Carolina to withhold the disclosures that he has promised to make, because I want to say that I am in sympathy with a good many of his views with reference to the conditions in the South that he has pointed out.

Mr. BLEASE. I shall be glad to do it, and ask for an investigation.

The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amendment was concurred in.

The bill was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and passed.

CONDEMNATION OF LAND IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

The bill (S. 4124) to provide for notice to owners of land assessed for benefits by the verdict of condemnation juries in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes, was considered as in Committee of the Whole.

The bill had been reported from the Committee on the District of Columbia with an amendment, on page 2, line 12, after the word "Columbia," to strike out the period and "unless the person or persons whose land is assessed for benefits as aforesaid shall file objections to the verdict of the jury within 30 days after the date of the publication herein provided for, the court shall ratify and confirm the verdict of the jury," and insert "showing the amount assessed against each such piece or parcel of land and stating the time within which interested parties may file with the court any objections or exceptions they may have to the verdict," so as to make the bill read:

Be it enacted, etc., That where in any condemnation proceedings instituted by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia in accordance with the provisions of subchapter 1 of chapter 15, or in accordance with the provisions of chapter 55 of the Code of Law for the District of Columbia, the jury of condemnation shall assess benefits against any land or parcel of land no part of which was taken by the condemnation proceedings, and the owner of the land or parcel of land so assessed for benefits was not served with notice of the condemnation proceedings, notice of such assessment for benefits shall be given by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia by registered letter, mailed to the last known address of the person listed on the records of the assessor of the District of Columbia as the owner of the land or parcel of land so assessed, and, in addition thereto, the court shall give public notice of the land or parcels of land assessed for benefits, no part of which was taken by the condemnation proceedings, by advertisement once in each of three daily newspapers published in the District of Columbia, showing the amount assessed against each such piece or parcel of land and stating the time within which interested parties may file with the court any objections or exceptions they may hare to the verdict. The mailing by registered letter and the notice by publication herein provided for shall be sufficient notice to the owner of any land or parcel of land assessed for benefits as aforesaid. Nothing herein contained shall be considered to abrogate or nullify the option conferred upon the Commissioners of the District of Columbia by the act of Congress approved May 28, 1926, entitled "An act to provide for the condemnation of land for the opening, extension, widening, or straightening of streets, avenues, roads, or highways in accordance with the plan of the permanent system of highways for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes."

The amendment was agreed to.

Mr. BLEASE. Let that bill go over, Mr. President.
The VICE PRESIDENT. The bill will be passed over.

USE OF MAILS FOR CARRYING LOTTERY PARAPHERNALIA, ETC. The bill (S. 2751) to amend section 213, act of March 4, 1909 (Criminal Code, title 18, sec. 336, U. S. C.), affixing penalties for use of mails in connection with fraudulent devices and lottery paraphernalia, was considered as in Committee of the Whole.

Mr. MOSES. Mr. President, it so happens that by reason of a confusion in the preparation of the copy for the printer for this measure, it comes to the Senate in a printed form which is very far from the purpose of the committee and very far from carrying out the purposes of the measure itself.

I think the Senator from Texas [Mr. SHEPPARD] who was the author of the original bill, which was reported with amendments, has the correct copy with him; and if he will offer that as an amendment, striking out all after the enacting clause and substituting the corrected copy which he has in his hands, I think we can then deal with it.

Mr. SHEPPARD. Mr. President, I have here the revised copy prepared by the department. The bill itself was recommended by the department. It merely adds language strengthening and making more effective the enforcement of the statute relating to the use of the mails for lottery paraphernalia and fraudulent devices.

Mr. MOSES. And, further, in the printed report which accompanies the bill I think a full explanation of its purpose will be found.

The VICE PRESIDENT. The amendment, in the nature of a substitute, will be stated.

The CHIEF CLERK. It is proposed to strike out all after the enacting clause, and to insert the following:

That section 213, act of March 4, 1909 (Criminal Code, title 18, sec. 336, U. S. C.), be amended so as to read as follows:

