Provided further, That at post offices where the receipts are $14,000,000 but less than $20,000,000, there shall be a superintendent of delivery whose salary shall be the same as that provided for the superintendent of mails, and assistant superintendents of delivery at the salaries provided for assistant superintendents of mails: Provided further, That in fixing the salaries of the postmaster and supervisory employees in the post office at Washington, District of Columbia, the Postmaster General may, in his discretion, add not to exceed 75 per centum to the gross receipts of that office: Provided further, That not more than one assistant superintendent of mails, one assistant superintendent of delivery, one assistant superintendent of registry, and one assistant cashier shall be paid the maximum salary provided for these positions, except where receipts are $9,000,000 and less than $14,000,000 to which offices two assistant superintendents of mail shall be assigned at the maximum salary, one to be in charge of city delivery: And provided further, That State depositories for surplus postal funds and central accounting offices, where the gross receipts are less than $500,000, and no postal cashier is provided, the employee in charge of such records and adjustments of the accounts shall be allowed an increase of $200 per annum; if receipts are $500,000 and less than $5,000,000, the postal cashier shall be allowed an increase of $200 per annum; And provided further, That at all central accounting offices where the bookkeeper in charge performs the duties of auditor, he shall be designated chief bookkeeper, at a salary equal to that of the assistant cashier of the highest grade at that office: And provided further, That when an office advances to a higher grade because of increased gross postal receipts for a calendar year, promotion of all supervisory employees shall be made to the corresponding grade at the higher salary provided for the same titles or designations under the higher classification of the office based on its postal receipts: And provided further, That no employee in the supervisory grades shall receive a salary less than $100 more than that paid to the highest grade of clerk or special clerk: Provided further, That in the readjustment of salaries of all employees above the highest grade for special clerks, those at present designated by titles for which more than one grade of salary is provided shall be placed in the same relative grade and designation and receive the increased salary provided in this title: Provided, That during the fiscal year 1932 no postmaster or assistant postmaster or employee other than those in automatic grades shall suffer a reduction in salary because the gross receipts have fallen below the higher classification or because of the reduction in number of employees assigned to any station or unit. O

CLASSIFYING CERTAIN OFFICIAL MAIL MATTER

MARCH 2, 1931.-Ordered to be printed

Mr. SANDERS of New York, from the committee of conference, submitted the following

CONFERENCE REPORT

[To accompany H. J. Res. 357]

The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the joint resolution (H. J. Res. 357) classifying certain official mail matter, 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.

STATEMENT OF THE MANAGERS ON THE PART OF THE HOUSE

Conference was had on H. J. Res. 357; the Senate conferees receded from their amendment and the bill is restored as it passed the House. The bill as it now stands permits Members of Congress to send to their own address official matter without limitation as to weight, exactly the same as is provided under present law for public documents.

INTERNATIONAL HYGIENE EXHIBITION AT DRESDEN,

GERMANY

MARCH 2, 1931.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered to be printed

Mr. TEMPLE, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, submitted the following

REPORT

[To accompany S. 6203]

The Committee on Foreign Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (S. 6203) to increase the amount authorized to be appropriated for the expenses of participation by the United States in the international hygiene exhibition at Dresden, Germany, having considered the same unanimously recommends that it do pass without amendment.

Last year Congress appropriated $5,000 to enable the Government of the United States to participate in the International Hygiene Exhibition at Dresden, Germany. The appropriation was so small, however, that we were unable to make a very creditable exhibit. Now it is proposed to continue this exhibition through this year from May 15 to September 30. Of the amount asked for there will be allocated $15,000 each to the United States Public Health Service, the Surgeon General of the Navy, and the Surgeon General of the Army. The extra $5,000 will be used in the printing of a report, and it is believed that the circulation of the data brought back from this exhibition will be most valuable. This exhibition will attract the most advanced ideas from the 59 nations taking part in the exhibit, so it will make available to us a great deal of material regarding better water supplies, milk supplies, etc.

The German Ambassador has transmitted an invitation on behalf of his Government to the United States Department of State, requesting the official representation of the United States Government at the exposition.

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