CORRECT AN ERROR IN ACT ESTABLISHING THE THEODORE ROOSEVELT NATIONAL MEMORIAL PARK, AS AMENDED JUNE 16 (legislative day, JUNE 15), 1948.-Ordered to be printed Mr. BUTLER, from the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H. J. Res. 427] The Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, to whom was eferred the resolution (H. J. Res. 427) correcting an error in the act stablishing the Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park, having onsidered the same, report favorably thereon with the recommendaon that the resolution do pass. This resolution is necessary because of a clerical or printer's error y an omission of words in section 1 of Public Law No. 6200, amendng the act of April 25, 1947, establishing the Theodore Roosevelt ational Memorial Park, as follows: Strike out the period at the end of section 1 and insert the following: are hereby dedicated and set apart as a public park for the benefit and enjoyment E the people, and shall be known as the Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial ark. The Secretary of the Interior is authorized, in his discretion, to construct nd maintain a road or highway through the park connecting with a State or ederal highway. O 80TH CONGRESS 2d Session SENATE {No. 1707 REPORT PROHIBITING THE MAILING OF PROPAGANDA DISSEMINATED BY AGENTS OF FOREIGN PRINCIPALS UNLESS THE SOURCE OF SUCH PROPAGANDA IS IDENTIFIED THEREIN JUNE 16 (legislative day, JUNE 15), 1948.-Ordered to be printed Mr. LANGER, from the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany S. 2339] The Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, to whom was referred the bill (S. 2339) to prohibit the mailing of propaganda disseminated by agents of foreign principals unless the source of such propaganda is identified therein, having considered the same, report favorably thereon and recommend that the bill, without amendment, do pass. GENERAL STATEMENT The bill (S. 2339) proposes to prohibit the mailing of propaganda disseminated through the medium of any newspaper, magazine, pamphlet, circular, or other publication published by or for any agents of foreign principals unless certain identifying statements are made on the first page thereof. Mailing in violation of the terms of the bill is made punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000 or imprisonment for not more than 5 years, or both. The bill provides that all matter prohibited by its terms is declared nonmailable. ---) The bill proposes that there be printed on the front page of any such matter in legible English characters the statement, "This publication is published by an agent of registered with the Secretary of State under the provisions of the act entitled 'An act to require the registration of certain persons employed by agencies to disseminate propaganda in the United States and for other purposes', approved June 8, 1938, as amended." The bill would serve to close the mails and its far-flung system of distribution to any agent of a foreign principal unless he made known his official connections with that principal. The committee believe this is particularly meritorious legislation in these times of crises and Foreign disturbances. The Postmaster General, under date of June 7, 1948, was noncommittal on the bill. Postmaster General Donaldson's comments are as follows: Further reference is made to your request for a report upon S. 2339, a bill to prohibit the mailing of propaganda disseminated by agents of foreign principals unless the source of such propaganda is identified therein. The subject matter of this bill is, in part, covered by the provisions of section 4 (a) and (b) of the act of April 29, 1942, which amended the Foreign Agents Registration Act of June 8, 1938 (22 U. S. C. 614 (a) and (b)). The act of April 29, 1942, is directed against "political propaganda," whereas this bill is broader in scope and covers "any newspaper, magazine, pamphlet, circular, or other publication, published by or for any agent of a foreign principal." While the act of April 29, 1942, does not expressly declare as nonmailable matter the deposit of which in the mails is made punishable thereby, the language of 22 U. S. C. 614 (d) indicates that such matter may be excluded from the mails. Foreign matter disseminated in violation of the provisions of the act may be treated as nonmailable under the opinion of the Attorney General rendered to the Postmaster General on December 10, 1940 (39 Op. A. G. 535). Since the enactment of the act of April 29, 1942, there have been very few instances in which this Department has been called upon to determine the mailability of matter under that act. While it is possible that the nonmailable provision embodied in section 2 of 8. 2339 might be of some value in keeping matter out of the mails, the difficulty in establishing at the time of mailing the fact that the matter was "published by or for any agent of a foreign principal" might prevent effective enforcement of this provision. This Department has no recommendations to submit on the merits of this legislation. This Department has not been advised by the Bureau of the Budget as to the relationship of this report to the program of the President. 80TH CONGRESS 2d Session } SENATE REPORT {No. 1708 AMENDING THE ACT ENTITLED "AN ACT TO RECLASSIFY THE SALARIES OF POSTMASTERS, OFFICERS, AND EMPLOYEES OF THE POSTAL SERVICE; TO ESTABLISH UNIFORM PROCEDURES FOR COMPUTING COMPENSATION; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES," APPROVED JULY 6, 1945, WITH RESPECT TO CLERKS IN AIRMAIL FIELD RAILWAY POST OFFICES JUNE 16 (legislative day, JUNE 15), 1948.-Ordered to be printed Mr. LANGER, from the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, submitted the following REPORT To accompany S. 2677) The Committee on Post Office and Civil Service, to whom was referred the bill (S. 2677) to amend the act entitled "An act to reclassify the salaries of postmasters, officers, and employees of the Postal Service; to establish uniform procedures for computing compensation; and for other purposes," approved July 6, 1945, with respect to clerks in air-mail field railway post offices, having considered the same, report favorably thereon and recommend that the bill, without amendment, do pass. GENERAL STATEMENT It is the purpose of the bill (S. 2677) to reclassify the salary grades for clerks in air-mail field railway post offices to compensate them in part for the additional and costly travel imposed upon them by distances to their jobs and changing of stations at frequent intervals. The bill would raise the pay of the employees by $100 to $200 per year by providing that they shall occupy higher grades which were established in Public Law 134, 1945. For most employees it would bring a raise of $200 per year and the cost for the 1.334 employees affected is estimated to be $235,000. Most of the employees covered in this bill are assigned in the larger cities, where airports are considerable distances from the city, and thus the employees are obliged to travel a considerable distance back and forth each day at their own expense. In most cities there is no |