We must consider the very serious fiscal situation that confronts this country, with a clamor on every hand that taxes be reduced. How can we ever give the people of this country any reduction in taxes unless we begin to go slow on some of these programs that cost the Federal Government so much money? Mr. PHILLIPS. Mr. Speaker, I move the previous question on the conference report. The previous question was ordered. The conference report was agreed to. The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the first amendment in disagreement. The Clerk read as follows: Senate amendment No. 9: Page 10, line 13, insert the following: "purchase of not to exceed 16 passenger motor vehicles, for replacement only, and not to exceed." Mr. PHILLIPS. Mr. Speaker, I move that the House recede and concur in the Senate amendment with an amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. PHILLIPS moves that the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 9, and concur therein with an amendment, as follows: In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment insert "purchase of not to exceed eight passenger motor vehicles, for replacement only, in the event adequate vehicles cannot be obtained by transfer from other departments or agencies." The motion was agreed to. The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the next amendment in disagreement. The Clerk read as follows: Senate amendment No. 33: Page 20, line 17, insert the following: "of which not to exceed $125,000 shall be available for liqui tract for the construction of such low-rent housing project, or advance any further funds for such low-rent housing project, and, shall negotiate with the Public Housing Adduring such period, the local community ministration for the liquidation of such financial assistance contract and, if during such period the local community enters into a valid and binding contract with the Public Housing Administration for the repayment to it by the community of a stated amount representing moneys advanced or guaranteed by it under such financial assistance contract, and for the payment of any additional sums which the local housing authority or the Public Housing Administration would be obligated or liable to pay to secure releases from obligations theretofore incurred under such financial assistance contract, the Public Housing Administration shall cancel its financial assistance contract in respect to such low-rent housing project." Mr. PHILLIPS. Mr. Speaker, I move that the House recede and concur in the Senate amendment with an amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. PHILLIPS moves that the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 42, and concur therein with an amendment, as follows: In lieu of the matter stricken out and inserted by said amendment, insert ": Provided further, That unless the governing body of the locality agrees to its completion, no housing shall be authorized by the Public Housing Administration, or, if under construction continue to be constructed, in any community where the people of that community, by their duly elected representatives, or by referendum, have indicated they do not want it, and such community shall negotiate with the Federal Government for the completion of such housing, or its abandonment, in whole or in part, and shall agree to repay to the Government the moneys expended prior to the vote or other formal action whereby the community rejected such housing project for any such projects not to be completed plus such amount as may be required to pay all costs and liquidate all obligations lawfully incurred by the local housing authority prior to such rejection in connection with any project not to be completed: Provided further, That, in any case where the Public dation of the housing research program not Housing Administration (after the approvals later than April 30, 1954." Mr. PHILLIPS. Mr. Speaker, I move that the House recede and concur in the Senate amendment. The motion was agreed to. The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the next amendment in disagreement. The Clerk read as follows: Senate amendment No. 42: Page 24, strike out all after the proviso on line 18 down to and including the word "project" on line 3 on page 25, and insert the following: ": Provided further, That, in any case whether the Public Housing Administration (after the approvals on the part of the governing body of the community required by law) has entered into a financial assistance contract with a local housing authority covering a low-rent housing project to be constructed in such community and the people of that community, by vote of their duly elected representatives, or by referendum, have thereafter indicated that they do not want such low-rent housing project constructed, then, in such case the Public Housing Administration, for a period (which shall not again be granted in connection with such low-rent housing project) of 180 days after the date of such vote or