debate, which shall be confined to the bill and shall continue not to exceed one hour, to be equally divided and controlled by those favoring and opposing the bill, the bill shall be read for amendment under the five-minute rule. At the conclusion of the reading of the bill for amendment the committee shall arise and report the bill to the House with such amendments as may have been adopted, and the previous question shall be considered as ordered on the bill and the amendments thereto to final passage without intervening motion except one motion to recommit.

ADDITIONAL JUDGE, EASTERN AND WESTERN DISTRICTS OF SOUTH CAROLINA

The next business on the Consent Calendar was the bill (H. R. 12811) to provide for the appointment of one additional district judge for the eastern and western districts of South Carolina. The title of the bill was read.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present consideration of the bill?

There was no objection.

The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the bill.

The Clerk read as follows:

Be it enacted, etc., That the President is hereby authorized to appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, one additional district judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern and Western Districts of South Carolina, who shall at the time of his appointment be a resident and a citizen of the State of South Carolina. The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed.

A motion to reconsider the last vote was laid on the table. COAL AND ASPHALT DEPOSITS IN THE CHOCTAW AND CHICKASAW NATIONS

The next business on the Consent Calendar was the bill (H. R. 12574) to extend certain existing leases upon the coal and asphalt deposits in the Choctaw and Chickasaw nations to September 25, 1932, and permit extension of time to complete payment on coal purchases.

The title of the bill was read.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present consideration of the bill?

Mr. HOOPER. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent, at the desire of the gentleman from Michigan [Mr. CRAMTON], to pass this bill over without prejudice.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Michigan?

There was no objection.

PER CAPITA PAYMENT TO PINE RIDGE SIOUX INDIANS The next business on the Consent Calendar was the bill (H. R. 13342) to authorize a per capita payment to the Pine Ridge Sioux Indians of South Dakota.

The title of the bill was read.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present consideration of the bill?

Mr. HOOPER. I ask unanimous consent to pass it over without prejudice.

Mr. LEAVITT. Mr. Speaker, I hope that will not be done. Mr. HOOPER. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman from Montana does not desire that to be done.

Mr. LEAVITT. I wish to be heard, Mr. Speaker.
The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the bill.
The Clerk read as follows:

Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to withdraw from funds on deposit in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Pine Ridge Sioux Indians of South Dakota a sum sufficient to make a $10 per capita payment to said Indians, under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed. Mr. HOOPER. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the right to object. Mr. LEAVITT. Mr. Speaker, when the committee report was made on this bill we had no report from the Secretary of the Interior, but on account of the emergency existing and the hardship of these Indians, the action of the committee was to place the bill on the calendar with the understanding that there should be embodied in the committee's report the report of the Secretary of the Interior when received.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Michigan, that the bill be passed over temporarily?

There was no objection.

FOREST RESEARCH IN THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE The next business on the Consent Calendar was the bill (H. R. 12878) to insure adequate supplies of timber and other forest products for the people of the United States, to promote the full use for timber growing and other purposes of forest lands in the United States, including farm wood lots and those abandoned areas not suitable for agricultural production, and to secure the correlation and the most economical conduct of forest research in the Department of Agriculture, through research in reforestation, timber growing, protection, utilization, forest economics, and related subjects, and for other purposes.

The title of the bill was read.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present consideration of the bill?

Mr. CURRY. I object.

The SPEAKER. Objection is heard.

Mr. CURRY. I may not be opposed to the bill itself, but it is of such importance that I do not think it should be considered on the Consent Calendar. It involves too much money, is controversial, and too important.

Mr. LAGUARDIA. I will say to the gentleman from California that I took this matter up with the department and with the Budget Bureau. I conferred with the gentleman from California a few weeks ago about it. I do not think the gentleman will object if he looks into it.

Mr. CURRY. Of course, the Forestry Bureau of the Department of Agriculture will not object to any amount of money it can get, or to any extension of its jurisdiction and power.

Mr. McSWEENEY. The Budget Bureau has asked for a larger program in this regard. The head of the Budget says he would like Congress to establish a definite program. This is the request of General Lord.

Mr. CURRY. Mr. Speaker, I have not the same high regard for General Lord's perspicacity and omniscience as some others have. I do not think he knows anything more about this bill than I do, and probably I do not know as much about it as I should.

