ment between the owner of the bridge and the United States of the cost of building and altering such bridges.

These provisions are omitted from the conference substitute.

DISPOSITION OF RECORDS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR

AUGUST 8, 1940.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered to be printed

Mr. ELLIOTT, from the Joint Committee on the Disposition of Executive Papers, submitted the following

REPORT

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 whom are referred the reports of the Archivist of the United States in compliance with section 3 of the act approved August 5, 1939 (53 Stat. 1219-1221), in respect to accumulation of records which are not needed or useful in the transaction of the current business of departments, bureaus, etc., and have no permanent value or historical interest, respectfully report to the Senate and House of Representatives, pursuant to the act approved August 5, 1939 (53 Stat. 1219-1221), as follows:

Your committee has taken action on the records described in the attached report of the Archivist of the United States, dated June 20, 1940, to the Seventy-sixth Congress, third session, with respect to records recommended to him for disposal by the Department of War, and we find and report that said records are not needed in the transaction of the current business of such Department and have no permanent value or historical interest.

We recommend that the Department of War, as required by law destroy or otherwise effectively dispose of such records; if by sale, upon the best obtainable terms, after due publication of notice inviting proposals therefor, and receive and pay the proceeds thereof into the Treasury of the United States, and make report thereof to the Archivist of the United States.

Respectfully submitted to the Senate and House of Representatives.

A. J. ELLIOTT, Chairman.

B. W. GEARHART,

Members on the part of the House.

ALBEN W. BARKLEY,

CHAS. W. TOBEY,

Members on the part of the Senate.

THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES, Washington, D. C., June 20, 1940.

REPORT OF THE ARCHIVIST OF THE UNITED STATES ON A LIST OF PAPERS, ConSISTING OF 10 ITEMS, RECOMMENDED TO HIM FOR DISPOSITION, MAY 7, 1940, BY THE DEPARTMENT OF WAR

To the Congress of the United States:

In compliance with the provisions of section 3 of an act to provide for the disposition of certain records of the United States Government, approved August 5, 1939 (53 Stat. 1219-1221), I have the honor to transmit herewith a list of papers, consisting of 10 items, among the archives and records of the Department of War, which the Department has recommended should be destroyed or otherwise disposed of.

This list has been carefully examined and I beg to report, with the approval of the National Archives Council, that the archives and records described therein appear to have no permanent value or historical interest to the Government of the United States.

Respectfully submitted.

Department of War

R. D. W. CONNOR, Archivist of the United States.

JOB NO.: D40-238, MAY 7, 1940. BUREAU: ORDNANCE. DIVISION: SPRINGFIELD ARMORY. LOCATION OF RECORDS: SPRINGFIELD ARMORY, MASS. PERSON IN CHARGE: COL. G. H. STEWART, ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT, COMMANDING. DATE PREPARED: APR. 22, 1940.

DISPOSITION OF RECORDS IN THE DEPARTMENT OF

THE INTERIOR IN THE CUSTODY OF THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES

AUGUST 8, 1940.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered to be printed

Mr. ELLIOTT, from the Joint Committee on the Disposition of Execu tive Papers, submitted the following

REPORT

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 whom are referred the reports of the Archivist of the United States in compliance with section 3 of the act approved August 5, 1939 (53 Stat. 1219-1221), in respect to accumulation of records which are not needed or useful in the transaction of the current business of departments, bureaus, etc., and have no permament value or historical interest, respectfully report to the Senate and House of Representatives, pursuant to the act approved August 5, 1939 (53 Stat. 1219-1221), as follows:

Your committee has taken action on the records described in the attached report of the Archivist of the United States, dated July 2, 1940, to the Seventy-sixth Congress, third session, with respect to records in his custody of the Department of the Interior, and we find and report that said records are not needed in the transaction of the current business of such Department and have no permanent value or historical interest.

We recommend that The National Archives, as required by law destroy or otherwise effectively dispose of such records; if by sale, upon the best obtainable terms, after due publication of notice inviting proposals therefor, and receive and pay the proceeds thereof into the Treasury of the United States, and make report thereof to the Archivist of the United States.

Respectfully submitted to the Senate and House of Representatives.

A. J. ELLIOTT, Chairman.
B. W. GEARHART,

Members on the part of the House.

ALBEN W. BARKLEY,

CHAS. W. TOBEY,

Members on the part of the Senate