aggregate $13,921,800, making the total of the estimates for the Interior Department for the fiscal year 1933, $70,627,152.33.

The permanent annual appropriations are those which occur automatically each year without annual action by Congress having been created specifically by Congress in previous years, and continuing as such until modified or discontinued.

The total regular annual appropriations for the Interior Department for the fiscal year 1932, including $75,000 in the "second deficiency act, 1931," amounted to $69,342,606.73, which is $18,911,174.40 more than the 1933 bill as reported to the House.

The bill does not increase any Budget estimate above the amount requested by the President, and does not include any items not contained in the Budget.

SALARIES

There are also included in this bill sections similar to those carried in the agricultural appropriation bill respecting increases in compensation and the filling of vacancies. These prohibitions are effective from the date of the approval of the act during the remainder of the fiscal year 1932 and the entire fiscal year 1933, and are intended to deny all increases in compensation except such as may occur incident to the filling of vacant positions through the advancement of qualified incumbents from lower grades and to prevent the filling of vacancies which may occur in the offices and positions in the department except in absolutely essential places the filling of which the President may

approve.

SECRETARY'S OFFICE

The bill shows an apparent increase of $5,580 for salaries as compared with the Budget estimate and the 1932 appropriation. This is not an actual increase, however, as the committee has eliminated two of six positions recommended by the Budget under "Salaries, Commissioner of Indian Affairs," and transferred the remaining four with salaries totaling $5,580 to the office of the Secretary where they will actually be employed.

Reductions below the 1932 appropriation by the Budget of $3,800 in the office of the solicitor and $5,500 under contingent expenses are adopted.

The committee has reduced the Budget estimate for printing and binding to $172,000, which is $5,500 under the estimate and the same amount as was appropriated in 1932, believing that expansion of this item is not justified at present.

GENERAL LAND OFFICE

The total appropriation for the General Land Office is $235,000 less than the Budget figure and $281,100 under the 1932 appropriation. The main reduction is in the item for surveying public lands, the committee recommending an appropriation of $500,000, which is a reduction of $200,000 in the estimate. It was developed during the hearings that about $218,000 will be required to survey lands applied for by actual settlers and by the States, which would leave $282,000 for cooperative surveys, resurveys, miscellaneous surveys, maintenance of office, etc.

Public lands available for home building have been practically exhausted, except through reclamation development, and it is believed the amount recommended will be sufficient to continue the various

activities under this item without serious curtailment of necessary and urgent work and at the same time keep within the policy of reducing appropriations wherever possible.

The Budget estimate of $185,000 for contingent expenses of land offices is reduced by $10,000, and the estimate of $450,000 for protecting public lands is lowered to the extent of $25,000.

BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS

The total expenditure recommended by the committee for this bureau is $21,758,339.33, exclusive of tribal funds, a decrease of $3,231,157.40 below the current appropriation and $404,500 less than the Budget estimates. With the exception of the fiscal years 1932 and 1933 there has been a steady increase in appropriations for this bureau as will be noted from the following table showing such appropriations for the years 1923 to 1933, inclusive:

NOTE. The above figures contain all appropriations for 1932 and prior years up to and including the second deficiency act, 1931.

In addition to the above appropriations from the Federal Treasury for the benefit of the Indians, the appropriation recommended from tribal funds is $2,476,780, which is $799,183.98 less than the current appropriation and $70,000 less than the estimates.

