ture, dated March 19, 1937, addressed to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, which is as follows: Hon. WILLIAM B. BANKHEAD, DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Speaker of the House of Representatives. DEAR MR. BANKHEAD: Pursuant to the provisions of Public Resolution No. 113, Seventy-fourth Congress, the President extended to the World's Poultry Science Association an invitation to hold its next meeting and the Seventh World's Poultry Congress and Exposition in the United States in 1939, which invitation was unanimously accepted by the association at its meeting in Germany in the summer of 1936. The World's Poultry Congress and meeting of the World's Poultry Science Association have not previously been held in this country, nor has there been a national meeting bringing together all groups in the poultry industry and its allied branches. A meeting of representatives of all segments of the poultry industry was held in Washington in November 1936, at which time a poultry-industry committee was set up, which has pledged its full support to the Seventh World's Poultry Congress. As in 1939 the World's Poultry Congress will be attended by official delegates from numerous foreign countries, there is an obligation on the part of the Federal Government to cooperate fully with the industry to make the Congress and exhibition a success. Early authorization and appropriation of funds for Government participation is desirable, both that official invitations may be extended to foreign countries to participate and that usual procedures may be followed in the printing of proceedings, preparation of exhibits, employment of translators, and other necessary activities. An interdepartmental committee has been set up consisting of representatives of the Departments of State, Agriculture, and Commerce, of which Dr. C. W. Warburton, Director of Extension Work in this Department, has been designated as chairman. The committee gave careful consideration to those activities which the Government should assume and prepared a budget covering what the committee believed to be the necessary expense on the part of the Government. I submitted this budget to the Acting Director of the Bureau of the Budget and am now advised by him that legislation which would authorize an appropriation of not to exceed $100,000, worded substantially as follows, would not be in conflict with the financial program of the President: "That the sum of $100,000, or as much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby authorized to be appropriated to enable the Secretary of Agriculture to defray the expenses of organizing and holding the Seventh World's Poultry Congress and Exposition in the United States, pursuant to the invitation authorized to be extended by the President to the World's Poultry Science Association and to foreign governments by section 2 of Public Resolution No. 113, approved June 20, 1936." Previous World's Poultry Congresses and Expositions have been held in The Hague, Holland, 1921, with 27 countries represented; Barcelona, Spain, 1924, with 37 countries represented; Ottawa, Canada, 1927, with 42 countries represented; London, England, 1930, with 60 countries represented; Rome, Italy, 1933, with 49 countries represented; and Berlin-Leipzig, Germany, 1936, with 41 countries represented. Estimated attendance at previous World's Poultry Congresses and Expositions has run as high as 175,000. It is believed that in view of the widespread interest in poultry production in the United States and the size of the industry, attendance at a congress in the United States will considerably exceed that at any previous congress. The meeting of the World's Poultry Science Association consists of general sessions and five or six sectional groups, the latter discussing specific_groups of topics, such as control of poultry diseases, breeding, and marketing. In view of the international character of the meeting, it is expected that most of the large organizations in this country affiliated with the poultry industry, such as producers, hatcherymen, and marketing agencies, will hold their annual meetings in connection with the Congress. The Exposition consists of educational exhibits by the host government and by foreign nations, a live-poultry exhibit, an egg show, and a dressed-poultry show. From 10 to 24 countries have presented educational exhibits at previous World's Poultry Expositions. At the Exposition held in Leipzig last year the live-poultry show included 14,000 birds from 15 countries. The floor space required for exhibits at London and at Leipzig was about 20 acres. It is expected that the poultry industry in the United States will assume the entire responsibility for the Exposition other than financing the preparation and demonstration of the Federal Government exhibit, in which latter it is probable that several of the Government departments will desire to participate. Federal participation in the Congress would consist primarily in publishing the proceedings; supplying clerical help, translators, and interpreters prior to and during the Congress; providing administrative assistance to insure proper coordination of governmental and industry activities; and the extending of suitable courtesies to official delegates from foreign countries, especially during the opening sessions of the Congress, which it is expected will be held in the city of Washington. The Congress proper and the Exposition will be held in some other city, not yet determined, as hotel, and particularly exhibition facilities in Washington are inadequate. We trust that the proposed legislation may have early and favorable consideration by the Congress and that the funds authorized may be appropriated during the present session. Sincerely, H. A. WALLACE, Secretary. You will notice from the above-quoted letter that the Secretary of Agriculture asked for the authority to spend the amount specified in the resolution to defray the expenses of organizing and holding the Seventh World's Poultry Congress and Exposition, but your committee, after due consideration, came to the conclusion that this authority should be vested in the Secretary of State, because this is an international matter, and it is expected that some 60 different foreign nations will have delegates to attend this Poultry Congress and Exposition. О OLMEDO ALFARO, A CITIZEN OF ECUADOR MAY 25, 1937.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed Mr. MERRITT, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H. J. Res. 335] The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the joint resolution (H. J. Res. 335) authorizing the Secretary of War to receive for instruction at the United States Military Academy at West Point, Olmedo Alfaro, a citizen of Ecuador, having considered the same, submit the following report thereon with the recommendation that it do pass. The resolution is in the usual form, and it is favored by both the State and War Departments. The bill provides no expense shall be caused to the United States and also that the student shall not be admitted to the academy until he shall have passed successfully the mental and physical tests prescribed for candidates from the United States. Attached hereto and made a part of this report are letters from the State and War Departments to Hon. Lister Hill, chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs of the House of Representatives, explaining their views. Hon. LISTER HILL, Chairman, Committee on Military Affairs, WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, D. C., May 14, 1937. House of Representatives. DEAR MR. HILL: Careful consideration has been given to House Joint Resolu tion 335, Seventy-fifth Congress, first session, authorizing the Secretary of War to receive for instruction at the United States Military Academy at West Point Olmedo Alfaro, a citizen of Ecuador, which you transmitted to the War Depart ment under date of April 26, 1937, with a request for information and the views of the Department relative thereto. The War Department would have no objection to the admission to the United States Military Academy at West Point of Olmedo Alfaro, a citizen of Ecuador. The enactment into law of House Joint Resolution 335 will result in no increased cost to the Government. This report was submitted to the Bureau of the Budget, which advised there would be no objection to its submission to the Congress. MY DEAR MR. HILL: There is transmitted herewith for the consideration of the Committee on Military Affairs a copy, in translation, of a note of January 28, 1937, from the Ecuadoran Ambassador, Captain Colón Eloy Alfaro, requesting, in the name of his Government, the permission of the Government of the United States for his third son, Mr. Olmedo Alfaro, to enter the United States Military Academy at West Point. The two eldest sons of the Ambassador of Ecuador, Messrs. Eloy Alfaro and Jaime Alfaro, were admitted to the United States Military Academy at West Point as the result of Public Resolution No. 35, approved June 18, 1934. The sons of the Ambassador, pursuant to this resolution, entered the United States Military Academy in the summer of 1935 and are now in their second year at the Academy. I am informed that in their studies and in their deportment both of these young men stand well in their class. The Secretary of War has informed me that there is no objection to the admis-' sion to the United States Military Academy of an Ecuadoran student, provided no expense shall be caused to the United States by such action; and provided further, that the student be not admitted to the academy until he shall have passed successfully the mental and physical tests prescribed for candidates from the United States. In view of the fact that the Ambassador himself was a cadet at West Point, and of the excellent record which his sons are now making there, I venture to bespeak your sympathetic consideration and that of the Military Affairs Committee in the present request. Sincerely yours, |