SIXTH PAN AMERICAN CHILD CONGRESS MARCH 24, 1930.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered to be printed Mrs. OWEN, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, submitted the following REPORT (To accompany H. J. Res. 270] The Committee on Foreign Affairs, to which was referred the resolution (H. J. Res. 270) authorizing an appropriation to defray the expenses of the participation of the Government in the Sixth Pan American Child Congress, to be held at Lima, Peru, July, 1930, having considered the same, 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 March 5, 1930, as follows: To the Congress of the United States: I commend to the favorable consideration of the Congress, the inclosed report from the Acting Secretary of State, to the end that legislation may be enacted to authorize an appropriation of the sum of $13,000 for the expenses of participation by the United States in the Sixth Pan American Child Congress, to be held at Lima, Peru, July, 1930. THE WHITE HOUSE, March 5, 1930. The PRESIDENT: HERBERT HOOVER. In 1928, under authority of the Congress (Public Resolution No. 31, approved May 3, 1928), the United States became a contributing member to the American International Institute for the Protection of Childhood, with office located at Montevideo, Uruguay. This institute was created in accordance with a general resolution adopted at the Fourth Pan American Child Welfare Congress, at Santiago, Chile, October, 1924, for the purpose of complete and permanent collaboration dedicated to the mutual knowledge of efforts in behalf of childhood and to be a center for study, documentation, conference, and propaganda in America of everything pertaining to the child. This institute is to favor the periodic convocation of Pan American child congresses. At the fifth congress, held in 1927 in Habana, Cuba, 14 American countries participated. The topics covered were medicine, hygience, education, sociology, psychology, and legislation. The fifth congress designated Lima, Peru, as the seat of the next congress, and the Peruvian Government has extended an invitation to the Government of the United States to be represented at the sixth Pan American congress, to convene July 4, 1930. There is inclosed a memorandum from the Children's Bureau, Department of Labor, setting forth the reasons why official participation by the United States in the sixth congress is considered desirable. I, therefore, have the honor to recommend that the congress be requested to enact legislation to authorize the appropriation of the sum of $13,000 for the expenses of participation by the United States in the Sixth Pan American Child Congress, to be held at Lima, Peru, July, 1930. As a matter of convenience, a tentative draft of the desired legislation is inclosed herewith. Respectfully submitted. DEPARTMENT OF STATE, J. P. COTTON, Acting Secretary of State. Washington, March 5, 1930. PARTICIPATION OF THE UNITED STATES IN THE SIXTH PAN AMERICAN CHILD CONGRESS UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, The Sixth Pan American Child Congress (Sexto Congreso Panamericano del Niño) will be held in Lima, Peru, probably in July, 1930. Representation of the United States in the first three Pan American Child Congresses was limited to Americans resident at the seat of the congress or to nongovernmental representatives, of whom one attended the third congress. Five official delegates from the United States, designated as such by the Department of State, attended the fourth congress, held in Chile in 1924, and 14 official delegates attended the fifth congress, held in Cuba in 1927. Five unofficial representatives of organizations in the United States also attended the fifth congress. All these delegates went at their own expense or at the expense of the public or private organizations which they represented. No special appropriation has ever been made for attendance at the child congresses. The accessibility of Cuba to the United States made it relatively easy to obtain a representative delegation to the fifth congress without a special appropriation, but it will be extremely difficult to obtain such a delegation for the congress to be held in Peru unless provision for payment of expenses is made. Considerable progress has been made in Pan American cooperation in matters affecting social welfare and the welfare of children since the 1924 congress, held in Chile, and it becomes increasingly important that the United States participate in the child congresses through competent and representative delegations of experts. It is probable that the Sixth Pan-American Child Congress will include in its agenda the subjects of medicine, public health, sociology (social work), psychology, education, and legislation, as these are related to the welfare of children. Most of the work of the congress will be done in section meetings, and it is important that the United States delegation be such as to permit attendance of delegates at the various sections who are experts in the subjects discussed. This would mean a delegation of eight or nine persons, including experts in the fields of child welfare, child health, and education. Because of the language difficulty, it is important that papers prepared by delegates from the United States be translated into Spanish and printed in advance of the congress. The United States will probably be asked to send a childwelfare exhibit. The services of at least two interpreters who can also act as secretaries to the delegation will also be needed. O INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM EXPOSITION AT TULSA, OKLA MARCH 24, 1930.-Referred to House Calendar and ordered to be printed Mr. ELLIS, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H. J. Res. 244] The Committee on Foreign Affairs, to which was referred House Joint Resolution 244, authorizing the President to invite the States of the Union and foreign countries to participate in the International Petroleum Exposition at Tulsa, Okla., to be held October 4 to 11, 1930, inclusive, having considered the same, reports it to the House with the recommendation that it do pass without amendment. This resolution authorizes the President to invite the States of the Union and foreign countries to participate in a permanent international trade exposition to be held at Tulsa, Okla., beginning October 4, 1930. The resolution does not call for an appropriation of any money whatever from the Federal Treasury. Its purpose is to give recognition and encouragement by the Government to this international trade exposition in the usual manner and is similar to numerous other resoultions passed by Congress with regard to other expositions which have been held in the United States from time to time. The International Petroleum Exposition (Inc.) is a nonprofit organization formed for the purpose of promoting better trade relations between the people of the United States and also between the United States and foreign countries, and to facilitate the growth of commerce both local and foreign. Arrangements for this exposition are well under way, but in order to make the exposition a greater success from the standpoint of encouraging foreign commerce, it is necessary for Congress to pass this resolution at the earliest date possible so that the State Department may officially invite the States of the Union and foreign countries to participate. O 71ST CONGRESS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session CONSTRUCTION OF RURAL POST ROADS MARCH 25, 1930.-Ordered to be printed Mr. DOWELL, from the committee of conference, submitted the following CONFERENCE REPORT [To accompany H. R. 5616] The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 5616) to amend the act entitled "An act to provide that the United States shall aid the States in the construction of rural post roads, and for other purposes," approved July 11, 1916, as amended and supplemented, and for other purposes, having met, after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 2, and agree to the same. Amendment Numbered 1: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 1, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: In lieu of the matter inserted by said amendment insert the following: Sec. 3. Section 6 of such act of July 11, 1916, as amended and supplemented, is further amended so that the limitation of payments which the Secretary of Agriculture may make is increased to $25,000 per mile, exclusive of the cost of bridges of more than twenty feet clear span: Provided, That the Federal participation shall be limited to $15,000 per mile until the original certified 7 per cent system of such State shall have been surfaced: Provided, further, That any such increase above $15,000 per mile shall be certified by the Director of the Bureau of Public Roads and the Secretary of Agriculture as securing actual extension of the highway system or economy in its construction: Provided further, That the limitation of payments herein provided shall apply to the public-land States, except that the same is hereby increased in proportion to the |