Transmitting station. For several years the Bureau of Standards has been sending out at stated periods signals of exactly specified frequency. The bureau is expected to provide standards of measurement for the whole country and to test such instruments as are essential for scientific, technical, and industrial purposes. Demands for standardization of frequency meters threatened to overwhelm the bureau. The scheme of transmitting signals of standard frequency was devised to give a means whereby laboratories, manufacturers, and others concerned could test their own instruments. This not only relieved the bureau of an immense amount of routine testing but also avoided the trouble and expense of shipping instruments, and the possibility that their calibrations might change in shipment.

With present facilities it has been possible only to transmit signals of a limited range of frequencies at one time; the distance range of the transmissions has also been limited by the low power available; and all transmissions have been at night since no other radio work could be carried on in the laboratory at the same time. There has been a growing and insistent call for more complete service of this kind. The proposed new station would give it. In addition this station is needed for experimental work with transmitters, for transmissions in connection with the study of radio wave phenomena, and for radiotelephone transmissions for aviation radio experiments. The present standard-frequency transmissions supply the fundamental frequency standard directly to radio stations, laboratories, and manufacturers; it is proposed to extend them by the continuous transmission of a high frequency carrying a 10-kilocycle modulation. This will give broadcasting and other stations a continuous standard for checking or for direct control of their frequency, and will contribute greatly to the elimination of interference. This service will put a means of synchronization at the disposal of the newly arising art of television. It will also for the first time make continuously available an accurate standard for the precise measurement of time. The frequency of both the carrier wave and the modulation will be controlled directly by the bureau's fundamental standard. The transmitter for this work should be capable of supplying approximately 20 kilowatts to the antenna. There will also be required a 10-kilowatt transmitter for the other types of transmissions mentioned above. The two transmitters will be used independently, but each will be a stand-by for the other.

The type of site required for the transmitting station is not highly special. About 2 acres are needed; electric power and water supply must be available. The location must be fairly well removed from thickly settled residence areas, because of interference that might be caused to radio listeners. The station must be reasonably accessible from the bureau, as frequent transportation of apparatus will be necessary. If no other site on Government-owned land more readily accessible can be found, a reasonably satisfactory location is available on the experimental farm at Beltsville, Md. Preliminary arrangements for using it have been made with the Department of Agriculture.

The approximate allocation of costs included in the estimate for which authorization is requested is as follows:

MEMORIAL HIGHWAY TO CONNECT MOUNT VERNON WITH ARLINGTON MEMORIAL BRIDGE

MARCH 19, 1930.-Ordered to be printed

Mr. TILSON, from the committee of conference, submitted the following

CONFERENCE REPORT

[To accompany S. 3168]

The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the House to the bill (S. 3168) to amend the act entitled "An act to authorize and direct the survey, construction, and maintenance of a memorial highway to connect Mount Vernon, in the State of Virginia, with the Arlington Memorial Bridge across the Potomac River at Washington," by adding thereto two new sections, to be numbered sections 8 and 9, having met, after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows:

That the Senate recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the House and agree to the same with an amendment as follows:

Restore the matter proposed to be stricken out by the amendment of the House, and on page 4 of the Senate bill, line 9, after "conditions" insert, including the matter of revocation,; and on page 5 of the Senate bill, line 5, after "basis" insert Provided, That any plan of any building which may be constructed shall have the approval of the Commission of Fine Arts; and the House agree to the same. That the House recede from its amendment to the title of the bill.

SIMEON D. FESS,

R. B. HOWELL,
KENNETH MCKELLAR,

Managers on the part of the Senate.

JOHN Q. TILSON,

C. C. DOWELL,

R. WALTON MOORE,

Managers on the part of the House.

STATEMENT OF THE MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

The managers on the part of the House at the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the bill (S. 3168) to amend the act entitled "An act to authorize and direct the survey, construction, and maintenance of a memorial highway to connect Mount Vernon, in the State of Virginia, with the Arlington Memorial Bridge across the Potomac River at Washington," by adding thereto two new sections, to be numbered sections 8 and 9, submit the following statement in explanation of the effect of the action agreed upon by the conferees and recommended in the accompanying conference report:

The bill adds two new sections (8 and 9) to the act of May 23, 1928, providing for the Mount Vernon Memorial Highway. In order to provide adequate traffic connections for the memorial highway with the existing Highway Bridge across the Potomac River at the foot of Fourteenth Street, the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized by the new section 8 to convert the second pier from the south end of the Highway Bridge into an abutment, to remove the two south spans of the bridge, and to replace the same by a roadway. The expense of this work is to be borne by the United States. The Secretary of Agriculture, with the approval of the commission, is also authorized by the new section 9 to enter into an agreement for the erection and leasing of a suitable refreshment building at the entrance to the Mount Vernon estate, title to such building to remain in the United States, and the plans therefor to be approved by the Commission on Fine Arts.

The House amendment struck out all of the new section 9 added by the Senate bill to such act of May 23, 1928, and amended the title of the bill by striking out the reference to the new section 9. The Senate recedes from its disagreement to the amendment of the House and agrees to the same with an amendment restoring section 9 of the Senate bill and adding the provisions that the terms and conditions prescribed by the Secretary of Agriculture with respect to the privilege of operating the refreshment building shall include the matter of revocation and that the plan of any building constructed for that purpose shall have the approval of the Commission of Fine Arts. The House recedes from its amendment to the title of the bill.

