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8. That the Archivist be required to make a report to Congress, at the beginning of each regular session, covering the operations of the said library, including a detailed statement of all accessions, dispositions, receipts, and expenditures for the preceding fiscal year. 9. That the cost incurred by the Archivist in carrying out his duties in connection with the said library be paid out of the appropriations to The National Archives Establishment as other costs and expenses of The National Archives Establishment are paid.

HISTORICAL MATERIAL INCLUDED IN GIFT

The historical material included in Mr. Roosevelt's gift consists of the following:

Public and personal papers. These include practically all of Mr. Roosevelt's incoming, and copies of practically all of his outgoing, correspondence as well as other material covering the years of his services as New York senator, 1910-13; as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1913-20; as Governor of New York, 1929-33; and as President of the United States. They include also a large volume of political material, especially material relating to the Presidential campaigns of 1920, 1924, 1928, 1932, and 1936, and a smaller accumulation of other material of a miscellaneous character.

Historical manuscripts, maps, paintings, etc.-These consist of material relating to American history, especially the history of the American Navy since 1775, which over a period of many years Mr. Roosevelt has collected from various sources. They include letters, log books, and other manuscripts, and also paintings, drawings, prints, and models of many famous American naval vessels.

New York State material. This group embraces a comparatively small but historically valuable collection of material relating to the history of the State of New York.

Books and pamphlets.-Mr. Roosevelt's library contains approximately 15,000 books and pamphlets. Some of them are rare items, many are autographed copies from the authors, and the great bulk of them are important works on American history.

A recent survey of the portion of the material that is now stored in Washington shows that the papers and books occupy between 5,000 and 6,000 linear feet of shelf space. Other items include over 400 pictures and prints of sizes varying from 12 by 18 inches to 36 by 48 inches in addition to many smaller ones, and 37 ship models. At Albany, N. Y., there are, in addition, approximately 50 boxes, size 2 by 2 by 2 feet, containing the personal and unofficial public papers of Mr. Roosevelt's two administrations as Governor of New York. There is also a considerable miscellaneous collection at his residence at Hyde Park, N. Y., which has not yet been surveyed.

ENDORSEMENT OF THE PROJECT

Before finally arriving at his decision to offer these collections to the Government, Mr. Roosevelt sought the advice of a representative group of distinguished American scholars and publicists and, with their advice and approval, worked out the plan proposed. There was organized also, under the chairmanship of Hon. Frank C. Walker, group of businessmen and other public-spirited citizens to help in raising funds for the construction of the library building at private rather than public expense.

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Perhaps it may be helpful to mention some of the considerations that led Mr. Roosevelt to his decision:

In the first place, the group of scholars and historians whom he consulted were of the opinion that his collections are too voluminous to be adequately preserved and administered by an individual and too important as source material for the study of recent American history to justify their being permanently held in private custody. Moreover, since more than nine-tenths of the material postdates the year 1928, and thus relates to a very definite period in our history, it was agreed that the collection should not be broken up and scattered as has happened with the papers of nearly all former Presidents, but should be preserved intact and administered as a unit. It was suggested also that from time to time related material from other sources might be added to the original collections by loans, gifts, or purchase. In this way the proposed plan will afford an opportunity to set up for the first time in this country, under Federal control and for use of the public, an extensive collection of source material relating to a specífic period in American history.

In the second place, the choice of locality was fully and carefully considered by this group of scholars and historians. The bulk of the source material for American history is becoming so great that, if concentrated in a few great libraries, custodians will soon find it impossible to give to many collections of the papers in their custody the attention which their importance deserves, and scholars, therefore, will be unable to make the most effective use of them.

In the third place, Mr. Roosevelt's advisers pointed out that decentralization of such collections would decrease the hazard from fire or other calamity and, by increasing the number of centers of research, tend to encourage and develop research in American history throughout the country. Whatever disadvantages may be experienced from decentralization can easily be overcome by providing for the scholar's use adequate guides or lists and by supplying microcopies of documents to other institutions in Washington and elsewhere.

Finally, as a site for such a collection Hyde Park offers certain definite advantages. Located on one of the most heavily traveled post roads in the country, it is within easy reach by train or motor of New York City, Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, Washington, and other great centers of historical research. It was thought also that it will be advantageous to locate the proposed collection at Hyde Park so as to make it possible for Mr. Roosevelt to give assistance in its arrangement, maintenance, and development during his lifetime.

THE HYDE PARK ESTATE

Title III of the joint resolution provides for the acceptance of Mr. Roosevelt's offer to the Government of the President's birthplace and present residence as well as the major portion of the original Roosevelt estate. It is his thought that this property may be used as an agricultural and forestry demonstration project, and any other public service appropriate to its use that Congress may direct.

The provisions of the joint resolution relating to this gift are as follows:

1. That the head of any executive department be authorized to accept for, and in the name of, the United States from Mr. Roosevelt

title to any part or parts of said estate which shall be donated to the United States for use in connection with any designated function of the Government administered in such department, the title to be accepted subject to his life estate therein, or to the life estate of any other person or persons now living.

2. That it be provided that acceptance by the United States of the title to property in which any life estate is reserved shall not, during the existence of such life estate, exempt the property from taxation by the town of Hyde Park, Dutchess County, or the State of New York; the taxes are to be paid by the life tenant during his lifetime.