"SEC. 213. No letter, package, postal card, or circular concerning any lottery, gift enterprise, or scheme of any kind offering prizes dependent in whole or in part upon lot or chance, or concerning any article, device, or thing so constructed as to have for its principal and primary use the risk of money or property by lot or chance, or concerning any unfair, dishonest, or cheating gambling article, device, or thing; and no lottery ticket or part thereof, or paper, certificate, or instrument purporting to be or to represent a ticket, chance, share, or interest in or dependent upon the event of a lottery, gift enterprise, or scheme of any kind offering prizes dependent in whole or in part upon lot or chance; and no article, device, or thing so constructed as to have for its principal and primary use the risk of money or property by lot or chance, or matter relating thereto; and no unfair, dishonest, or cheating gambling article, device, or thing; and no check, draft, bill, money, postal note, or money order for the purchase of any ticket or part thereof, or of any share or chance in any such lottery, gift enterprise, or scheme; and no newspaper, circular, pamphlet, or publication of any kind containing any advertisement of any lottery, gift enterprise, or scheme of any kind offering prizes dependent in whole or in part upon lot or chance, or containing any list of the prizes drawn or awarded by means of any such lottery, gift enterprise, or scheme, whether said list contains any part or all of such prizes, or containing any advertisement of any article, device, or thing so constructed as to have for its principal and primary use the risk of money or property by lot or chance, or containing any advertisement of any unfair, dishonest, or cheating gambling article, device, or thing, shall be deposited in or carried by the mails of the United States or be delivered by any postmaster or letter carrier. Whoever shall knowingly deposit or cause to be deposited, or shall knowingly send or cause to be sent, anything to be conveyed or delivered by mail in violation of the provisions of this section, or shall knowingly deliver or cause to be delivered by mail anything herein forbidden to be carried by mail, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or imprisoned not more than two years, or both; and for any subsequent offense shall be imprisoned not more than five years. Any person violating any provision of this section may be tried and punished either in the district in which the unlawful matter or publication was mailed, or to which it was carried by mail for delivery according to the direction thereon, or in which it was caused to be delivered by mail to the person to whom it was addressed."

Mr. WALSH of Montana. Mr. President, I desire to say a word with respect to the substitute bill that has just been read. This bill deals with a subject that has had the very serious consideration of the Committee on the Judiciary. Protracted hearings were held. The matter was under consideration in at least two or three sessions, and the committee finally worked out an act which was passed by the Congress which we thought met the situation.

I have not had an opportunity to look at the substitute that has been offered; but the bill that is before me has in it the infirmities which we sought, at least, to overcome by the bill which had the approval of the Judiciary Committee. The late chairman of the committee, Senator Cummins, was very deeply interested in this matter, and he and I spent some tiresome Under these circumhours over the problem presented by it. stances I think we ought not hurriedly to pass this substitute

measure.

Mr. MOSES. Mr. President, I am entirely willing that the matter shall go over for the present, in order that the Senator from Montana may examine the substitute which has just been offered by the Senator from Texas.

I am fully aware that the bill which the Senator from Montana has before him is replete with errors, and ought not to be considered here for a minute, due wholly to printer's errors, in which a current of responsibility is to be found, and I will not attempt to fix it anywhere. Then, if I may suggest to the Senator from Montana that at some time presently he and the Senator from Texas and I may have an opportunity to talk about the substitute measure as presented, I am entirely willing that it shall go over for the minute.

Mr. WALSH of Montana. If the matter may go over, I shall be very glad to join with the Senator.

Mr. SHEPPARD. That is entirely satisfactory to me, Mr. President.

Mr. FLETCHER. Mr. President, that raises a question in my mind as to whether these bills ought to go to the Judiciary Committee. Order of Business 1031, Senate bill 3127, refers to an act to codify, revise, and amend the penal laws of the United States. That does not belong in the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads at all.

Mr. MOSES. Mr. President, these measures, of course, deal with matters which are exclusively in the hands of the Post Office Department, and I suppose for that reason they were referred to the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads. I want to assure the Senator from Florida that neither the chairman nor any member of the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads seeks to have legislation referred to that committee, because there is enough of it there automatically.

Mr. FLETCHER. I realize that; but the case that was brought up by the Senator from Montana shows that there ought to be some uniformity about it, because they have had the same measure before the Judiciary Committee.

A. M. THOMAS

The bill (S. 3525) for the relief of A. M. Thomas was considered as in Committee of the Whole and was read, as follows:

Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Treasury is authorized and directed to pay to A. M. Thomas, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $302.40, representing the amount paid by him as surety on the forfeited bail bond of Louis Ship-she, who was subsequently rearrested and produced in court through the efforts of A. M. Thomas.

The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and passed.

D. GEORGE SHORTEN

The bill (H. R. 11960) for the relief of D. George Shorten was considered as in Committee of the Whole.

The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed.

BILL PASSED OVER

The bill (S. 3902) to provide books and educational supplies free of charge to pupils of the public schools of the District of Columbia was announced as next in order.

Mr. PHIPPS. Let that go over.

The VICE PRESIDENT. The bill will be passed over.