referendum, or the effective date of this act, whichever is the later date, or such longer period as the Housing and Home Finance Administrator, in his discretion, may grant, shall not (unless requested by the governing body of the locality to do so) authorize the award of any con on the part of the governing body of the locality required by law) has entered into a financial assistance contract with a local housing authority covering any low-rent housing projects to be constructed in such locality and, (a) thereafter but prior to the effective date of this act, a majority of the members of the governing body of the locality, and the people of the locality have voted against any such low-rent housing projects, and (b) the local housing authority and the governing body of the locality agree to a modification of the agreement providing the required local cooperation in connection with such low-rent housing projects, the preceding proviso shall not be applicable and: (1) the Public Housing Administration shall not, unless the governing body of the locality shall, by resolution, request such action, (a) authorize the award of any contract for the construction of any such lowrent housing project, or (b) make any further advance of funds on account of any such project for which the main construction contract has not heretofore been awarded, excepting only such funds as may be required by the local housing authority (i) to pay all costs and liquidate all obligations heretofore properly incurred by it in connection with any such project which pursuant to such modification is to be terminated and (ii) to pay costs in connection with the liquidation (including the sale of land or other assets) of any such terminated project; (2) in the liquidation of any such terminated project no claim shall be made by the local housing authority or the Public Housing Administration against the locality or its governing body on account of such termination; (3) the Public Housing Administration shall absorb as a loss, and shall release the local housing authority from all claims, if any, of said Administration in connection with such terminated project in excess of the net amount realized from the sale by the local housing authority of all land (which if sold to other than a public agency shall be after public advertisement to the highest responsible bidder but if sold to a public agency may be at a price equal to the purchase price of the land, exclusive of improvements, as approved by the Public Housing Commissioner) and other assets acquired and held in connection with such terminated project; and (4) the Secretary of the Treasury shall credit as a payment upon the note or notes of the Public Housing Administration executed and delivered in connection with funds obtained pursuant to section 20 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, an amount equal to such loss as certified by the Public Housing Commissioner." Mr. PHILLIPS. Mr. Speaker, I want the Members of the House to understand what this is, because it represents something that I think is very pleasing to all of us who have known personally the present mayor of Los Angeles who was, for many years, a Member of this body. This was one of the most controversial issues in previous bills, as to what should be done with the housing situation in Los Angeles, where the Public Housing Authority had approved the local housing authority's plans to build 13-story buildings in Los Angeles. It is impossible to get people to rent units of that kind over the fourth floor. We were facing a loss which would literally run into millions and millions of dollars, and we were facing a definite loss of $8 million because we had advanced that much money after the Congress said no more money was to be advanced. mayor of Los Angeles, the new mayor, sworn in on the 1st of July, as one of his first official acts, brought together all the divergent groups and got them all to agree to a plan for a solution; brought them all to Washington; had a new contract signed, and the wording which makes that contract possible is the wording that has just been read to you by the Clerk. It is a minimum of loss to the Government. This may involve a loss of $5 million, which is only half what any of us thought would be the minimum loss. I speak with considerable pride in my fellow Californian, and I know the Members will agree. The Mr. PHILLIPS. Mr. Speaker, I move the previous question. The previous question was ordered. The SPEAKER. The question is on the motion. The motion was agreed to. The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the next amendment in disagreement. The Clerk read as follows: Senate amendment No. 43: On page 27, line 3, strike out the proviso down through and including line 11, and insert the follow ing: ": Provided further, That notwithstanding the provisions of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, the Public Housing Administration shall not, with respect to projects initiated after March 1, 