The House, by amendments Nos. 6 and 7, proposes to strike out the first two of these provisions, and by amendment No. 8 proposes to strike out the third provision and to insert in lieu thereof the requirement that appointments in the field service should be made without reference to the civil service, but that preference should be given to disabled veterans of wars in which the United States has been engaged, and wives of disabled soldiers, sailors, and marines if the husband is not qualified for appointment.

The House recedes on amendment No. 6, which merely restates existing law, and the Senate recedes on amendments Nos. 7 and 8, with amendments providing

(1) That in making any appointments under this act to positions in the District of Columbia or elsewhere first preference shall be given to honorably discharged United States veterans disabled in the line of duty during any war, to their widows, and to their wives if the husbands are not qualified for appointment; and

(2) That appointments to the field service under the act shall be without reference to civil service laws, except that the special agents shall be appointed under the civil service laws.

Amendment No. 9: The Senate bill provided that employees of the departments and independent offices of the Government may be employed and compensated for field work in connection with the Fifteenth Census, but that when so employed shall not be paid in the aggregate a greater compensation than they would receive for service. in the positions held by them. The House amendment strikes out this limitation and inserts a provision that when so employed they shall not be subject to the provisions of section 1765 of the Revised Statutes or section 6 of the act of May 10, 1916, as amended by the act of August 29, 1916, which prohibit a person holding one position from receiving pay beyond a prescribed limit under another appointment or pay in addition to regular compensation unless authorized by law. The Senate recedes with an amendment omitting the limitation of the Senate bill and also the matter inserted by the House amendment, the latter being omitted as surplusage, since the Senate bill already provides that these employees (as well as officers and enlisted men engaged in enumerations at military posts) may be "employed and compensated" for census work.

Amendment No. 10: The Senate bill provided that the fifteenth and subsequent censuses should be restricted to population, agriculture, irrigation, drainage, distribution, unemployment, radio sets, The House amendment struck out of this list, unemployment and radio sets. The Senate recedes with an amendment restoring the word "unemployment" to the list.

Amendment No. 11: The Senate bill provided that the census of population and agriculture should be taken as of the 1st day of November. The House amendment changed this to the 1st day of May; and the Senate recedes with an amendment making the date the 1st of April.

Amendment No. 12: The Senate bill provided a fine of not exceeding $1,000 for persons offering or rendering any information or suggestion to any census employee engaged in enumeration of population with unlawful intent to cause an inaccurate enumeration. The House amendment provided, as an alternative penalty, imprisonment for not exceeding one year, or both; and the Senate recedes.

Amendment No. 16: Section 22 of the Senate bill provided for the method of reapportioning the House under the fifteenth and subsequent decennial censuses. The House amendment strikes out the entire section and inserts a new section covering the same matter. The only differences (other than clerical amendments) are as follows: (1) The Senate bill provided that the statement to be transmitted by the President to the Congress should contain an apportionment of the "existing number" of Representatives made by apportioning such number among the States according to their numbers as ascertained under the census "by the method used in the last preceding apportionment and also by the method of equal proportions." The corresponding portion of the House amendment provides that the statement should contain the number of Representatives to which each State would be entitled under an apportionment of the "then existing number" of Representatives made in each of the following manners: By the method used in the last preceding apportionment, by the method known as the method of major fractions, and by the method known as the method of equal proportions.

(2) The Senate bill provided that if the Congress to which the President's statement is transmitted fails to pass a reapportionment law then each State shall be entitled to the number of Representatives. shown in the statement, based on the method used in the last apportionment, until an apportionment law is enacted or a subsequent statement is submitted. The corresponding provision of the House amendment provides that the apportionment shall remain in effect until the taking effect of a reapportionment under this act or subsequent statute.

The Senate recedes on this amendment.

CARL R. CHINDBLOM,
E. HART FENN,

CLARENCE J. MCLEOD,
Managers on the part of the House.

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APPORTIONMENT OF REPRESENTATIVES IN CONGRESS

JUNE 10, 1929.-Ordered to be printed

Mr. CHINDBLOM, from the committee of conference, submitted the

following

CONFERENCE REPORT

[To accompany S. 312]

The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the House to the bill (S. 312) to provide for the fifteenth and subsequent decennial censuses and to provide for apportionment of Representatives in Congress, having met, after full and free conference have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows:

That the House recede from its amendment numbered 6.

That the Senate recede from its disagreement to the amendments of the House numbered 1, 2, 3, 5, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16, and agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 4:

That the Senate recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the House numbered 4, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows:

In lieu of the matter proposed to be inserted by the House amendment insert the following: eight months from the beginning of the enumeration; and the House agree to the same.

Amendment numbered 7:

That the Senate recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the House numbered 7, and agree to the same with an amendment as follows:

In lieu of the matter proposed to be stricken out by the House amendment insert the following:

: Provided further, That in making any appointments under this act to positions in the District of Columbia or elsewhere, preference shall be given to persons discharged under honorable conditions from the military