However, I have confidence in the Members who are advo cating the bill and will therefore withdraw my objection. The SPEAKER. Is there objection?

There was no objection.

Mr. MCSWEENEY. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to substitute Senate bill 3556 for the House bill.

Mr. TILSON. Is it an identical bill or a similar bill? Mr. LAGUARDIA. The House bill provides for a station in Hawaii and the other bill for a station in the Southern States. Mr. MCSWEENEY. That is the only difference. The SPEAKER. Is there objection?

Mr. CHINDBLOM. Reserving the right to object, Mr. Speaker, does it omit the station in Hawaii?

Mr. MCSWEENEY. No; the House bill includes that station. The SPEAKER. If consent is granted for the consideration of the bill, the Chair understands it is the intention of the gentleman from Ohio to offer an amendment to the Senate bill to conform to the House bill. Is there objection? There was no objection.

The Clerk read the Senate bill, as follows:

Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized and directed to conduct such investigations, experiments, and tests as he may deem necessary under sections 2 to 10, inclusive, in order to determine, demonstrate, and promulgate the best methods of reforestation and of growing, managing, and utilizing timber, forage, and other forest products, of maintaining favorable conditions of water flow and the prevention of erosion, of protecting timber and other forest growth from fire, insects, disease, or other harmful agencies, of obtaining the fullest and most effective use of forest lands, and to determine and promulgate the economic considerations which should underlie the establishment of sound policies for the management of forest land and the utilization of forest products: Provided, That in

Mr. LEAVITT. Yes. There are something over 4,000 of these Indians, and a family will average four to five or six people. At the beginning of the spring season, when the crops are put in, that amount of cash is of very material benefit.

Mr. HOOPER. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that this bill be passed over temporarily, so that the gentleman from Montana [Mr. LEAVITT] can make a brief investigation. Possibly I will withdraw my objection to it then.

may cooperate with individuals and public and private agencies, organizations, and institutions, and, in connection with the collection, investigation, and tests of foreign woods, he may also cooperate with ind!viduals and public and private agencies, organizations, and institutions in other countries; and receive money contributions from cooperators under such conditions as he may impose, such contributions to be covered into the Treasury as a special fund, which is hereby appropriated and made available until expended as the Secretary of Agriculture may direct, for use in conducting the activities authorized by this act,

and in making refunds to contributors: Provided further, That the cost of any building purchased, erected, or as improved in carrying out the purposes of this act shall not exceed $2,500, exclusive in each instance of the cost of constructing a water supply or sanitary system and of connecting the same with any such building: Provided further, That the amounts specified in sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 10 of this act are authorized to be appropriated up to and including the fiscal year 1938, and such annual appropriations as may thereafter be necessary to carry out the provisions of said sections are hereby authorized: Provided further, That during any fiscal year the amounts specified in sections 3, 4, and 5 of this act making provision for investigations of forest-tree and wood diseases, forest insects, and forest wild life, respectively, may be exceeded to provide adequate funds for special research required to meet any serious public emergency relating to epidemics: And provided further, That the provisions of this act shall be construed as supplementing all other acts relating to the Department of Agriculture, and, except as specifically provided, shall not limit or repeal any existing legislation or authority.

SEC. 2. That for conducting fire, silvicultural, and other forest investigations and experiments the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized, in his discretion, to maintain the following forest experiment stations for the regions indicated, and in addition to establish and maintain one such station for the Intermountain region in Utah and adjoining States, one in Alaska, and one in the tropical possessions of the United States in the West Indies:

Northeastern forest experiment station, in New England, New York, and adjacent States;

Allegheny forest experiment station, in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, and in neighboring States;

Appalachian forest experiment station, in the southern Appalachian Mountains and adjacent forest regions;

Southern forest experiment station, in the Southern States; Central States forest experiment station, in Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky. Missouri, Iowa, and in adjacent States;

Lake States forest experiment station, in the Lake States and adjoining States;

California forest experiment station, in California and in adjoining States;

Northern Rocky Mountain forest experiment station, in Idaho, Montana, and adjoining States;

Northwestern forest experiment station, in Washington, Oregon, and adjoining States, and in Alaska;

Rocky Mountain forest experiment station, in Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, South Dakota, and in adjacent States; and

Southwestern forest experiment station, in Arizona, and New Mexico, and in adjacent States.

