To the Congress of the United States: THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES, Washington, D. C., November 30, 1937. In compliance with the provisions of section 9 of The National Archives Act (48 Stat. 1122; U. S. C., title 40, sec. 239), I have the honor to transmit herewith the accompanying list of papers, consisting of 23 items heretofore transferred into my official custody by the Civil Service Commission. This list has been carefully examined and, with the approval of The National Archives Council, I beg to report that the records described therein appear to have no permanent value or historical interest and to recommend that they be destroyed or otherwise effectively disposed of. I have been informed by the Civil Service Commission that it has no objection to the destruction or other effective disposition of these records under authority of the Congress. Respectfully submitted. R. D. W. CONNOR, Archivist of the United States. NOVEMBER 15, 1937. REPORT OF THE ARCHIVIST OF THE United States on A LIST OF PAPERS, CONSISTING OF 23 ITEMS, HERETOFORE PLACED IN HIS OFFICIAL CUSTODY BY THE CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION, AND RECOMMENDED BY HIM FOR DESTRUCTION OR OTHER EFFECTIVE DISPOSITION OFFICE OF THE FOURTH UNITED STATES CIVIL-SERVICE DISTRICT, WASHINGTON, D. C. 1. Canceled applications and examination papers of ineligibles and persons whose eligibility has expired, dated between approximately January 1, 1931, and December 31, 1932. These are the papers of nonveterans. 2. Applications and examination papers of deceased Government employees, which papers have been retained for 2 years or longer following the death of the employee. OFFICE OF THE FIRST UNITED STATES CIVIL-SERVICE DISTRICT, BOSTON, MASS. 3. Canceled applications and examination papers of ineligibles and persons whose eligibility has expired, dated between approximately January 1, 1927, and December 31, 1931. 4. Applications of ineligibles and persons whose eligibility has expired, dated between approximately December 1, 1927, and April 30, 1929, filed with the secretary, board of United States civil-service examiners, Lighthouse Service, South Portland, Maine. OFFICE OF THE FIFTH UNITED STATES CIVIL-SErvice distRICT, ATLANTA, GA. 5. Applications of ineligibles, persons whose eligibility has expired, and deceased Government employees, which papers have been retained for 2 years or longer following the death of the employee, dated between approximately 1906 and 1932, filed in the office of the labor board, United States Navy Yard, Charleston, S. C. 6. Applications of ineligibles, persons whose eligibility has expired, and deceased Government employees, which papers have been retained for 2 years or longer following the death of the employee, dated between approximately November 1915 and November 1927, filed in the office of the labor board, United States Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla. 7. Applications of ineligibles, persons whose eligibility has expired, and deceased Government employees, which papers have been retained for 2 years or longer following the death of the employee, dated between approximately July 1897 and October 1932, filed with the secretary, local United States civil-service board, United States engineer office, Vicksburg, Miss. 8. Applications of ineligibles, persons whose eligibility has expired, and deceased Government employees, which papers have been retained for 2 years or longer following the death of the employee, dated between approximately 1904 and 1931, filed with the secretary, local United States civil-service board, United States Lighthouse, Charleston, S. C. 9. Applications of ineligibles, persons whose eligibility has expired, and deceased Government employees, which papers have been retained for 2 years or longer following the death of the employee, dated between approximately 1925 and 1932, filed with the secretary, local United States civil-service board, Quartermaster Service, Fort Benning, Ga. 10. Applications of ineligibles, persons whose eligibility has expired, and deceased Government employees, which papers have been retained for 2 years or longer following the death of the employee; correspondence between the local board and the fifth United States civil-service district, all dated between approximately 1920 and 1930, filed with the secretary, local United States civil-service board, Charleston Ordnance Depot, North Charleston, S. C. 11. Applications of ineligibles, persons whose eligibility has expired, and deceased Government employees, which papers have been retained for 2 years or longer following the death of the employee; correspondence between the local board and the fifth United States civil-service district, all dated between approximately January 1929 and December 1932, filed with the secretary, local United States civil-service board, Veterans' Administration, Tuskegee, Ala. 12. Applications of ineligibles, persons whose eligibility has expired, and deceased Government employees, which papers have been retained for 2 years or longer following the death of the employee; correspondence between the local board and the fifth United States civil-service district, and between the local board and applicants in civil-service examinations, all dated between approximately January 1898 and December 1932, filed with the secretary, local United States civil-service board, United States engineer office, Memphis, Tenn. OFFICE OF THE SIXTH UNITED STATES CIVIL-SERVICE DISTRICT, CINCINNATI, OHIO 13. Applications and examination papers of ineligibles and persons whose eligibility has expired, dated between approximately July 1, 1931, and June 30, 1932. 14. Applications of ineligibles and persons whose eligibility has expired, dated between approximately January 1, 1927, and December 31, 1932, filed with the secretary, board of United States civil-service examiners, engineer department at large, Cincinnati, Ohio. 15. Applications and examination papers of ineligibles and persons whose eligibility has expired and of deceased Government employees, which papers have been retained for 2 years or longer following the death of the employee, dated between approximately January 1, 1930, and December 31, 1931, filed with the secretary, board of United States civil-service examiners, Wright Field, Fairfield Air Depot, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio. OFFICE OF THE SEVENTH UNITED STATES CIVIL-SERVICE DISTRICT, CHICAGO, ILL. 16. Applications of ineligibles and persons whose eligibility has expired, dated between approximately January 1, 1927, and December 31, 1932. 