Amendment numbered 16:

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 16, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows:

Restore the matter stricken out by said amendment, amended to read as follows:

National Capital Park and Planning Commission

For each and every purpose requisite for an incident to the work of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission necessary toward carrying into effect the provisions of the act entitled "An act for the acquisition, establishment, and development of the George Washington Memorial Parkway along the Potomac from Mount Vernon and Fort Washington to the Great Falls, and to provide for the acquisition of lands in the District of Columbia and the States of Maryland and Virginia requisite to the comprehensive park, parkway, and playground system of the National Capital," approved May 29, 1930; personal services in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, including real-estate and other technical services at rates of pay to be fixed by the commission and not exceeding those usual for similar services and without reference to civil-service rules and the classification act of 1923, as amended; travel expenses; per diem in lieu of subsistence for members of field parties; purchase of two passengercarrying automobiles at not to exceed $1,000 each and the operation and maintenance thereof; survey, searching of titles, purchase of options, and all other costs incident to the acquisition of land, reimbursements to be made as prescribed in such act, $1,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That the reimbursement to be made to the United States by the District of Columbia for advances under section 4 of such act of May 29, 1930, shall commence on June 30, 1932, instead of on June 30, 1931, as provided in such section.

And the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 60:

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 60, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows:

In line 10 of the matter inserted by said amendment strike out the numerals "26" and insert in lieu thereof 27; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 74:

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 74, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows:

After the sum of $281,305 named in said amendment insert the following:, to be expended subject to the provisions of section 2 of the act entitled "An act to authorize an appropriation for the purchase of land adjoining Fort Bliss, Texas," approved June 17, 1930; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 94:

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 94, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows:

In lieu of the matter inserted by said amendment insert the following:

For payment of the judgment, including costs of suit, rendered against the United States by the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York under the provisions of the act of May 1, 1926 (44 Stat., pt. 3, p. 1465), certified to the Seventy-first Congress in Senate Document Numbered 206, as follows: Under the War Department, $43,652.13.

And the Senate agree to the same.

The committee of conference have not agreed on amendments numbered 3, 11, 12, 13, 21, 22, 27, 30, 31, 33, 39, 42, 43, 47, 70, and 76.

WILL R. WOOD,

LOUIS C. CRAMTON,
EDWARD H. WASON,

EDWARD T. TAYLOR,

W. A. AYRES,

Managers on the part of the House.

W. L. JONES,

FREDERICK HALE,

LAWRENCE C. PHIPPS,

LEE S. OVERMAN,

CARTER GLASS,

Managers on the part of the Senate.

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 amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 12902) making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1930, and prior fiscal years, to provide supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1930, and June 30, 1931, and for other purposes, submit the following statement explaining the effect of the actionagreed upon by the conference committee and submitted in the accom panying conference report:

Nos. 1, 2, 4, and 5, relating to the Senate: Appropriates $600 for payment to William A. Folger, and $30,000 for contingent expenses of the Senate, as proposed by the Senate, and strikes out the proposal of the Senate for the use of not to exceed $750 from the contingent fund of the Senate, fiscal year 1931, for supplies for the emergency room and attending physician.

No. 6: Appropriates $7,535.15 for contingent expenses, House of Representatives, fiscal year 1930, as proposed by the Senate, instead of $5,035.15, as proposed by the House.

Nos. 7 and 8, relating to the Architect of the Capitol: Makes provision for payment for architectural services of Pierson & Wilson, as proposed by the Senate, and corrects the subhead of the appropriation proposed by the House for the Capitol power plant.

No. 9: Appropriates $404,190.68 for enlargement and relocation of the Botanic Garden, as proposed by the Senate, instead of $341,378.68, as proposed by the House, amended by indicating that only so much as is necessary shall be available.

No. 10: Strikes out the appropriation of $50,000, proposed by the Senate, for revising and extending an index to the Federal Statutes. No. 14: Appropriates an additional sum of $111,920 for the Federal Power Commission, fiscal year 1931, as proposed by the Senate. No. 15: Strikes out the appropriation of $25,000 proposed by the Senate for the investigation and audit of transactions of the Indians of the State of New York.

No. 16: Restores the appropriation of $1,000,000, proposed by the House, on account of the George Washington Memorial Parkway, amended with respect to the employment and expenses of personnel and to provide for the purchase of options.

No. 17: Restores the proposal of the House in connection with the appropriation for Porto Rican relief to require that disbursements shall be subject to the approval of the Governor of Porto Rico.

No. 18: Continues available during 1931 the unexpended balances of certain appropriations of the Tariff Commission for the fiscal year 1930, as proposed by the Senate.

No. 19: Appropriates $8,000 for participation of the United States in the celebration of the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the

siege of Yorktown, Va., and the surrender of Lord Cornwallis, as proposed by the Senate.

Nos. 20, 23, 24, 25, 26, and 28, relating to the District of Columbia: Continues available during the fiscal year 1931 the unexpended balances of appropriations for school buildings and playground sites for the fiscal years 1929 and 1930, as proposed by the Senate; appropriates $53,680, as proposed by the Senate, for salaries and other court expenses attendant upon the provision of two additional associate justices of the supreme court; appropriates $40,220, as proposed by the Senate, for salaries and other court expenses attendant upon the provision of two additional justices of the court of appeals, and strikes out the appropriation of $250,000, proposed by the Senate, for the elimination of a railroad grade crossing at or near Fern Street.