MILITARY AND NAVAL PAY AND ALLOWANCES

The bill (S. 3692) to amend the act entitled "An act to readjust the pay and allowances of the commissioned and enlisted personnel of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Coast and Geodetic Survey, and Public Health Service," approved June 10, 1922, as amended, was considered as in Committee of the Whole.

Mr. WARREN. Mr. President, I suggest to the Senator from California [Mr. SHORTRIDGE], the author of the bill, that we either have the bill read or that he explain it. It seems to be a very comprehensive measure.

Mr. SHORTRIDGE. Mr. President, I think I can in a very few words explain this bill. First I observe that it is in the interest of the chief gunners, the chief boatswains, chief machinists, chief carpenters, chief pharmacists, and chief pay clerks in the Navy. The bill was drafted, indeed, by the Navy Department. It has the unqualified approval of the Secretary of the Navy, and I am happy to add it has the unanimous ap proval of the Committee on Naval Affairs.

The bill affects these enlisted men. Under the law they enlist, and if they serve faithfully for 10 years they become what is termed, in the nomenclature of the Navy, warrant officers. If they continue to serve 6 years faithfully and efficiently, and pass an examination, they become what are termed commissioned warrant officers.

These men, I repeat, are volunteers. They are men who come up from the ranks. They have not had the advantages of our Naval Academy, but they become experts in their several lines of duty aboard naval vessels. Without them no Sampson, or Schley, or Sims, or any other admiral, could successfully navigate one of our naval vessels. Upon them rests victory or defeat, successful voyage or disaster. I would love to take the time to pay just tribute to this type of our loyal servants in the Navy, but if Senators are interested, and will turn to the hearings, they will there read the eloquent and the true tribute paid to them by Admiral Sims.

What is the scope or purpose of this bill? It is this, to put it briefly, of course, necessarily. By the act of 1916 this class of our loyal and efficient servants were put on a parity of salary with ensigns, junior lieutenants, and lieutenants of the same length of service that is to say, after 10 years-followed by examination, they were then to be put on a parity of salary

with the graduates from our academy, in the respective ranks of ensigns, junior lieutenants, and lieutenants. But inadvertently by the act of 1922 this parity designed by the act of 1916 was destroyed, so that the salaries of these men remain stationary, and do not increase correspondingly or concurrently with the increases of salaries of ensigns, junior lieutenants, and lieutenants.

Mr. WATSON. What is the difference in salary?

Mr. SHORTRIDGE. Specifically, the salaries of the different grades, I do not carry them in my mind; but the bill in its total sum amounts to something over $200,000 a year.

Mr. WARREN. From its title, the bill seems also to apply to the Army, the Marine Corps, the Coast Guard, the Coast and Geodetic Survey, and the Public Health Service. Perhaps the Senator who has so eloquently portrayed the character of the service of the men in the Navy will explain as to the other services also.

Mr. SHORTRIDGE. The bill amends the act approved June 10, 1922, as amended; but it relates to and affects those I have named, not those in other lines of service.

Mr. JONES. Mr. President, I am very sorry to ask that the bill shall go over, but I have an amendment which I desire to offer dealing with the Director of the Coast and Geodetic Survey. I did not know this bill was on the calendar until it was called. I will have the amendment in shape so that when the bill is reached again it may be offered.

Mr. SHORTRIDGE. May I ask the Senators who have listened that before the matter comes up again they will acquaint themselves with the real purpose of this bill, so that it may pass. I know of no other bill which appeals more strongly to The VICE PRESIDENT. The Senator's five minutes have expired.

me than this one.

Mr. WARREN. I have not undertaken to find fault with the measure, but it seems to me that there should be such an explanation in regard to the Army and these other branches as has been given in regard to the Navy, as to an effort to arrange as to compensation, rank, and so forth.

Mr. SHORTRIDGE. I intended to proceed to explain the full scope of the bill, but, of course

The VICE PRESIDENT. The Senator's time has expired, and the bill will go over.

Mr. REED of Pennsylvania. Mr. President, in my time, will the Senator explain to us how this can inure to the benefit of warrant officers of the Army?

Mr. SHORTRIDGE. The bill goes over, and there is no use to multiply words now.

Mr. REED of Pennsylvania. Very good. I am going to find that out, or this bill is not going to pass.

Mr. SHORTRIDGE. I assure the Senator he will find it out, and if I am a true prophet the bill will pass.

Mr. REED of Pennsylvania. Then, the bill will pass carrying similar benefits for warrant officers of the Army. Mr. SHORTRIDGE. I have no objection.

