The purpose of this bill is to authorize the conveyance to the University of Oregon certain lands forming a part of the Coos Head Reservation, Oreg., which are not required by the Government. The amendments are proposed by the Secretary of War, who interposes no objection to the conveyance. There is made a part of this report a letter from the Acting Secretary of War to the chairman of the Senate Committee on Military Affairs, which reads as follows: Hon. DAVID A. REED, Chairman Committee on Military Affairs, WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, May 21, 1930. United States Senate, Washington, D. C. DEAR SENATOR REED: Careful consideration has been given to the bill, S. 3360, Seventy-first Congress, second session, authorizing the Secretary of War to convey to the University of Oregon certain lands in the Government reservation at Coos Head, Oreg., which you transmitted to the War Department under date of May 19, 1930, with request for a report thereon. The lands referred to in this bill are not in a military_reservation, but are part of a tract of 179.53 acres on Coos Head, reserved by Executive order dated July 14, 1884, for use in connection with the improvement of Coos Bay and Harbor. There is a small tract containing 32.06 acres located on Coos Head, but not connected with the lands referred to in the bill, which was reserved for military purposes by Executive order dated August 6, 1915, and it is understood that all of the Government lands at Coos Head are locally referred to as military reservation. The easterly 570 feet of lot 3, referred to in the bill, is needed indefinitely for river and harbor purposes. The remainder of the lands described in the bill is not needed except as a site for present or future jetties, right of way to such jetties, and as a source of water supply for river and harbor activities. The copy of the bill herewith has been amended in red to reserve to the United States the land and rights of way indicated in the preceding paragraph, together with the prior right to three-fourths of the natural flow of streams draining lots 2 and 3. As thus amended the bill will provide for the present and reasonably prospective needs of this department, and will, it is understood, be satisfactory to the university authorities. So far as the interests committed to this department are concerned no objection is known to the favorable consideration of the bill as thus amended. Sincerely yours, F. TRUBEE DAVISON, DISPOSITION OF USELESS PAPERS IN THE GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE FEBRUARY 3, 1931.-Ordered to be printed Mr. WASON, from the Joint Committee on Disposition of Useless. Executive Papers, submitted the following REPORT [Useless papers in Government Printing Office] 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 accompanying 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 Government Printing Office to the Seventy-first Congress, third session, dated January 9, 1931, are not needed in the transaction of the current business of such office and have no permanent value or historical interest. We recommend that, as required by law, the Government Printing Office sell as waste paper or otherwise dispose of such files of papers upon the best obtainable terms after due publication of notice inviting proposals therefore, 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. HENRIK SHIPSTEAD, DUNCAN U. FLETCHER, Members on the part of the Senate. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE, The SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Washington, D. C. SIR: Complying with the provision of the act regulating the disposition of useless papers (U. S. C. title 5, sec. 112), I request authority to dispose of as waste paper the files listed in attached statement. These papers have no permanent value nor historical interest. The list has also been submitted to the Librarian of Congress, as required by Executive order of March 16, 1912. A photostat of reply by the Librarian is inclosed. Respectfully, GEORGE H. CARTER, Public Printer. 1. Work jackets for fiscal year 1925; 65,000. 2. Duplicate orders on storekeeper up to and including fiscal year 1924; 189 pads. 3. Copy memoranda, monotype section, 1926; 6 packages. 4. Copy record, monotype section, 1929; 29 packages. 5. Daily work slips and daily reports, July 1, 1929, to and including December 30, 1929; 80 crates. 6. Supplemental small white jackets for envelopes and franks, 1907; approximately 25 crates. 7. Duplicate estimate blanks, planning division, up to December 30, 1929; approximately 40 pads. 8. Cash letters; 449,115 received during the period July 1, 1927, to June 30, 1928. NOTE. This class of letters contained remittances for Government publications, the transactions having been closed either by forwarding publications to the amount of such remittances, or making refunds to remitters. The annual reports of the Superintendent of Documents contain itemized statements of the publications sold and the prices of same, also the financial statement showing disposition of moneys received from the sale of publications. 9. Miscellaneous letters; approximately 300 pounds of letters and records received during the period July 1, 1927, to June 30, 1928. NOTE. These are letters from Members of Congress, officials of the Government, libraries, and the general public, making inquiry regarding the distribution and sale of publications and public documents. 10. Registered mail books July 1, 1927, to June 30, 1928; 51 books. 12. Congressional designation lists for mailing the Congressional Record, July 1, 1927, to June 30, 1928; 540. 13. Miscellaneous records July 1, 1927, to June 30, 1928; 40 pounds consisting of daily receipts sheets, daily disbursement sheets, duplicate deposit slips, duplicate certificates of deposit, Treasury statements of special deposit account, account currents, certificate of settlements, General Accounting Office; record of books received and distributed, copies of monthly reports appropriations, publications received, distributed and sold, consigned, publications mailed on subscription, record of orders filled, vouchers for printing and binding, storekeepers orders, duplicate storekeepers orders, purchase requisitions, purchase orders, return to storekeeper, cash, and miscellaneous statements. To the PUBLIC PRINTER, LIBRARY OF Congress, Washington, December 19, 1930. United States Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C. SIR: In reply to your letter of December 17, transmitting a list of miscellaneous material which the United States Government Printing Office 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 this list seems to indicate no material that needs to be preserved on account of any historical interest. It is therefore returned herewith. Very truly yours, FRED W. ASHLEY, Acting Librarian. 