U.S.S. HOUSTON 
MORNING PRESS NEWS 
20 July 1938 
N ATIONAL NEWS 
Washington 
n?^f Ced a PP roval today of a FWA 
a;Uo : a ;'p n ,2 J - 10 m ? llllon 750 thousand dollars to the Bonneville 
o-Ei .aui.horx „y . .u'ie allotment is for construction of four 
transmission lines through Washington and Oregon. Ickes said , 
it*cPni- eS *v ; i' 11 - inak 0 4. lt possiblG for the govermnont to recover 
'y J ' yovilie investment sooner than had been expected. The 
pover line construction also will advance the development 
of the Grand Coulee Project. p 
Washington 
Dr. Oiif ford Wailer of the U.S. Health Service told the 
eSan“ion o? W l ashin Z l ™ today that adequate 
pano_on of Public Health Work would require a maximum 
^?S Ua i o x ?°uditure of 200 million dollars. Said Dr. Waller 
of L Government might be expected to contribute half 
fuaas * 1 would s^SSGsP that a ten year program be 
p liie nGcessai> y increases in appropriations bv the 
Federal _ Government for grants to the states might start 
at 10 million dollars for the first year and gradually in- 
crease until a maximum of 100 million dollars was reached 
at the beginning of the tenth year." 
Washington 
!Sl k ^ Pro f ress T ^inistrator 'Hopkins ordered the Missouri 
WPA iroctor , Matthew Murray t to return to Washington today 
to answer charges of political activities. The charges were 
ky Governor Stark of Missouri* The Governor accused 
Murray ox supporting a <TPk drive in opposition to the 
S Gand idate for the state Supreme bench. Stark 
of Kansa^City 11 " 3 Sld ° d Wlth De mocratic Boss Tom Pendergast 
Baltimore. Maryland 
Federal Housing Administrator N athan Straus told a Baltimore 
dollar^ ° i r>° f tbe , U * S : woul d spend about 700 million 
in IPs current housing program. Straus said the 
s loan contracts with 29 local housing 
units total 153 millions 385 thousand dollars. He added 
that construction work in these localities will begin in 
the next year. The Bbusing Administrator added that the 
He m S??ri f ?h *y! d ?? a i-ff d t0 clcar slums bad come in rapidly. 
th ° half bllll0n dollars originally provided for the 
housing program already had been earmarked for 123 cities. 
Madison. Wis . 
* 
oi J companies paid a total of $65,000 in fines and 
court costs today to settle the rccont government anti-trust 
3 ?!?* r PhG ?°?? anios ^ fGan d guilty of violating the anti-trusts 
tatutos had fines ox ,>5.000 each. Five executives of various 
companies paid fines of $1,000 each. various 