17. Applications of ineligibles dated between approximately January 1, 1897, and December 31, 1932, filed with the engineer office, Milwaukee, Wis. 18. Applications of ineligibles dated between approximately January 1, 1909, and December 31, 1932, filed with the eleventh lighthouse district, Detroit, Mich. OFFICE OF THE EIGHTH UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE DISTRICT, ST. PAUL, MINN. 19. Canceled applications and examination papers of ineligibles, dated between approximately July 1, 1926, and July 1, 1932. 20. Applications and examination papers of persons whose eligibility has expired, dated between approximately July 1, 1926, and July 1, 1930. 21. Examination papers of deceased Government employees, which papers have been retained for 2 years or longer following the death of the employee. OFFICE OF THE TENTH UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE DISTRICT, NEW ORLEANS, LA. 22. Applications of ineligibles and persons whose eligibility has expired, dated between approximately January 1, 1919, and December 31, 1929, filed with the secretary, local United States civil-service board, Fort Sam Houston, Tex. OFFICE OF THE TWELFTH UNITED STATES CIVIL SERVICE DISTRICT, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. 23. Applications of ineligibles and persons whose eligibility has expired and of Government employees who are known to have been deceased for at least 2 years, dated previous to July 1, 1932. These are the papers of nonveterans. R. D. W. CONNOR, Archivist of the United States. O Mr. COLDEN, from the Joint Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers, submitted the following REPORT The joint select committee of the Senate and House of Representatives, appointed on the part of the Senate and on the part of the House of Representatives, to which are referred the reports of the Archivist of the United States (in compliance with sec. 9 of The National Archives Act approved June 19, 1934), in respect to accumulation of records which are not needed or useful in the transaction of the current business of departments, bureaus, etc., and have no permanent value or historical interest, respectfully report to the Senate and House of Representatives, pursuant to an act entitled "An act to authorize and provide for the disposition of useless papers in the executive departments", approved February 16, 1889, as amended, as follows: Your committee has taken action on the records described in the attached report of the Archivist of the United States, dated November 30, 1937, to the Seventy-fifth Congress, second session, with respect to records recommended to him for disposal by the Veterans' Administration, and we find and report that said records are not needed in the transaction of the current business of such Administration and have no permanent value or historical interest. We recommend that the Veterans' Administration, as required by law, destroy or otherwise effectively dispose of such records; if by sale, upon the best obtainable terms, after due publication of notice inviting proposals therefor, and receive and pay the proceeds thereof into the Treasury of the United States and make report thereof to Congress. Respectfully submitted to the Senate and House of Representatives. CHAS. J. COLDEN, Chairman, B. W. GEARHART, Members on the part of the House. ALBEN W. BARKLEY, ERNEST W. GIBSON, Members on the part of the Senate. To the Congress of the United States: THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES, Washington, D. C., November 30, 1937. In compliance with the provisions of section 9 of The National Archives Act (48 Stat. 1122: U. S. C., title 40, sec. 239), I have the honor to transmit herewith the accompanying lists of papers, consisting of 135 items, among the archives and records of the Veterans' Administration, which the Administration has recommended should be destroyed or otherwise disposed of. These lists have been carefully examined and I beg to report, with the approval of The National Archives Council, that the archives and records described therein as items Nos. 1-135 appear to have no permanent value or historical interest. Respectfully submitted. R. D. W. CONNOR, Archivist of the United States. NOVEMBER 15, 1937. REPORT OF THE ARCHIVIST OF THE UNITED STATES ON A LIST OF PAPERS, CON- 1. Form 3-382. Justice of the peace envelopes; 1897-1903. 5. Form N. H. 102. Requisition for depot supplies: 1923-30. 6. Form 107-5. Quarterly returns, medical supplies; 1920-31. 7. Form N. H. 111. Abstract of articles fabricated, gains and losses, etc.; 1920-31. 8. Form N. H. 111-C. Abstract of subsistence supplies expended; 1920–31. 9. Form N. H. 136. Fuel and light report; 1920-30. 10. Form 922. General ledger; 1922-33. 11. Form 1015A. Allotment ledger; 1924-32. 12. Form 1015Y. Allotment ledger; 1924-32. 13. Form 1038. Authorization account; 1924–33. 14. Form 2008. Application for burial flag; 1931-33. 15. Form 2578. Record of article receipt; 1922-33. 16. Form 2578. Record of article--Occupational Therapy Service; 1922-33. 17. Form 3225. Individual record of absence; prior to 1932. 18. Contracts-Supply, with related correspondence, abstract of awards and forms (correspondence; files of individual forms included with this item on list previously authorized for disposition); 1928-30. 19. Monthly report of dental gold on hand; 1930-33. REPORT OF THE ARCHIVIST OF THE UNITED STATES ON A LIST OF PAPERS, CONSISTING OF 116 ITEMS, FROM THOSE RECOMmended to HIM FOR DISPOSITION, MAY 9, 1936, BY THE VETERANS' ADMINISTRATION 20. Form C. A. 1. Employees notice of injury; copies; 1932-34. 21. Form C. A. 2. Official superior's report of injury; copies; 1932-34. 22. Form C. A. 3. Report of termination of total or partial disability; copies; 1932-34. 23. Form C. A. 4. Claim for compensation or medical expenses on account of injury; copies; 1932-34. 24. Form Č. A. `8. Claim for continuance of compensation on account of total disability; copies; 1932-34. 25. Form 14a. Standard; telegram; originals and copies; 1934. 26. Form C. A. 20. United States Employees' Compensation Commission examination record; copies; 1932-34. 27. Form H-24. Monthly consolidated report; copies; 1931-32. 28. Form 60-A. Report of regional offices; originals; 1932. 29. Forms I to P 60, 60-Q-2 and 3 Monthly report of regional offices; copies; 1932-34. 30. Form NHDVS 104. Requisition for tobacco for the month; originals and copies; 1932-33. 31. Form Coord. 119. Report of contact; originals; 1934. |