CONDEMNATION JURIES IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Mr. BLAINE. Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to recur to Calendar 1033, Senate bill 4124, to provide for notice to owners of land assessed for benefits by the verdict of condemnation juries in the District of Columbia, and for other I understand that the Senator from South Carolina withdraws his objection. I trust that we may act upon this bill now.

purposes.

The VICE PRESIDENT. Is there objection to the request of the Senator from Wisconsin?

There being no objection, the Senate, as in Committee of the Whole, resumed the consideration of the bill, which was read, as follows:

Be it enacted, etc., That where in any condemnation proceedings instituted by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia in accordance with the provisions of subchaper 1 of chapter 15, or in accordance with the provisions of chapter 55 of the Code of Law for the District of Columbia, the jury of condemnation shall assess benefits against any land or parcel of land no part of which was taken by the condemnation proceedings, and the owner of the land or parcel of land so assessed for benefits was not served with notice of the condemnation proceedings, notice of such assessment for benefits shall be given by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia by registered letter, mailed to the last known address of the person listed on the records of the assessor of the District of Columbia as the owner of the land or parcel of land so assessed, and, in addition thereto, the court shall give public notice of the land or parcels of land assessed for benefits, no part of which was taken by the condemnation proceedings, by advertisement once in each of three daily newspapers published in the District of Columbia, showing the amount assessed against each such piece or parcel of land and stating the time within which interested

parties may file with the court any objections or exceptions they may have to the verdict. The mailing by registered letter and the notice by publication herein provided for shall be sufficient notice to the owner of any land or parcel of land assessed for benefits as aforesaid. Nothing herein contained shall be considered to abrogate or nullify the option conferred upon the Commissioners of the District of Columbia by the act of Congress approved May 28, 1926, entitled "An act to provide for the condemnation of land for the opening, extension, widening, or straightening of streets, avenues, roads, or highways in accordance with the plan of the permanent system of highways for the District of Columbia, and for other purposes."

The bill was reported to the Senate, ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and passed.

TRANSCONTINENTAL POST ROAD

The bill (S. 1900) to provide for the construction of a post road and military highway from a point on or near the Atlantic coast to a point on or near the Pacific coast, and for other purposes, was announced as next in order.

Mr. KING. Mr. President, this is a very important measure, offered by the Senator from New Hampshire [Mr. MOSES] at the request of our dear friend the junior Senator from Delaware [Mr. DU PONT], who unfortunately is detained from the Senate on account of illness. The bill has very great merit, but there are a number of amendments which have been suggested to me by Senators, and if it meets with the approval of the Senator from New Hampshire, I ask that it may go over until we may have further time to discuss it.

Mr. MOSES. The Senator from Utah is quite correct that I introduced the bill in behalf of the Senator from Delaware. May I ask the Senator from Utah if it will be possible within a reasonable time, and certainly prior to the expiration of this session of Congress, for him to formulate the amendments so that I can discuss them with him?

Mr. KING. I shall be very glad to prepare them immediately. Some have been suggested, and I shall prepare them at once. The VICE PRESIDENT. The bill will go over temporarily.

BILL PASSED OVER

The bill (S. 3890) to amend section 5 of the act entitled "An act making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1921, and for other purposes," was announced as next in order.

SEVERAL SENATORS. Over.

The VICE PRESIDENT. The bill will be passed over.

ENGINEER FIELD CLERKS, AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES The bill (S. 3210) providing for the men who served with the American Expeditionary Forces in Europe as engineer field clerks the status of Army field clerk and field clerks, Quartermaster Corps of the United States Army, when honorably discharged, was announced as next in order, having been reported adversely from the Committee on Military Affairs.

Mr. KING. I move that the bill be indefinitely postponed. The motion was agreed to.

BILL INDEFINITELY POSTPONED

The bill (H. R. 8778) for the relief of William W. Woodruff was announced as next in order, having been reported from the Committee on Military Affairs adversely.

Mr. KING. I move that the bill be indefinitely postponed. The motion was agreed to.

GILES GORDON

The bill (H. R. 3467) for the relief of Giles Gordon was considered as in Committee of the Whole.

The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed.

ACQUISITION OF LAND IN THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

The bill (S. 4126) authorizing the National Capital Park and Planning Commission to acquire rights in land, and to lease land or existing buildings for limited periods in certain instances, was considered as in Committee of the Whole.

