Show HOUSE APPROVES CIVIL BILL MEASURE CARRIES INCLUDING FUND DISBURSED BY WILSON nearly two billions set Asi aside defor tor use uee of shipping ShI board for construe tion vessel fund d devoted to 6 repair of enemy ships washington civil bill carrying for thet the shipbuilding bull ding program for tile the presidents emergency war fund and for the committee on public information wasp was passed ossed by the house june 17 without it a record vote it now goes to alie senate the measure carried a total of 2 P or of winch which more than 52 was added by the ho house ise including the funds for the president and the information committee and for mississippi liver aver flood control the appropriations for the president and the information committee nv were re approve approved a by the house appropriations committee and attached as amendments to the bill with both democrats and republicans s supporting 6 then them before passing the measure bo however wever the house amended it so that none of the information committee appropriation can ba used to pay salaries salar les of men of draft age unless they tire are physically disqualified for military service most of the nearly two billions provided for the shipping board Is for construction of ships in this country una and abroad with for establishing ship yards CO for operating ships heretofore acquired and for recruiting and instructing ships officers other include for the food nd administration ministration 93 for the fuel administration for the war trade board yuu for the department of labor for the war industries board for the tillen alien property custodian for the council of national defense and for the national advisory committee for aeronautics one of the purposes to which a considerable sid erable part of the presidential fund lins lias been devoted was the repair of enemy merchant ships damaged by their heir crews before they were taken over by the government this work now Is completed the president pointed out that war agencies which at the outset were supported bythe by the emergency fund nov could be taken care of through specific appropriations in the regular way |