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P. W. A., which has been recommended against by the Department of the
Interior, which has been -recommended against in the reports of the Depart-
ment of Commerce, which has been rejected by the House Appropriations Com-
mittee, which has been rejected by the House itself, which has had an adverse
report by the Senate Appropriations Committee; and now the final decision
impends.
 Mr. FLXrcmB. Mr. President, I do not care to prolong the discussion, but I
think it is fair for me to say, in response to what has been suggested by the
Senator from Michigan, that any number of telegrams may be furnished in
support of this project. Every waterway association in the country-the Mis-
sissippi Valley Association, the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association, the
National Rivers and Harbors Congress--all favor this project and have passed
resolutions to that effect. I shall not go into details about that; but, with
reference to the water supply, I simply wish to call the attention of the Senate
to Senate Document 147, which deals with the subject. It is a report made
recently by a board of experts, dated December 18, 1935. Clarence E. Boesch,
Sidney Paige, Frank C. Carey, E. B. Burwell, and Malcolm Pirnie were the
members of a board of experts .on water questions, geology, and so forth, set
up by Colonel Somervell, of the Board of Rivers and Harbors Engineers, and
instructed to make special examination into this question of the water supply
and the effect of the construction of the canal upon it.
 That report is a Senate document, and I ask Senators to read it. It is
mentioned by General Markham in his testimony, in which he said, regarding
it:
 "The Board unanimously regards the effects of the sea-level canal as being,
 using a term, relatively inconsequential.
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 "Senator VANDENBEBO. You think that the rather generally expressed fears
 in general and southern Florida are without foundation?
 "General MARKHAM. I think they are wholly without foundation."
 I will not prolong the discussion. I submit that for the record.
 The PamsIDING OFFicE. The question 4s on the amendment offered by the
 Senator from Florida [Mr. Fletcher]. On that amendment the yeas and nays
 have been demanded and ordered. The clerk will call the roll.
 The legislative clerk proceeded to call the roll.
 Mr. FRazIu (when Mr. Nye's name was called). On this question my col-
 league [Mr. Nye], who is unavoidably absent, has a pair with the junior
 Senator from Florida [Mr. Trammell]. If the Senator from Florida were
 present, I understand he would vote "yea", and if my colleague were present
 he would vote "nay."
 The roll call was concluded.
 Mr. BArBKLY. On this question I have a pair with the senior Senator from
 Delaware [Mr. Hastings], who is absent. I transfer that pair to the junior
 Senator from Louisiana [Mrs. Long], and will vote. I vote "yea."
 Mr. BILBO. I have a general pair with the Senator from Iowa [Mr. Dickinson].
 Not knowing how he would vote on this question, I transfer my pair to the
 Senator from New Mexico [Mr. Chavez], and will vote. I vote "yea."
 Mr. HATDEN. My colleague the senior Senator from Arizona [Mr. Ashurst]
 is unavoidably detained from the Senate.
 Mr. HATCH. My colleague the junior Senator from New Mexico [Mr. Chavez]
 is necessarily detained from the Senate and out of the city. If present and
 voting, he would vote "yea."
 Mr. ROBINSON. I announce that the Senator from Alabama [Mr. Bankhead]
 is detained from the Senate on account of illness, and that the Senator from
 Washington [Mr. Bone], the Senator from California [Mr. McAdoo], and the
 Senator from Georgia [Mr. Russell] are detained in important committee
 meetings.
 I also announce that the Senator from Massachusetts [Mr. Coolidge], the
 Senator from Illinois [Mr. Dieterich], the Senator from Oklahoma [Mr. Gore],
 the Senator from Oklahoma [Mr. Thomas], the Senator from Louisiana [Mrs.
 Long], the Senator from New Jersey [Mr. Moore], the Senator from Pennsyl-
 vania [Mr. Guffey], the Senator from Nevada [Mr. McCarran], the Senator
 from Wyoming [Mr. O'Mahoney], the Senator from Florida [Mr. Trammell],
 the Senator from Maryland [Mr. Tydings], and the Senator from Missouri
 [Mr. Truman] are unavoidably detained.
 I further announce that the Senator from California [Mr. McAdoo] has a
 pair on this question with the Senator from Massachusetts [Mr. Coolidge]. If