Federal Works Agency-Continued JOB No.: D40-251. DATE: MAY 23, 1940. BUREAU: WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION OF MARYLAND. DIVISION: ĆWA-WPA RECORDS PROJECT, NO. 7107. LOCATION OF RECORDS: 1315 DRUID HILL AVE., BALTIMORE. PERSON IN CHARGE: CARL N. EVERSTINE. DATE PREPARED: MAY 16, 1940 13 12 Form Letter W P-21 of the U. S. Employees' Compen- ...do..... S-69. Public voucher for services and supplies of hos- Longhand 14 ST-1612. Compensation department of Maryland ...do............. Do. Do. originals. Do. Do. 16 Signed statements from physicians, covering injuries ...do...... November 1933 to August 1934. Bill for funeral expenses, covering injured Civil Works ---do 20 Hospital record of injured Civil Works employees..... Longhand Total approximate linear footage: 450 inches. originals. November 1935 to August 1939. November 1933 to May 1934. Do. Federal Works Agency-Continued JOB NO.: D40-262. DATE: MAY 31, 1940. BUREAU: WORK PROJECTS ADMINISTRATION OF MARYLAND. DIVISION: CWA-WPA RECORDS PROJECT, NO. 7107. LOCATION OF RECORDS: 1315 DRUID HILL AVE., BALTIMORE. PERSON IN CHARGE: CARL N. EVERSTINE. DATE PREPARED: MAY 18, 1940 4 Do. Do. Do. --- B. C.W.A.5. Originals.. November 1933 to June 1934. do... Baltimore Civil Works Administration ...do... transfer ticket. B. C. W. A.6. Baltimore Civil Works Administration ...do Total approximate linear footage: 25 feet. These are the originals of the forms which were recommended for disposition on an M-26 dated Feb. 16, 1940. The originals may now be disposed of, since the data from them are being transferred to CWA Form L-17, in accordance with directions in Work Projects Administration General Letter No. 267. 1 Civil Works T1-A. Copy of check drawn on Treas- Duplicate urer of the United States. Approximate linear footage: 600 inches. The checks are contained in bound volumes, each page of which has 5 checks. Check numbers run from i to 692,531. • Sample also previously submitted. Do. REQUESTING THE PRESIDENT TO TRANSMIT A WEEKLY REPORT SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF THE WORK FOR THE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUGUST 12, 1940.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. MAY, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following ADVERSE REPORT [To accompany H. Res. 557] The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the resolution (H. Res. 557) requesting the President to transmit a weekly report showing the progress of the work for the national defense, having considered the same, submit the following report thereon, with the recommendation that it do not pass: The action of the committee is based upon the testimony of a member of the Advisory Commission to the Council of National Defense, who stated it would be practically impossible to furnish this information as it would take an enormous amount of clerical work and that they have been releasing through the newspapers all information as soon as it has been available. о JOSE MENDEZ (ANTHONY SAYER) AUGUST 12, 1940.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House and ordered to be printed Mr. LESINSKI, from the Committee on Immigration and Naturalization, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H. R. 10149] The Committee on Immigration and Naturalization, to whom was referred the bill. (H. R. 10149) for the relief of Jose Mendez (Anthony Sayer), having considered the same, report it back with amendments and recommend that the bill, as amended, do pass. The amendments are as follows: First. In line 4, by striking out the words "Secretary of Labor" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "Attorney General". Second. On page 2, section 2, and in the first line thereof, by striking out the words "Secretary of Labor" and inserting in lieu thereof the words "Attorney General”. PURPOSE OF THE BILL The bill if enacted into law would authorize and direct the Attorney General to record for permanent residence the alien as having entered the United States on September 28, 1928. It would further direct the Secretary of State to deduct one number from the nonpreference quota of his native land and would cancel the warrant of arrest and order of deportation. GENERAL INFORMATION Congressman Edward T. Taylor, of Colorado, the author of the bill, appeared before the committee and urged favorable consideration. He stated the facts in the case in substance as follows: That the alien is a native of Spain, unmarried, and is a resident of the town of Gunnison, Colo.; that he entered the United States illegally in 1928, and has resided in Gunnison ever since. That upon |