hard to visualize the situation if the city of Hardin and the surrounding land is removed from within the boundaries of the Crow Reservation so that the possession, handling, and sale of intoxicating liquors therein is permitted. Of major importance, I believe, in the consideration of this bill, is the action taken at a meeting on January 27, 1937, of the Crow Indian Tribal Council, when the question of removing Hardin from the restrictions of the special Indian liquor laws was presented. The tribal council was unanimous in voting to oppose excluding the city of Hardin from the reservation for that purpose. The superintendent of the Crow Reservation, who is a member of the Crow Tribe, is vigorously opposed to making any change in the existing boundaries of the reservation. I recommend that H. R. 7649 be not enacted. If the bill should receive favorable consideration, notwithstanding our objection thereto, as the description of the land to be excluded from the reservation appearing on page 1, lines 4 to 11, inclusive, and page 2, lines 1 to 8, inclusive, of the bill is erroneous, it should be stricken therefrom and the following inserted in lieu thereof: "Beginning at the northwest corner of lot eleven, section 3; thence east along the north boundary line of the Crow Indian Reservation to the west meander line of the Big Horn River; thence southeasterly along the west meander line of the said Big Horn River to its intersection with the north and south center line of section twelve; thence south along the said center line of sections twelve and thirteen to the center of section thirteen; thence west to the northwest corner of the northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of said section thirteen; thence south to the southeast corner of the northwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section twenty-five; thence west to the northwest corner of lot two, section twenty-seven; thence north along the boundary line of the Crow Indian Reservation to the point of beginning, all in township 1 south, range 33 east, principal meridian, Montana." The Acting Director of the Bureau of the Budget has advised that there is no objection to the presentation of this report to the Congress. Sincerely yours, 1st Session No. 1507 NAVIGATION FACILITIES ON THE COLUMBIA RIVER AUGUST 11, 1937.--Ordered to be printed Mr. MANSFIELD, from the committee of conference, submitted the following CONFERENCE REPORT [To accompany H. R. 7642] The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 7642) authorizing the completion, maintenance, and operation of Bonneville project for navigation, and for other purposes, having met, after full and free conference, have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows: Amendment numbered 1: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 1, and agree to the same with two amendments, as follows: In section 2 (a) of the amendment, in the twenty-second line of this section, strike out "administrator is authorized and empowered to direct and require the", and in line 24 strike out the word "to" and insert shall; so as to make the sentence read: The Secretary of War shall install and maintain additional machinery, equipment, and facilities for the generation of electric energy at the Bonneville project when in the judgment of the administrator such additional generating facilities are desirable to meet actual or potential market requirements for such electric energy. At the end of section 11 of the amendment, strike out the period, insert a comma, and add the words including installation of equipment and machinery for the generation of electric energy and facilities for its transmission and sale. As so amended your committee of conference recommends that the bill do pass. J. J. MANSFIELD, ALBERT E. CARTER, Managers on the part of the Ilouse. ROYAL S. COPELAND, CHAS. L. MCNARY, Managers on the part of the Senate STATEMENT OF THE MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE No material changes were made in the provisions of the House bill by the Senate amendment. The bill, as agreed to, reads as follows: AN ACT To authorize the completion, maintenance, and operation of Bonneville project for navigation, and for other purposes Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That for the purpose of improving navigation on the Columbia River, and for other purposes incidental thereto, the dam, locks, power plant, and appurtenant works now under construction at Bonneville, Oregon and North Bonneville, Washington (hereinafter called Bonneville project), shall be completed, maintained, and operated under the direction of the Secretary of War and the supervision of the Chief of Engineers, subject to the provisions of this Act relating to the powers and duties of the Bonneville power administrator provided for in section 2 (a) (hereinafter called the administrator) respecting the transmission and sale of electric energy generated at said project. The Secretary of War shall provide, construct, operate, maintain, and improve at Bonneville project such machinery, equipment, and facilities for the generation of electric energy as the administrator may deem necessary to develop such electric energy as rapidly as markets may be found therefor. The electric energy thus generated and not required for the operation of the dam and locks at such project and the navigation facilities employed in connection therewith shall be delivered to the administrator, for disposition as provided in this Act. He SEC. 2. (a) The electric energy generated in the operation of the said Bonneville project shall be disposed of by the said administrator as hereinafter provided. The administrator shall be appointed by the Secretary of the Interior; shall be responsible to said Secretary of the Interior; shall receive a salary at the rate of $10,000 per year; and shall maintain his principal office at a place selected by him in the vicinity of the Bonneville project. The administrator shall, as hereinafter provided, make all arrangements for the sale and disposition of electric energy generated at Bonneville project not required for the operation of the dam and locks at such project and the navigation facilities employed in connection therewith. shall act in consultation with an advisory board composed of a representative designated by the Secretary of War, a representative designated by the Secretary of the Interior, a representative designated by the Federal Power Commission, and a representative designated by the Secretary of Agriculture. The form of administration herein established for the Bonneville project is intended to be provisional pending the establishment of a permanent administration for Bonneville and other projects in the Columbia River Basin. The Secretary of War shall install and maintain additional machinery, equipment, and facilities for the generation of electric energy at the Bonneville project when in the judgment of the administrator such additional generating facilities are desirable to meet actual or potential market requirements for such electric energy. The Secretary of War shall schedule the operations of the several electrical generating units and appurtenant equipment of the Bonneville project in accordance with the requirements of the administrator. The Secretary of War shall provide and maintain for the use of the administrator at said Bonneville project adequate station space and equipment, including such switches, switchboards, instruments, and dispatching facilities as may be required by the administrator for proper reception, handling, and dispatching of the electric energy produced at the said project, together with transformers and other equipment required by the administrator for the transmission of such energy from that place at suitable voltage to the markets which the administrator desires to serve. (b) In order to encourage the widest possible use of all electric energy that can be generated and marketed and to provide reasonable outlets therefor, and to prevent the monopolization thereof by limited groups, the administrator is authorized and directed to provide, construct, operate, maintain, and improve such electric transmission lines and substations, and facilities and structures appurtenant thereto, as he finds necessary, desirable, or appropriate for the pur |