1949, (1) authorized during the fiscal year 1954 the commencement of construction of in excess of 35,000 dwelling units or (2) after the date of approval of this act, enter into any agreement, contract, or other arrangement which will bind the Public Housing Administration with respect to loans, annual contributions, or authorizations for commencement of construction, for dwelling units aggregating in excess of 35,000 to be authorized for commencement of construction during any 1 fiscal year subsequent to the fiscal year 1954, unless a greater number of units is hereafter authorized by the Congress." Mr. PHILLIPS. Mr. Speaker, I move that the House recede and concur in the Senate amendment with an amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. PHILLIPS moves that the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 43, and concur therein with an amendment, as follows: In lieu of the matter stricken out and inserted by said amendment insert: ": Provided further, That notwithstanding the provisions of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as amended, the Public Housing Administration shall not, with respect to projects initiated after March 1, 1949, (1) authorize during the fiscal year 1954 the commencement of construction of in excess of 20,000 dwelling units or (2) after the date of approval of this act, enter into any new agreements, contracts, or other arrangements, preliminary or otherwise, which will ultimately bind the Public Housing Administration during fiscal year 1954 or for any future years with respect to loans or annual contributions for any additional dwelling units or projects unless hereafter authorized by the Congress to do so, and during the fiscal year 1954 the Housing and Home Finance Administrator shall make a complete analysis and study of the low-rent public housing program and, on or before February 1, 1954, shall transmit to the Appropriations Committees of the House and Senate his recommendations with respect to such low-rent public housing program.” Mr. YATES. Mr. Speaker, may I ask the chairman of our subcommittee for time to discuss this motion? The SPEAKER. Does the gentleman want to debate it? Mr. YATES. Mr. Speaker, a parliamentary inquiry. The SPEAKER. The gentleman will state it. Mr. YATES. As I understand the rules of the House, a motion such as this is entitled to 1 hour of debate. Is that correct? The SPEAKER. The gentleman from California is entitled to 1 hour if he desires to use it. Mr. PHILLIPS. My statement to the gentleman from Illinois, Mr. Speaker, was that if I was unable to give him time during the previous hour I would see that he got time on this motion. It is my intention to move the previous question. Mr. YATES. Does the gentleman object to giving me 10 minutes in which to make my position clear? Mr. PHILLIPS. The gentleman has already consumed 12 minutes, which is more than anybody else has had. My own feeling is that the matter is thoroughly understood by everybody on the floor, and I am constrained to move the previous question. The SPEAKER. Without objection, the previous question is ordered. There was no objection. Mr. YATES. Mr. Speaker, a parliamentary inquiry. The SPEAKER. The gentleman will state it. Mr. YATES. Is my understanding correct that those who oppose this amendment are not entitled to time within which to make their position clear? The SPEAKER. The gentleman from California under the rules is entitled to 1 hour. He has moved the previous question, to which the House has agreed. Mr. YATES. Under the rules of the House, the gentleman, having 1 hour at his disposal, is entitled not to give any time to the opponents if he chooses not to? The SPEAKER. The gentleman has control of the time to yield as he pleases. Mr. YATES. Will the gentleman yield me 5 minutes? The SPEAKER. We have gone beyond that. The previous question has been ordered. No more time is available at this time. Mr. YATES. On that motion, Mr. Speaker, I ask for the yeas and nays. Mr. TABER. Mr. Speaker, a point of order. The request comes too late. The SPEAKER. The gentleman can get the yeas and nays. The Chair has not stated the question on the motion as yet. Mr. YATES. I withdraw my request, Mr. Speaker. The SPEAKER. The question is on the motion offered by the gentleman from California to recede and concur in the Senate amendment with an amendment. The question was taken; and on a division (demanded by Mr. YATES) there were-ayes 144, noes 81. Mr. YATES. Mr. Speaker, I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The question was taken; and there were-yeas 239, nays 161, not voting 31, as follows: Abbitt Ashmore Auchincloss Barden Beamer Becker Belcher Bennett, Fla. Bentley Bentsen Berry Bishop Oliver P. Bramblett Busbey [Roll No. 97] YEAS-239 Carlyle Carrigg Gregory Gross Celler Jonas, Ill. Jonas. N. C. Jones, N. C. Forand Frelinghuysen Moulder Hays, Ohio Heselton Holifield Holmes Holtzman Howell Jones, Ala. Jones, Mo. Javits Judd Karsten, Mo. Kean Kee Kelley, Pa. King, Calif. Klein