424 DOCUMENTARY HISTORY OF THE FLORIDA CANAL

 Mr. LA Fouarrs. Yes; so long as the continuation is germane. I think an
 examination of the precedents will show that they are unbroken. I am certain
 they are unbroken since the time Vice President Marshall presided over this
 body.
 Mr. Ros sow. I think that is true.
 Let me state now why I think the second feature of the point of order made
 by the Senator from Colorado. does not lie, namely, that my amendment is not
 germane to the provisions to which it relates. I am seeking to amend the pro-
 posed general legislation reading as follows: "No Federal projects shall be
 undertaken or prosecuted", and so forth. The provision has been read a num-
 ber of times and I shall not again complete the reading of it. But for that
 provision the President, so far as the law is concerned, could make the alloca-
 tion contemplated by my amendment, namely, $10,000,000 for the Florida ship
 canal and $9,000,000 for the Passamaquoddy power project If that provision
 remains in the bill unchanged, he cannot do it.
 The object is to change the law. The purpose of the provision which I am
 seeking to amend is to make it Impossible for an allotment to be made on the
 two projects to which my amendment has reference. If the committee pro-
 vision is not incorporated in the bill, if the law is not changed, it is still possible
 for the President, If he chooses to do so, to do substantially what he did in
 the beginning, namely, to allot from the work-relief fund sums for carrying on
 the construction of the Florida ship canal and the Passamaquoddy power proj-
 ect Is there any Senator who disputes that? But for this proposed change m
 the law, the proposed change to be made at the instance of the committee, the
 projects might be carried forward under this bill; but if that change is made
 in the law which the committee amendment contemplates, there can be no allo-
 cation of funds for either the Florida ship canal or Passamaquoddy. I like
 that name! There is something rather soothing about the name "Passama-
 quoddy." [Laughter.]
 Mr. GLAs. Mr. President--
 Mr. BoaansI I yield to the Senator from Virginia.
 Mr. GLASs. Mr. President, I should not like to permit to pass unchallenged
 the Senator's statement that the amendment of the Appropriations Committee
 was intended to preclude any allocation either to the Florida ship canal or to
 the Passamaquoddy project. Neither of them was mentioned, and I do not
 think either one of them entered the mind of any member of the Appropriations
 Committee.
 Mr. RomwsoN. Well, the Senator does not doubt that the legal effect of the
 language is as I have stated. I do not mean to imply that it was intended that
 the provision should be limited to these two projects. It is a general provision
 of law which would apply to all projects.
 Mr. GLAss. That was intended; but we had not in mind Passamaquoddy or
 the Florida canal, because when we acted we had not any idea that those
 projects would be revived.
 Mr. HAL. Mr. President, will the Senator yield?
 Mr. RommsoN. Yes; I yield.
 Mr. HATL I should like to state that when the amendment which now appears
 In the bill was before the Appropriations Committee I moved to lay it on the
 table for the very reason that I thought it would block any appropriation that
 might be made for one or the other of these two projects. My motion, however,
 was rejected.
 Mr. Romixson. I thank the Senator from Maine. The Senator from Maine,
 then, when the amendment was under consideration in the committee, recog-
 nizing its effect on these two projects, sought to lay the amendment on the
 table; and it is not, perhaps, of first materiality what was in the minds of the
 proponents of the provision, if it was not expressed. It is sufficient to say that
 the legal effect of the provision is to prevent an allotment for either of these
 projects.
 Mr. HAL. I may say that at the time this matter came up, my impression is
 that the Senator from Virginia, Mr. Glass, was not in the committee room.
 Mr. GLass. I certainly was not, because not during the consideration of the
deficiency bill did I hear of Passamaquoddy or the Florida ship canal I voted
for the Florida ship canal, so far as that is concerned.
 Mr. RoBarsow. Yes; I know it
 .Mr. GLss. But I thought the amendment was subject to a point of order, and
.:o stated in the general committee.
 .Mr. HAL I am very sure the Senator from Virginia was not present