DISPOSITION OF USELESS PAPERS IN THE WAR DEPART

MENT

JUNE 23, 1930.—Ordered to be printed

Mr. WASON, from the Joint Committee on Disposition of Useless Executive Papers, submitted the following

REPORT

The joint select committee of the Senate and House of Representatives, appointed on the part of the Senate and on the part of the House of Representatives, to which are referred the reports of the heads of departments, bureaus, etc., in respect to the accumulation therein of old and useless files of papers which are not needed or useful in the transaction of the current business therein, respectively, and have no permanent value or historical interest, with accompnying statements of the condition and character of such papers, respectfully report to the Senate and House of Representatives, pursuant to an act entitled "An act to authorize and provide for the disposition of useless papers in the executive departments," approved February 16, 1889, as follows:

Your committee have met, and, by a subcommittee appointed by your committee, carefully and fully examined the said reports so referred to your committee and the statements of the condition and the character of such files and papers therein described, and we find and report that the files and papers described in the report of the War Department to the Seventy-first Congress, second session, dated March 17, 1930, are not needed in the transaction of the current business of such department and bureaus and have no permanent value or historical interest.

We recommend that, as required by law, the War Department sell as waste paper or otherwise dispose of such files of papers upon the best obtainable terms after due publication of notice inviting proposals therefor, and receive and pay the proceeds thereof into the Treasury of the United States and make report thereof to Congress. Respectfully submitted to the Senate and House of Representatives.

EDWARD H. Wason,

R. A. GREEN,

Members on the part of the House.
FRANK L. GREENE,

DUNCAN U. FLETCHER,

Members on the part of the Senate.

WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, March 17, 1980.

The SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

DEAR MR. SPEAKER: In accordance with the requirements of the act of Congress entitled "An act to authorize and provide for the disposition of useless papers in the executive departments," approved February 16, 1889 (25 Stat. L. 672), I have to report that there is in the office of the Assistant Secretary of War an accumulation of documents and papers, being the files of the committee on public information (1917-1919), consisting of foreign press cable service cables, vouchers, surety-ship bonds, miscellaneous reports of employment of women in various positions, general correspondence, and reports-division of films and miscellaneous correspondence-division of advertising, division of civic and educational publications and foreign press bureau. These files are not needed or useful in the transaction of the current business of the department and have no permanent value or historical interest.

Samples have been submitted to the Librarian of Congress, in accordance with the Executive order of March 16, 1912, who advised that the specimens show nothing that needs to be preserved for historical purposes.

It is recommended that authority be granted for the disposition of these files.
A similar letter has been written to the President of the Senate.
Sincerely yours,

PATRICK J. HURLEY,
Secretary of War.

To the ACTING Assistant AND CHIEF CLERK,

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS,
Washington, March 14, 1930.

War Department.

MY DEAR SIR: In reply to your letter of March 8, transmitting samples of obsolete records in the office of the Assistant Secretary of War, which the department wishes to destroy under the terms of the Executive order of March 16, 1912, the matter has had the attention of the chief of our division of manuscripts, who now reports that the specimens submitted show nothing that needs to be preserved for historical purposes. These specimens are therefore returned herewith.

Very truly yours,

HERBERT PUTNAM, Librarian. ·

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DIKE OR DAM ACROSS CAMAS SLOUGH TO LADY ISLAND, COLUMBIA RIVER, WASH.

JUNE 23, 1930.-Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed

Mr. LEA, from the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, submitted the following

REPORT

[To accompany H. R. 12843]

The Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 12843) granting the consent of Congress for the construction of a dike or dam across the head of Camas Slough to Lady Island on the Columbia River in the State of Washington, having considered and amended the same, report thereon with a recommendation that it pass.

Amend the bill as follows:

Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the following in lieu thereof:

That the consent of Congress is hereby granted to the Crown Willamette Paper Company, of Portland, Oregon, to construct a dike or dam across Camas Slough (Washougal Slough), at a point near the mouth of Washougal River to Lady Island, State of Washington: Provided, That the work of constructing this dike or dam shall not be commenced until the plans therefor have been filed with and approved by the Chief of Engineers of the United States Army and the Secretary of War: Provided further, That in approving the plans for said dike or dam such conditions and stipulations may be imposed as the Chief of Engineers and the Secretary of War may deem necessary to protect the present and future interests of the United States: And provided further, That this act shall not be construed to authorize the use of such dike or dam to develop water power or generate hydroelectric energy.

SEC. 2. The authority granted by this act shall cease and be null and void unless the actual construction of said dike or dam hereby authorized is commenced within one year and completed within three years from the date of approval of this act.

SEC. 3. That the right to alter, amend, or repeal this act is hereby expressly reserved.

Amend the title so as to read:

Granting the consent of Congress for the construction of a dike or dam across the head of Camas Slough (Washougal Slough) to Lady Island on the Columbia River in the State of Washington.

The bill has the approval of the War Department, as will appear by the letter attached.

[Second indorsement]

WAR DEPARTMENT, June 18, 1930. Respectfully returned to the chairman, Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives.

So far as the interests committed to this department are concerned, I know of no objection to the favorable consideration of the accompanying bill, H. R. 12843, Seventy-first Congress, second session, granting the consent of Congress for the construction of a dike or dam across the head of Camas Slough to Lady Island on the Columbia River in the State of Washington, if amended as indicated in red thereon.

F. H. PAYNE, Acting Secretary of War.

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