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 tion by the President (Dec. 15, 1934), the original application of
 the ship canal authority stood approved by the examining agencies
 of the Public Works Administration and was awaiting action by
 the Administrator.

 DOCUMENT NO 62 (FILES OF PUBLIC WORKS ADMINISTRATION),
 DECEMBER 21,-1U3
 NOTICE TO THE ADMINISTRATOR OF PUBIc WOBIK BY THE DEPUTr AD-
 MINIeTRATO ADVISING THE ADMINISTRATOR THAT THE BOARD OF
 REVIEW EAD REPORTED THE CANAL PROJECT AS NOT SELF-LIQUIDAT-
 ING ON A BASIS OF A TOLL OF 8 CENTS PER TON

 On the above date Maj. Philip B. Fleming, Deputy Administrator
 of Public Works, addressed a communication to the Administrator
 advising him of the action of the board of review.
 FuamAL Emwmco AsmmInsrmAoN or PumLo Woars,
 Memorandum. Wasinton, D. C., December 21, 1934.
 Memorandum.
 For: The Administrator.
 Docket No. 139, Florida; Ship Canal; Loan.
 Recommendation: Disapproval.
 This application was received on August 14, 198, and has been disapproved
 by an independent board of engineers appointed to study this project.
 It is the opinion of this board that the proposed project would not be self-
 liquidating.
 I concur in the conclusion of this board and recommend that this applica-
 tion be disapproved.
 PHIIP B. FImINo,
 Aotin Deputy Administrator.
 This communication of Major Fleming refers supposedly to the
President's special board of review. It is erroneous in that this
board did not consider the application referred to and did not dis-
approve the project. (See Doc. Nos. 49 and 53.) It will be recalled
that at the date of this communication, the application and the
project stood of record as approved by the examining agencies of the
Public Works Administration. (See Doc. No. 39.) The recom-
mendation of Major Fleming was a reversal of the Public Works
Administration divisional recommendations, and without reference
to their examinations of the project.


DOCUMENT NO. 63 (FILES OF CHIEF OF ENGINEERS), JANUARY 2,
 19M5
COMMUNICATION FROM SENATOR FLETCHER TO HE CHIEF OF ENGI-
 NEES REQUESTING POSTPOEMMNTr O HEARING BEFORE THE BOARD
 or ENGINEERS FOR RIVER AND HARBORS

 Since the filing of the report of the special board of survey of
the Army engineers under date of December 30, 1933 (Doc. No. 43),
the project had, by order of the President, been placed before the
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