General items.-The committee recommends $472,900 for salaries in the office of Commissioner of Indian Affairs, which is $8,100 less than the Budget estimate and $7,900 more than the 1932 appropriation. The increase over the 1932 appropriation is only apparent, however, as an unexpended balance of $10,877 was also available during 1932. The reduction of $8,100 below the estimate is due to the transfer of four positions and $5,580 to the office of the Secretary of the Interior and the elimination of two positions amounting to $2,520. The estimate of $700,000 for purchase and transportation of supplies is reduced by $50,000, the committee being of the opinion. that with the reduced cost of commodities the sum of $650,000 should be adequate. A reduction of the estimate for probate attorneys for the Five Civilized Tribes from $40,000 to $35,000 is also recommended. Indian lands.-A reduction of $10,000 below the Budget estimate and $20,000 below the 1932 appropriation in the item of surveying and allotting reservations is made in recommending an appropriation of $30,000 for this purpose. By restricting this appropriation to the most essential projects it is believed this sum will be sufficient. The committee recommends an estimate of $112,435.33 for payment to Indians of certain pueblos in New Mexico as compensation for land and water rights losses found to be due by the Pueblo Lands Board under the provisions of the act of June 7, 1924.

Industrial assistance.-The total sum recommended for this purpose is $1,481,000, which is $271,500 less than the current appropriation and $76,000 under the Budget estimate. The committee recommends reductions under the estimates in several items under this head as follows: Expenses incidental to sale of timber, $10,000; forest-fire suppression, $10,000; supervision of mining operations, $20,000; expenses of obtaining employment for Indians, $10,000; and development of agriculture and stock raising, $25,000. The reduction of $10,000 in the item for expenses incidental to the sale of timber is recommended by the committee to be applied to expenditures for this purpose in connection with Klamath Indian forest lands. The reduction of $25,000 in the item for development of agriculture and stock raising is due to the denial by the committee of the request for six additional agricultural extension agents, it not being considered necessary to extend this service at the present time.

Water supply.-The committee recommends an appropriation of $100,000 for this purpose, which is $41,000 less than the Budget figure and the current appropriation, and gives to the Indian Bureau authority to allocate this sum for use on Navajo, Hopi, Papago, and Pueblo Indian lands.

Indian irrigation. For irrigation and drainage on Indian reservations there is recommended $1,394,624, which is $657,217 less than the 1932 appropriation and $32,000 less than the Budget estimate. Of this reduction $5,000 is due to the elimination of an item for drainage work on the Crow Reservation, as recommended by the Indian Bureau, and $15,000 has been disallowed for continuance of work on the Satus unit of the Wapato project in the State of Washington. Information was developed during the hearings to the effect that the completion of this latter work during the coming year was not necessary. An estimate of $332,500 to begin construction of the Michaud unit of the Fort Hall irrigation project as authorized by the act of February 4, 1931, is recommended by the committee.

The Budget recommendation of $15,000 for a survey of the Owyhee River with a view to locating a dam site for the benefit of the Duck Valley Indian Reservation is recommended with elimination of the proposal for the preparation of plans and specifications.

Education. The committee recommends a total expenditure from Federal funds of $10,578,000, which is $1,265,000 less than the current appropriation and $71,400 under the estimate of the Budget. In addition to this sum there is included in the bill appropriations of Indian tribal funds amounting to $803,000 as recommended by the Budget.

Appropriations for boarding schools of all classes have been made on a per capita basis over a long period of years. A tabulation showing the method of computing the cost of these boarding schools and giving a comparison of costs for several years is inserted at this point.

The per capita basis for 1933 as set forth in the above table has been established for the past two years. However, the Indian Service and the Budget have taken into consideration the reduction in the price of commodities necessary for subsistence and the pending estimates are made up on the basis of a reduction of $10 per capita. It follows, therefore, that in a school of 200 children, or less, whereas the established basis is $345 per capita, the estimates, are based on a per capita cost of $335. Attendance at all schools has increased considerably during the last year and it is due to this growth that a more substantial reduction can not be shown in the appropriation. The following table gives the attendance at Indian schools of all classes during the fiscal years 1930 and 1931:

For the education of natives in Alaska the committee recommends $690,000, which is $109,000 less than the current amount and $36,400 under the Budget estimate. Of this reduction, $10,000 has been deducted from salaries and $26,400 from equipment, supplies, fuel, and light. Health. For this item the committee recommends an appropriation of $3,594,800, which is $899,200 less than the current amount and $97,000 below the Budget estimates. During hearings it developed that there was little hope of the Albuquerque and Sioux sanatoria being completed prior to July 1, 1933. As the estimates contained $45,000 each for the operation of these sanatoria it has been possible to make a reduction of $90,000. Seven thousand dollars for the construction of a physician's quarters has been eliminated at the suggestion of the Indian Bureau. No new hospitals or sanatoria are recommended in the pending bill.