There is hereby authorized to be appropriated annually out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, not more than $1,000,000 to carry out the provisions of this section.

SEC. 3. That for investigations of the diseases of forest trees and of diseases causing decay and deterioration of wood and other forest products, and for developing methods for their prevention and control at forest experiment stations, the Forest Products Laboratory, or elsewhere, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated annually, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, not more than $250,000.

SEC. 4. That for investigations of forest insects, including gypsy and browntail moths, injurious or beneficial to forest trees or to wood or other forest products, and for developing methods for preventing and controlling infestations, at forest experiment stations, the Forest Products Laboratory, or elsewhere, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated annually, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, not more than $350,000.

SEC. 5. That for such experiments and investigations as may be necessary in determining the life histories and habits of forest animals, birds, and wild life, whether injurious to forest growth or of value as supplemental resource, and in developing the best and most effective methods for control their management and forest experiment stations, or elsewhere, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated annually, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, not more than $150,000.

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SEC. 6. That for such investigations at forest experiment stations, or elsewhere, of the relationship of weather conditions to forest fires as may be necessary to make weather forecasts, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated annually, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, not more than $50,000.

SEC. 7. That for such experiments and investigations as may be necessary to develop improved methods of management, consistent with the growing of timber and the protection of watersheds, of forest ranges and of other ranges adjacent to the national forests, at forest or range experiment stations, or elsewhere, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated annually, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, not more than $275,000.

SEC. 8. That for experiments, investigations, and tests with respect to the physical and chemical properties and the utilization and preservation of wood and other forest products, including tests of wood

and other fibrous material for pulp and paper making, and such other experiments, investigations, and tests as may be desirable, at the forest-products laboratory or elsewhere, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated annually, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, not more than $1,000,000, and an additional appropriation of not more than $50,000 annually for similar experiments, investigations, and tests of foreign woods and forest products important to the industries of the United States, including necessary field work in connection therewith.

SEC. 9. That the Secretary of Agriculture is hereby authorized and directed, under such plans as he may determine to be fair and equitable, to cooperate with appropriate officials of each State of the United States, and either through them, or directly with private and other agencies, in making a comprehensive survey of the present and prospective requirements for timber and other forest products in the United States, and of timber supplies, including a determination of the present and potential productivity of forest land therein, and of such other facts as may be necessary in the determination of ways and means to balance the timber budget of the United States. There is hereby authorized to be appropriated annually, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, not more than $250,000: Provided, That the total appropriation of Federal funds under this section shall not exceed $3,000,000.

SEC. 10. That for such investigations of costs and returns and the possibility of profitable reforestation under different conditions in the different forest regions, of the proper function of timber growing in diversified agriculture and in insuring the profitable use of marginal land, in mining, transportation, and in other industries, of the most effective distribution of forest products in the interest of both consumer and timber grower, and for such other economic investigations of forest lands and forest products as may be necessary, there is hereby authorized to be appropriated annually, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, not more than $250,000. Mr. MCSWEENEY. Mr. Speaker, I offer an amendment. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Ohio offers an amendment which the Clerk will report. The Clerk read as follows:

Amendment offered by Mr. MCSWEENEY: On page 5, line 2, strike out the period, insert a comma, and in addition insert the following: "And in addition to establish and maintain one such station for the intermountain region of Utah and adjoining States, one for Alaska, one in Hawaii, and one in the tropical possessions of the United States in the West Indies, and one additional station in the Southern States." The amendment was agreed to.

The bill as amended was ordered to be read a third time, was read the third time, and passed.

A motion to reconsider the vote by which the bill was passed was laid on the table.

A similar House bill was laid on the table.

Mr. LEAVITT, by permission of the House, presented the following:

WHY THE

H. R. 6091-S. 1183-Seventieth Congress
MCSWEENEY-MONARY FOREST RESEARCH BILL SHOULD
BECOME LAW

THE SOCIETY OF AMERICAN FORESTERS

1. The McSweeney-McNary bill is at bottom a comprehensive forestresearch porgram for the United States Department of Agriculture. It is one of a series of Federal legislative acts beginning with the ClarkeMcNary Act, continuing with the Woodruff-McNary bill, and designed when completed to cover the forestry functions of the various bureaus in the Department of Agriculture.

