MONUMENT TO THE MEMORY OF AUGUSTUS FEBRUARY 6, 1931.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. TEMPLE, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H. J. Res. 479] The Committee on Foreign Affairs, to whom was referred House Joint Resolution 479, authorizing an appropriation in the sum of $4,000 as a contribution of the United States to the construction of a monument at Saint-Gaudens, France, to the memory of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, having had the same under consideration, reports thereon with the recommendation that the resolution do pass without amendment. The passage of this resolution is recommended by the President in his message to Congress of January 21, 1931, which follows: To the Congress of the United States: I commend to the favorable consideration of the Congress the inclosed report from the Secretary of State to the end that legislation may be enacted to authorize an appropriation of $4,000 as a contribution of the United States to the construction of a monument at Saint-Gaudens, France, to the memory of Augustus Saint-Gaudens. THE WHITE HOUSE, January 21, 1931. HERBERT HOOVER. The PRESIDENT: DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, January 20, 1931. The Franco-American committee of patronage, formed with a view to erecting a monument to the memory of the American sculptor, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, at Saint-Gaudens, France, is seeking through the good offices of the American diplomatic representative at Paris a contribution by the United States to this worthy object. I attach herewith a brief biographical sketch of Augustus Saint-Gaudens, and also a photostat copy of the model of the proposed monument and the list of members of the committee. The American chargé d'affaires at Paris has informed the department that he has received a visit from Mr. Hippolyte Ducos, deputy of the Haute-Garonne Department and vice president of the finance committee of the French Chamber of Deputies, who stated that the aim of the Franco-American committee of patronage is twofold: "First of all, it is to glorify a great artist, one of the most illustrious American sculptors whose family was of French origin, who is not only an honor to both of his countries but to humanity as a whole; and secondly, it is to erect in the center of a most magnificent belvedere, from whence one can contemplate the chain of the Pyrenees, a superb monument representing America and France crowning an artist whose genius is composed of the intellectual and moral essence of both countries and which monument will appear to the hundreds of thousands of visitors from all parts of the world as a symbol of the indissoluble ties of friendship which unite our two countries. In the 1930 budget of expenses for the ministry of foreign affairs, under chapter 38, French Works in America, an allocation of 200,000 francs has been set up as a subsidy to the Franco-American committee of patronage for the purpose of erecting this monument. This sum has been received by the French committee and deposited in the "Banque Privée" (Saint-Gaudens branch). Mr. Ducos is reported to have said this is the first time the French Parliament has voted by a special article of law a credit for such a purpose, and to have expressed the hope that it would be possible for the Government of the United States also to participate as a friendly gesture to the extent of not more than 100,000 francs, or approximately $4,000. In view of the laudable aims inspiring those interested in the erection of this monument, I have the honor to recommend that the Congress be requested to enact legislation authorizing an appropriation of $4,000 as a contribution of the United States to the construction of a monument at Saint-Gaudens, France, to the memory of Augustus Saint-Gaudens. As a matter of convenience, there is transmitted herewith a tentative draft of the desired legislation. Respectfully submitted. HENRY L. STIMSON. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF AUGUSTUS SAINT-GAUDENS Augustus Saint-Gaudens, the sculptor, was born in Dublin, Ireland, March 1, 1848, the son of Bernard Paul Ernest and Mary (McGuinness) Saint-Gaudens. His father, a native of Saint-Gaudens, Haute-Garonne in the Pyrenees, France, settled in Dublin early in the nineteenth century, and came to the United States with his wife and son in 1848, locating in New York. At the age of 13, Augustus was bound in apprenticeship to learn cameo cutting, and spent several years at this art. He went to Paris in 1867 and studied under Sculptor Jouffroy at the Ecole des Beaux Arts. He continued his studies in Rome, where he produced his first statue, Hiawatha, in 1871. The following year he returned to the United States. He died at Cornish, N. H., August 3, 1907. Saint-Gaudens