TO PROVIDE FOR STATISTICS OF THE NUMBER OF PERSONS EMPLOYED MAY 19, 1930.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. Kopp, from the Committee on Labor, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany S. 3061] The Committee on Labor, to whom was referred S. 3061, having considered the same, report the same with the recommendation that the bill be passed. The purpose of the bill is to provide statistics at least once a month of the number of persons employed, the total wages paid, and the total hours of employment in the principal industries of the country, and thereby aid in solving the problem of unemployment. O 2d Session Part 2 TO PROVIDE FOR STATISTICS OF THE NUMBER OF PERSONS EMPLOYED JUNE 19, 1930.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. Kopp, from the Committee on Labor, submitted the following SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT [To accompany S. 3061] The Committee on Labor, to whom was referred the bill (S. 3061) to amend section 4 of the act entitled "An act to create a Department of Labor," approved March 4, 1913, submits this supplemental report and says further: Bills are now pending in this Congress which "provide for the advance planning and regulated construction of certain public works, for the stabilization of industry, and for the prevention of unemployment during periods of business depression." If such a bill is enacted into law then the enactment of this bill (S. 3061) will become an urgent necessity. If said section 4 of the act entitled "An act to create a Department of Labor," approved March 4, 1913, is amended as proposed by this bill (S. 3061) said section 4 will read as follows, the proposed amendment being printed in italics: SEC. 4. That the Bureau of Labor Statistics, under the direction of the Secretary of Labor, shall collect, collate, and report at least once each year, or oftener if necessary, full and complete statistics of the conditions of labor and the products and distribution of the products of the same, and to this end said Secretary shall have power to employ any or either of the bureaus provided for his department and to rearrange such statistical work and to distribute or consolidate the same as may be deemed desirable in the public interests; and said Secretary shall also have authority to call upon other departments of the Government for statistical data and results obtained by them; and said Secretary of Labor may collate, arrange, and publish such statistical information so obtained in such manner as to him may seem wise. The Bureau of Labor Statistics shall also collect, collate, report, and publish at least once each month full and complete statistics of the volume of and changes in employment, as indicated by the number of persons employed, the total wages paid, and the total hours of employment, in the service of the Federal Government, the States and political subdivisions thereof, and in the following industries and their principal branches: (1) Manufacturing; (2) mining, quarrying, and crude petro leum production; (3) building construction; (4) agriculture and lumbering; (5) transportation, communication, and other public utilities; (6) the retail and wholesale trades, and such other industries as the Secretary of Labor may deem it in the public interest to include. Such statistics shall be reported for all such industries and their principal branches throughout the United States and also by States and/or Federal reserve districts and by such smaller_geographical subdivisions as the said Secretary may from time to time prescribe. The said Secretary is authorized to arrange with any Federal, State, or municipal bureau or other governmental agency for the collection of such statistics in such manner as he may deem satisfactory, and may assign special agents of the Department of Labor to any such bureau or agency to assist in such collection. AERIAL BOMBING RANGE AT KELLY FIELD, TEX. MAY 19, 1930.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. WURZBACH, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H. R. 12263] The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 12263) to authorize the acquisition of 1,000 acres of land, more or less, for aerial bombing range purposes at Kelly Field, Tex., and in settlement of certain damage claims, introduced by Mr. Wurzbach, having considered the same, report thereon with the recommendation that it do pass with the following amendments: Line 4, strike out "condemnation" and insert in lieu thereof "purchase for a sum not exceeding $80,000". Line 7, after the second word "and" insert "failing to acquire the same within limit of cost,". Line 9, strike out the word "that" and insert in lieu thereof "the"; also strike out the period and add "of acquiring said land." The letter of the Secretary of War requesting the introduction of a bill to acquire the 1,000 acres of land for aerial bombing range purposes at Kelly Field and in settlement of certain damage claims is as follows: Hon. W. FRANK JAMES, Chairman Committee on Military Affairs, House of Representatives. MAY 31, 1929. DEAR MR. JAMES: It is requested that the following draft of a bill be introduced and enacted into law: "A BILL To authorize the acquisition of 1,000 acres of land, more or less, in settlement of certain damage claims, and for aerial bombing range purposes at Kelly Field, Texas. "Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, authorized to acquire by purchase or condemnation the fee title to 1,000 acres of land, more or less, situate in Bexar County, State of Texas, in settlement of certain damage claims, and for aerial bombing range purposes at Kelly Field, |