| Summary: | Road To Alaska Wins Roosevelt: President Drops Hint Public Works Funds Perhaps Available. ROAD TO ALASKA WINS ROOSEVELT President Drops Hint Public Works Funds Perhaps Available. WASHINGTON, June 22. (/P)— Presidential approval of the proposed international highway, to connect the United States and Alaska through British Columbia and the Yukon territory, was received today by Delegate Dimond of Alaska in a letter from the White House. The letter said Mr. Roosevelt favored construction of the highway and made several suggestions for changes in the, bill authorizing such construction, now in committee in the house. A similar bill has passed the senate. The president suggested that the $2,000,000 appropriation for construction of the Alaska section and the $100,000 for negotiations with Canada be removed. Dimond said Senator McNary had agreed to the removal and promised aid in obtaining senate approval of the changes. The request of the president was interpreted to mean that if construction was started soon the money might be obtained from public works funds.
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