In view of the foregoing, I recommend that the enclosed draft of proposed legislation receive favorable consideration. Under date of February 18 the Acting Director of the Bureau of the Budget advised "that the proposed legislation is not in conflict with the program of the President." Sincerely yours, CHARLES WEST, Acting Secretary of the Interior. This legislation has the approval of the Indians that it affects. This bill received the unanimous vote of your committee. RESERVING CERTAIN LANDS IN THE STATE OF UTAH APRIL 29, 1937.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. ROGERS of Oklahoma, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H. R. 6249] The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 6249) to reserve certain lands in the State of Utah for the Kanosh Band of Paiute Indians having considered the same, report thereon with a recommendation that it do pass without amendment. This legislation has the approval of the Department, as can be seen from the following letter from the Acting Secretary of the Interior: DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, The SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The proposed withdrawal for the Kanosh Band involves 240 acres in two tracts. Both tracts adjoin land reserved for the band or allotted to its members, and will help block out the reservation so that it can be fenced and used to better advantage for grazing purposes. The lands are not suitable for a riculture. Both tracts were applied for as public don ain allotments by members of the band, and it was thought for many years that the allotments had been approved. However, the allotment applications were rejected and the lands therefore remain public domain. The Kanosh Indians have been using the two tracts for many years and their loss at this time would cause a decided hardship. It would also make it more difficult to administer the lands. The area involved is small. The white stockmen using lands adjoining the Kanosh Reservation have requested that a stock driveway across the reservation be provided. A provision, therefore, has been placed in the bill authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to designate a stock driveway and to make regulations governing its use. In view of the foregoing, I recommend that the enclosed draft of proposed legislation receive favorable consideration. Under date of February 18 the Acting Director of the Bureau of the Budget advised "that the proposed legislation is not in conflict with the program of the President." Sincerely yours, CHARLES WEST, Acting Secretary of the Interior. This legislation has the approval of the Indians that it affects. O CENSUS OF RED-CEDAR SHINGLES APRIL 29, 1937.- Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. LARRABEE, from the Committee on the Census, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H. R. 3477] The Committee on the Census, to which was referred the bill (H. R. 3477) providing for authorization to the Director of the Census to collect and publish statistics on red-cedar shingles, having had the same under consideration, report it back to the House without amendments and recommend that the bill do pass. The bill provides that the Director of the Census be authorized and directed to collect and publish statistics concerning the number of squares of red-cedar shingles produced in shingle-manufacturing establishments in the United States, the shipments of red-cedar shingles by producers, the withdrawals from warehouses of red-cedar shingles which have been imported into the United States from Canada, and the imports of red-cedar shingles from Canada. The bill also provides that such statistics shall relate to each calendar month and shall be published as soon as possible after the close of the month, and the publications containing such statistics shall be mailed by the Director of the Census to all red-cedar shingle producers and all dealers in shingles who shall request the same, and also to all daily newspapers throughout the United States. It provides, further, that, immediately after the publication of each report of that Bureau concerning red-cedar shingles, the complete statistics provided for shall be furnished to the State Department. The bill further provides that all information furnished under the provisions of the act shall be strictly confidential and used only for the statistical purpose for which it is supplied and provides penalties for violation of this provision. It also provides penalties for refusal or willful neglect to furnish any of the information provided for and for willfully giving answers that are false or misleading. The pending bill does not call for any appropriation as the funds for the taking of such census were appropriated in the Department of Commerce Appropriation Act of 1938 in the sum of $9,500, This bill has the approval of the Bureau of the Census, Department of Commerce, and also of the Bureau of the Budget. Mr. W. L. Austin, Director of the Bureau of the Census, in a letter to the Committee on the Census, stated: Referring further to your letter of March 19, relative to H. R. 3477, "for the purpose of authorizing the Director of the Census to collect and publish statistics of red-cedar shingles", I wish to state that the Bureau of the Census desires to go on record as favoring this bill as drawn and hopes that it will be enacted into law without changes of any kind. I feel that this legislation is necessary if the statistics on red-cedar shingles are to serve the purpose of the provisions of the reciprocal trade agreement entered into between the United States and the Dominion of Canada. The pending bill has been approved and the importance and necessity of taking such a census has been emphasized by the following Government officials who either testified or submitted statements to the Committee on the Census: Mr. W. L. Austin, Director, Bureau of the Census; Hon. Martin F. Smith, Member of Congress, author of the bill; Mr. Harry C. Hawkins, Chief of the Division of Trade Agreements, Department of State. Hon. Martin F. Smith, author of the bill, testifying before the committee as to the necessity for the enactment of the bill, stated that the necessity for this legislation arose from the reciprocal trade agreement with Canada and the amendment to the Revenue Act of 1936 which provided that whenever it is found that the United States is importing from Canada in excess of 25 percent of the combined total imports of red-cedar shingles, then the President, by Executive order, can limit the imports so that there may not be imported more than 25 percent of the production and consumption in this country. The red-cedar shingle industry endeavored to collect this information through an organization of its own, known as United States Red Cedar Shingle Industry, Inc., but the Canadian manufacturers refuse to accept their statistics for the reason that they are not established officially by the United States Government. There are approximately 280 red-cedar shingle manufacturers in the United States. Of these about 12 are in Idaho, 50 in Oregon, and 210 in the State of Washington. Of the total number 230 manufacturers recently filed individual certificates authorizing the United States Red Cedar Shingle Industry, Inc., to represent them in the request to President Roosevelt for an order establishing an import quota. These represented 88.6 percent of the producers of red-cedar shingles in the United States. Accordingly, on March 13, 1937, by Executive order, President Roosevelt, established an import quota of 1,048,262 squares of redcedar shingles, which quantity is equivalent to 25 percent of the combined total of the shipments and imports of red-cedar shingles for the last 6 months of the calendar year 1936. In order to render this Executive order effective so that our shingle industry, employing 80,000 men in the States of Washington and Oregon, may be afforded the protection contemplated, such official statistics are necessary. Mr. Larry C. Hawkins, Chief, Division of Trade Agreements, Department of State, testified that the State Department was interested in the bill o..ly to the extent of securing reliable, official statistics to make effective the Executive order mentioned above. |