Mr. FITZGERALD, from the committee of conference, submitted the following CONFERENCE REPORT. [To accompany H. R. 2441.] The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 2441) making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1914, and for other purposes, having met, after full and free conference have agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as follows: That the Senate recede from its amendment numbered 3. That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 1, and agree to the same. The committee of conference have been unable to agree on amendment numbered 2. JOHN J. FITZGERALD, Managers on the part of the House. THOMAS S. MARTIN, LEE S. OVERMAN, F. E. WARREN, Managers on the part of the Senate. STATEMENT OF THE MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE. The managers on the part of the House at the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the bill H. R. 2441, making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year 1914, and for other purposes, submit the following statement in explanation of the effect of the action agreed upon and recommended in the accompanying conference report: On amendment No. 1: Makes a verbal correction in the bill. On amendment No. 3: Restores the title "Department of Commerce and Labor," as proposed by the House. On amendment No. 2, relating to the Board of Managers for the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, the committee of conference have been unable to agree. JOHN J. FITZGERALD, SWAGAR SHERLEY, O 63D CONGRESS, 1st Session. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. No. 19. REPORT INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS OF MEDICINE. JUNE 6, 1913.—Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed. Mr. FLOOD of Virginia, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, submitted the following REPORT. [To accompany H. J. Res. 93.] The Committee on Foreign Affairs, to which was referred the joint resolution (H. J. Res. 93) authorizing the President to accept an invitation to participate in the International Congress of Medicine, reports the same back without amendment, and recommends that the joint resolution do pass. The appointment of the delegates referred to in said joint resolution is customary, is without expense to the Government, and is an act of courtesy to the Government extending the invitation. The British Foreign Office has invited the United States Government to participate in the Seventeenth International Congress of Medicine, to be held in London, England, on August 6 to 12, 1913, by appointing official delegates. This invitation, handed to the State Department in a note from Ambassador Bryce, has not been accepted. Under an act of Congress such acceptance can not be made without authority of Congress. This committee feels that our country should be represented in this gathering. О 63D CONGRESS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. 1st Session: USELESS PAPERS IN THE INTERIOR DEPARTMENT. JUNE 13, 1913.-Ordered to be printed. Mr. TALBOTT, from the Joint Select Committee on Disposition of Useless Executive Papers, submitted the following REPORT. [On H. Doc. 35, 63d Cong., 1st sess.] The joint select committee of the Senate and House of Representatives, appointed on the part of the Senate and on the part of the House of Representatives, to which were referred the reports of the heads of departments, bureaus, etc., in respect to the accumulation therein of old and useless files of papers which are not needed or useful in the transaction of the current business therein, respectively, and have no permanent value or historical interest, with accompanying statements of the condition and character of such papers, respectfully report to the Senate and House of Representatives, pursuant to an act entitled "An act to authorize and provide for the disposition of useless papers in the executive departments," approved February 16, 1889, as follows: Your committee have met and, by a subcommittee appointed by your committee, carefully and fully examined the said reports so referred to your committee and the statements of the condition and the character of such files and papers therein described, and we find and report that the files and papers described in the report of the Secretary of the Interior, in House Document No. 35, Sixtythird Congress, first session, dated April 19, 1913 (excepting in division G, list of abstract of school lands, Iowa City land district, Iowa, and list of swamp lands, Iowa City land district, Iowa, said lists to be retained in General Land Office), are not needed in the transaction of the current business of such departments and bureaus and have no permanent value or historical interest. Respectfully submitted to the Senate and House of Representatives. J. FRED C. TALBOTT, PATRICK H. KELLEY, Members on the part of the House. C. S. PAGE, HARRY LANE, Members on the part of the Senate. O |