Mr. KEYES (for Mr. GOULD), from the Committee on Immigration, submitted the following

REPORT

[To accompany H. R. 5627]

The Committee on Immigration, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 5627) relating to the naturalization of certain aliens, having had the same under consideration, reports it back to the Senate with an amendment and recommends that the bill do pass.

On line 7, after the word "such", insert the words "withdrawal (and the application therefor) and".

This amendment is to prevent favorable action being taken upon the application of an alien for naturalization who was a neutral slacker during the World War and who is barred forever from becoming naturalized if his application for military exemption occurred before the armistice.

The report of the House committee follows and is made a part of this report.

[House Report No. 910, Seventy-first Congress, second session]

The Committee on Immigration and Naturalization, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 5627) relating to the naturalization of certain aliens, having had the same under consideration, reports it back to the House without amendment and recommends that the bill do pass.

The bill (H. R. 5627) would permit the naturalization of an alien who, being a citizen or subject of a country neutral in the World War, withdrew his declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United States in order to secure discharge from the military service, but only if such withdrawal and discharge occurred after the armistice, November 11, 1918.

The provision of the act of July 9, 1918, forever debarring from United States citizenship neutral aliens who withdrew their declarations of intention ("first papers") in order to avoid military service was a proper and justifiable enactment. Its provisions have been held to extend, however, not only to those aliens who, during the World War, sought to evade military service but also to those who actually served.

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NATURALIZATION OF CERTAIN ALIENS

The attention of the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization has been drawn to one case in which the neutral alien declarant for citizenship served honorably in the United States Army, was disabled in line of duty, and 35 days after the armistice was mistakenly advised to file application for discharge by withdrawal of his declaration of intention. He could and should have been dis

charged without such withdrawal of declaration.

The committee is of opinion that the Congress did not intend that the act of July 9, 1918, should apply to such a case, or that it should apply to any case arising after the termination of the World War.

The bill (H. R. 5627) would cure this situation, not only in respect to the one case which has come to the committee's attention, but to any other similar case which may be found.

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2d Session

SENATE

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REPORT

TO AMEND THE FOURTH PROVISO TO SECTION 24 OF THE IMMIGRATION ACT OF 1917, AS AMENDED

JUNE 16, 1930.—Ordered to be printed

Mr. KEYES (for Mr. GOULD), from the Committee on Immigration, submitted the following

REPORT

[To accompany H. R. 9803]

The Committee on Immigration, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 9803) to amend the fourth proviso to section 24 of the immigration act of 1917, as amended, having considered same, report it back to the Senate with amendments and recommends that the bill do pass.

On page 1, line 7, after the words "Immigration Service" insert the following words "and officers and employees of the Naturalization Bureau and Naturalization Service".

On page 2, line 8, after the words "remains of" insert the words "such officers".

On page 2, line 8, after the words "other employees" strike out the words "of the Immigration Service".

The committee believes that the two field services of the Department of Labor, the Naturalization Field Service as well as the Immigration Field Service, should be given the benefits of this bill as it passed the House. It accordingly amends it to include the Naturalization Bureau and field service.

The report of the House committee follows and is made a part of this report.

[House Report No. 1237, Seventy-first Congress, second session]

The Committee on Immigration and Naturalization, to which was referred the bill H. R. 9803, reports the same favorably and recommends that the bill do pass. This is a bill to authorize the Secretary of Labor to reimburse inspectors or other employees of the immigration service for their own travel expenses and the expense of transferring their wives, dependent minor children and household effects up to 5,000 pounds, when detailed to foreign countries or transferred from one official station to another in the United States or in foreign countries, and to

reimburse funeral expenses and expense of transporting to the United States the remains of inspectors and other employees who die while on foreign duty.

The fourth proviso of section 24 of the immigration act of 1917 already authorizes the Secretary of Labor to reimburse such expenses as regards foreign assignments in the immigration service, and this bill proposes to rewrite that proviso to cover transfers between official stations in the United States, and to authorize funeral expenses and cost of transporting remains of immigration officers who die in the Foreign Service.

The bill is recommended by the Department of Labor and the Bureau of Immigration, and the administrative reasons for the recommendations are set forth in the Annual Reports of the Secretary of Labor and the Commissioner General of Immigration.

The annual reports of the Secretary of Labor for the fiscal years 1925, 1926, and 1927 contain the recommendation, and it is renewed in his report for the fiscal year 1928. In his annual report for 1925 the Secretary stated:

"I heartily recommend to Congress the granting of authority, when such transfers are authorized for the good of the service, to pay the actual expense of removal of the dependents of the employee and his personal and household effects. These expenses are allowed to transferred employees of other departments."