Kluczynski Lane Lanham Lantaff Multer O'Brien, Ill. O'Brien, Mich. O'Brien, N. Y. O'Hara, Ill. O'Konski Patman Patterson Perkins Price Priest Prouty Rabaut Rains Rodino Rogers, Colo. Rogers, Mass. Rogers, Tex. Rooney Sadlak Saylor Scott Secrest Seely-Brown Selden Shelley Sheppard Sieminski Taylor Thompson, Tex. Thornberry Tollefson Trimble Walter Wier Withrow Wolverton Yates Zablocki Philbin Boland Dawson, Ill. NOT VOTING-31 Powell Reece, Tenn. Reed, Ill. Yorty So the motion was agreed to. Kearney Kearns Delaney Dies Dingell Mason Morrison The Clerk announced the following system of the National Capital, as authorized pairs: On this vote: Mr. Hébert for, with Mr. O'Neill against. Mr. Dies for, with Mr. Roosevelt against. Mr. Reed of Illinois for, with Mr. Green against. Mr. Mason for, with Mr. Delaney against. Mr. Reece of Tennessee for, with Mr. Dingell against. Until further notice: Mr. Case with Mr. Morrison. Mr. McVey with Mr. Boland. Mr. O'Hara of Minnesota with Mr. McCarthy. Mr. Schenck with Mr. Yorty. Mr. BURDICK changed his vote from "yea" to "nay." Mr. KERSTEN of Wisconsin changed his vote from "nay" to "yea." The result of the vote was announced as above recorded. The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the next amendment in disagreement. The Clerk read as follows: Senate amendment No. 46: Page 29, line 10, insert the following: "purchase of not to exceed nine passenger motor vehicles, for replacement only." Mr. PHILLIPS. Mr. Speaker, I move that the House recede and concur in the Senate amendment with an amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. PHILLIPS moves that the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 46, and concur therein with an amendment, as follows: In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment insert "purchase of not to exceed four passenger motor vehicles, for replacement only, in the event adequate vehicles cannot be obtained by transfer from other departments or agencies." The motion was agreed to. The SPEAKER. The Clerk will report the next amendment in disagreement. The Clerk read as follows: Senate amendment No. 53: Page 33, line 4, strike out all of line 4 and down to and including the word "acquisition" in line 8 and insert the following: "For necessary expenses for the National Capital Planning Commission in connection with the acquisition of land for the park, parkway, and playground system of the National Capital, as authorized by the act of May 29, 1930 (46 Stat. 482), as amended, $365,000, to remain available until expended, $100,000 of said sum to be used for carrying out the provisions of section 1 (a) of said act and $265,000 for carrying out the provisions of section 1 (b) of said act: Provided, That not exceeding $24,940 of the funds available for land acquisition purposes shall be used during the current fiscal year for necessary expenses of the Commission (other than payments for land) in connection with land acquisition." Mr. PHILLIPS. Mr. Speaker, I move that the House recede and concur in the Senate amendment with an amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. PHILLIPS moves that the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 53, and concur therein with an amendment, as follows: In lieu of the matter stricken out and inserted by said amendment insert "for necessary expenses for the National Capital Planning Commission in connection with the acquisition of land for the park, parkway, and playground by the act of May 29, 1930 (46 Stat. 482), as amended, $100,000, to remain available until expended, to be used for carrying out the provisions of section 1 (a) of said act: Provided, That not exceeding $24,940 of the funds available for land acquisition purposes shall be used during the current fiscal year for necessary expenses of the Commission (other than payments for land) in connection with land acquisition." The motion was agreed to. A motion to reconsider the votes by which action was taken on the several motions was laid on the table. GENERAL LEAVE TO EXTEND Mr. PHILLIPS. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may be permitted to extend their remarks on the conference report just adopted and, if necessary, include other material. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from California? There was no objection. PERMISSION FOR COMMITTEES TO SIT DURING SESSION OF HOUSE Mr. HALLECK. Mr. Speaker, I have been considering the matter of the House coming in early tomorrow. In connection with that, I ask unanimous consent that all of the legislative committees or any of the legislative committees that choose to sit tomorrow during general debate during the session of the House may have that permission. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Indiana? Mr. GROSS. