Show ICKES RETALIATES law says s 's that government o must let contracts contracts con con- tracts to time the lowest bidder Some of the codeS of fair competition appear at times to j fir t S 'S 1 i r i 1 other without bringing down the wrath either of compliance authorities or associates in the business field it has irked federal officials officials of- of ns as wen well as state and local personages concerned with awarding contracts to have ha all bids turn out to be identical when opened All the bids were low md and nIl all were high but none that was lowest So what to do t Secretary of the Interior Ickes must have e po pondered long before h be arrived ed nt at his llis solution tion of the problem 1 his awards will willS S stand up in court as having ing been made to the lowest bidder may be in doubt but there is no douht that lie he has found n a way of his own little work lie He for projects now awards the contracts to the firm which is farthest away front from the job TIe lIe reasons that the difference in freight will vill work out to make its bid the lowest and that at the same tune it will furnish more for the transportation tation and therefore contribute to employment ment Even a bright man couldn't think that out in a flash It is not l what reactions have been manifest front from those who have haye lost out ont on time the bidding |