Show CHOP FORTIFICATION WORK W WASHINGTON Feb Jo-eb 20 Though O.-Though Though con con- Consideration Aeration has bu not yet reached tho the voting stage thero there Is the the best heISt authority for tor th the statement that It Is tho the Intention or ot the tho House committee on Appropriations to lop top off orr from to from this ye years year's r total estimates of ot 38 35 for tor fortifications and that of ot tho the approximately which the c com com- committee com com- m. m means to O. O IC practically noth ing InS will be Te recommended for tor Atlantic coast fortifications and andery very cry little for tor for tor- fortifications fortifications on the Pacific coast Nearly aU all U of ot it will bo be proposed for fortifications and other defensive work ork in the tho Hawaiian and Philippine islands Ulanda Last year th the War or department asked for tor for fortification and was waa given It 1 t. t unofficially uD understood under under- stood abed that this years year's oar estimate of 38 had the tho approval of President Roosevelt This total L Is Inclusive of or projects projects pro pro- whoso whose mechanical achievement I would require years of or work an and the committee Is opposed ed to such early |