| Show officials receive many queer requests loan for mile high tower Is 13 one proposal washington money spending ideas more novel than feasible are received dally daily by the federal government governments s pub I 1 c worlds works administration which Is charged with placing the 3 emergency fund into pay ing projects as quickly as possible A project to build a steel tower one mile high containing 48 platforms one for each state and a runway so motorists could drive to the top Is one proposal the proponent explained that it would not only provide a vast number of man years of employment to those needing work but also it would solve another problem of surplus gasoline which motorists would consume daiv ing up the structure another application Is that of the owner of a circus that has seen better days he wants a rehabilitation loan and stands ready to post three elephants with the government as cecur ity another man insists that a fleet of concrete battleships not only will place america in its rightful place on the seas but will also put thousands of men to work pouring the concrete for ships which he guarantees will not sink A mathematician figured out that construction of a rocket ship capable of reaching the moon would exhaust a large part of the fund and serve as a boon to science as well in addition to curtailing unemployment another project involves the aree tion of three high speed belts running from new yolk to san francisco on which persons could at a ban hun dred miles an hour or better elaml nation however disclosed that no pro vision had been made for passengers to alight might at points of destination A town of 4 persons sought a loan to build a maternity hospital equipped to care for 1000 births a year |