3. That the head of any department exercising jurisdiction and control over such property be authorized to charge and collect a fee not in excess of 25 cents per person for the privilege of visiting and viewing such property, but any funds derived from such fees are to be deposited in the Treasury of the United States and, when appropriated by Congress, shall be available for expenditure in the upkeep, maintenance, protection, and preservation of the property acquired under title III. 4. That it be provided that, during the continuance of such life estate, no expense shall be incurred by the United States in connection with the ordinary maintenance of the property, but the right shall be reserved in Congress to take such actions and to make such changes in, and improvements upon, the said property as the Congress shall deem proper and necessary to protect and preserve it; but that neither such improvements, or any increase in value of the said property resulting from them, shall be subject to taxation during the existence of the life estate reserved therein.

A careful study of the joint resolution by the committee has brought out the following facts: That the joint resolution, as finally written and in its present form, is the result of careful study and a great deal of labor and conferring between Mr. Roosevelt, the Archivist of the United States, and Mr. Townsend, of the Department of Justice, and the committee are in hearty agreement that it is, in its entirety, clear on the matters related to it.

Therefore, the committee report this joint resolution favorably and urge that it do pass.

Waldo G. Leland, executive director, American Council of Learned Societies, Washington, D. C.

Stuart A. Rice, chairman, Central Statistical Board, Washington, D. C. Charles E. Clark, dean, Yale University Law School, New Haven, Conn. Frank P. Graham, president, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N. C. Archibald M. MacLeish, writer, Farmington, Conn.

Randolph G. Adams, director, William L. Clements Library, Ann Arbor, Mich. Edmund E. Day, president, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y.

R. D. W. Connor, Archivist of the United States, Washington, D. C.

Alexander C. Flick, State historian, Albany, N. Y.

Charles A. Beard, publicist, New Milford, Conn.

Felix Frankfurter, jurist, Cambridge, Mass.

Stuart Chase, labor board, New York City.

Samuel I. Rosenman, editor of Public Papers of Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Ernest K. Lindley, writer, Washington, D. C.

Frederick L. Paxson, then president, American Historical Association, University of California, Berkeley, Calif.

Julian P. Boyd, director, Pennsylvania Historical Society, Philadelphia, Pa. Mrs. Helen Taft Manning, dean, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pa.

Miss Marguerite M. Wells, president, League of Women Voters, Washington, D. C.

Samuel E. Morrison, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.

Frank C. Walker, lawyer, New York City.

Robert C. Binkley, Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.

Guy Stanton Ford, president, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn. Msgr. Peter Guilday, Catholic University, Washington, D. C.

Lathrop C. Harper, New York City.

H. M. Lydenberg, librarian, New York Public Library, New York City.
Miss Bessie L. Pierce, University of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.

William E. Dodd, historian, Round Hill, Va.

St. George L. Sioussat, Library of Congress, Washington, D. C.

Miss Mildred Thompson, dean, Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
Walter P. Webb, University of Texas, Austin, Tex.

Allan Nevins, Columbia University, New York City.

Mrs. George Backer, New York City.

Otto Bremer, St. Paul, Minn.

Amon G. Carter, Fort Worth, Tex.
Harvey C. Couch, Pine Bluff, Ark.
Marriner S. Eccles, Washington, D. C.
Silliman Evans, Nashville, Tenn.
John Fahey, Washington, D. C.
J. W. Flannagan, Toronto, Canada.
John W. Hanes, Washington, D. C.
Fred A. Ironside, New York City.
Jesse H. Jones, Washington, D. C.
Walter Jones, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Stanley Kahn, New York City.
John C. Kelly, New York City.
Gerard B. Lambert, New York City.
Breckenridge Long, Washington, D. C.

Henry Morgenthau, Sr., New York City.

Basil O'Connor, New York City.

Donald Richberg, Chevy Chase, Md.

Lawrence W. Robert, Jr., Washington, D. C.

Sol Rosenblatt, New York City.

Boris Said, New York City.

William Stanley, Washington, D. C.

Nathan Straus, Jr., Washington, D. C.

Sidney Weinberg, New York City.

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EMIL FRIEDRICH DISCHLEIT

JULY 12, 1939.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed

Mr. KRAMER, from the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization, submitted the following

REPORT

[To accompany S. 1269]

The Committee on Immigration and Naturalization, to whom was referred the bill (S. 1269) for the relief of Emil Friedrich Dischleit, having considered the same, report it back to the House without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass.

PURPOSE OF THE BILL

The bill provides that the entry into the United States of the alien Emil Friedrich Dischleit be considered to have been a legal one for permanent residence and that he shall not be subject to deportation by reason of the facts upon which the present outstanding proceedings

rest.

GENERAL INFORMATION

Congressman Shanley appeared before the committee on behalf of the author of the bill, Senator Maloney, and stated briefly the facts in the case and urged the favorable consideration.

There was also a representative of the Department of Labor, who presented the files of the Department in the case.

There was also before the committee the report of the Senate on this bill and as it appears to fully set forth all the facts and agrees with the Department records, the report of the Senate is made a part of this report.

The committee after discussing the bill, recommended a favorable report.

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