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, does the gentleman mean all legislative committees? Mr. HALLECK. Any legislative committee that so chooses may sit tomorrow during the session of the House while the House is engaged in general debate on the Mutual Security Administration appropriation bill. Mr. GROSS. Mr. Speaker, there are some of us who would like to be here during the debate on the MSA. I suppose that that means that the Committee on Post Office and Civil Service would continue in session, and under those circumstances I am constrained to object. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Indiana? Mr. GROSS. Mr. Speaker, I object. SUBCOMMITTEE NO. 3 OF THE COM MITTEE OF THE JUDICIARY Mr. KEATING. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that Subcommittee No. 3 of the Committee on the Judiciary may sit during general debate tomorrow. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from New York? There was no objection. MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE A further message from the Senate by Mr. Ast, one of its clerks, announced that the Senate had passed without amendment a bill of the House of the following title: H. R. 5228. An act to amend section 303 of the Budget and Accounting Act, 1921 (42 Stat. 23). The message also announced that the Senate insists upon its amendments to the bill (H. R. 5141) entitled "An act to create the Small Business Administration and to preserve small-business institutions and free, competitive enterprise," disagreed to by the House; agrees to the conference asked by the House on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and appoints Mr. CAPEHART, Mr. BRICKER, Mr. IVES, Mr. BENNETT, Mr. MAYBANK, Mr. FULBRIGHT, and Mr. ROBERTSON to be the conferees on the part of the Senate. The message also announced that the Senate agrees to the report of the committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 4974) entitled "An act making appropriations for the Departments of State, Justice, and Commerce, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1954, and for other purposes." The message also announced that the Senate agrees to the amendments of the House to Senate amendments Nos. 4, 23, 24, 26, and 28 to the above-entitled bill; and that the Senate further insists upon its amendment No. 34, disagreed to by the House, and ask a further conference with the House on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses thereon, and appoints Mr. BRIDGES, Mr. SALTONSTALL, Mr. FERGUSON, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. MCCARRAN, Mr. ELLENDER, and Mr. HILL to be conferees on the part of the Senate. CIVIL FUNCTIONS APPROPRIA- Mr. DAVIS of Wisconsin. Mr. Speaker, I call up the conference report on the bill (H. R. 5376) making appropriations for civil functions administered by the Department of the Army for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1954, and for other purposes, and ask unanimous consent that the statement of the managers on the part of the House be read in lieu of the report. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The SPEAKER. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Wisconsin? There was no objection. The Clerk read the statement. By unanimous consent, at the request of Mr. DAVIS of Wisconsin, further reading of the statement was dispensed with. The conference report and statement are as follows: CONFERENCE REPORT (H. REPT. NO. 889) The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 5376) making appropriations for civil functions administered by the Department of the Army for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1954, 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 amendments numbered 15, 19 and 20. That the House recede from its disagree ment to the amendments of the Senate numbered 5, 7, 12, 13, 14, 18, 23 and 27 and agree to the same. Amendment numbered 1: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 1, and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows: In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert "$5,107,000"; and the Senate agree to the same. Amendment numbered 2: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 2, and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows: In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert "$2,867,500"; and the Senate agree to the same. Amendment numbered 3: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 3, and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows: In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert "$1,750,000"; and the Senate agree to the same. Amendment numbered 4: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 4, and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows: In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert "$278,670,000"; and the Senate agree to the same. Amendment numbered 9: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 9, and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows: In lieu of the sum named in said amendment insert "$625,000"; and the Senate agree to the same. Amendment numbered 10: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 10, and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows: