81ST CONGRESS 1st Session } HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES {No. 1368 REPORT DIRECTING THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR TO CONVEY CERTAIN LAND TO SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 5, LINN COUNTY, OREG. OCTOBER 3, 1949.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. PETERSON, from the Committee on Public Lands, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H. R. 6230) The Committee on Public Lands, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 6230) to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land to school district No. 5, Linn County, Oreg., having considered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass. EXPLANATION OF THE BILL The purpose of this bill is to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to transfer to school district No. 5, Linn County, Oreg., approximately eighteen one-hundredths of an acre of land to permit continuation of a street being constructed along the west boundary of the school grounds. The new street will separate the Bureau of Mines' electrometallurgical laboratory property and the school property. No expenditure by the Federal Government is required by this legislation. The Bureau of Mines has advised the author of the bill that there is no objection to conveying this very small amount of land to the school district. Enactment of this bill will be to the interest of the Federal Government since it will result in an improved street along the boundary line of the Bureau of Mines' property. The Committee on Public Lands unanimously recommends the early passage of H. R. 6230. PROVIDING FOR THE INSTALLATION OF A CARILLON IN THE ARLINGTON MEMORIAL AMPHITHEATER, ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, FORT MYER, VA., IN MEMORY OF WORLD WAR II DEAD OCTOBER 3, 1949.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. PETERSON, from the Committee on Public Lands, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H. R. 6259] The Committee on Public Lands to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 6259) to provide for the installation of a carillon in the Arlington Memorial Amphitheater, Arlington National Cemetery, Fort Myer. Va., in memory of World War II dead, having considered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass. EXPLANATION OF THE BILL H. R. 6259 authorizes the Secretary of the Army to accept from the American Veterans of World War JI (AMVETS) an offer to install and perpetually maintain a carillon in the Arlington Amphitheater as a memorial to World War II dead. No expense whatsoever would result to the Federal Government since the AMVETS would furnish, install, and perpetually maintain the carillon. Acceptance of this memorial has been approved by the Arlington Memorial Amphitheater Commission, as set forth in the following message from the President of the United States (H. Doc. 329): H. R. Doc. No. 329, 81st Cong., 1st sess. MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES TRANSMITTING A RECOMMENDATION OF THE ARLINGTON MEMORIAL AMPHITHEATER COMMISSION ON THE ERECTION OF A MEMORIAL UNDER PUBLIC LAW 397, SIXTY-SIXTH CONGRESS. AS REQUIRED BY THAT LAW To the Congress of the United States of America: I transmit herewith a recommendation of the Arlington Memorial Amphitheater Commission on the erection of a memorial under Public Law 397. Sixtysixth Congress. as required by that law THE WHITE HOUSE, September 7, 1949. HARRY S. TRUMAN ARLINGTON MEMORIAL AMPHITHEATER COMMISSION, The PRESIDENT, As provided in Public Law 397, Sixty-sixth Congress, the Arlington Memorial Amphitheater Commission has the honor to submit an interim report and recommendation for your transmittal to the Congress. The American Veterans of World War II (AMVETS) have offered to install and perpetually maintain a carillon in the Arlington Amphitheater as a memorial to World War II dead. The acceptance of this proposal is approved by the Commission and the enactment of appropriate legislation substantially in accordance with the attached draft is recommended. Respectfully yours, GORDON GRAY, Chairman, Arlington Memorial Amphitheater Commission. A BILL To provide for the installation of a carillon in the Arlington Memorial Amphitheater, Arlington National Cemetery, Fort Myer, Virginia, in memory of World War II dead Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Army is authorized and directed to accept on behalf of, and without expense to, the United States Government, an offer by the American Veterans of World War II (AMVETS) to furnish, install, and maintain a carillon in the Arlington Memorial Amphitheater, Arlington National Cemetery, Fort Myer, Virginia, as a memorial to the World War II dead, subject to the approval by the Commission established pursuant to section 1 of the Act of March 4, 1921 (41 Stat. 1440), of the character, design, and location of such carillon. There is no memorial to the dead of World War II in Arlington National Cemetery at the present time. The Committee on Public Lands feels that a carillon in the amphitheater would be a beautiful and worthy tribute to the soldiers of the recent war who made the supreme sacrifice, and unanimously recommends that H. R. 6259 be promptly enacted. O AUTHORIZING THE COMMISSION ON RENOVATION OF THE EXECUTIVE MANSION TO PRESERVE OR DISPOSE OF MATERIAL REMOVED FROM THE EXECUTIVE MANSION DURING THE PERIOD OF RENOVATION OCTOBER 3, 1949.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. WHITTINGTON, from the Committee on Public Works, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H. J. Res. 3531 The Committee on Public Works to whom was referred the joint resolution (H. J. Res. 353) authorizing the Commission on Renovation of the Executive Mansion to preserve or dispose of material removed from the Executive Mansion during the period of renovation, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with amendment and recommend that the joint resolution do pass. The amendment is as follows: On page 2, line 11, after the word "authority" insert "on January 3, 1950, and every six months thereafter until the final report is submitted:" A hearing was conducted on House Joint Resolution 353 relating to the preservation and disposition of material removed from the Executive Mansion during the period of its renovation. The resolution was introduced at the request of Senator Kenneth McKellar, the Chairman of the Commission on Renovation of the Executive Mansion This legislation will permit the Commission to go forward promptly with its plan for the repair and renovation of the Executive Mansion and the disposal of material removed therefrom without prior approval of the Congress as provided in section 4 (b) of Public Law 40, Eighty-first Congress, first session, which law established the Commission on Renovation of the Executive Mansion. It seems probable that the first session of the Eighty-first Congress will adjourn within a few weeks and during the interval between the adjournment and the reconvening of the Congress much valuable time would be lost in prosecuting the work to be done on the Executive Mansion without this legislation. |