child under 18 years of age, of an immigrant admissible under such subdivision (d), and is accompanying or following to join him, or (3) is not an immigrant as defined in section 3.

[PUBLIC NO. 348-71ST CONGRESS]

[S. 2836]

An Act To admit to the United States Chinese wives of certain American citizens.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That subdivision (c) of section 13 of the Immigration Act of 1924, approved May 26, 1924, as amended, is amended by striking out "or" before "(3)," and by inserting after "section 3" the following: "or (4) is the Chinese wife of an American citizen who was married prior to the approval of the Immigration Act of 1924, approved May 26, 1924."

Approved, June 13, 1930.

[H. R. 7170, 74th Cong., 1st sess.]

That notwithstanding the racial limitations contained within section 2169 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, as amended (U. S. C., title 8, sec. 359), and within section 14 of the Act of May 6, 1882, as amended (U. S. C., title 8, sec. 363), any alien veteran of the World War heretofore ineligible to citizenship because not a free white person or of African nativity or of African descent may be naturalized under this Act if he―

(a) Entered the service of the armed forces of the United States prior to November 11, 1918;

(b) Actually rendered service with the armed forces of the United States between April 6, 1917, and November 11, 1918;

(c) Received an honorable discharge from such service for any reason other than his alienage;

(d) Resumed his previous permanent residence in the United States or any Territory thereof; and

(e) Has maintained a permanent residence continuously since the date of discharge and is now a permanent resident of the United States or any Territory thereof; upon compliance with all the requirements of the naturalization laws, except

No certificate of arrival and no declaration of intention shall be required; (g) No additional residence shall be required before the filing of petition for certificate of citizenship; and

(h) the petition for certificate of citizenship shall be filed with a court having naturalization jurisdiction prior to January 1, 1937.

SEC. 2. Certificates of citizenship heretofore issued and heretofore granted by any court having naturalization jurisdiction under the provisions of the Act of May 9, 1918, or of the Act of July 19, 1919, to any alien veteran who is eligible to be naturalized under the provisions of section 1 of this Act, and orders or judgments authorizing such certificates, are hereby declared to be valid for all purposes insofar as the race of the veteran is concerned. Such certificates may be stamped, declaring their validity under this Act, by the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization upon submission of satisfactory proof to establish identity.

Certificates declared valid under the foregoing paragraph, which have been lost, mutilated, destroyed, or surrendered to any official of the United States may be replaced by a new certificate bearing date of original certificate upon compliance with the provisions of section 32 (a) of the Act of June 29, 1906, as amended.

SEC. 3. On applications filed for any benefits under this Act, the requirement of fees for naturalization documents is hereby waived.

APPOINTMENT AND PROMOTION OF SUBSTITUTES IN THE POSTAL SERVICE

APRIL 26, 1935.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered to be printed

Mr. ROMJUE, from the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, submitted the following

REPORT

[To accompany H. R. 7688]

The Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads, having had under consideration the bill (H. R. 7688) to provide for the appointment and promotion of substitute postal employees, and for other purposes, reports the same back to the House with the following amendment:

After the word "position" in line 10, page 2, add the following

sentence:

With respect to advancement to the grade of senior substitute, time elapsed prior to the enactment of this act may be counted, but no back pay shall be allowed in connection with such advancement for any service prior to the enactment of this

act.

So amended, the committee recommends that the bill do pass.

The bill has three principal objectives: (1) to give experienced substitutes in the Postal Service a higher rate of pay than the inexperienced substitutes receive; (2) to grant substitutes sick and annual leave; and (3) to establish fixed ratios between the number of substitutes and the number of regular employees.

Under the bill substitutes will be promoted to the grade of senior substitute after 1 year from date of appointment and receive a 10percent increase in salary. The bill further provides that all substitute service, including tin.e served as special-delivery messenger, shall be counted in determining the proper grade to which a substitute shall be advanced when appointed a regular employee, and any fractional part of a year's service shall be included within his service as a regular employee in determining eligibility for promotion to the next higher grade following appointment to a regular position.

Section 2 of the bill provides annual and sick leaves with pay for all substitutes in the Postal Service.

Section 3 of the bill establishes a ratio of 1 substitute to 7 regular employees in any post office, and a ratio of 1 substitute to 10 regular railway postal clerks in the Railway Mail Service. This provision, however, shall not operate to furlough or dismiss any regular employee or substitute now carried on the rolls of the Post Office Department.

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ESCAPE FROM CUSTODY PRIOR TO CONVICTION

APRIL 26, 1935.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered to be printed

Mr. UTTERBACK, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted the following

REPORT

[To accompany H. R. 3430]

The Committee on the Judiciary, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 3430) to amend the act approved May 14, 1930, entitled "An act to reorganize the administration of Federal prisons; to authorize the Attorney General to contract for the care of United States prisoners; to establish Federal jails; and for other purposes", after consideration report the same to the House with an amendment, with the recommendation that the bill as amended do pass.

The committee amendment follows:

Page 2, line 6, after the word "offense" at the end of the line place a period, strike out all of line 7 and line 8 through the word "years" and the period, and in lieu thereof insert the following:

If the custody or confinement is by virtue of an arrest on a charge of felony, or conviction of any offense whatsoever, the offense of escaping or attempting to escape therefrom shall constitute a felony and any person convicted thereof shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than five years or by a fine of not more than $5,000, or both; and if the custody or confinement is by virtue of an arrest or charge of or for a misdemeanor, and prior to conviction, the offense of escaping or attempting to escape therefrom shall constitute a misdemeanor and any person convicted thereof shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year or by a fine of not more than $1,000, or both.

The purpose of H. R. 3430 is to make escape or attempted escape from custody under lawful arrest before conviction a criminal offense. Under existing law escape after conviction constitutes an offense, but there is no provision with reference to escapes prior to conviction.

As amended and reported by the committee, this bill provides that escape or attempted escape prior to conviction shall constitute a felony in case the custody is on a charge of felony. In such case the penalty is imprisonment for not more than 5 years or a fine of not more than $5,000, or both, in addition to any sentence imposed for the offense for which arrest was made in the first instance. In the event