In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert "$79,000,000"; and the Senate agree to the same. Amendment numbered 11: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 11, and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows: In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert "$9,716,000"; and the Senate agree to the same. Amendment numbered 16: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 16, and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows: In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment insert "$13,300,000"; and the Senate agree to the same. Amendment numbered 17: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 17, and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows: In lieu of the number named by said amendment insert "three"; and the Senate agree to the same. Amendment numbered 21: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 21, and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows: In lieu of the sum named in said amendment insert "$750,017"; and the Senate agree to the same. Amendment numbered 22: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 22, and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows: In lieu of the sum named in said amendment insert "$4,149,983"; and the Senate agree to the same. Amendment numbered 26: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 26, and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows: Restore the matter stricken out by said amendment, amended to read as follows: "SEC. 106. No part of the funds of the Canal Zone Government or the Panama Canal Company shall be used after December 31, 1953, for providing free medical and hospital care to employees of the Panama Canal Company Construction, general, fiscal year 1954-Con. or the Canal Zone Government." And the Senate agree to the same. Amendment numbered 28: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 28, and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows: Restore the matter stricken out by said amendment, and change the section number from 108 to 107. And the Senate agree to the same. Amendment numbered 29: That the House recede from its disagreement to the amendment of the Senate numbered 29, and agree to the same with an amendment, as follows: In lieu of the number proposed by said amendment insert 108. And the Senate agree to the same. The committee of conference report in disagreement amendments numbered 6, 8, 24, and 25. GLENN R. DAVIS, CLARENCE CANNON, LOUIS C. RABAUT, JOHN J. RILEY, Managers on the Part of the House. WILLIAM F. KNOWLAND, GUY CORDON, EDWARD J. THYE, CARL HAYDEN, RICHARD B. RUSSELL, ALLEN J. ELLENDER, Managers on the Part of the Senate. STATEMENT The managers on the part of the House at the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H. R. 5376) making appropriations for civil functions administered by the Department of the Army for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1954, 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 as to each of such amendments, namely: CEMETERIAL EXPENSES Amendment No. 1: Appropriates $5,107,000 instead of $4,870,000 as proposed by the House and $5,307,400 as proposed by the Senate. RIVERS AND HARBORS AND FLOOD CONTROL General investigations Amendment No. 2: Appropriates $2,867,500 instead of $2,275,000 as proposed by the House and $3,440,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees are in agreement that $2,240,000 shall be allocated for examinations and surveys and $627,500 for collection and study of basic data. Construction, general Amendment No. 3: Authorizes transfer of not to exceed $1,750,000 to the Secretary of the Interior instead of $1,250,000 as proposed by the House and $3,750,000 as proposed by the Senate. Amendment No. 4: Appropriates $278,670,000 instead of $254,123,000 as proposed by the House and $312,886,000 as proposed by The conferees are in complete the Senate. agreement that the funds appropriated herein are to be allocated as follows: Construction, general, fiscal year 1954 Alabama: Demopolis lock and dam_. Arkansas: Arkansas River and tributaries, Arkansas and Oklahoma (bank stabilization and channel rectification)_ Blakeley Mountain Reservoir. Bull Shoals Reservoir, Ark. and Mo... $4,655, 000 3,600,000 5,225,000 2, 000, 000 Arkansas-Continued Red River levees and bank stabilization below Denison Dam, Ark., Tex., and La___ California: Cherry Valley Reservoir______ area. Merced County stream groupPine Flat Reservoir_ Sacramento River... San Antonio Reservoir__. Whittier Narrows Reservoir__ Florida: Canaveral Harbor, jetties____ Jim Woodruff Lock and Dam, Florida and Georgia----Georgia: Buford Dam__ $565, 000 200,000 8,800,000 250,000 6,200,000 300, 000 2,900,000 3,800,000 1,700,000 5,200,000 610, 000 7,250,000 7,500,000 New York: Batavia. Dansville. Oregon: Lower Columbia River, improve ment to existing works. Pennsylvania: Allegheny River Reservoir. Allentown. Bradford. Johnsonburg. Vermont: