Show HOUSE APPROVES SUNDRY CIVIL BILL MEASURE CARRIES INCLUDING FUND DISBURSED BY WILSON walson nearly two billions set aside for use of shipping board for construction of vessels fund devoted to repair of enemy ships washington the sundry civil bill car carolne rIng 7 for the shipbuilding pi for the presidents emergency will fund and for the con committee on oil public information was passed by the house june 17 without iNith out a record vote it now goes to the senate the measure carries a total of 2 91 of which more than was added by the house including the funds for the president ples Ident and the information committee and for liss lippl river hood flood control the appropriations for the president and 1 l n d the information committee were approved by the house appropriations committee and attached as amendments i n ants to the bill with both democrats and republicans supporting them before passing the measure however the house amended it so that none of tile the information committee appropriation can be used to pay salaries of men of draft age unless they are physically disqualified for military service most of the nearly two billions provided for the shipping board is for construction of tills this country and abroad with for establishing ship yards for operating ships heretofore acquired acquire and for recruiting and instructing ships officers other appropriations include OW for the food administration 3 for the fuel administration for the war trade board for the department of labor for the war industries board for the alien property custodian for the council of national defense and for the national advisory committee for aeronautics les one of the purposes to which a considerable sid erable part of the presidential fund has been devoted was the repair of enemy merchant ships damaged by their crews before they were taken over by the government this work now is completed complex ed the president pointed out that war agen agencies clet which at the outset were supported by the emergency fund now could be taken care of through specific appropriations in the regular way |