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Woodrum Urges Sane Flood Control System Fiscal Policy, With Cut On Mississippi Ends In Non-War Costs Danger of Rampage Virginia House Member Overton Asks Wants 'New Ventures' $20,000,000 To Complete Engineers' ; Abandoned for Duration Conquest of River *»the Anocitted Presi. Appeal for wartime abandonment B7 the Associated Press. of “all further social and economic NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 19.—The experiments and ,; new ventures” mighty Mississippi, now carrying the came today from a leader of the greatest freight burden In Its his- Southern Democratic bloc in Con- tory, has been tamed and flood con- gress. trol officials ssy it no longer will go Expressing hope that efforts “for on its annual spring rampages, tak- Nsane national fiscal policy may be ing lives and causing millions of about to bear fruit,” Representa- dollars damage. tive Woodrum, Democrat, of Vir- Senator Overton, Democrat, of ginia declared that the Nation's first Louisiana, president of the Missis- objective must be financing and sippi Flood Control Association, said winning the war. in an interview that man’s in- “The American people,” he said genuity and engineering genius had In an interview, “are willing to be evolved a system of banks, spillways taxed for whatever it takes to train, and cutoffs which will take the equip and maintain our fighting greatest blows that Old Man River forces, but they have a right to de- can give. mand that all non-war activities be Here for the annual meeting of curtailed and expenditures for the the association, Senator Overton same cut to the bone.” said the total cost of the project would exceed a billion dollars but * Congress to Check Costs. that the benefits through the years Mr. Woodrum’s remarks followed would be times that amount. announcement by Chairman Can- many non that a special House Appropri- Work Continues. ations With work on the under- Subcommittee is working on project a- plan to give Congress an inde- way for several years to plug the be pendent system for checking up on danger spots, only *20.000.000 will Government expenditures. needed to bring it to completion, Meanwhile, farm Members of & B-24 crew, togged out for the Aleutian weather, await their turn to take off. Senator Overton said, and the ex- HAMMERING JAPS AT leaders said the drive for redefini- KISKA—Commanding the hard-hitting airmen close to the Japs at Kiska pressed hope Congress would ap- in the —Army Signal Corps Photos. tion of agricultural parity, to in- Aleutians is Lt. Col. John Chennault, fighting son of Brig. Gen. Claire L. Chennault, famous >__ propriate that sum at Its coming clude as session. farm labor costs in farm the commander of the “Flying Tigers.” This force is relentlessly bombing enemy positions. I prices, would be resumed watching, the boy drank some more With parts of the work already immedi- Col. Chennault is a flying commander, who leads his men on bombing and attack missions. He ately on the of the new Fulmer Blames War salt water. finished, strengthening of levees convening is shown at right to Lt. Kenneth before Lags Congress. talking Ambrose, he takes off in a P-38. Capt. Rickenbacker said he took Special British Unit wherever need remains is going for- the ill into his life raft and ward. He said that further Chairman Fulmer of the House On youth appro- *- , 'Monopolistic Groups' tried to give him the warmth of priations and a favorable priorities Agriculture Committee told news- P* lhe Associated Press. my body for two nights. Then on should enable in papermen the resignation of Price Cuts Path lor Tanks rating completion "Selfish, are Administrator Defense monopolistic groups” the morning of the 13th