annum. The management of this enterprise frequently requires members of the business committee of the tribe to devote considerable time thereto. Some of the men most competent to look after the affairs of the tribe are men who have individual enterprises of their own and who cannot afford to devote their time to tribal affairs for anything less than $8 per day, including expenses. This per diem of $8 is also warranted by the economic condition of the tribe. At the present time this tribe has tribal funds to its credit in the Treasury of the United States in excess of $163,000. This tribe has made considerable progress in self-government, and this bill was introduced pursuant to a resolution voted by the general tribal council. The committee believes that it is justified from a business viewpoint; that it is warranted by the status of their tribal funds; and that since it represents the free expression of the tribe itself, there can be no possible objection thereto. The bill does not involve the expenditure of any public funds, since all payments will be made from tribal funds. If the bill does not pass, the tribe fears that the management of its affairs may be seriously prejudiced, since its representatives will be restricted to a per diem of $5, which will not prove attractive to the best-qualified members of the tribe. The Secretary of the Interior recommends the enactment of the bill; and although the Bureau of the Budget has reported adversely, even though no public funds are to be spent, it has given no reasons to your committee for its recommendation. The report of the Secretary of the Interior follows: Hon. WILL ROGERS, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR, Chairman, Committee on Indian Affairs, House of Representatives. MY DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: Further reference is made to your request for a report on H. R. 5975, to establish per-diem payments in lieu of compensation and expenses for members of Klamath business committee and official Klamath delegates to Washington. The bill as drawn is not acceptable, for the reason that all discretion as to the length of stay of any such delegation, and as to whether any such delegation should come to Washington, is absolutely withdrawn from the Secretary of the Interior. Under existing legislation, as contained in the Interior Department Appropriation Act for the present fiscal year, delegates coming to Washington must be "duly authorized or approved in advance by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs", and the stay is limited to 30 days, unless a longer period is authorized by the Secretary. We believe these features are essential to good administration; and while it is recognized that the Klamath people have problems somewhat different than other tribes, yet I see no reason for extending to them in this respect greater privileges than those given to other tribes who have as important problems and as large financial assets as the Klamath Indians. If this legislation is to receive favorable consideration, I suggest striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting: "That the Secretary of the Interior or such official as may be designated by him is hereby authorized, beginning July 1, 1937, to pay out of any unobligated tribal funds of the Klamath Indians in the Treasury of the United States, to members of the business committee, and to officers of the general council when engaged on business of the tribe, and to such official delegates who, with the prior approval of the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, may carry on the business of the tribe at the seat of government, a per diem not to exceed $8 in lieu of all other compensation and expenses: Provided, That the official delegates of the tribe on business at the seat of government shall also receive the usual railroad and sleeping-car transportation to and from the seat of government: Provided further, That the rate of per diem paid not to exceed $8 shall be approved in advance by the tribal council of said tribe or its authorized business committee: Provided further, That the length of stay of the official delegates at the seat of government shall be determined and fixed by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs." This is a departure from the provision of the general legislation in that it permits the payment of a larger per diem than is granted to other tribes and there is no limit as to the total amount to be expended for such delegation expenses. Under the general legislation other tribes may not be paid in excess of $6 without prior approval, and except as applied to the Navajos not more than $5,000 may be spent at any one jurisdiction. For several years a per diem of $8 has been paid to the Klamath delegates coming to Washington, and the tribe has gone on record as favoring this rate. The Acting Director of the Bureau of the Budget, in commenting upon my proposed report on S. 2054, a companion bill, advised that "the proposed legislation, either in its present form or if amended as suggested in your proposed report, would not be in accord with the program of the President." Sincerely yours, CHARLES WEST, Acting Secretary of the Interior. O 1st Session No. 1142 GOLDEN GATE INTERNATIONAL EXPOSITION JUNE 29, 1937.