ENCOURAGING TRAVEL IN THE UNITED STATES JUNE 30, 1939.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. MARTIN of Colorado, from the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H. R. 6884] The Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 6884) to encourage travel in the United States, and for other purposes, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with amendment and recommend that the bill as amended do pass. The amendments are as follows: Page 2, line 23, following "merce" and after the comma insert "the Interstate Commerce Commission," Page 3, line 6, strike out "Board", and insert "committee". O JOHN AND NORAH BUTURUGA JUNE 30, 1939.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed Mr. MACIEJEWSKI, from the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H. R. 4846] The Committee on Immigration and Naturalization, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 4846) for the relief of John Buturuga and Norah Buturuga, having considered the same, report it back to the House without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass. PURPOSE OF THE BILL The purpose of the bill is to cancel the warrant of arrest and order of deportation and to legalize their entry. GENERAL INFORMATION The alien appeared before the committee and testified. He was also represented by an attorney. There also appeared and testified a representative from the office of the Member of Congress, Mr. Somers, who introduced the bill. There was also present a representative of the Department of Labor, who had the file of the Department in the case. The aliens are man and wife. The husband is a native of Rumania. His wife is a native of England. From the testimony it appears that both aliens immigrated to Canada; that in 1929 they entered the United States presumably for a temporary stay. There was no fraud in their entries. They were married in the United States and have continued to reside here ever since. There was born to this family three American children, one of whom was accidentally killed. The husband is in the business of selling and trading automobiles. His business is valued at about $6,000. On a business trip to Philadelphia in 1933 he accompanied a friend to a restaurant, which in fact was a speakeasy. After making purchases there, he tendered a $10 bill in payment of the check. The proprietor gave it to an employee to go out and secure change. The employee returned saying that he could not get change, and handed back a $10 bill to this alien. The alien thereupon went out to secure change and presented the bill at a cigar store that was close by. The cigar-store manager told him the bill was a counterfeit. The alien returned to the speakeasy and called the police. They were taken into custody and the alien employed an attorney. He advised the attorney that he had entered the United States illegally. The attorney, therefore, advised him that he would be subject to a small fine or sentence for having in his possession a counterfeit bill. Upon the suggestion and advice of his attorney he pleaded guilty to the possession of a counterfeit bill in order to avoid testifying as to how he entered the United States. The facts became known to the Department of Labor, and the family was ordered deported. It appears from the statements of the Department of Labor that his family would have to be broken up, as the wife would be subject to deportation to England and the husband to Rumania. According to the statement of the representative of the Department of Labor, England would refuse to receive the alien, and the same applies to the husband in Rumania. Therefore, as these aliens could not be deported, and also considering the fact that their children are American-born, this committee recommends favorable action on this bill, and so reports the same. There was submitted to the committee a number of letters of recommendation as to the character of the aliens, and according to which, they are respectful and law-abiding. It is not thought necessary to attach the numerous letters filed in this case. O NIAGARA FALLS BRIDGE COMMISSION JUNE 30, 1939.-Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed Mr. BLOOM, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H. R. 6928] The Committee on Foreign Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 6928) to extend the times for commencing and completing the construction of a bridge across the Niagara River at or near the city of Niagara Falls, N. Y., and for other purposes, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with an amendment and recommend that the bill as amended do pass. The amendment is as follows: Page 2, strike out all of section 2, and insert a new section, as follows: SEC. 2. That so much of section 4 of Public Resolution Numbered 117 of the Seventy-fifth Congress which reads as follows: "The bridge constructed under the authority of this joint resolution shall be deemed to be an instrumentality for international commerce authorized by the Government of the United States, and said bridge and the income derived therefrom shall be exempt from all Federal, State, municipal, and local taxation, and said bonds and the interest thereon shall be exempt from all Federal, State, municipal, and local taxation" is hereby repealed. This bill amends section 4 of Public Resolution No. 117, Seventyfifth Congress (52 Stat. 767), and in accordance with clause 2a, rule 13, section 4 is inserted in this report with the language to be stricken in black brackets: SECTION 4, PUBLIC LAW NO. 117, SEVENTY-FIFTH CONGRESS SEC. 4. The Commission and its successors and assigns are hereby authorized to provide for the payment of the cost of the bridge and its approaches and the necessary lands, easements, and appurtenances thereto by an issue or issues of bonds of the Commission, bearing interest at not more than 6 per centum per annum, payable annually or at shorter intervals, maturing not more than forty years from their date of issuance, such bonds and the interest thereon, and any premium to be paid for retirement thereof before maturity, to be payable solely from the sinking fund provided in accordance with this joint resolution. Such |