HOUSING FOR WAR NEEDS. MAY 7, 1918.-Ordered to be printed. Mr. CLARK of Florida, from the Committee of Conference, submitted the following CONFERENCE REPORT. [To accompany H. R. 10265.] The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 10265) having met, after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows: That the Senate recede from its amendments numbered 4, 5, and 40, That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendments of the Senate numbered 3, 6, 7, 9, 13, 14, 16, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, and 39, and agree to the same. Amendment numbered 1: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 1, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: Amend title of bill to read as follows: An act to authorize the President to provide housing for war needs; and the Senate agree to the same. Amendment numbered 2: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 2, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: Restore the matter stricken out by said amendment amended to read as follows: local transportation and other general community utilities; and the Senate agree to the same. Amendment numbered 8: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 8, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: Restore the matter stricken out by said amendment amended to read as follows: local transportation and other general community utilities; and the Senate agree to the same. Amendment numbered 10: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 10, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows: Restore the matter stricken out by said amendment amended to read as follows: local transportation and other general community utilities; and the Senate agree to the same. Amendment numbered 11: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 11, and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows: In line 4 of the matter inserted by said amendment, after the word "dwelling" insert the following: or place of abode; and the Senate agree to the same. Amendment numbered 12: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 12, and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows: Restore the matter stricken out by said amendment amended to read as follows: local transportation and other general community utilities; and the Senate agree to the same. Amendment numbered 15: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 15, and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows: Restore the matter stricken out by said amendment amended to read as follows: local transportation and other general community utilities; and the Senate agree to the same. Amendment numbered 17: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 17, and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows: On page 3, line 2, of the bill, after the word "thirty-three" insert the following: except the Maltby Building; and the Senate agree to the same. Amendment numbered 25: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 25, and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows: Restore the matter stricken out by said amendment amended to read as follows: local transportation and other general community utilities; and the Senate agree to the same. Amendment numbered 26: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 26, and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows: Restore the matter stricken out by said amendment amended to read as follows: local transportation and other general community utilities; and the Senate agree to the same. Amendment numbered 29: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 29, and agree to the same with an amendment, ment, as follows: At the end of the matter inserted by said amendment insert the following: Provided, That before any sale is consummated the same must be authorized by Congress; and the Senate agree to the same. FRANK CLARK, JOHN L. BURNETT, Managers on the part of the House. JAS. A. REED, Managers on the part of the Senate. STATEMENT OF THE MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE. Senate amendment No. 1 clothes the President with authority to administer the law instead of the Secretary of Labor, as the original House bill provided. Nos. 18, 19, 21, 23, 30, 31, 32, 34, and 35 were absolutely necessary to carry into effect the change made by amendment No. 1. Senate amendments Nos. 2, 8, 10, 12, 15, 25, and 26 were amendments striking from the bill the authority to provide “local transportation and other community facilities" in the several ways stated in the bill. Your conferees agreed to recede from the House disagreement to these several amendments, with an amendment as follows: To restore the matter stricken out by the Senate amendment in each case so as to read as follows: "local transportation and other general community utilities." The original bill provided for the authority to purchase, lease, etc., "local transportation and other community facilities" and the bill as now agreed on by the conferees provides the authority to purchase, lease, etc., "local transportation and other general community utilities." Senate amendment No. 11 provides that colleges, museums, libraries, State or municipal buildings, the furnishings in private dwellings, and occupied dwellings or places of abode shall not be taken under the powers granted in the bill except by contract unless the necessity therefor shall be determined by the judge of a circuit or district court having jurisdiction on petition filed, due notice given, etc. Amendment No. 16 provides that no loan under the act shall be made for less than 5 per cent per annum, and that no loan shall be made or house or money given to any one not an American citizen. Amendment No. 22 strikes out the proviso to the effect that the powers authorized in the bill should not be exercised in the housing of Government employees in the District of Columbia, except upon detailed estimates and appropriations for such purpose. As the bill, in another portion, provides for detailed reports of all acts under the bill, this was not deemed necessary, and particularly when the President is to administer the law himself. |