Victory Reservoir. Alabama: Fort Gaines lock and dam. Fort Peck Dam (second powerplant). Oklahoma: Keystone Reservoir. of Representatives and of the Senate. It is Virginia: Gathright and Falling Springs the present authorization. Washington: Ice Harbor. Of the $3,600,000 made available for bank stabilization on the Arkansas river and tributaries $2,800,000 shall be available for obligation as contemplated by House Report No. 450, 83rd Congress, 1st Session. The remaining funds shall be available for obligation on the most emergent locations mentioned in the following excerpt from a letter of 29 May 1953 from the Corps of Engineers to the Chairman, Civil Functions Subcommittee, House Appropriations Committee: Emergency location 487, 000 Estes Location-Revetment and 330,000 5, 000, 000 700,000 23, 350, 000 Local protection projects not 700,000 Lower Columbia River fish Dam. sanctuary program (Fish and Wildlife Service) ---Advance engineering and de sign_____ Less surplus funds_-_ 1,750,000 1,900,000 -13, 500, 000 Tentative 1 $70,000 pile dikes___. Amendment No. 5: Deletes language proposed by the House, as proposed by the Senate, relating to Garrison Dam. Amendment No. 6: Reported in disagree ment. Amendment No. 7: Deletes language proposed by the House, as proposed by the Senate, relating to Cheatham Dam. Amendment No. 8: Reported in disagree ment. OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, GENERAL Amendment No. 9: Authorizes transfer of $625,000 to the Secretary of the Interior instead of $600,000 as proposed by the House and $650,000 as proposed by the Senate. Amendment No. 10: Appropriates $79,000,000 instead of $80,730,000 as proposed by the House, and $77,565,000 as proposed by the Senate. GENERAL EXPENSES Amendment No. 11: Appropriates $9,716,000 instead of $9,616,000 as proposed by the House and $9,816,000 as proposed by the 455,000 Senate. -- 2, 000, 000 1 In addition, the amount of $134,000 is proposed for allotment to this location from fiscal year 1953 funds. The conferees are in complete accord that unobligated balances presently available to the Corps of Engineers on the central and southern Florida project shall be available for construction of unit L-15 of that project. Of the $720,000 available for the Red River of the North $460,000 shall be available for the continuation of the flood-control works at Grand Forks, N. Dak., and $260,000 is to be used most advantageously by the Corps of Engineers for the Mustinka and Sand Hill Rivers in Minnesota and the Rush River in North Dakota. Funds available for construction of the Dalles Dam, Oreg., shall be obligated in such a manner as to place the first two power units on the line not later than November 1957. The conferees desire that the Corps of Engineers study the extent of actual or probable damages to the water supply system of the city of Muskogee, Okla., resulting from the construction and operation of the Fort Gibson Dam. The results of this study should be presented to the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate not later than January 1, 1954. Pending further District of Columbia: Anacostia River, D. C. action by the Congress no funds are to be and Md. Idaho: Columbia River local protection, Utah, Nevada, and Montana. Illinois: Beardstown. Indiana: Mansfield Reservoir. Barbourville. Rough River Reservoir and Channel. New Mexico: Chamita Reservoir. obligated toward the construction of a water The conferees are in complete accord that FLOOD CONTROL, MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND Amendment No. 12: Appropriates $51,433,000 as proposed by the Senate instead of $52,540,000 as proposed by the House, and strikes out language proposed by the House and inserts language as proposed by the Senate. The conferees are in complete agreement that the Corps of Engineers shall use as much of the funds recommended herein as will not seriously impair the continuation of projects provided for in the revised budget estimate for the continuation and protection of the Lake Pontchartrain levees. The conferees have eliminated the amount of $200,000 proposed by the Senate for the emergency fund. UNITED STATES SOLDIERS' HOME Amendment No. 13: Limits amount available for the construction of buildings and facilities to $529,000 as proposed by the Senate instead of $570,000 as proposed by the House. CANAL ZONE GOVERNMENT Amendment No. 14: Authorizes purchase of four passenger motor vehicles for replacement only as proposed by the Senate instead of one as proposed by the House. Amendment No. 15: Deletes language proposed by the Senate. Amendment No. 16: Appropriates $13,300,000 instead of $12,237,500 as proposed by the House and $13,315,400 as proposed by the Senate. Amendment No. 17: Reduces by three the number of passenger motor vehicles held by the Canal Zone Government instead of four as proposed by the House and two as proposed by the Senate. PANAMA CANAL COMPANY Amendment No. 18: Limits general and administrative expenses of the Company to |