The bill had been reported from the Committee on the District of Columbia with amendments, on page 2, line 3, after the word "grantor," to insert the words " 'Provided, That such reservation of rights shall not continue beyond the life or lives of the grantor or grantors of the fee: Provided further, That "; on page 2, line 11, to strike out the word "limited"; on page 2 to strike out lines 23 to line 3, page 3, as follows:

SEC. 2. Said commission may authorize the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital to lease, for limited periods pending need for their immediate use in other ways by the public, and on such terms as it shall determine, land or any existing building or structure on land acquired for park purposes.

And on page 3 to add a new section, as follows: SEC. 2. The Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital is authorized, subject to the approval of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, to lease, for a term not exceeding five years, and to renew such lease for an additional term not exceeding five years, pending need for their immediate use in other ways by the public, and on such terms as the director shall determine, land or any existing building or structure on land acquired for park, parkway, or playground purposes.

So as to read:

Be it enacted, etc., That the authority of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, established by the act approved April 30, 1926 (Stat. L., vol. 44, p. 374), is hereby enlarged as follows:

Said commission is hereby authorized to acquire, for and in behalf of the United States of America, by gift, devise, purchase, or condemnation, in accordance with the provisions of the act of June 6, 1924 (Stat. L., vol. 43, p. 463), as amended by the act of April 30, 1926 (Stat. L., vol. 44, p. 374), (1) fee title to land subject to limited rights reserved to the grantor: Provided, That such reservation of rights shall not continue beyond the life or lives of the grantor or grantors of the fee: Provided further, That in the opinion of said commission the permanent public park purposes for which control over said land is needed are not essentially impaired by said reserved rights and that there is a substantial saving in cost by acquiring said land subject to said limited rights as compared with the cost of acquiring unencumbered title thereto; (2) permanent rights in land adjoining park property sufficient to prevent the use of said land in certain specified ways which would essentially impair the value of the park property for its purposes: Provided, That in the opinion of said commission the protection and maintenance of the essential public values of said park can thus be secured more economically than by acquiring said land in fee or by other available means: Provided further, That all contracts for acquisition of land subject to such limited rights reserved to the grantor and for acquisition of such limited permanent rights in land shall be subject to the approval of the President of the United States.

SEC. 2. The Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks of the National Capital is authorized, subject to the approval of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, to lease, for a term not exceeding five years, and to renew such lease for an additional term not exceeding five years, pending need for their immediate use in other ways by the public, and on such terms as the director shall determine, land or any existing building or structure on land acquired for park, parkway, or playground purposes.

The amendments were agreed to.

Mr. BLAINE. Mr. President, I did not want to object to the consideration of the amendments or their adoption, but I would like to have the bill go over, because I desire to present amendments to it.

The VICE PRESIDENT. The bill will be passed over.

CAPT. GEORGE R. ARMSTRONG

The bill (H. R. 4664) for the relief of Capt. George R. Armstrong, United States Army, retired, was considered as in Committee of the Whole.

The bill had been reported from the Committee on Military Affairs, with amendments, on page 1, line 3, after the word "that," to insert the words "in recognition of the active service of Capt. George R. Armstrong, United States Army, retired, for more than 10 years after his retirement, and of his extraordinary service and gallantry in protection of the United States mint in the San Francisco fire of 1906"; and on line 8, after the word "appoint," to insert the word "said "; and on the same line, to strike out the words "captain, United States Army, retired," so as to make the bill read:

Be it enacted, etc., That, in recognition of the active service of Capt. George R. Armstrong, United States Army, retired, for more than 10 years after his retirement, and of his extraordinary service and gallantry in protection of the United States mint in the San Francisco fire of 1906, the President be authorized to appoint said George R. Armstrong a lieutenant colonel on the retired list of the United States Army, effective from the date of the approval of this act.

The amendments were agreed to.

The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amendments were concurred in. The amendments were ordered to be engrossed, and the bill to be read a third time.

The bill was read the third time, and passed.

ENGINEER FIELD CLERKS, AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCES Mr. BRUCE. Mr. President, Senate bill 3210 was indefinitely postponed, but I would like to have that action reconsidered, and that the bill be allowed to remain on the calendar.

CHARLIE R. PATE

The bill (H. R. 4652) for the relief of Charlie R. Pate, was considered as in Committee of the Whole.

The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed.

SALARY INCREASES FOR TEACHERS

The bill (S. 3827) to exempt employees of the public-school system of the District of Columbia from the $2,000 salary limitation provision of the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act, approved May 10, 1916, as amended, was announced as next in order.

Mr. PHIPPS. Let the bill go over.

Mr. DILL. Mr. President, was objection made?

Mr. PHIPPS. I desire to get a little information about the bill. I have not had time to study it. I will be very glad to have an explanation, if it is not too, lengthy.