The Budget estimate of $50,000 for a clinical survey of diseases among Indians is approved. This amount will supplement an appropriation of $75,000 made for the current year and will be used so far as is possible in cooperation with State and other agencies. Clinics have already been organized in Minnesota, Montana, and Wisconsin, and plans are under way for their establishment in other centers of Indian population. It is estimated that several years will be required to complete this survey.

For medical relief in Alaska there is recommended $281,800, which is $37,200 less than the current figure and the same as the Budget estimate. This appropriation is used in providing medical and sanitary relief for the Eskimo, Aleuts, Indians, and other natives of Alaska and in the prevention of disease and the construction and operation of hospitals at strategically located centers of native population.

General support and administration.-For this item the committee recommends a total of $2,167,300, which is $226,000 more than the current appropriation and $12,000 less than the estimate. This increase over the current appropriation is due to the seriously depleted condition of the funds of many tribes of Indians and the uncertainty as to future income. It is necessary, therefore, in cases

where tribal funds are sufficiently depleted, to transfer the appropriations for support and administration, which are necessary expenses, to gratuity appropriations. Transfers of appropriations from tribal funds to gratuity appropriations to the extent of $240,700 have been made in the pending bill and a list of such transfers will be found on page 571 of the hearings. The apparent increase of $8,000 over the Budget in the general item for support of various agencies and reservations is due to the elimination of the item of $20,000 for "Administration, Quapaw Agency" and its consolidation with the general support item by the addition of $8,000-a saving of $12,000.

There is also appropriated from tribal funds for support and administration the sum of $1,293,480, which is $469,620 less than the current appropriation and $70,000 less than the estimate. The reason for this large decrease is due to depletion of tribal funds as has been explained in the preceding paragraph dealing with gratuity appropriations.

BUREAU OF RECLAMATION

For the Bureau of Reclamation a total appropriation of $3,089,360 from the reclamation fund is recommended, together with a reappropriation of unexpended balances amounting to $1,862,077. The amount of direct appropriation is $3,881,640 less than the current appropriation and $1,279,000 less than the Budget figure. No new reclamation projects are recommended in the bill, the funds appropriated being entirely for the continuation of projects already undertaken or the construction of auxiliary water supplies for the projects now being operated.

The estimate of receipts to the reclamation fund during the coming fiscal year amounts to $8,500,000. On the other hand, the members of the committee feel that present economic conditions may prevent settlers from meeting all construction charges that will fall due during the coming year. Under the circumstances the committee feels that it would not be justified in relying entirely upon a fund as large as was estimated would be available at the time the Budget estimates were prepared several months ago. With this thought in mind the committee has postponed for the present one of the sizable projects included in the estimates and has reduced one very materially, both of which will be discussed herein.

The sum of $30,000 is recommended for the operation and maintenance of the Carlsbad project during 1933, which is a reduction of $20,000 below the Budget. It is believed that this sum, supplemented by an unexpended balance of $20,000 will be sufficient to care for the operation and maintenance of this project.

The estimate of $674,000 for continuation of construction of the Vale project in Oregon has been eliminated by the committee. The sum contained in the Budget was intended to be used in the construction of a dam and reservoir on the North Fork of the Malheur River. The committee believes that no material hardship would result from deferment of the enlargement of this project, and in line with its policy of retrenchment recommends the postponement of the expansion program.

The committee recommends an appropriation of $800,000 for the Yakima project, Washington, which is $500,000 less than the Budget figure and $475,000 more than the current appropriation. During the current year the Reclamation Service expects to expend for con