71ST CONGRESS ) HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 3d Session CONSTRUCTION OF HIGH-SCHOOL BUILDING AT FRAZER, MONT. FEBRUARY 3, 1931.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. LEAVITT, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H. R. 13293] The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 13293) to provide funds for cooperation with the school board at Frazer, Mont., in the construction of a high-school building to be available to Indian children of the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, having considered the same, report thereon with a recommendation that it do pass without amendment. School district No. 2, at Frazer, Valley County, Mont., is providing educational facilities for approximately 49 Indian children at the present time, this number constituting almost half of its total daily attendance. The Indian children come from families which, for the most part, do not contribute to the support of the school under the provisions of the Federal law making them tax exempt. The burden upon the school district is readily apparent. In addition to being unable to provide adequate facilities for the Indian children the district is forced to lower the standard for its own children, to whom its primary attention should be directed. The district has always cooperated with the Federal Government to the best of its ability, and now finds itself in a place where it will be necessary to erect a new building if satisfactory conditions are to prevail. The nearest high schools to this locality are from 18 to 36 miles away. The school district agrees to provide all necessary equipment and also dormitory facilities for students who are too far away to make daily trips to and from their homes. In view of the cooperation which this district has always given the Federal Government in the education of Indian children, its inability to provide the necessary building under present circumstances, and the need for such construction, your committee believes the bill under consideration should be approved. The memorandum of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs and letter of the Secretary of the Interior are as follows: Hon. SCOTT LEAVITT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Chairman Committee on Indian Affairs, House of Representatives. MY DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: Referring to your request for report on H. R. 13293, which would authorize an appropriation of $25,000 for the purpose of enlarging the high-school building at Frazer, Mont., I transmit herewith a memorandum on the subject that has been submitted by Commissioner Rhoads, of the Office of Indian Affairs. It The Director of the Bureau of the Budget has advised in reporting upon a similar bill, S. 5535, that if the bill is amended to authorize an appropriation of $15,000 it will not be in conflict with the financial program of the President. is, therefore, suggested that the bill be amended by reducing the figures appearing in line 5, page 1, from $25,000 to $15,000. If amended as herein suggested, I recommend that H. R. 13293 receive favorable consideration. Very truly yours, RAY LYMAN WILBUR, Secretary. Memorandum for the Secretary. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Reference is made to the request of the chairman Committee on Indian Affairs, House of Representatives, for a report on H. R. 13293, which would authorize an appropriation of $25,000 for the purpose of enlarging the public-school building at Frazer, Mont. The Government maintains a boarding school on the Fort Peck Reservation, which school carries 9 grades and has a rated capacity of 110 pupils. The average attendance during the last fiscal year was 120. There are on the reservation 692 children between the ages of 6 to 18 eligible for school attendance. Approximately 248 are accommodated in the boarding school on the reservation and at other Government schools off the reservation. Eleven are accommodated in mission or private boarding schools and 449 are in attendance in the public schools. In these numbers are 48 pupils under 6 or over 18 years of age who are enrolled in some school. It will be noted that approximately 30 pupils eligible for attendance are not in school. During 1930 a contract was entered into with the public-school officials at Frazer, Mont., for the education of 45 pupils at a tuition rate of 40 cents per day per pupil and for the present year a contract has been executed providing for the same number of pupils at a similar rate of tuition. The present building at Frazer has only six rooms and adequate high-school facilities are not available. On January 5, 1931, 12 Indian children were in high-school grades and 37 in the elementary grades at this school, as compared with 17 white children in highschool grades and 49 in the elementary grades. From our records it appears that the nearest high schools to this population are 18, 20, and 36 miles, respectively, from Frazer. The assessed valuation of taxable land within the district is $394,000. The amount contained in the bill contemplates the entire cost of this construction, with the understanding that the school district will provide all necessary equipment, and also will provide dormitory capacity for some pupils who are too far removed from the school to permit daily trips from their homes to the school. It would appear from the foregoing that an expenditure of $25,000 as authorized by H. R. 13293 would provide additional school facilities for the Indians of this reservation at a minimum cost and it is, therefore, recommended that the bill receive favorable consideration. |