Since the imposition of the British naval blockade, extending (rom Dakar to the Mediterranean, however, the sew lane has been out and hundreds of motor trucks have been pressed into "service to carry West African and other exports sorely needed France. Due to the petrol short tage, however, the operation of this fleet of desert trucks has Leen costly and dificult, Engineers have drafted plans for such a railway many times in the past 50. years, the Secretary of State for Communications revealed, but the successive governments have pigeon= jed them each time because of the nigh cost of construction involved and because of the fact that there would he no intermediate points for dis patching and receiving freight bee tween the termini, Except for the the 800-mile stretch between Gao-Goo and Bamako, the railway would Wind through "hilly unpopulated plateau country and desolate sand Sunes for most of its arid course.
the project is approved and into operation, it will be the groves.
engineering undertaking since the construction. of the Suet Canal—United Press, Roosevelt Talks with of Windsor USS. Tuscaloosa im the Atlantic, Dec. 14, President Roosevelt conferred for two hours yesterday with the Duke of Windsor, Governor of the Bahamas, regarding United States florence base sites in the <Ahe Presidential stot theodied for an unrevealed U.S, port, President Roosevelt fof four of the eight bases obtained from Great Britain, The he Presidentiat otitis Anchorate off Eleuthers Island in th The President revealed. that fand the Duke talked in as detailed a manner as possible concerning, possible better U.S, base sites in the. Baham:
Mr. Roosevelt revealed that the! Duke later may visit the United States, to inspect Civilian Conserv:
Corps camps and said that the Duke hopes to. "adopt in a small way the CCC, idea, since the Bahamas have a fairly serious unemployment problem."
"The President restated the impor-Ttanee of the new Caribbean bases to the US—United Press.
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