2. It was introduced at the request of the National Forestry Program Committee. The program committee has interested itself for many years in constructive forestry legislation, and contains repreThe sentation from a broad group of public and industrial interests. committee has sponsored the bill at the request of the Society of American Foresters.

3. The bill is based upon the recommendations for organic forest research legislation made by a special committee on forest research of the Washington section of the society in a comprehensive report entitled "A National Program of Forest Research." It is based, therefore, upon a thoroughgoing and detailed study of national requirements.

4. The bill codifies and rounds out the existing legislative authority for forest research in the United States Department of Agriculture. it also carries authorizations for different classes of research, but no appropriations. It is, therefore, both a functional program of the kind of research which can and should be undertaken, and a fiscal program which will guide the Department of Agriculture, the Budget, and Congress in making annual appropriations for the department. The bill is a step toward general recognition and indorsement of a clear-cut program. It is an attempt to raise the sights on forest research requirements to something approaching national needs and to insure sustained development by setting up definite objectives.

5. The bill provides for all classes of forest research, silviculture, and forest management, or the renewal and growing of forest crops; the protection of forests against fire and also against insect and fungous diseases; the influences of the forest upon stream flow, erosion, etc.; forest ranges and their utilization by livestock and game; wild life as a product and in its relation to forest production; the utilization of wood and other forest products; and, finally, the economic aspects of all these questions. The intent is to build upon established research units, such as the regional forest experiment stations and the forest-products laboratory. It is not intended to change the existing responsibility of the Forest Service, the Bureau of Plant Industry, Bureau of Entomology, Biological Survey, and the Weather Bureau.

6. The investigation of the Society of American Foresters shows conclusively the need for greatly enlarged research programs by individuals, corporations, industries, institutions, the States, and the Federal Government. It is estimated that present expenditures for forest research by all agencies total about $2,600,000. The society committee believes that total expenditures of nine to twelve million dollars by the end of a decade are urgently needed and would not be unreasonable because of the basic place of forest research in such things as:

a. The maximum productivity for timber growing and related purposes of one-fourth and undoubtedly more of our entire land areaan area not much below that of improved agricultural land in the United States.

b. Supplies of wood and other forest products ample to meet American requirements, which are now nearly half of world requirements.

c. Reduction of waste in the manufacture and utilization of wood, which is now responsible for about two-thirds of the annual cut from our forests, and for which we have the scientific foundation only in small part.

d. A satisfactory silvicultural and protection technique for the richest and most complex Temperate Zone forests in the world, for which now we have only the beginnings of a traditional technique and only a relatively small start toward a scientific basis.

e. A scientific basis for making forest lands most effective for watershed protection, and for assuring satisfactory production and use of the forage, wild life, recreational, and other forest resources, consistent with such watershed protection and with timber production.

f. A foundation in economic facts for forest-land policies, including the correlation of uses, for forestry legislation, etc.

g. Rapidly increasing annual expenditures on forestry in the United States by all agencies already probably totaling about $20,000,000, every dollar of which should be made to count to the utmost.

h. The permanence of the forest industries, which as a group rank about fourth among American industries and which have a capitalization of about $3,600,000,000, exclusive of forest land and stumpage worth at least $10,000,000,000 more. Such permanence depends absolutely upon a continuous supply of wood.

7. Additional reasons why the society committee feels that it has been conservative in recommending for all agencies total expenditures on forest research which will reach from nine to twelve million dollars by the end of a decade are:

a. Expenditures by the Federal Government and the States for agricultural research now total from eighteen to twenty million dollars, and the work is concentrated largely upon about 500,000,000 acres of improved agricultural land, an area but little larger than the increasing area of forest land.

b. A single corporate group, the American Telephone & Telegraph, is expending $10,000,000 a year in research; the General Electric Co., $3,000,000; the Du Pont Co., $2,000,000; the General Motors Research Corporation, $1,000,000; the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., $1,000,000. In July, 1924, the expenditures on industrial research in the United States were estimated at $75,000,000, and the National Bank of Commerce in New York in December, 1926, estimated these expenditures at one hundred to two hundred million dollars a year.

c. The society committee devotes 125 pages of its report (22-146) very largely to a discussion of unsolved research problems with a feeling that the list is very far from complete.

