GRANTING CONSENT OF CONGRESS TO COMPACTS OR AGREE MENTS BETWEEN WYOMING AND IDAHO WITH RESPECT TO BOUNDARY LINE BETWEEN SAID STATES JUNE 17, 1930.-Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed Mr. SMITH of Idaho, from the Committee on the Public Lands, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany S. 2865] The Committee on the Public Lands, to whom was referred S. 2865, an act granting the consent of Congress to compacts or agreements between the States of Wyoming and Idaho with respect to the boundary line between said States, have carefully considered the same and recommend its passage without amendment. This measure passed the Senate on April 14, 1930. The report of the Senate Committee on Public Lands and Surveys is hereto attached with a favorable report on the measure from the Secretary of the Interior. The Committee on Public Lands and Surveys, to whom was referred the bill (S. 2865) granting the consent of Congress to compacts or agreements between the States of Wyoming and Idaho with respect to the boundary line between said States, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with the recommendation that the bill do pass without amendment. This bill has the approval of the Secretary of the Interior, as set forth in his letter of February 7, 1930, which also sets forth the facts concerning the proposed legislation, as follows: Hon. GERALD P. NYE, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Chairman Committee on Public Lands and Surveys, United States Senate. MY DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: In response to your request of January 8 for an opinion as to the merits of S. 2865, there is transmitted herewith a memorandum submitted by the Commissioner of the General Land Office. After a review of the situation, I am in agreement with Commissioner Moore in his favorable report upon the bill. Very truly yours, RAY LYMAN WILBUR, Secretary. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, GENERAL LAND OFFICE, Washington, January 16, 1930. Memorandum for the Secretary. The bill S. 2865, Seventy-first Congress, entitled "A bill granting the consent of Congress to compacts or agreements between the States of Wyoming and Idaho with respect to the boundary line between said States," is identical with H. R. 16771, Seventieth Congress, with reference to which, on February 23, 1929, the department, after reciting the history of the establishment of the boundary line between the two States and referring to the closings of the surveys of the public lands thereon and to the fact that the line could probably be identified to-day without much difficulty, concluded its report to the chairman of the Committee on the Public Lands, House of Representatives, as follows: "While there is no specific information at hand as to what may be in contemplation in the matter of compacts or agreements between the two States with respect to said boundary line, it is apparent that there are sufficient safeguards provided for in the bill to insure the preservation of such governmental interests as may become involved, and this department has therefore no objections to its passage." H. R. 16771, with the report from this department, was favorably reported to the House from the Committee on the Public Lands (Rept. No. 2693) wherein the following committee information was embodied as to the purpose of the bill: "The States of Wyoming and Idaho have appointed commissioners for the purpose of effecting an agreement between the two States changing the present boundary line slightly for the better administration of the States and county affairs. Sharp, high, and difficult mountain ranges and other natural obstructions compel the citizens living adjacent to the present line in each of said States to travel great distances or undergo great hardships to reach their natural markets, railroads, and county seats. The transaction of private and public business would be benefited and expedited by a change in the boundary line opposite and contiguous to certain areas." The bill appears to have been passed by the House, but failed of action in the Senate. With the information now available as to the purpose of the bill, concerning which there do not appear to be any objectionable features, this office feels justified in reporting favorably concerning the enactment of S. 2865. O C. C. MOORE, Commissioner AMENDING PUBLIC RESOLUTION 80, SEVENTIETH CONGRESS JUNE 17, 1930.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. KNUTSON, from the Committee on War Claims, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H. J. Res. 303] The Committee on War Claims, to whom was referred the joint resolution (H. J. Res. 303) entitled "Joint resolution to amend Public Resolution Numbered 80, Seventieth Congress, second session, relating to payment of certain claims of grain elevators and grain firms," having considered the same, report thereon with a recommendation that it do pass with the following amendments: On page 1, line 3, after the words "Numbered 80," insert the words "approved February 4, 1929." On page 2, line 1, after the word "filed," insert "during the year, The purpose of this resolution is to amend Public Resolution No. 80 (70th Cong., 2d sess.), authorizing the President to ascertain, adjust, and pay certain claims of grain elevators and grain firms to cover insurance and interest on wheat during the years 1919 and 1920. The facts are fully set forth in a letter from the Comptroller General to the chairman Committee on War Claims under date of April 16, 1930, which is appended hereto and made a part of this report. A subcommittee of your committee gave this bill very careful consideration, held extensive hearings, and unanimously reported it favorably to the full committee, which, after further careful consideration, unanimously reported it favorably, with the amendments, to the House. COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES, Hon. JAMES G. STRONG, Chairman Committee on War Claims, House of Representatives. MY DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: I have your letter of April 15, 1930, requesting report and recommendation upon House Joint Resolution No. 303 to amend Public Resolution No. 80, approved February 4, 1929, so as in substance to ★6-21-30 PRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF FOREST PRODUCTS, ETC. JUNE 17, 1930.-Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed Mr. LETTS, from the Committee on the Public Lands, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany S. 2498] The Committee on the Public Lands, to whom was referred the bill (S. 2498) to promote the better protection and highest public use of lands of the United States and adjacent lands and waters in northern Minnesota for the production of forest products, and for other purposes, having considered the same, report favorably thereon and recommend that it do pass without amendment. OBJECT This bill designates an area in northern Minnesota along the Canadian border and within which is the Superior National Forest. It establishes a policy of conserving the natural resources of the designated area by providing that the remaining Federal lands within this area be withdrawn from entry and appropriation, and that the public lands and waters within this area may be used for the purpose to which they are best suited-namely, the preservation and reproduction of the forests, the preservation of its wonderful scenic beauties and conserving those natural resources for the benefit of the public; and that this policy may be effectively carried out, certain logging restrictions on shore lines of Government lands are prescribed. That the shore lines, rapids, waterfalls, timber, and other natural features may be preserved, further alteration of natural water level by any Government agency is prohibited without express authority of Congress. This area in Minnesota, combined with the Quetico Provincial Park in Ontario, comprises the greatest and most picturesque wilderness in the central part of the North American Continent. It is hoped that this region may ultimately become a great international recreational area to be used jointly by the people of these two countries, and thereby promote peace and better understanding. That this may be eventually accomplished is expressed in the two following resolutions: RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE AMERICAN LEGION AT ITS NATIONAL CONVENTION, Whereas this wooded lakeland stretches far across the unguarded border line into the Province of Ontario, where the Quetico Provincial Park forms a counterpart to the Superior National Forest; and Whereas there has been formulated for the preservation of this region a plan which has been indorsed by this country's highest authorities on forest and wild life and which has also received the approval of the Government departments in whose hands these matters lie; and Whereas such plan contemplates, if possible joint action with the Dominion of Canada and the Province of Ontario to the end that as much as is feasible of |