APPOINTMENT OF COMMISSIONERS BY THE COURT OF CLAIMS JUNE 14, 1930.-Ordered to be printed Mr. GRAHAM, from the committee of conference, submitted the following CONFERENCE REPORT [To accompany H. R. 7822] The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 7822) amending section 2 and repealing section 3 of the act approved February 24, 1925 (43 Stat. 964; ch. 301) entitled "An act to authorize the appointment of commissioners by the Court of Claims and to prescribe their powers and compensation," 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 Senate recede from its amendment numbered 2 and the amendment to the title of the bill. That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 1, and agree to the same. GEORGE S. GRAHAM, L. C. DYER, A. J. MONTague, Managers on the part of the House. F. H. GILLETT, H. D. STEPHENS, Managers on the part of the Senate. HR-71-2-VOL 4- -62 STATEMENT ON THE PART OF THE MANAGERS OF THE HOUSE The managers on the part of the House at the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill H. R. 7822, amending section 2 and repealing section 3 of the act approved February 24, 1925 (43 Stat. 964; ch. 301), entitled "An act to authorize the appointment of commissioners by the Court of Claims and to prescribe their powers and compensation," and for other purposes, submit the following detailed statement in explanation of the effect of the action agreed upon and recommended in the conference report, namely, amendment No. 1 of the Senate to which the conferees have agreed merely changes the description of the act amended by the bill. It is purely formal and in no way alters the substance of the House provision. It is briefer than the description embodied in the first section as the House passed the bill and in its effect it is identical and amounts merely to a choice of language. The Senate recedes from its amendment No. 2 to the bill and the conferees have restored the House provision. The only substantial change sought to be made by the Senate by its amendment was to limit the life of the act until January 11, 1934. No such limitation was contained in the House bill and by the action of the conferees they have restored the provision of the House bill. With Senate amendment No. 2 eliminated from the bill there is no necessity to amend the title. GEORGE S. GRAHAM, A. J. MONTAGUE, Managers on the part of the House. 71ST CONGRESS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 2d Session AMEND THE NATURALIZATION LAWS IN RESPECT TO RESIDENCE REQUIREMENTS JUNE 14, 1930.-Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed Mr. JOHNSON of Washington, from the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H. R. 12487] The Committee on Immigration and Naturalization, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 12487) to amend the naturalization laws in respect to residence requirements and for other purposes, reports it back to the House with an amendment and recommends that as amended the bill do pass. This bill will permit an alien who has made his declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United States to be absent, after the passage of this act, from the United States for more than one year without breaking the continuity of his residence for naturalization purposes. Such an alien having made a declaration of intention must establish to the satisfaction of the Secretary of Labor that his absence from the United States is to be solely for the purpose of carrying on scientific research on behalf of the United States Government or on behalf of an American institution of research which has been recognized as such by the Secretary of Labor. Under the terms of the bill an application may be forwarded to the Secretary while the alien is outside of the United States if during such absence he should enter into contractual relations with the Government of the United States or with an American institution of research to carry on scientific research. Such application must, however, be received and be approved before the absence of the applicant has been for one year, if he is to have his absence from the United States of one year or more become of such a character as to relieve him of loss of residence in the United States for naturalization purposes. The contract of employment must be consummated before the completion of the year of residence that would result in loss of naturalization residence in the United States. The scientific research is not confined to the pure sciences but includes such subjects as law, sociology, political economy, and other kindred subjects. The present naturalization law does not permit an alien to be absent from the United States for a year without causing loss of residence for naturalization purposes. The amendment also makes provision for certain cases where the period of absence under contractual relations with the Government of the United States or an American institution of research has been within the five years immediately preceding the enactment of the act. The fourth subdivision of section 4 of the act of June 29, 1906, as amended by this act reads as follows, the new matter being shown in italic: No alien shall be admitted to citizenship unless (1) immediately preceding the date of his petition the alien has resided continuously within the United States for at least five years and within the county where the petitioner resided at the time of filing his petition for at least six months, (2) he has resided continuously within the United States from the date of his petition up to the time of his admission to citizenship, and (3) during all the periods referred to in this subdivision he has behaved as a person of good moral character, attached to the principles of the Constitution of the United States, and well disposed to the good order and happiness of the United States. At the hearing of the petition, residence in the county where the petitioner resides at the time of filing his petition, and the other qualifications required by this subdivision during such residence, shall be proved by the oral testimony of at least two credible witnesses, citizens of the United States, in addition to the affidavits required by this act to be included in the petition. If the petitioner has resided in two or more places in such county and for this reason two witnesses can not be procured to testify as to all such residence, it may be proved by the oral testimony of two such witnesses for each such place of residence, in addition to the affidavits required by this act to be included in the petition. At the hearing, residence within the United States but outside the county, and the other qualifications required by this subdivision during such residence shall be proved either by depositions made before a naturalization examiner or by the oral testimony of at least two such witnesses for each place of residence. If an individual returns to the country of his allegiance and remains therein for a continuous period of more than six months and less than one year during the period immediately preceding the date of filing the petition for citizenship for which continuous residence is required as a condition precedent to admission to citizenship, the continuity of such residence shall be presumed to be broken, but such presumption may be overcome by the presentation of satisfactory evidence that such individual had a reasonable cause for not returning to the Untied States prior to the expiration of such six months. Absence from the United States for a continuous period of one year or more during the period immediately preceding the date of filing the petition for citizenship for which continuous residence is required as a condition precedent to admission to citizenship shall break the continuity of such residence, except that in the case of an alien declarant for citizenship employed by or under contract with the Government of the United States or an American institution of research recognized as such by the Secretary of Labor, no period of residence outside the United States shall break the continuity of residence if (1) prior to the beginning of such period (whether such period begins before or after his departure from the United States) the alien has established to the satisfaction of the Secretary of Labor that his absence from the United States for such period is to be solely for the purpose of carrying on scientific research on behalf of such Government or institution, and (2) such alien proves to the satisfaction of the court that his absence from the United States for such period has been solely for such purpose. O EQUITABLE DISTRIBUTION OF EARNINGS OF FEDERAL RESERVE BANKS JUNE 14, 1930.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. STEAGALL, from the Committee on Banking and Currency, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H. R. 10211] The Committee on Banking and Currency, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 10211) to provide for a more equitable distribution of the earnings of Federal reserve banks, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with the recommendation that the bill do pass without amendment. The purpose of this bill is to secure a more equitable distribution of the earnings of Federal reserve banks. Under the law as it now exists a member bank is required to subscribe to the capital stock in a Federal reserve bank in an amount equal to 6 per cent of the capital stock of the member bank and to maintain balances equal to 7 per cent of the regular deposits and to 3 per cent of time deposits of such member banks. Federal reserve banks after paying stockholding member banks a dividend of 6 per cent annually on the stock held by them, are required to carry to their surplus fund all the remaining net profits until the surplus fund equals the subscribed capital, after which 90 per cent of all remaining net profits must be paid into the Treasury of the United States as a franchise tax and the other 10 per cent applied to surplus. Member banks are allowed no other returns on their stock and balances than the 6 per cent dividend of stock held by them in Federal reserve banks. Federal reserve banks have accumulated a surplus of $276,936,000 and have paid into the Federal Treasury as a franchise tax $147,109,573. In addition, Federal reserve banks have absorbed the initial costs incident to the inauguration of the system, including the expenditures incident to the vast building program which has been consummated. The total net profits of the Federal reserve banks up to January, 1930, are $515,215,983. From the standpoint of member |