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Canal, the Sardis Reservoir, the Conchas Dam, the Bluestone Reser-
voir, and the Passamaquoddy tidal power project, the bill came to the
subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Appropriations. The fol-
lowing extracts from these hearings, held March 4 and 5, 1936, relate
to discussions of these projects in general and the Florida Canal in
particular:

 WAR DEPARTMENT APPROPRIATION BILL, 1937
 UNrIT STATES SENATE,
 SuBnoMMITEE OF THE COMMIrrr ON APPROPmATIONS,
 Washington, D. C., Wednesday, March 4, 1936.
 The subcommittee met, pursuant to adjournment, in the committee room,
Capitol, at 2:30 p. m., Hon. Royal S. Copeland presiding.
 Present: Senators Copeland (chairman), Thomas of Oklahoma, Russell, Over-
ton, McAdoo, Townsend, and Carey.
 Present also: Senators Sheppard, Fletcher, Duffy, Vandenberg, Hatch, and
Chavez.
STATEMENTS OF XAJ. GEN. EDWARD X. MARKHAM, CHIEF OF ENGI-
 NEERS; BRIG. GEN. GEORGE B. PILLSBURY, ASSISTANT TO THE CHIEF
 OF ENGINEERS; AND CAPT. L. D. CLAY, CORPS OF ENGINEERS
 Senator COPzAND. General, did you get from the House everything that
 you wanted?
 General MARKHAM. I would say we have everything that was in our ap-
 proved estimate included in the bill.
 Senator FIramma. I think you are mistaken when you say that you have
 everything that the Budget recommended.
 General MARKHAM. I did not get the import of the question.
 Senator COPLAND. I asked, in the first place, if you were embarrassed by the
 Budget or whether it is coming along with you pretty well.
 General MARKHAM. Well, we thought not. There is so much authorized
 and so many things to be done throughout the country that our feeling was that
 we could have used a somewhat larger figure.
 Answering your first question, we have sent to you, I think, a communi-
 cation suggesting that additional to what is approved by the House, or re-
 ported by the House committee, that you add $8,000,000 at least to take care
 of three of the projects that are now being developed.
 Senator COPELAND. How much?
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 General MARKHAM. $8,000,000. That is on page 68, line 21. Is that right?
 Captain CLAY. Yes, sir.
 General MARKHAM. We have asked that you include $2,500,000 for Sardis
 Reservoir.
 Senator COPELAND. What is that?
 General MARKHAM. Sardis Reservoir in Mississippi, $2,500,000; Conchas Res-
 ervoir on the South Canadian River, N. Mex., $3,500,000; Blue Stone Reservoir
 on the New River, Va. and W. Va., $2,000,000; in all, $8,000,000.
 That is $8,000,000 of the $29,000,000 that was cast out as covering the five
 emergency projects that the House committee did not agree with.
 Senator COPELAND I want to be clear on that, General. Just what are you
 talking about? What is the item?
 General MARKHAM. There were five emergency-project items.
 Senator COPELAND. You mean the Passamaquoddy?
 General MARKHAM. The Passamaquoddy and the Florida canal, Sardis Res-
 ervoir, Conchas Reservoir, and Blue Stone Reservoir, the total in our estimate
 for the five being $29,000,000.
 Senator THOMAS of Oklahoma. Would you place in the record at this point
 the status of these projects at this time?