is considered a sculptor of originality and freshness, who has adopted the best standards of French taste and method of execution without being bound by tradition. Among his more notable works are the President Lincoln statue in Lincoln Park, Chicago; the bas-relief Adoration of the Cross by Angels in St. Thomas's Church, New York, later destroyed by fire in August, 1905; the Shaw Monument at Boston; the Diana on the tower of the old Madison Square Garden, New York, later removed when the garden was demolished in 1925, and donated to the New York University at its request; the Puritan statue at Springfield, Mass.; the draped figure over the grave of Mrs. Henry Adams, Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D. C.; the Sherman equestrian statue in Central Park, New York; and the statue of Farragut in Madison Square, New York. In 1905 Saint-Gaudens came to Washington to serve under the auspices of the Park Commission with Mr. Charles F. McKim, Mr. D. H. Burnham, and Mr. Frederick Law Olmsted on a committee gathered by the President to offer criticism and advice with regard to maintaining the beauty of the National Capital according to the original plans of L'Enfant. On this occasion SaintGaudens met President Roosevelt, who was also at that time deeply interested in securing a more artistic series of coinage designs. For two years the President and Saint-Gaudens gave time and energy to the task of creating new designs. There were several designs and modifications submitted, the United States mint making certain suggestions based on its knowledge of the use and handling of coins. Finally in March, 1907, the designs were accepted and coins of $10 and $20 denomination were struck off in the fall of 1907, after, however, the death of the sculptor. The standing eagle used on the $10 gold piece with the profile head of Liberty in Indian headdress on the obverse side, and the flying eagle used on the $20 gold piece with the standing figure of Liberty on the obverse side, are evidence of the recognition by this Government of the artistic abilities of Saint-Gaudens. DRAFT OF JOINT RESOLUTION Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $4,000, to enable the Secretary of State to pay such sum to the Franco-American Committee of Patronage as a contribution of the United States to the construction of a monument at Saint-Gaudens, France, to the memory of Augustus Saint-Gaudens. O AMENDMENT TO THE OLEOMARGARINE ACT FEBRUARY 6, 1931.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered to be printed. Mr. BRIGHAM, from the Committee on Agriculture, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H. R. 16836] The Committee on Agriculture, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 16836) to amend the definition of oleomargarine contained in the act entitled "An act defining butter, also imposing a tax upon and regulating the manufacture, sale, importation, and exportation of oleomargarine," approved August 2, 1886, as amended, having considered the same, report thereon with a recommendation that it do pass. The bill reported herewith is as follows: A BILL To amend the act entitled "An act defining butter, also imposing a tax upon and regulating the manufacture, sale, importation, and exportation of oleomargarine," approved August 2, 1886, as amended. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the second paragraph of section 3 of the act entitled "An act defining butter, also imposing a tax upon and regulating the manufacture, sale, importation, and exportation of oleomargarine," approved August 2, 1886, as amended (U. S. C., title 26, sec. 207), is amended to read as follows: "And any person that sells, vends, or furnishes oleomargarine for the use and consumption of others, except to his own family table without compensation, who shall add to or mix with such oleomargarine any substance which causes such oleomargarine to be yellow in color, determined as provided in subsection (b) of section 8, shall also be held to be a manufacturer of oleomargarine within the meaning of this act and subject to the provisions thereof." SEC. 2. Section 8 of such act of August 2, 1886, as amended (U. S. C., title 26, sec. 546), is amended to read as follows: "SEC. 8. (a) Upon oleomargarine which shall be manufactured and sold, or removed for consumption or use, there shall be assessed and collected a tax at the rate of one-fourth of 1 cent per pound, to be paid by the manufacturer thereof; except that such tax shall be at the rate of 10 cents per pound in the case of oleomargarine which is yellow in color. "(b) For the purposes of subsection (a) and of section 3 oleomargarine shall be held to be yellow in color when it has a tint or shade containing more than one and six-tenths degrees of yellow, or of yellow and red collectively, but with an |