8. Of the nine to twelve million total, the society committee believes that the Federal Government should by the end of another decade be contributing about one-third, although eventually one-fourth would prob. ably be reasonable. Some of the reasons for this are:

a. Federal ownership or control, chiefly in national forests, of onefifth of our forest lands.

b. Ownership by farmers in wood lots of nearly one-third of our forest land, with the same reason for Federal aid through research as in agriculture.

c. The interstate or international character of stream-flow regulation and of the prevention and control of forest diseases and insect epidemics.

d. The national aspects of manufacture, waste, distribution, and consumption of lumber, pulp and paper, and other forest products.

e. The necessity for Federal leadership in such investigations as forest taxation, a forest or timber survey, etc.

f. The Federal obligation to stimulate the development of forestry and the fact that in research lies one of the cheapest, most effective, and most far-reaching methods.

9. The Department of Agriculture has a large responsibility in Federal forest research because forestry at bottom is primarily a question of land use on all fours with agriculture, and wood and other forest products are land products.

10. By the end of a decade both the society and national forestry program committee believe that expenditures in the Department of Agriculture for forest research should, to meet Federal obligations and national requirements, reach the amounts which have been specified in the various sections of the McSweeney-McNary bill; also that the amounts should be authorized in an organic act which would codify and round out legislative authority and help to insure sustained development of the work. The McSweeney-McNary bill constitutes such an organic

act.

11. The stage has now been reached when the situation calls unmistakably for the development of forest research as a big national undertaking, on a scale commensurate with the movement to acquire national and other public forests; with the drive to place our entire forest area under protection against fire; with the effort to bring about the practice of forestry on privately owned lands; with the development of agricultural research in the United States. The national need for forest research requires in the future far greater breadth of view and greater vision than it has yet received. The McSweeney-McNary bill meets in a comprehensive and reasonably adequate way for the next 10 years the obligations of the Federal Department of Agriculture in such a development of forest research.

PINE RIDGE SIOUX INDIANS OF SOUTH DAKOTA

Mr. HOOPER. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to return to Calendar No. 715, H. R. 13342, to authorize a per capita payment to the Pine Ridge Sioux Indians of South Dakota. Mr. TILSON. Was this bill passed over without prejudice? Mr. HOOPER. Yes.

The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Michigan asks unanimous consent to return to Calendar No. 715. Is there objection? There was no objection.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to present consideration of the bill?

There was no objection.

The Clerk read the bill, as follows:

Be it enacted, etc., That the Secretary of the Interior be, and he is hereby, authorized to withdraw from funds on deposit in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the Pine Ridge Sioux Indians of South Dakota a sum sufficient to make a $10 per capita payment to said Indians, under such rules and regulations as may be prescribed. Mr. LEAVITT. Mr. Speaker, I offer an amendment. The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Montana offers an amendment, which the Clerk will report.

The Clerk read as follows:

The next business on the Consent Calendar was House joint resolution (H, J. Res. 184) designating May 1 as Child Health Day.

The Clerk read the title of the resolution.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present consideration of the resolution?

Mr. CHINDBLOM. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the right to object for the purpose of saying that I shall not object to this bill, but I do think it might establish a precedent for the observance of many days during the year which are very appealing. I doubt the wisdom of this policy but the purpose which it is sought to observe and commemorate is one so close to the hearts of all of us that I really have not the courage to object. I do think, however, that we are embarking upon a practice which may prove a little embarrassing hereafter and that we will be asked to establish Mother's Day, Father's Day, and many another day, so that after a while we will be requiring the President to issue proclamations frequently during the year. Up to this time Thanksgiving has been the only great national holiday for which the President has issued proclamations and I think it might be well if that situation had continued. Mr. DYER. And if the gentleman will permit, they may follow this by asking for holidays.

Mr. REED of New York. No; that will not follow. I want to say that I concur in everything the gentleman from Illinois has said. We had all of that up before our committee and this is not for the purpose of providing a holiday, but many national organizations and splendid organizations all over the country urge this and the President issued a proclamation on May 1 of this year, before this resolution could be passed. He is evidently in sympathy with it and our committee intends to avoid the holiday proposition.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection?

Mr. CHINDBLOM. Mr. Speaker, I withdraw the reservation of objection.

There was no objection.

