NATIONAL PARK SERVICE Amendment No. 84: Strikes out the provision of the Senate appropriating $50,000 for a park, parkway, and recreational area study. Amendments Nos. 85 and 86: Strikes out the proposal of the Senate appropriating $6,000 for a study in connection with a proposed museum in the Glacier National Park, Mont. Amendment No. 87: Amends the provision of the Senate appropriating $60,000 for the acquisition of lands in the Mount Rainier National Park by providing for acquisition by purchase or condemnation and making $30,000 available for such purpose. Amendments Nos. 88, 89, and 90: Appropriates $3,000, as proposed by the Senate, for keeping open during the winter and spring months certain roads in the Yellowstone National Park, Wyo. Amendment No. 91: Appropriates $4,000 for a water supply and distribution system at the El Morro National Monument, as proposed by the Senate. Amendment No. 92: Strikes out the proposal of the Senate appropriating $25,000 for the restoration and preservation of the Home of Dr. John McLoughlin, chief factor of the Hudson's Bay Co. and father of the Oregon country. Amendment No. 93: Provides $15,000 for personal services in the District of Columbia in connection with forest protection and fire prevention, instead of $21,500, as proposed by the Senate. Amendments Nos. 94, 95, 96, and 97, relating to the Blue Ridge and Natchez Trace Parkways: Strikes out the proposal of the House changing the name of the Blue Ridge Parkway; appropriates $5,000,000 for continuation of construction, instead of $3,996,200, as proposed by the House, and $5,996,200, as proposed by the Senate; and restricts the use of the appropriation to the specific purposes for which provided. Amendment No. 99: Appropriates $12,000, as proposed by the House, instead of $24,000, as proposed by the Senate, for a continuation of the survey of historic sites and buildings. Amendment No. 100: Strikes out the proposal of the Senate requiring that of the total appropriation for salaries and general expenses in connection with the operation and maintenance of buildings and grounds in the District of Columbia, $5,313,000 shall be used for personal services. OFFICE OF EDUCATION Amendment No. 101: Appropriates $21,500 for general expenses, as proposed by the Senate, instead of $20,000, as proposed by the House. Amendment No. 102: Restores the proposal of the House relative to the use of appropriations for vocational education amended so as to eliminate the provisions placing such expenditures under the supervision of the Vocational Education Division. TERRITORY OF ALASKA Amendments Nos. 103 and 104: Appropriates $160,000 to provide increases in pay for employees of the Alaska Railroad, as proposed by the Senate. H. Repts., 75-3, vol. 2-42 ST. ELIZABETHS HOSPITAL Amendment No. 105: Strikes out the proposal of the Senate permitting the use of oleomargarine or butter substitutes at this institution when made wholly from products grown in the United States. FREEDMEN'S HOSPITAL Amendment No. 106: Corrects a typographical error. AMENDMENTS IN DISAGREEMENT The committee of conference report in disagreement the following amendments of the Senate: Amendments Nos. 2 and 3: Relating to appropriations for the Division of Investigations. Amendment No. 20: Relating to the appropriation for the purchase of land for the Navajo Indians, Arizona. Amendment No. 22: Relating to the appropriation for the purchase of land for Indians under the act of June 18, 1934. Amendment No. 28: Relating to the appropriation for encouraging industry and self-support among Indians. Amendment No. 34: Authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to enter into contracts for the development of power on the San Carlos project, Arizona. Amendment No. 46: Relating to the appropriation to carry out the provisions of the act of September 1, 1937, having to do with the reindeer industry in Alaska. Amendment No. 53: Relating to the appropriation for travel by Indian tribal councils or committees thereof. Amendment No. 54: Relating to expenses of attorneys representing the Chickasaw and Choctaw Indians. Amendments Nos. 60 and 61: Relating to claims by the Western Cherokee Indians under the act of April 25, 1932. Amendment No. 63: Relating to the furnishing of water to the Arizona State Experiment Farm by the Gila project, Arizona. Amendment No. 64: Relating to appropriations for the ColoradoBig Thompson project, Colorado. Amendment No. 68: Corrects a total. Amendment No. 69: Relating to the disposition of receipts from the naval petroleum reserves. Amendment No. 70: Corrects a total. Amendments Nos. 71 and 72: Relating to cooperative investigations under general-fund appropriations and correcting the total of appropriations for reclamation from the general fund. Amendment No. 98: Requiring a report to Congress of expenditures from appropriations for the Blue Ridge and Natchez Trace Parkways. EDWARD T. TAYLOR, JED JOHNSON, J. G. SCRUGHAM, EMMET O'NEAL, JAMES M. FITZPATRICK, CHAS. H. LEAVY, ALBERT E. CARTER, Managers on the part of the House. о 75TH CONGRESS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 3d Session { REPORT No. 2173 EASEMENT OVER CERTAIN LAND AT FARGO, N. DAK. APRIL 21, 1938.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. EICHER, from the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany S. 3081] The Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, to whom was referred the bill (S. 3081) authorizing the Secretary of Commerce to grant to the city of Fargo, N. Dak., an easement over a certain tract of land owned by the United States, having considered and amended the same, report thereon with a recommendation that it pass. The bill has the approval of the Commerce Department, as will appear by the letter attached. Hon. CLARENCE F. LEA, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, Chairman, Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. MY DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: In your letter dated March 31, 1938, you requested a report from the Department concerning S. 3081, an act authorizing the Secretary of Commerce to grant to the city of Fargo, N. Dak., an easement over a certain tract of land owned by the United States. The property, described by metes and bounds in the act, was conveyed to the United States on November 13, 1933, by warranty deed executed by Martin Hector for a consideration of $2,600. The title was approved by the Attorney General on August 30, 1934, and the consideration named in the deed has been paid. It is noted that the proposed legislation provides that the easement shall be granted subject to such reasonable conditions as the Secretary of Commerce may deem desirable to include in the grant, for the purpose of preventing interference with the operation and maintenance of the station. Under these conditions, the Department has no objection to the approval of the act. The Bureau of the Budget has indicated that there would be no objection by that office to the transmittal of this report to your committee. Cordially yours, J. M. JOHNSON, Assistant Secretary of Commerce. о 75TH CONGRESS 3d Session } HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES { REPORT No. 2174 INVESTIGATION AND CONTROL OF THE VENEREAL DISEASES BY THE UNITED STATES PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE APRIL 21, 1938.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. BULWINKLE, from the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany S. 3290] The Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, to whom was referred the bill (S. 3290) to impose additional duties upon the United States Public Health Service in connection with the investigation and control of the venereal diseases, having considered and amended the same, report thereon with a recommendation that it pass. The bill has the approval with suggested amendments of the Treasury Department, as will appear by the letter attached, which refers to the bill, H. R. 9047, the provisions of which seek to attain the same general objectives of the bill, S. 3290. Amend the bill as follows: Page 1, line 7, strike out "(a)" and insert "Sec. 4a." Page 2, line 6, after "purposes" insert "of sections 4a to 4e, inclusive". Page 2, lines 10, 11, and 12, in each line before "the sum of" insert in each line "not exceeding". Page 2, line 13,, after "each" strike out "of the ten fiscal years" and insert "fiscal year". Page 2, line 14, after "be" strike out "needed" and insert "deemed necessary". Page 2, line 14, after "purposes" insert "of sections 4a to 4e inclusive". Page 2, line 16, strike out "(b)" and insert "Sec. 4b." Page 2, line 18, after "section" strike out "4 (a)" and insert "4a". |