TO REMOVE CLOUD AS TO TITLE OF LANDS AT FORT LYTTLETON

MARCH 19, 1930.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed

Mr. HARE, from the Committee on the Public Lands, submitted the

following

REPORT

[To accompany H. R. 9198)

The Committee on the Public Lands, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 9198) to remove cloud as to title of lands at Fort Lyttleton, S. C., having considered the same, report it favorably to the House and recommend that it do pass without amendment.

The purposes of this legislation are fuly explained in letters from the Secretary of War and the Secretary of the Treasury. These letters are herein set out in full for the information of the House.

Hon. DoN B. COLTON,

MARCH 15, 1930.

Chairman Committee on the Public Lands,

House of Representatives.

DEAR MR. COLTON: Careful consideration has been given to the bill (H. R. 9198) to remove cloud as to title of lands at Fort Lyttleton, S. C., which you transmitted to the War Department under date of January 31, 1930, with a request for information and the views of the department relative thereto.

Briefly stated, the facts regarding the Fort Lyttleton reservation are as follows: By act of December 17, 1808 (3 Stat. L. S. C. 576), the State of South Carolina ceded to the United States for military purposes a tract of five acres which included the site of Fort Lyttleton. There was failure of commissioners representing the State and Nation to function in fixing specific boundaries, yet the site was well known, being located on a prominent point on the west bank of the river about one mile south of the city of Beaufort and must have contained the walls and embankments comprising the fortifications. Reference is here made to the accompanying official maps. In 1848 the Secretary of War leased those premises at a nominal rental for a period "during the pleasure" of the Secretary of War, to one Nathaniel Heyward, jr., who may have had possession of adjoining land. The place was probably used by the Union forces during the occupancy of that locality in the Civil War. No data have been found showing subsequent military

use

In September last the Secretary of the Treasury furnished to the War Department a copy of the letter bearing date of September 18, 1929, addressed by Acting Secretary of the Treasury Ogden L. Mills to Hon. W. F. Stevenson, House of Representatives, in reply to an inquiry respecting the interests in said land alleged to be claimed by private parties. The reply contained a summary in which it was noted that under the provisions of Federal laws enacted in the Čivil War period placing a direct tax on land, the United States direct tax commissioners on selling land in the vicinity in question for nonpayment of taxes in 1866 did not except this reservation; that inasmuch as said property was not subject to any taxation whatever, the sale of that plot was null and void and did not operate to pass title.

It appears that the fact of Government ownership was not well known after the Civil War, and this evidently accounts for the error of the direct-tax commissioners. It is also understood that the county land records were lost through the burning of the courthouse about 1864, and therefore those who have depended upon the invalid tax title were unable to trace recorded matters, and evidently assumed that previous ownership had been vested in private parties. Representation has been made by Mr. Lawrence Kirkland, an attorney of Camden, S. C., that the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank, Columbia, S. C., had, through its transactions, come into the possession of this tract; then disposed of it by warranty deed, and now has a mortgage thereon to secure a loan. In all transactions based upon the tax title it is understood that the Government reservation was not segregated, but was carried along with adjoining lands. The place has been used by private interests for a long time, in connection with dredging of phosphate rock from the river, boat buildings, and more recently for shrimp packing. Such improvements as still remain were made by those occupants.

The United States obtained an absolute title to the 5 acres of land at Fort Lyttleton, and it is not regarded that any change in the legal status resulted from the unauthorized and erroneous action of the direct tax commissioners, nor that any law relative to acquisition of title through adverse possession has application. There is now, however, no apparent need for this land in the military service. If, as appears probable from the papers before me, the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Columbia has executed a warranty deed, including this land, thus indirectly involving funds of the United States in securing confirmation of the title in its grantee, the War Department will interpose no objection to the passage of the bill if such action is recommended by the Secretary of the Treasury.

Sincerely yours.

Hon. DoN B. COLTON,

PATRICK J. HURLEY,
Secretary of War.
FEBRUARY 17, 1930.

Chairman Committee on the Public Lands,

House of Representatives, Washington, D. C.

DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: In accordance with the request contained in your letter of January 31, 1930, addressed to the Federal Farm Loan Board, careful consideration has been given to bill H. R. 9198, the purpose of which is to authorize the Secretary of War to convey whatever right, title, and interest the United States may have in 5 acres of land, the site of old Fort Lyttleton, to the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Columbia, thereby enabling that institution to convey good, merchantable title to its grantee.

The Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Columbia is a corporation organized under the agricultural credits act of 1923, and all its capital stock is owned by the Government of the United States. In April, 1927, the trustee in bankruptcy of the estate of the Truckers Supply Co., bankrupt, pursuant to an order of court conveyed to the Federal Intermediate Credit Bank of Columbia certain real estate which included lot 2, in section 18, township 1, south of the Beaufort base line and range 1, west of the St. Helena meridian, containing 10 acres of land, this and the other property having been covered by a mortgage executed and delivered by the Truckers Supply Co. to the South Carolina Credit Cor