Mr. DILL. Mr. President, I notice that the bill proposes to raise the salary limitation for teachers who get $2,000 a year. I have no objection to that. I want to take this opportunity, however, to say a few words and make some observations regarding the pending salary bill now before the Civil Service Committee. That bill proposes to increase the salaries of those who are getting high salaries already, much more than it will increase the salaries of the low-paid employees. The bill was originally introduced in the House of Representatives to give the poorly paid employees of the Government a decent living wage. It has been manipulated until to-day it is primarily for the purpose of increasing the salaries of those who already get good salaries.

I want to say now that if that bill comes into the Senate in the form in which it passed the House it will have a long, hard struggle getting through, unless it is amended to take care of the people whom it was introduced to take care of, namely, those getting less than $1,200 a year. The bill was introduced in the Senate providing for a new grade at $9,000 a year, and virtually proposes to leave those who are getting $900 and $1,000 a year at salaries of less than $100 a month. Under the guise of trying to help the poorly paid employees, that bill is being turned into a bill to increase primarily the salaries of those already receiving good wages. If that bill continues in that form, I do not see any reason why it should pass at all.

Mr. KING. I agree with the Senator.

ley and State of South Dakota : Sections 26 and 27, the north half southeast quarter, and the north half section 34, the north half northeast quarter, the north half northwest quarter, and the north half southwest quarter of section 35, and lot 4, and the south half northwest quarter and the west half southwest quarter of section 25, all in township 6 north, range 30 east, Black Hills meridian; said lands to be used exclusively for the pasturing of native buffalo, and for no other purpose: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior may at any time cancel any lease which may hereafter be made under the provisions hereof and restore said land to the public domain: Provided further, That the lease authorized hereunder may be assigned with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior.

The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and passed.

SALLIE E. M'QUEEN AND JANIE M'QUEEN PARKER

The bill (H. R. 9789) for the relief of Sallie E. McQueen and Janie McQueen Parker, was considered as in Committee of the Whole, and was read, as follows:

Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to issue a patent to Sallie E. McQueen and Janie McQueɛa Parker for the west 80 acres of fractional section 1, township 18 north, range 18 east, St. Stephens meridian, lying south of the Coosa River in Elmore County, Ala., upon payment therefor at the rate of $1.25 per

acre.

The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed. SALE OF LANDS IN CLARKE COUNTY, MISS.

The bill (H. R. 12049) to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to sell to W. H. Walker, Ruth T. Walker, and Queen E. Walker, upon the payment of $1.25 per acre, the southeast onefourth section 34, township 2 north, range 14 east, Choctaw meridian, Clarke County, Miss., was considered as in Committee of the Whole, and was read, as follows:

Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed to sell the lands described as the southeast quarter section 34, township 2 north, range 14 east, Choctaw meridian, Clarke County, Miss., to W. H. Walker, Ruth T. Walker, and Queen E. Walker, upon the payment of $1.25 per acre therefor.

The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed.

HOMESTEAD ENTRY OF ENGLEHARD SPERSTAD

The bill (H. R. 332) validating the homestead entry of Englehard Sperstad for certain public land in Alaska was con

Mr. DILL. I hope I shall not recognize it for the reason that the bill will give decent increases to the poorly paid employees.

Mr. PHIPPS. Mr. President, I made objection to the consideration of Senate bill 3827 merely because I had not had time to read the report. Since I objected I have read the report, and I now recognize the bill and its purposes, with which I am familiar, and I desire to withdraw my objection.

There being no objection, the Senate, as in Committee of the Whole, proceeded to consider the bill, which was read, as follows:

Be it enacted, etc., That the provisions of section 6 of the legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation act approved May 10, 1916, as amended, shall not apply to employees of the night schools, vacation schools, and Americanization schools of the public-school system of the District of Columbia conducted under and within appropriations made by Congress.

The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, read the third time, and passed.

BUFFALO PASTURE IN SOUTH DAKOTA

The bill (S. 4022) authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to lease land in Stanley County, S. Dak., to Henry A. O'Neil for a buffalo pasture, was considered as in Committee of the Whole, and was read, as follows:

Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to withdraw from entry and to lease to Henry A. O'Neil, of Fort Pierre, S. Dak., for a period of 10 years, at an annual rental of not less than $75, under rules and regulations to be by him

Be it enacted, etc., That the entry hereinafter described be, and the same is hereby, validated and the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to issue patent thereon upon the submission of satisfactory proof of compliance with the provisions of the act of June 6, 1912 (37 Stat. 123) Homestead entry, Anchorage, Alaska, No. 06094, made by Englehard Sperstad on January 28, 1924, for the southeast quarter of section 36, township 13 north, range 4 west of the Seward meridian, and in lieu of that tract the Territory of Alaska shall have the right to select equal area of public land of the character subject to selection under its school-land grant.