The Clerk read the joint resolution, as follows:

House joint resolution (II. J. Res. 184) designating May 1 as Child Health Day

Whereas the quality of the adult citizenry of a country depends upon the opportunities for wholesome development provided in childhood; and Whereas in order to secure such well-rounded development it is essential that provision be made for a year-round child health program; and Whereas the concentration of the public mind on the necessity of such a year-round program can be effectively achieved by setting aside one day for this purpose as "Child Health Day": Therefore be it

Resolved, etc., That the President of the United States is hereby authorized and requested to issue a proclamation calling upon the Government officials to display the United States flag on all Government buildings and the people of the United States to display the flag at their homes or other suitable places on May 1 of each year, in order to awaken the people of our country to the fundamental necessity of a year-round program looking toward the protection and the development of the physical and the mental health of our children.

SEC. 2. That May 1 shall hereafter be designated and known as May Day Child Health Day and that it shall be the duty of the President to request its observance as provided in this resolution.

With the following committee amendments:

Page 1, strike out the preamble.

Page 2, line 1, after the word "issue," insert the word "annually," and after the word "proclamation" strike out everything and substitute the following: "setting apart May 1 of each year as Child Health Day and inviting all agencies and organizations interested in child welfare to unite upon that day in the observance of such exercises as will awaken the people of the Nation to the fundamental necessity of a year-round program for the protection and development of the health of the Nation's children."

Page 2, lines 15 to 18, strike out all of section 2.

The committee amendments were agreed to.

The joint resolution as amended was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed. A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM EXPOSITION AT TULSA, OKLA.

Mr. HOWARD of Oklahoma. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent for the immediate consideration of the House joint resolution (H. J. Res. 292) authorizing the President to invite the States of the Union and foreign countries to participate in the Annual International Petroleum Exposition, at Tulsa, Okla., to begin October 20, 1928.

The Clerk read the title of the bill.

Mr. SPROUL of Kansas. May I ask the nature of the bill?
The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the bill.
The Clerk read the bill, as follows:

Resolved, etc., That the President of the United States is authorized to invite annually by proclamation, or in such other manner as he may deem proper, the States of the Union and all foreign countries to participate in the proposed International Petroleum Exposition, to be held annually at Tulsa, Okla., beginning October 20, 1928, for the purpose of exhibiting samples of fabricated and raw products of all countries and bringing together buyers and sellers for promotion of trade and commerce in such products used in the petroleum industry.

SEC. 2. All articles that shall be imported from foreign countries for the sole purpose of exhibition at the International Petroleum Exposition upon which there shall be a tariff or customs duty shall be admitted free of the payment of duty, customs fees, or charges, under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe; but it shall be lawful at any time during the exhibition to sell any goods or property imported for and actually on exhibition, subject to such regulations for the security of the revenue and for the collection of import duties as the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe: Provided, That all such articles when sold or withdrawn for consumption or use in the United States shall be subject to the duty, if any, imposed upon such articles by the revenue laws in force at the date of withdrawal; and on such articles which shall have suffered diminution or deterioration from incidental handling and necessary exposure, the duty, if paid, shall be assessed according to the appraised value at the time of withdrawal

Mr. CHINDBLOM. Mr. Speaker, how far has the bill progressed? It has been read for information, has it not?

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the present consideration of the bill?

Mr. CHINDBLOM. Reserving the right to object, Mr. Speaker, I shall not object, but I want to serve notice, if I may, that bills of this kind should go to the Committee on Ways and Means. The essential thing here is the entry into the United States of articles which are subject to tariff duties. Mr. LAGUARDIA. The essential thing is the exportation of goods to foreign countries.

Mr. CHINDBLOM. These bills have usually gone to the Ways and Means Committee.

Mr. LAGUARDIA. We are trying to sell goods, not to import them. This is the purpose of the exposition.

Mr. CHINDBLOM. I do not object, Mr. Speaker, but I wanted to make this remark.

The committee amendments were agreed to.

The bill as amended was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read the third time, and passed. A motion to reconsider was laid on the table. The title was amended.

Mr. REED of New York. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to postpone indefinitely consideration of Senate Joint Resolution 89, which is a companion resolution to House Joint Resolution 184.

The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from New York?

MISSOULA NATIONAL FOREST, MONT.

Mr. SINNOTT. Mr. Speaker, by direction of the Committee on Public Lands I ask unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table the bill (H. R. 126) to add certain lands to the Missoula National Forest, Mont., and agree to the Senate amendment.

The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Oregon asks unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table the bill, H. R. 126, and agree to the Senate amendment. Is there objection? There was no objection.

