facilities should be made available, particularly for World War veterans, and that 70 per cent of the cost of the additional facilities should be provided for specifically under a Veterans' Bureau authorization bill. It is believed that pending decision by the Congress as to the consolidation of the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers and Veterans' Bureau and a further study of the hospital load and future expected hospital load, this bill represents the maximum. hospital construction which should be authorized at this time. In the light of the above, your committee recommends the passage of H. R. 234, which authorizes the appropriation of a lump sum of $14,000,000. In closing, there is given the total amount expended to date by the bureau for capital construction; that is, new construction, improvements, major alterations and remodeling, together with the cost of this bill and the sum total of the two: Capital construction. Total... Hon. ROYAL C. JOHNSON, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. $90, 435, 942. 11 14, 000, 000. 00 104, 435, 942. 00 DECEMBER 13, 1929. MY DEAR MR. JOHNSON: The attached table is submitted in connection with your proposed study of the hospital construction program. The table referred to above shows the number of veterans awaiting hospitalization as of December 1, 1929, subdivided as to type of beneficiary and class of disability. It will be noted from the attached chart 1 that 194 and 1,505 were awaiting hospitalization for service and nonservice connected disabilities, respectively. However, in analyzing the total of 1,699 veterans awaiting hospitalization, consideration must be given to the fact that the length of time the veterans have been on the waiting list is not given, and also consideration has not been given to a distribution as to whether the condition would warrant emergency treatment. The following table shows the number of veterans awaiting hospitalization by class of diseases and type of patient: It will be noted from the table given above that approximately 85 per cent of the number awaiting hospitalization are nonservice-connected cases. It will also be noted that 47.3 per cent of the total cases pending fall under the caption of general medical cases. A detailed analysis was made of 407 cases awaiting hospitalization as of November 1, 1929, and it was found that in only 6 cases was immediate treatment indicated. It was also noted from the analysis mentioned above 43 per cent of the service-connected cases were admitted to the hospitals within approximately 10 days after the report was submitted and 50 per cent had refused hospitalization within the same time. The study of 407 cases indicated above shows that all service-connected cases, with the exception of 2, were admitted to or had been offered hospitalization within a comparatively short time subsequent to the date of the report. ! Not printed. The attached chart 1 also shows that 284 service-connected cases were awaiting hospitalization as of December 1, 1929. However, of this number 100 had refused hospitalization for personal reasons. In view of the analysis of the 407 cases referred to above, it is reasonable to assume that approximately all the service-connected veterans indicated on the chart as requiring treatment have been offered hospitalization as of this date, and further that the majority of nonservice-connected cases actually in need of immediate treatment have been cared for. Very truly yours, FRANK T. HINES, Director. Further, there is set forth a résumé of the United States Veterans' Bureau reports showing the number of veterans awaiting hospitalization as of December 1, 1929, subdivided as to type of beneficiary and class of disability, and a letter from the Director of the United States Veterans' Bureau explaining the various figures as given therein. 1 Not printed. POLICIES OF UNITED STATES IN HAITI DECEMBER 14, 1929.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. PORTER, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H. J. Res. 150] The Committee on Foreign Affairs, to which was referred H. J. Res. 150, to provide for a commission to study and review the policies of the United States in Haiti, having had the same under consideration, reports thereon with the recommendation that the resolution do pass without amendment. The passage of this resolution is recommended by the President in his message to Congress of December 7, 1929, which follows: To the Congress of the United States: In my message to Congress of the 3d instant I indicated my concern as to the future of our policies in Haiti. I stated that we have there about 700 marines, and that we are confronted with a difficult problem, the solution of which is still obscure. I further stated that if Congress approves I shall dispatch a commission to Haiti to review and study the matter in an endeavor to arrive at some more definite policy than at present. Our representatives in Haiti have shown great ability and devotion, and have accomplished signal results in improvement of the material condition of that people. Yet our experience has revealed more clearly than was seen at first the difficulties of the problem, and the entire situation should be reviewed in the light of this experience. Since the dispatch of my message disturbances in Haiti emphasize the importance of such an investigation and determination of national policies in the immediate future. The students at the agricultural school at Damien went on a strike on October 31 as a protest against a new policy of the Haitian Government. The Haitian Government has heretofore allotted $10,000 per annum to this school for scholarships, but this year it withheld $2,000 of the appropriation in order to make it possible for needy students to perform practical school work on the grounds. Sympathetic strikes were subsequently declared in the medical and law schools. President Borno appointed a committee of Haitians to inquire into the matter and it seemed probable at the time that recommendations presented by this committee and accepted by the authorities would adjust the difficulty. Unfortunately, advantage was taken of the situation by various agencies to foment disturbances against the Haitian administration, and on December 3 the American |