Mr. LODGE, from the Committee on Foreign Relations, submitted the following

REPORT.

[To accompany S. 4916.]

The Committee on Foreign Relations, to whom was referred the message of the President of May 25, 1920, transmitting a communication from the Secretary of State regarding the gift to the Government by J. Pierpont Morgan of certain property in London as a residence for the American ambassador, having considered the same, report favorably thereon and recommend the passage of the bill reported by the committee.

The message of the President was printed as House Document 793, this Congress, and fully sets forth all facts in connection with this matter.

Mr. FLETCHER, from the Committee on Banking and Currency, submitted the following

REPORT.

[To accompany S. 4666.]

The Committee on Banking and Currency, to whom was referred the bill S. 4666, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with the recommendation that the bill do pass with an amendment.

On line 7, after the word "secured," by adding "to the extent of the factor's interest in the commodity, so that the same will read:

And the notes, drafts, and bills of exchange of factors so secured, to the extent of the factor's interest in the commodity, shall be eligible for such discount.

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Mr. TOWNSEND, from the Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, submitted the following

REPORT.

[To accompany H. R. 15441.]

The Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 15441) making appropriations for the service of the Post Office Department for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1922, and for other purposes, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with the recommendation that the bill do pass, with amendments.

For the year 1920, the ordinary receipts of the Postal Service were $437,150,212.33. This is an increase in postal income over 1919 of 19.81 per cent, or $72,303,086.13.

The audited expenditures for 1920 were $454,322,609.21, which is an increase in expenditures over 1919 of 25.33 per cent, or $91,824,973.52.

The amount estimated for the Postal Service for 1922 is $585,406,902.

The bill as reported to the House by the subcommittee of the Committee on Appropriations carried $573,964,721, which is $11,442,181 less than the amount requested in the estimates of the Post Office Department for the fiscal year 1922.

The House struck out the provision for the Air Mail Service, carrying an appropriation of $1,250,000, and also the provision giving the Postmaster General authority to make contracts for carrying the mail by airplane provided the cost did not exceed the. cost of carrying it by rail.

The amount carried by the bill as it passed the House was $572,714,721.

The Senate committee increased the amount by $1,592,831, making the total appropriations of the bill as reported to the Senate $574,307,552.

The amendments recommended by the committee are as follows: On page 2 we have stricken out in two paragraphs the language referring to the act of June 5, 1920, as this was unnecessary, the act referred to being permanent law.

On page 3 we restored the provision of the 1921 law giving the Postmaster General authority to appoint postmasters temporarily in case of death, resignation, or removal.

On page 4, in the paragraph relating to auxiliary clerks, we struck out the words "temporary and"; also on page 5, in the paragraph for the pay of substitute letter carriers, we struck out the words "and temporary," as the department claims they have no authority to appoint temporary clerks.

Also, on page 4 a new provision is added that in post offices having receipts between $9,000,000 and $20,000,000 there shall be a superintendent of delivery. This affects two offices, Boston and Philadelphia, where the conditions are practically the same as those in New York City, which latter office has a superintendent of delivery. This means an expenditure of $800 additional per annum to what is now being paid.

On page 5 a new provision is inserted giving the marine letter carriers in the Detroit river service $300 per annum in excess of the highest-grade carriers in the City Delivery Service. This is in conformity with the Post Office appropriation law of 1917, which makes the salary of these men $300 greater than other carriers. In the reclassification law of June 5, 1920, these carriers were omitted by mistake.

Also, on page 6 the provision for Village Delivery Service is transferred from the Fourth Assistant's Office to the Office of the First Assistant. This amendment was adopted upon the recommendation of the Post Office Department for the purpose of administration.

Also, on page 6 the appropriation for street car collection service is increased from $4,100 to $7,000. The estimate for this service was $9,000, but after it was submitted the service in operation at Grand Rapids, Mich., was discontinued and the amount recommended by the committee was reduced to $4,100. It has since been found necessary for the First Assistant Postmaster General to take over the service between St. Paul and Minneapolis, formerly paid for out of the appropriation for electric car service, and to increase this appropriation to $7,000.

On page 6 we restored the provision of the 1921 law permitting special-delivery matter to be delivered without obtaining a receipt.

On pages 7 and 8 the items pertaining to the Air Mail Service stricken out by the House are restored and the amount of appropriation increased from $1,250,000 to $1,500,000. This increase of $250,000 over the amount recommended by the House committee is due to increase in salaries, as also an increase in cost of such supplies as were formerly obtainable from factories on a production scale and from the surplus war stock.

On page 9 the amount appropriated for travel allowance of postal clerks and substitute railway postal clerks is increased from $3,000,000 to $3,089,931. The reduction of this appropriation to $3,000,000 by the House would mean a deficit in the travel pay of postal clerks of $89,931. The full amount $3,089,931 estimated for should be appropriated.