400 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE FLORIDA CANAL
 DOCUMENT NO. 18 (FILES OF HOUSE DOCUMENT ROOM), MAY 7,1936
 FIust DmxCIzxcr BuIL, SzvzErT-Fovum CoNoREss, SECOND SESSION,
 H. R. 12624
 On May 7 a subcommittee of the House Committee on Appropria-
 tions in charge of deficiency bills introduced into the House the first
 deficiency bill of the second session of the Seventy-fourth Congress
 (H. R. 12624). This bill carried, in addition to ordinary deficiency
 items, an extraordinary appropriation for work relief. While the'
 bill was under consideration by the committee, efforts had been made
 to have included in that portion of the bill making appropriations
 for relief projects (Title II-Relief and Work Relief) a provision
 for the budgetary item of $12,000,000 for the Florida canal. These
 efforts are recorded in the hearings before the subcommittee (S. Doc.
 No. 129). The items were not included specifically in the bill as
 introduced into the House.

 DOCUMENT NO. 134 (S. J. RES 266, 74TH CONG, 2D SESS.), MAY 12, 1936
 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION INTRODUCED BY SENATOR ROBINSON MAY
 12, 1936
 SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 266, SEVENTY-FOURTH CONGRE88, SECOND
 SESSION
 On this date Senator Robinson introduced in the Senate a joint
 resolution "For the appointment of boards to study and report upon
 the Atlantic-Gulf ship canal project, Florida, and the Passama-
 quoddy tidal power project, Maine, and for other purposes." This
 resolution provided authority for the President to appoint two
 boards to review the Florida canal and Passamaquoddy projects,
 respectively. It further provided that should these boards report
 favorably, the President could allot from relief funds at his disposal
 not to exceed $10,000,000 for the Florida canal and $9,000,000 for the
 Passamaquoddy project for continuation of work during the fiscal
 year ending June 30, 1987. The joint resolution was referred to the
 Senate Committee on Commerce.

 DOCUMENT NO. 135 (FILES OF THE SHIP CANAL AUTHORITY OF
 STATE OF FLORIDA), MAY 12, 1936
 AmrCLE BY FaxNK PARKER STOCKBRIDGE, THE TRUTH ABOUT THE
 FLORIDA SHIP CANAL, PUBLISHED IN THE JACKSONVILLE JOURNAL
 MAY 12, 1936
 On May 12, 1936, the Jacksonville Journal published the follow-
 ing article by Frank Parker Stockbridge:
 THE TrrTH ABOUT TaE FLORIDA SHIP CANAL
 (By FBRAN PARm 8 TOCKxBIDGE)
 Discussion of the Florida ship canal has become so befogged with contro-
versial disputes among local Florida interests, and beclouded by national
partisan politics, that it is necessary to view the subject from a considerable