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tomorrow, Tuesday, April 22, 1947, at 12 o'clock noon.

EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, ETC. Under clause 2 of rule XXIV, executive communications were taken from the Speaker's table and referred as follows:

570. A letter from the Chairman, Reconstruction Finance Corporation, transmitting report of its activities and expenditures for the month of December 1946; to the Committee on Banking and Currency.

571. A letter from the Acting Secretary of the State Department, transmitting a draft of a proposed bill to provide for payment of compensation to the Government of Switzerland for losses and damages acknowledged to have been inflicted by United States Army Air Forces units during World War II, and authorizing appropriations therefor; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

572. A letter from the Chairman, United States Maritime Commission, transmitting a supplemental report of contracts entered into under authority of Public Law 46 for the period beginning January 1, 1946, and ending April 1, 1946; to the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.

573. A letter from the Comptroller General of the United States, transmitting a report on the audit of the United States Maritime Commission for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1945; to the Committee on Expenditures in the Executive Departments.

574. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a revised Estimate of appropriation for the fiscal year 1943 in the amount of $17,400 for the Smithsonian Institution (H. Doc. No. 209); to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.

575. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a draft of a proposed provision pertaining to certain existing funds of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (H. Doc. No. 211); to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.

576. A communication from the President of the United States, transmitting a revised estimate of appropriation for the fiscal year 1947 involving a decrease of 820,474,200 for the War Assets Administration (H. Doc. No. 210): to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed.

577. A letter from the Assistant Secretary of the Interior, transmitting one copy each of legislation passed by the Municipal Council of St. Croix and the Municipal Council of St. Thomas and St. John; to the Committee on Public Lands.

578. A letter from the Executive Secretary, National Munitions Control Board (for the Acting Secretary of State), transmitting two copies of a report covering the activities carried on by the Department of State during the year 1946; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

579. A letter from the Secretary of War, transmitting a draft of a proposed bill to provide for the procurement of physicians and surgeons in the Medical Department of the Army, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services.

for printing and reference to the proper calendar, as follows:

Mr. JONES of Ohio: Committee on Appropriations. H. R. 3123. A bill making appropriations for the Department of the Inte rior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, and for other purposes (Rept. No. 279). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union.

Mr. HAND: Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. S. 1009. A bill to extend the time within which the municipality of Fort Lauderdale, Broward County, Fla., may consummate the purchase of the Coast Guard site (commonly known as the base 6 property) which is located at Fort Lauderdale; without amendment (Rept. No. 280). Referred to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union.

PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

Under clause 3 of rule XXII, public bills and resolutions were introduced and severally referred as follows:

By Mr. HOBBS:

H. R. 3122. A bill to provide for the recording of the proceedings in one of the courtrooms of the District Court of the United States for the District of Columbia by sound-recording equipment; and for the reproduction of the sounds of such proceedings, in whole or in part, in the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals and in the Supreme Court of the United States upon the review of any such case; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. JONES of Ohio:

H. R. 3123. A bill making appropriations for the Department of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1948, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Appropriations.

By Mrs. BOLTON:

H. R. 3124. A bill to authorize the attendance of the Marine Band at the Eighty-first National Encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic to be held in Cleveland, Ohio, August 10 to 14, 1947; to the Committee on Armed Services.

By Mr. LYLE:

H. R. 3125. A bill to provide for the conveyance of certain housing projects at Corpus Christi, Tex., known as La Armada No. 2 and La Armada No. 3, to the Housing Authority of the City of Corpus Christi, Tex.; to the Committee on Banking and Currency.

By Mr. MATHEWS:

H. R. 3126. A bill to authorize the burial in national cemeteries of United States citizens who, during World War II, served in the armed forces of countries allied with the United States; to the Committee on Public Lands.

H. R. 3127. A bill to provide for the loan or gift of obsolete ordnance to State homes for former members of the armed forces; to the Committee on Armed Services.

By Mr. MILLER of Connecticut: H. R. 3128. A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act of June 25, 1938, as amended, by providing for seizure of foods, drugs, devices, and cosmetics that become adulterated or misbranded while held for sale after interstate shipment, and for other purposes; to the Committee on

By Mr. THOMAS of Texas:

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES ON PUBLIC BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

Under clause of rule XII, reports of committees were delivered to the Clerk

H. J. Res. 172. Joint resolution to provide emergency relief for victims of the extraordinary disaster at Texas City, Tex., and for the restoration and reconstruction of the devastated areas; to the Committee on Appropriations.

By Mr. VAN ZANDT:

H. J. Res. 173. Joint resolution creating a World War II Enemy Property Commission to study and report to the Congress on the

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liquidation of the assets in the United States of certain enemy countries, and other matters regarding the disposition of such assets; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

MEMORIALS

Under clause 3 of rule XXII, memorials were presented and referred as follows:

By the SPEAKER: Memorial of the Legislature of the State of Kansas, memorializing the President and the Congress of the United States, to enact legislation providing for conservation payments for the benefit of stripper wells, thereby preventing the premature abandonment thereof; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

Also, memorial of the Legislature of the Territory of the Hawaii, memorializing President and the Congress of the United States, to provide for the construction of a protective sea wall along the shore line of the city of Hilo; to the Committee on Public Works.

Also, memorial of the Legislature of the Territory of Hawall, memorializing the President and the Congress of the United States, with regard to request that the Civil Aeronautics Board grant a hearing to transPacific air lines; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

Also, memorial of the Legislature of the State of Minnesota, memorializing the president and the Congress of the United States, to continue the wool-purchase program; to the Committee on Agriculture.

Also, memorial of the Legislature of the State of Vermont, memorializing the President and the Congress of the United States, to support the gricultural conservation program; to the Committee on Appropriations.

Also, memorial of the Legislature of Uruguay, memorializing the President and the Congress of the United States, with regard to reaffirming their sentiments of confrater. nity; to the Committee on Foreign Affairs.

Under clause 1 of rule XXII, petitions and papers were laid on the Clerk's desk and referred as follows:

356. By Mr. GRAHAM: Petition of 34 citizens of Eau Claire, Butler County, Pa., in support of S. 265, a bill to prohibit the transportation of alcoholic beverage advertising in interstate commerce and the broadcasting of alcoholic beverage advertising over the radio; to the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.

357. Also, petition of 28 members of the Ella Lyle Guthrie Missionary Society and the Women's Missionary Society of the White Oak Springs United Presbyterian Church of Conoquenessing, Butler County, Pa., opposing Public Law 374; to the Committee on Public Lands.

358. By Mr. MARTIN of Massachusetts: Memorial of the General Court of Massachusetts, advocating adoption of a permanent Fair Employment Practices Act; to the Committee on Education and Labor.