Show ROSS FLAYS RED TAPE IN WORKS PLAN idaho chief calls on western states to loin join fight WIRES WALLACE eastern cities given tentative approval of projects BOISE sept 9 governor C ben bell ross protested today to secretary wallace of agriculture at failure to get under way I 1 feeder road and city road colstr construction under the public works program aad a id called on all western governors to join in the protest he attributed the delay to red tape and book rule men in government service in a telegram to secretary wallace the governor said we are I lable to get under wiy road construction st under the national industrial du recovery act A million dollars was allocated for feeder loads another million for road coriat construction ruction within incorporated city limits the state was prepared to commence work on a number ot of these projects ts 60 66 days ago for sonie some dwir ii it i T vi i cannot get any of these thebe projects approved the employment situation is ia ac acute ute winter Is coming on within 60 days the work will lie be handicapped by climatic conditions red tape should be eliminated and at once please reply to each of tie cle ten tell other western state governors he sent a copy ot of the te telegram legrant 1 I expert expect that you are having the difficulty in fit getting your real and public works program under way he said in fit the letter to the governors 1 I have made an all investigation and found that clat the reason for delay is on account of book rule men and red tape I 1 am sure that president roosevelt and the secretary of agriculture oell believe ve that hat the program is going on air lie he unemployed are being more mor 0 less taken care of 1 I hope you can see your N atay ay to join biti me and the other western governors in advising the pes preside ideA through his secretary of the true conditions land and of the i tact fact that engineers owing to their technical tr ng are obstructing the public works program to the extent that it is alore or less seriously affo eting the working people of this country |