Nos. 29 and 32, relating to the Department of Agriculture: Strikes out the appropriation of $80,000, proposed by the Senate, for phony peach eradication, and appropriates $50,000, as proposed by the Senate, for carrying into effect the perishable agricultural commodities

act.

Nos. 34 to 38, inclusive, and 40, relating to the Department of Commerce: Appropriates $400,000 for enlargement of the grounds of the Bureau of Standards, as proposed by the Senate; appropriates an additional amount of $70,000 for enlarging the site of the lighthouse depot at Chelsea, Mass., as proposed by the Senate; appropriates additional amounts for the fiscal year 1931 under the Bureau of Fisheries, as proposed by the Senate, as follows: Propagation of food fishes, $25,000; inquiry respecting food fishes, $42,000; and fishery industries, $24,000; and continues available during the fiscal year 1931 the appropriation of $40,000, proposed by the House, for photolithographing expenses, Patent Office, as proposed by the

Senate.

Nos. 41, 44, 45, and 46 relating to the Interior Department: Appropriates an additional sum of $5,000 for the fiscal year 1931 for contingent expenses of the Bureau of Pensions; appropriates an additional sum of $38,000 for a central heating plant at the Tacoma (Wash.), Indian hospital, and appropriates an additional sum of $128,000 for the fiscal year 1931 under the Bureau of Pensions of which $100,000 is on account of recent pension legislation and $28,000 is on account of the employees' retirement act, all as proposed by the Senate.

No. 48: Makes that part of the appropriation for the fiscal year 1931 for enforcement of narcotic and national prohibition acts which is transferred to the Bureau of Prohibition in the Department of Justice available for rent in the District of Columbia, as proposed by the Senate.

Nos. 49 and 50, relating to the Court of Customs and Patent Appeals: Appropriates an additional amount of $2,000 for salaries, fiscal year 1931, and appropriates $3,500 and otherwise makes available $3,100 for printing and binding, all as proposed by the Senate.

No. 51: Continues available during the fiscal year 1931 certain unexpended balances of 1930 appropriations for salaries and miscellaneous expenses, Bureau of Labor Statistics, as proposed by the Senate.

Nos. 52 to 57, inclusive, relating to the Navy Department: Appropriates an additional amount of $295.30 for claims for damages by

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naval vessels; makes the appropriation for operation and conservation of the naval petroleum reserves, fiscal year 1931, available for personal services; appropriates $1,200 for purchase of a bronze bust of Lieut. James Melville Gillis, United States Navy, to be presented to the Chilean National Observatory; makes the appropriation proposed by the House for the rifle range at Guantanamo, Cuba, available until expended; all as proposed by the Senate; and strikes out the appropriation of $50,000, proposed by the Senate, for the acquisition of additional land for the naval air station, Seattle, Wash.

Nos. 58 to 66, inclusive, relating to the Department of State: Appropriates an additional amount of $50,000 for contingent expenses of foreign missions, fiscal year 1931; makes the appropriations for the fiscal year 1931 for contingent expenses of foreign missions and United States consulates available for quarters, heat, and light for civilian officers and employees stationed in foreign countries as provided by recent law; appropriates $130,631.80 for relief of certain officers and employees of the Foreign Service, in accordance with the act approved June 27, 1930; appropriates $22,500 for the share of the United States in the joint investigation of the fisheries of Passamaquoddy and Cobscook Bays by the United States and Canada; appropriates $13,000 for expenses of participation by the Government of the United States in the Sixth Pan American Child Congress, Lima, Peru; appropriates an additional amount of $30,000 for the fiscal year 1931 for the expenses of the sixth session of the Permanent International Association of Road Congresses; appropriates $250,000 for the expenses of participation by the United States in an International Exposition of Colonial and Overseas Countries, Paris, France; appropriates $5,000 for the expenses of participation by the United States in the International Hygiene Exhibition at Dresden, Germany; and appropriates $20 and reappropriates $30, making s total of $50, for the share of the United States of the expenses of the Central Bureau of the International Map of the World; all as proposed by the Senate.

Nos. 67, 68, 69, 71, 72, and 73, relating to the Treasury Depart ment: Strikes out the appropriation of $35,000, proposed by the Senate, for the construction and equipment of a Coast Guard station on the coast of Green Bay at or in the vicinity of Strawberry Passage, in Door County, Wis.; strikes out the additional appropriation of $130,500 for the fiscal year 1931, proposed by the Senate, for studies in rural sanitation; strikes out the appropriation of $100,000, proposed by the Senate, for a survey in connection with the control of cancer; provides $300,000 for the construction of a post office, courthouse, etc., at Las Vegas, Nev., as proposed by the Senate, so as to provide accommodation for the courts, instead of $200,000, as proposed by the House, which did not contemplate court accommodation; corrects the text and modifies the alternate provisions contained in the act of March 4, 1929, with respect to a site for a building for post office and other Government offices in New York City, and authorizes the procurement by contract of preliminary sketches of a courthouse proposed to be erected on the property so acquired.

Nos. 74, 75, 77, 78, 79, and 80, relating to the War Department: Appropriates $281,305 for the acquisition of land, Fort Bliss, Tex.; $25,000 for the construction of a revetment wall at Fort Moultrie, S. C.; $200,000 for the acquisition of land at Maxwell Field, Ala.;