The bill was reported to Senate without amendment, ordered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed.

ETHEL L. SAUNDERS

The bill (H. R. 11716) authorizing and directing the Secre tary of the Interior to issue patents to Ethel L. Saunders, and for other purposes, was considered as in Committee of the Whole and was read, as follows:

Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized and directed to issue a patent to Ethel L. Saunders, of St. Cloud, Fla., for lot 3 of section 10, and lot 3 of section. 11, township 26 south, range 31 east, Tallahassee meridian, a part of the lands embraced in homestead application (Gainesville 017626), filed June 18, 1924. The Secretary of the Interior is also authorized and directed, upon payment of $1.25 per acre, to issue a patent to said Ethel L. Saunders for lot 5 of section 11, township 26 south, range 31 east, also claimed by said Ethel L. Saunders under a settlement antedating the survey of the lands.

The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed.

GRANT OF LAND TO NEW MEXICO

The bill (S. 2572) granting certain land in the town of Hot Springs, N. Mex., to the State of New Mexico was announced as next in order.

Mr. BRATTON. Mr. President, my colleague and I have conferred upon the measure and for the time being ask that it go over.

The VICE PRESIDENT. The bill will be passed over.

ROSWELL LAND DISTRICT, NEW MEXICO

The bill (S. 3136) creating the Roswell land district, establishing a land office at Roswell, N. Mex., and for other purposes, was announced as next in order.

Mr. PHIPPS. Over.

The VICE PRESIDENT. The bill will be passed over.

Mr. BRATTON. Mr. President, on Tuesday evening, when we were considering the calendar, I proposed Senate bill 3136 as an amendment to a bill of the senior Senator from Montana [Mr. WALSH], Senate bill 1794. The amendment was proposed on behalf of my colleague and myself. In connection with it I made an error in a statement of fact, which I desire to correct. I stated at that time that the Department of the Interior favored that amendment.

I gained my impression from a conversation I had with my colleague. It develops that the field representative made a favorable report, but the department itself made an unfavorable report, on the substance of the amendment. I simply want to correct my misstatement of fact, since it has been called to my attention.

LEASING OF PUBLIC LANDS FOR AVIATION

The bill (H. R. 11990) to authorize the leasing of public lands for aviation, and for other purposes, was considered as in Committee of the Whole. The bill had been reported from the Committee on Public Lands and Surveys with an amendment to strike out all after the enacting clause and to insert the following:

Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion and under such regulations as he may prescribe, to lease for use as a public airport any contiguous public lands, unreserved and unappropriated, not to exceed 640 acres in area, subject to valid rights in such lands under the public land laws.

SEC. 2. Any lease under this act shall be for a period not to exceed 20 years, subject to renewal for like periods upon agreement of the Secretary of the Interior and the lessee. Any such lease shall be subjact to the following conditions:

(a) That an annual rental of such sum as the Secretary of the Interior may fix for the use of the lands shall be paid to the United States.

(b) That the lessee shall maintain the lands in such condition, and provide for the furnishing of such facilities, service, fuel, and other supplies, as are necessary to make the lands available for public use as an airport of a rating which may be prescribed by the Secretary of Commerce.

(c) That the lessee shall make reasonable regulations to govern the use of the airport, but such regulations shall take effect only upon approval by the Secretary of Commerce.

(d) That all departments and agencies of the United States operating aircraft (1) shall have free and unrestricted use of the airport, and (2) with the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, shall have the right to erect and install therein such structures and improvements as the heads of such departments and agencies deem advisable, including facilities for maintaining supplies of fuel, oil, and other materials for operating aircraft.

(e) That whenever the President may deem it necessary for military purposes, the Secretary of War may assume full control of the airport. SEC. 3. With the consent of the lessee, the Secretary of the Interior is authorized to cancel any lease of public lands for use as public aviation fields or airports, made under law in force upon the date of the approval of this act, and to lease such lands to the lessee upon the conditions prescribed by this act.

SEC. 4. The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, in his discretion and under such rules as he may prescribe, to grant permission for the establishment of beacon lights and other air-navigation facilities, except terminal airports, upon tracts of unreserved and unappropriated public lands of the United States of appropriate size, and may withdraw the lands for such purposes.

The amendment was agreed to.

The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amendment was concurred in.

The amendment was ordered to be engrossed, and the bill to be read a third time.