The Senate amendment was read and agreed to.

AMENDING THE ACT CREATING THE UNITED STATES COURT FOR CHINA

Mr. DYER. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take up Calendar No. 723, bill (H. R. 12955) to amend an act entitled "An act creating the United States court for China and prescribing the jurisdiction thereof." It is an emergency matter and called for by a special message of the President of the United States.

The SPEAKER. The gentleman from Missouri asks unanimous consent for the present consideration of Calendar No. 723, stating that it is a matter of emergency. Is there objection? Mr. LAGUARDIA. I object.

ADDRESS OF HON. BUTLER B. HARE

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to Mr. DOMINICK. extend my remarks in the RECORD by printing a speech delivered by my colleague [Mr. HARE] over the radio on farm produce agency act.

The SPEAKER. The gentleman from South Carolina asks unanimous consent to extend his remarks in the RECORD in the manner indicated. Is there objection?

There was no objection.

Mr. DOMINICK. Mr. Speaker, under the permission to extend my remarks in the RECORD, I include the following speech delivered by my colleague Hon. BUTLER B. HARE, over the radio on the farm produce agency act:

THE FARM PRODUCE AGENCY ACT

Friends, it has been suggested that in my talk this evening my remarks be directed primarily for the benefit of fruit and truck growers of the country, as well as those farmers engaged in selling other perishable farm crops on consignment or through commission merchants. It is suggested further that I explain the operations of what is known as the farm produce act, or more commonly referred to as the antidumping act. I assume that these suggestions were made for the reason that I happen to be the author of the act referred to. This law, which was enacted and became a law only last year, provides that it shall be unlawful for any person, firm, or corporation receiving fruits, vegetables, poultry products, or any perishable farm product in interstate commerce on behalf of another, without good and sufficient cause, to destroy, or abandon, discard as refuse, or dump any such produce, either directly or indirectly, or through collusion with any person. It provides further that it shall be unlawful for a person to knowingly and intentionally make a false report or statement to the person or association from whom any such produce was received, concerning the handling, condition, quality, sale, or disposition, and any person who shall make such a false report or who intentionally fails to make proper accounting shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punishable by a fine of not less than $100 or more than $3,000, or imprisonment for not exceeding one year, or both within the discretion of the court. Of course, a certificate from a duly authorized representative of the Government to the effect that such produce was in such condition as to render it unsalable or unfit for use will be evidence to show that the conduct of the consignee was in good faith.

The introduction of the bill in Congress two years ago was prompted from the numerous complaints coming from shippers to the effect that they had made consignments of melons, cucumbers, cantaloupes, peaches, etc., and so very often they would receive notice from consignees that the produce was received in bad condition and in many cases would state that it had to be dumped, and sometimes the consignee would ask the shipper for a remittance to pay freight. In such cases the farmer would not know whether or not the real facts had been reported and he had no way of finding out. In many cases the farmer felt that he had been robbed of the entire shipment by an unscrupulous commission merchant and that he had little or no redress. The practice became so prevalent that it was almost impossible for honest and reliable men to stay in business, especially from the standpoint of the shipper. I recall a particular case in my district in 1926, where two neighbors gathered beans in adjoining fields one morning, one having 8 hampers and the other 12. They shipped them by express on the same train and forwarded them to the same market but to different merchants. They received reports the same day indicating that sales were made on the same day. One received net returns to the amount of $3.75 per hamper, whereas the other received notice that the beans were in such bad condition that they had to be dumped, and the commission merchant requested that the shipper forward 80 cents per hamper to pay the express.

The purpose of the law is, of course, to prevent such practices and to protect the shipper as well as the honest and reliable commission merchant.

The power to enforce this act is lodged with the Department of Agriculture and the Department of Justice, and whenever a shipper has good and sufficient reasons to believe that a consignee has made a false report with reference to a shipment, complaint should be made direct to the Secretary of Agriculture, giving in detail as near as possible all the facts in the case as well as the grounds on which his suspicions are based. The department will then make an investigation, and if there is sufficient evidence to warrant prosecution the case will be turned over to the Department of Justice to be handled as it would handle the prosecution in other matters.

