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Mr. CANNON, from the committee of conference submitted the following

CONFERENCE REPORT

[To accompany H. R. 4346]

The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 4346) making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1944, and for prior fiscal years, to provide supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1944, and for other purposes, having met, after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows:

That the Senate recede from its amendment numbered 22.'

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendments of the Senate numbered 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 16, 18, 19, 21, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, and 56; and agree to the same. Amendment Numbered 14:

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 14, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows:

In lieu of the sum proposed insert $115,000,000; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment Numbered 15:

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 15, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows:

In lieu of the matter stricken out and inserted by said amendment, insert the following: during the continuance of the unlimited national emergency declared by the President on May 27, 1941, and shall not be available for obligation for new projects after June 30, 1945; and the Senate agree to the same.

H. Repts., 78-2, vol. 267

Amendment numbered 20.

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 20, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows:

In lieu of the matter striken out and inserted by said amendment, insert the following: during the continuance of the unlimited national emergency declared by the President on May 27, 1941, and shall not be available for obligation for new projects after June 30, 1945; and the Senate agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 23.

That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 23, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows:

In lieu of the sum proposed insert $250,000; and the Senate agree to the same.

The committee of conference report in disagreement amendments. numbered 11, 12, 13, 17, 36, and 42.

CLARENCE CANNON,
C. A. WOODRum,
LOUIS LUDLOW,
J. BUELL SNYDER,
EMMETT O'NEAL,
JOHN TABER,

R. B. WIGGLESWORTH,
D. LANE POWERS,

Managers on the part of the House.
KENNETH MCKELLAR,
CARL HAYDEN,
M. E. TYDINGS,
RICHARD B. RUSSELL,
RUFUS C. HOLMAN,

C. WAYLAND BROOKS,

Managers on the part of the Senate.

STATEMENT OF THE MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

The managers on the part of the House at the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 4346) entitled "A bill making appropriations to supply deficiencies in certain appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1944, and for prior fiscal years, to provide supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1944, and for other purposes," submit the following statement in explanation of the effect of the action agreed upon and recommended in the accompanying conference report as to each of such amendments, namely:

Nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4, relating to the Senate: Appropriates for expenses of the Senate in the manner and amounts proposed by the Senate amendments.

Nos. 5, 6, and 7, relating to the House of Representatives: Appropriates $581.50 for contested-election expenses of a member of the House.

Nos. 8, 9, and 10, relating to the Government Printing Office: Modifies the House provision prohibiting the printing in the Federal Register of Community Ceiling Price Schedules of the Office of Price Administration to include in the prohibition the printing of community ceiling price orders of such Administration.

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Nos. 13, 14, 15, 16, relating to community facility funds under the Federal Works Agency: Appropriates $115,000,000 instead $127,500,000 as proposed by the House and $112,500,000 as proposed by the Senate; continues the funds available during the period of the unlimited emergency as proposed by the House instead of until June 30, 1945, as proposed by the Senate, but provides that the amount shall not be available after June 30, 1945, for obligation for new projects; and limits the amount that may be used for outplant facilities to $5,000,000 as proposed by the Senate instead of $7,500,000 as proposed by the House.

Nos. 18 and 19: Appropriates $4,093.62 as proposed by the Senate for payment of claims by the Public Roads Administration settled as provided by law.

No. 20: The House bill provides that the $7,500,000 appropriated for war housing shall be available during the unlimited emergency declared by the President; the Senate amendment places the date at June 30, 1945; and the conference agreement restores the House limitation but provides that the sum shall not be used after June 30, 1945, for obligation for new projects.

No. 21: Appropriates $31,650,000 as proposed by the Senate instead of $30,000,000 as proposed by the House for hospital and domiciliary facilities under the Veterans' Administration.

No. 22: Strikes out the appropriation of $74,000, inserted by the Senate, for agricultural engineering investigations.

No. 23: Makes available from the corporate funds of the Commodity Credit Corporation the sum of $250,000, instead of $312,000 as proposed by the Senate and $100,000 as proposed by the House.

No. 24: Inserts the word "temporary" in connection with the appropriation for a weir in the Colorado River.

Nos. 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, and 34, relating to the Navy Department: Appropriates for damage claims arising in connection with collisions by naval and Coast Guard vessels and determined pursuant to law, transfers as proposed by the Senate, sufficient amounts to provide $1,700,000 each for the naval training stations at Lake Pend Oreille, Oreg., and Lake Sampson, N. Y. and $1,050,000 for the station at Port Deposit, Md., instead of $1,530,000 each for the Lake Pend Oreille and Lake Sampson stations and $915,000 for the Port Deposit station, as proposed by the House; and provides one passenger automobile at $3,500 as provided by the Senate.

No. 35, relating to the Post Office Department: Appropriates $4,500 as proposed by the Senate for departmental contingent ex

penses.

No. 37: Appropriates $75,286.98 for payment of damage claims settled pursuant to law by the War Department.

Nos. 38, 39, 40, and 41, relating to the District of Columbia: Appropriates $6,000 additional as proposed by the Senate for war overtime pay for the Corporation Counsel's office.

Nos. 43 to 54, inclusive: Appropriates, as proposed by the Senate, for the payment of judgments, authorized property damage claims, and audited claims certified by the General Accounting Office, all certified to the Senate after the bill had passed the House.

Nos. 55 and 56: Inserts the usual section, carried in general appropriation bills, relative to payment of salary or wages to any person who is a member of a subversive organization.

AMENDMENTS IN DISAGREEMENT

The committee of conference report in disagreement the following amendments:

No. 11: Providing for the remainder of the present fiscal year for the salary of the Director of Defense Transportation. The House managers will move to recede and concur.

No. 12: Approving the transfer of funds from the appropriation for "nurses training" to St. Elizabeths and Freedmen's Hospital in connection with the nurses' training program. The House managers will move to recede and concur.

No. 13: Appropriating $4,000,000 for the remainder of the fiscal year 1944 for education and training of defense workers under the Office of Education. The House managers will move to insist on disagreement to the Senate amendment.

No. 17: Increasing from $40,000,000 to $70,000,000 the amount which may be allocated for contributions to public and private agencies for maintenance and operation of community facilities. The House managers will move to recede and concur in the Senate amendment.

No. 36: Appropriating $39,436,884.93 for restoration of the impairment of the capital stock of the Commodity Credit Corporation. The House managers will move to insist on disagreement to the Senate amendment.

No. 42: Prohibiting certain retroactive payments and the adoption of a new method of computing the pay of certain employes subject to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, and now compensated on a

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