The bill was read the third time, and passed. The title was amended so as to read "An act to authorize the leasing of public lands for use as public aviation fields."

ABSAROKA AND GALLATIN NATIONAL FORESTS

The bill (H. R. 15) authorizing an appropriation to enable the Secretary of the Interior to carry out the provisions of the act of May 26, 1926 (44 Stat. L. 655), to make additions to the Absaroka and Gallatin National Forests, and to improve and

extend the winter-feed facilities of the elk, antelope, and other game animals of Yellowstone National Park and adjacent land was considered as in Committee of the Whole and was read, as follows:

Be it enacted, etc., That there is hereby authorized to be appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $150,000, which sum shall continue available until expended, to enable the Secretary of the Interior to carry out the provisions of the act of May 26, 1926 (44 Stats. L. 655), entitled "An act to make additions to the Absaroka and Gallatin National Forests and the Yellowstone National Park, and to improve and extend the winter-feed facilities of the elk, antelope, and other game animals of Yellowstone National Park and adjacent land, and for other purposes": Provided, That the total expenditures from this appropriation shall not exceed the combined total of the sums contributed by private or other agencies under the provisions of clause (a) of section 1 of said act, and the appraised values of land donated or bequeathed under the provisions of clause (b) of section 1 of said act.

The bill was reported to the Senate without amendment, ordered to a third reading, read the third time, and passed.

NATIONAL MILITARY PARKS AND NATIONAL MONUMENTS

The bill (S. 4173) to transfer jurisdiction over certain national military parks and national monuments from the War Department to the Department of the Interior, and for other purposes, was considered as in Committee of the Whole, and was read, as follows:

Be it enacted, etc., That the administrative jurisdiction and control over the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, Shiloh National Military Park, Gettysburg National Military Park, Vicksburg National Military Park, Guilford Courthouse National Military Park, Moores Creek National Military Park, the national park and memorial at Fort McHenry, Md., Antietam Battle Field, Big Hole Battle Field National Monument, Fort Pulaski National Monument, Fort Marion National Monument, Fort Matanzas National Monument, White Plains Battle Field Monument, Chalmette Monument, the Meriwether Lewis National Monument, the Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battle Fields Memorial National Military Park as authorized in act of Congress approved February 14, 1927, the Petersburg National Military Park as authorized in act of Congress approved July 3, 1926, the Stones River National Military Park as authorized in act of Congress approved March 3, 1927, and Lincoln Farm, together with the approach roads thereto, be, and the same are hereby, transferred from the War Department to the Department of the Interior.

SEC. 2. That such civilian employees of the War Department as may be engaged in work relating solely to the parks, monuments, and other areas enumerated in section 1 shall be transferred without change in classification or compensation from the War Department to the Department of the Interior, when the transfer of jurisdiction is effected.

SEC. 3. That the unexpended balance of appropriations, or allotments therefrom, available to the War Department for the administration and protection of these parks, monuments, and other areas, including the appropriations for the salaries of civilian personnel involved, shall be transferred when the transfer of jurisdiction is effected, in such amounts as may be agreed upon by the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of War, to the Interior Department, and shall become available for expenditure under the supervision of the said Secretary of the Interior.

SEC. 4. That after this act becomes effective the parks, monuments, and other areas transferred herein to the jurisdiction of the Interior Department shall be administered under the direction of the Secretary of the Interior by the National Park Service, and such of these parks, monuments, and other areas as shall be so designated by the Secretary of the Interior shall be known as "national historical parks."

SEC. 5. That all duties, powers, and functions imposed and conferred by law upon the War Department, or the Secretary thereof, or commissions or other bodies under his jurisdiction, in relation to the parks, monuments, and other areas hereby transferred, including the duty of completing the establishment of the same in all cases where such establishment has not already been completed, shall immediately when said transfer becomes effective, be fully imposed and conferred upon and vested in the Department of the Interior, or the Secretary thereof, as the case may be: Provided, That the members of the several commissions in charge of national military parks appointed prior to August 24, 1912, shall continue to hold the offices now held by them, as contemplated in the act of Congress approved August 24, 1912 (37 Stat. 417, 442).

SEC. 6. The duties imposed by the act of Congress approved June 11, 1926, entitled "An act to provide for the study and investigation of battle fields in the United States for commemorative purposes " (47 Stat., pt. 2, p. 726), on the Secretary of War shall, after the passage of this act, be performed by the Secretary of the Interior: Provided, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized to call upon the Secretary of War for such historical studies and investigations with reference to battle fields within the continental limits of the United States, whereon troops of the United States or of the 13 original Colo