts to Double Double Road Funds WASHINGTON April 19 lP- lP The house accepting one of President President President dent Roosevelt's recovery suggestions suggestions decided tentatively today to more than double the highway appropriation In the pendIng pending pending pend pend- ing agriculture supply bill A few minutes earlier the senate completed final congressional action on another phase of the presidents president's ts t's pump priming plan approving a increase in the appropriation appropriation appropriation for C C C camps for the fiscal year beginning next July 1 Opposition appeared however to another phase of his program Senator Senator Senator Sen Sen- ator Glass Glass' D. D Va charged that the administrations administration's proposed revival re revival revival re- re vival of public works duplicates a apro pro program ram which is ii possible under unger r 5 S 'S authority recently given n the Reconstruction Reconstruction Reconstruction Recon Recon- Finance corpor corporation tIon The road roal fund trimmed to as as a budget balancing aid suggested by the president was was in increased in- in cr creased ased to by the house Mr Roosevelt rescinded rescind d his budget balancing request in his bis recovery message Glass chairman of the senate appropriations committee said he would support President Roosevelt's Jc recommendation for relief but would not vote for a fund to provide pUblic works loans and grants to cities and states The newly enacted R F C lending bill which Glass sponsored authorizes authorizes authorizes author author- izes that agency gency to make public S works loans to state and municipal governments The same statute also assigns the agency blank check powers In making loans to business As far as is publicly known however however however how how- ever only business loans have been considered When he introduced the bill Glass said he believed it it would take tak care of public works Otherwise 1 e. e v I would uld never have introduced i It added Some legislators int interpreted ted the situation as evidencing a keen leen ri rivalry rivalry rivalry ri- ri valry between the R R F C and the public works administration for control of the big pro pro- gram Glass was understood to have fa fa- on Oil PW Two i I 1 Column Two J S t. t S BOOST IN ROAD FUNDS BACKED Continued from PIe Page One R F C control because the of known cnown conservatism of Chairman Jesse H H. Jones Jones discussed the general re recovery recovery recovery re- re covery program in a radio speech last ast night declaring We must have confidence in our country and confidence in our government government government gov gov- and if we demonstrate that hat confidence by action better business will follow So much has been said about fear ear that we have all become imbued with the idea that something is wrong with the country when as a matter of fact we have never had hada a greater abundance of everything needed for a really high standard of f living than we have now |