My understanding is that the law has been received with practically no objections whatever on the part of the honest and more reliable commission men, and the producers throughout the country seem to think that it will be a great protection to them and often refer to it as one of the greatest pieces of constructive legislation in recent years. Of course, its success will depend largely upon the cooperation of both the shipper and receiver with the departments charged with the enforcement of the law. In the first place the shipper should give careful attention toward perfecting a standard pack for each crop grown and handled. For example, containers for asparagus, cucumbers, peaches, apples, etc., should be of a standard size and uniform make, and they should be made of a more or less uniform material. That is, the pack for each should be uniform and standardized. Then there should be proper and uniform grading, coupled with expert inspection so that the purchaser or consignee may know in advance exactly what he is going to receive and what he is going to sell.

This should result not only in better prices to the shipper for his products but should add strength and stability to the commission business which should result in lower commission rates and absolute fair dealing on the part of those engaged in the business. If this is accomplished, shippers should receive better returns for their crops and at the same time, consumers would receive their fruits and vegetables at

lower prices. Of course, this latter statement is based upon the assumption that the receivers are going to conform not only to the letter, but to the spirit of the law. In this connection, I might refer to a practice on the part of some commission men that should be discontinued. For instance, it is charged that some concerns send their representatives to a shipping point during the harvesting season where they will buy outright as many carloads as possible and at the same time secure as many as possible to be shipped on consignment. Then when the cars or shipments purchased and those shipped on consignment arrive at their destination at the same time, the receiver will hold the consignment off the market until those purchased outright are sold in order to prevent the produce of the shipper, received upon consignment, coming into competition with the produce purchased. This is unfair both to the consignor and the consumer, because the latter is required to purchase in a market where the supply is limited and therefore pay higher price, and the shipper's produce is delayed a day or more and by reason of the deterioration in the meantime brings a lower price when sold, than it would have brought had it been placed on the market when fresh,

The next important and logical step to be taken by the Government in connection with this work is to make ample and suitable provision for inspection of all carlot shipments of fruits and vegetables, as well as other perishable farm products at original shipping points. This will be a protection and benefit to both the shipper, the commission merchant, and the consumer as well.

SENATE BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS REFERRED

Bills of the following titles were taken from the Speaker's table and, under the rule, referred to the appropriate committees, as follows:

S. 61. An act granting an increase of pension to Louise A. Wood: to the Committee on Pensions.

S. 443. An act for the relief of Larry M. Temple; to the Committee on Claims.

S. 860. An act allowing credit to postal and substitute postal employees for time served in the Army, Navy, or Marine Corps of the United States; to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

S. 1251. An act to regulate the marking of platinum imported into the United States or transported in interstate commerce, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

S. 1344. An act to amend an act entitled "An act to provide for the protection of forest lands, for the reforestation of denuded areas, and for the extension of national forests, and for other purposes, in order to promote the continuous production of timber on lands chiefly suitable therefor," approved June 4, 1924; to the Committee on Agriculture.

S. 1511. An act for the exchange of lands adjacent to national forests in Montana; to the Committee on the Public Lands.

S. 1577. An act to add certain lands to the Boise National Forest, Idaho; to the Committee on the Public Lands.

S. 1578. An act to add certain lands to the Idaho National Forest, Idaho; to the Committee on the Public Lands.

S. 2107. An act to provide for steel cars in the railway postoffice service; to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

S. 2289. An act authorizing the Secretary of the Navy, in his discretion, to deliver to the custody of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States, department of Minnesota, the bell formerly on the old cruiser Minneapolis; to the Committee on Naval Affairs.

S. 2526. An act for the relief of Shelden R. Purdy; to the Committee on Claims.

S. 3039. An act authorizing an appropriation for the construction of a bridge and approach road leading to the Zillah State Park, Wash.; to the Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation. S. 3281. An act to provide a shorter workday on Saturday for postal employees; to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Ronds.

S. 3328. An act to amend title 39, the Postal Service, Chapter II, section 32, the Code of Laws of the United States of America in force December 6, 1926 (vol. 44, Pt. I, U. S. Stat. L.); to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads.

S. 3452. An act for the relief of George W. Abberger; to the Committee on Claims.

S. 3525. An act for the relief of A. M. Thomas; to the Committee on Claims.

S. 3595. An act for the relief of Arch L. Gregg; to the Committee on Claims.

S. 3743. An act for the relief of C. N. Markle; to the Committee on Ways and Means.

S. 3794. An act for the relief of R. E. Hansen; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.