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Show NEW RECLAMATION PROJECTS DELAYED , Secretary of Interior Issues Order to Give Preference to WorKs Now Nearly . Completed. , f WASHINGTON. April 15.The Secretary Sec-retary of the Interior has ordered work an new reclamation projects abandoned . nntil labor conditions and transportation transporta-tion facilities become normal again. His Instructions to the director of the reclamation recla-mation service follow: 1. Concentrate on and give preference prefer-ence to the works upon which construe- tion is nearly completed and where the rojects will soon be producing revenue. reve-nue. ' ." ' 2. Discontinue further expenditures For general investigations. 3. Arrange wherever practicable for . the reduction or suspension of work on projects which are so located that favorable fa-vorable bids for construction have not been secured. 4. Recommend for restoration to en- Sry all lands now reserved under the erros of the reclamation act, the recusation recu-sation of which cannot be undertaken n the near future, withholding, how-ver. how-ver. all reservoir sites or lands which pay be required for rights of way for future wonts whose prrtc tic ability has peen determined. |