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. Izac, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany S. J. Res. 88] The Committee on Foreign Affairs, to hom was referred the resolution (S. J. Res. 88) providing for the participation of the United States in the world's fair to be held by the San Francisco Bay Exposition, Inc., in the city of San Francisco during the year 1939, and for other purposes, having considered the same, submit the following report thereon with the recommendation that it do pass as amended. Your committee first held hearings on House Joint Resolution 314, and before this resolution could be reported to the House, the Senate passed a resolution (S. J. Res. 88) which was referred to your committee. In the meantime, your committee had reported the New York resolution, and we thought it best to report this resolution as near as possible like the resolution for the New York fair. Therefore, the Senate resolution was referred to a subcommittee who spent several days in making a thorough study and submitted to the whole committee a substitute for the Senate resolution. All the language in the Senate resolution has been stricken after the resolving clause and the recommendations of your subcommittee, which were approved by the whole committee, were inserted. As in the New York resolution, your committee decided that the Congress should have representation on the commission, and therefore recommended three Members of the House and a like number from the Senate. Heretofore, appropriations have been made by the Congress for Federal participation in expositions, fairs, and so forth, and as everyone knows the Cabinet members on the commission have delegated their power to subordinate officials and your committee is of the opinion that moneys heretofore appropriated have not been spent as intended by the Congress. On November 16, 1936, the President of the United States, through the State Department, invited 59 countries of the world to attend and participate in the Golden Gate International Exposition, an invitation authorized by joint resolution of Congress under date of June 15, 1936. The present resolution, therefore, is merely sequential and. confirmatory. The exposition will celebrate the completion of the world's two largest bridges across San Francisco Bay, the inauguration of TransPacific air service that brings the Orient and the Antipodes to our very door, the progress of the nations bordering the Pacific, and the economic and social development of the 11 States constituting America's western empire. The site of the exposition is a man-made island, 400 acres in size, in the center of San Francisco Bay, midway between San Francisco and Oakland. Building "Treasure Island" involves the construction of a 16,000-foot sea wall, containing 220,000 tons of rock, and the pumping of 20,000,000 cubic yards of sand by nine giant dredges. Due to be completed by July 1937, the work is far ahead of schedule. The administration building and two exhibit palaces are one-half completed, and 12 exhibit buildings, ferry terminals, and roadways being the total cost of current construction to approximately $7,500,000, all definitely under contract at an agreed cost. At the close of the exposition, "Treasure Island" will be cleared of structures, with the exception of the $800,000 administration building and two hangars, each costing $400,000, and turned into a municipal airport and seaplane base, owned and operated by the city of San Francisco, with legal and statutory obligations giving both Army and Navy access and use, thus constituting a vital and integral part of the national defense. The Golden Gate Bridge, linking San Francisco and Marin Counties, was built at a cost of $35,000,000. The San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge, joining San Francisco and the cities of the East Bay, cost $77,000,000. The exposition itself will be a $40,000,000 project. Of this amount, $7,500,000 has been raised by private subscriptions and the State of California has appropriated $5,000,000. The Federal Government is being asked for $1,500,000, although the Acting Director of the Budget has previously approved an appropriation of $1,750,000. Twenty-three States have enacted legislation, or have legislation pending, providing for participation, as have European countries and the nations of the Pacific, while the requests for concession space far exceed the number that can be accepted. A minimum attendance of 20,000,000 persons is anticipated, conservative, indeed, when it is considered that there are 3,000,000 persons located within 1 hour of the exposition gates, and 9,000,000 population in the three Pacific Coast States alone. The sum that will be paid in taxes to the Government is estimated at $30,000,000, more than 15 times the amount of the Federal appropriation. At no point is San Francisco stressing selfish advantage or contemplating purely local profit. The whole of California, Pacific Coast and Rocky Mountain States, Central America, South America, Hawaii, the Philippines, the Orient, and the Antipodes have all been joined with the city as cohosts. Primarily and essentially the exposition is for the purpose of emphasizing the amazing progress of the Western Hemisphere and laying the cornerstone of a new Pacific empire, united in a common bond of social and commercial well-being. This resolution has the approval of the Departments of State, Commerce, Agriculture, Treasury, Interior, and War, and the Comptroller |