In his annual report for the fiscal year 1926 the Secretary of Labor stated: "In my annual report for 1925 I made reference to the necessity for authority to pay the transfer expenses of dependents and personal and household effects of employees transferred by the department from one office to another. I can not repeat too strongly this recommendation."

In his annual report for the fiscal year 1927 the Secretary of Labor stated: "Attention has been directed in other reports, and I particularly refer to the report for the fiscal year 1926, to the fact that no provision is made by law for paying the necessary travel expenses of field officers of the Immigration Service transferred to different stations. I wish to repeat, as heretofore, that authority should be granted to pay all necessary expenses, not only of the officer himself but for his family and goods, where, for the good of the Government itself, transfers between stations for more or less permanent stay are directed."

The Commissioner General of Immigration in his annual report for the fiscal year 1925 has included this recommendation, and has renewed it in his reports for the fiscal years 1926, 1927, 1928, and 1929. The report for 1929 recommends: "That provision be made for the reimbursement of immigration officers and employees for the expenses incurred by them in the moving of their families and household and personal effects, pursuant to official transfers in the line of duty to points within and without the United States. Ever-changing conditions in the Immigration Service render it imperative that personnel shall be shifted about with considerable frequency. For an officer or employee to be forced in the line of duty to move his family and household and personal effects, all at his own expense, is absolutely unjust and seriously curtails mobility. However, such legislation should be so framed as to provide for reimbursement solely upon authorization of the Commissioner General of Immigration, with the approval of the Secretary of Labor, where the transfer is made at the request of the employee." Officers and employees of the Customs Service within the United States and foreign countries are reimbursed for transfer expenses for themselves and their household effects under the act of March 4, 1923 (U. S. C., title 19, par. 47).

Commissioned officers of the Public Health Service, Coast Guard, and Coast and Geodetic Survey, when permanently changed in station, receive expenses of transferring families and effects. Of course, the same is true of the Army, Navy, and Marine Corps.

The committee understands from the Department of Labor that the increased administrative expense, if this desirable measure of administration were passed, would probably not exceed $10,000 annually.

The committee is persuaded that, in order to make the most economical and effective use of the immigration personnel, which is widely scattered throughout 35 immigration districts in continental United States, distributed along both seaboards and both international boundaries, in Hawaii and Porto Rico, and also in foreign countries, the Department of Labor should be able to transfer its immigration personnel according to the best interests of the service, unhampered by the thought of inflicting undue financial hardship upon the officer concerned. It is believed that this bill will effect the necessary mobility of force and contribute directly to better and more uniform enforcement of the immigration laws.

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SENATE

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REPORT No. 925

ADDITION OF CERTAIN LANDS TO ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK, COLO.

JUNE 16, 1930.-Ordered to be printed

Mr. ODDIE, from the Committee on Public Lands and Surveys, submitted the following

REPORT

[To accompany H. R. 11784]

The Committee on Public Lands and Surveys, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 11784) to provide for the addition of certain lands to the Rocky Mountain National Park, in the State of Colorado, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with the recommendation that the bill do pass without amendment.

The facts are fully set forth in the report of the House Committee on the Public Lands (H. Rept. No. 1520, 71st Cong., 2d sess.), which is appended hereto and made a part of this report, as follows:

The Committee on the Public Lands, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 11784) to provide for the addition of certain lands to the Rocky Mountain National Park, in the State of Colorado, having considered the same, report favorably thereon and recommend that it do pass with the following amend

ments:

Page 1, line 4, after the word "upon" insert the following: "the recommendation of the Secretary of the Interior, and with respect to lands located in a national forest upon".

Page 2, line 8, strike out the number "21" and substitute the number "20" in lieu thereof.

Page 2, line 19, after the number "14" and before the word "and" insert the number "23".

Page 2, line 20, after the number "3" and before the number "10" insert the word "and" and strike out the word and number "and 15" after the number "10".

Page 2, lines 21 and 22, strike out entire lines and substitute in lieu thereof the following: "Divide; that portion of section 15 lying east of the Continental Divide and on the eastern slope of Mount Nimbus; and that portion of section 22 lying on the eastern slope of Baker Mountain".

Page 3, line 2, strike out the word "section" and insert "sections 17 and". Page 3, line 3, after the word "Divide" insert the following: "and that part of section 29 lying outside the park boundary".

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