TREASURY DEPARTMENT, BUREAU OF THE BUDGET, SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith for your consideration and, upon your approval, for transmission to Congress, a supplemental estimate of appropriation for the Department of State for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, for expenses of delegates to the Seventeenth International Congress Against Alcoholism, at Copenhagen, Denmark, $7,500. Seventeenth International Congress Against Alcoholism: For expenses of delegates, not exceeding 10 in number, to be designated by the President to the Seventeenth International Congress Against Alcoholism, at Copenhagen, Denmark, to be held in 1923, including the cost of secretarial and stenographic work and transcription of the report (submitted)....... $7,500 The Seventeenth International Congress Against Alcoholism will be held in Copenhagen, Denmark, from August 20 to 24, 1923, and the United States has been invited to be officially represented at the congress. It is expected that the congress will discuss the social, economic, scientific, industrial, and other aspects of the alcohol problem, and that leading scientists, physicians, educators, and publicists in the various countries will be in attendance. It has been customary for the United States to be represented at the meetings of the International Alcoholic Congress. It sent a delegation of 12 to the thirteenth congress, held at The Hague, in September, 1911; 10 to the fourteenth congress, held at Milan in 1913; and 10 to the sixteenth congress, held at Lausanne in 1921. The fifteenth congress was held in Washington in 1920, and an appropriation of $60,000 was made by Congress for the necessary arrangements and entertainment of the delegates of foreign countries. The above estimate is for an appropriation required to meet an unforeseen contingency which has occurred since the transmission of the budget for the fiscal year 1924, and its approval is recommended. Very respectfully, The PRESIDENT. H. M. LORD, Director of the Bureau of the Budget. Estimates of appropriations required for the service of the fiscal year ending June 30, 1924, by the Department of State. Seventeenth International Congress Against Alcoholism: For expenses of delegates, not exceeding 10 in number, to be designated by the President to the Seventeenth International Congress Against Alcoholism, at Copenhagen, Denmark, to be held in 1923, including the cost of secretarial and stenographic work and transcription of the report (submitted)................ $7,500 A LETTER FROM THE SECRETARY OF THE NAVY RELATIVE TO AMOUNTS DUE CLAIMANTS ON ACCOUNT DAMAGES BY VESSELS OF THE UNITED STATES NAVY FOUND RESPONSIBLE, TOGETHER WITH A LETTER FROM THE ACTING DIRECTOR OF THE BUREAU OF THE BUDGET RECOMMENDING THE ESTIMATE OF APPROPRIATION. FEBRUARY 26 (calendar day, FEBRUARY 27), 1923.-Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and ordered to be printed. The PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE. THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, February 27, 1923. SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith for the consideration of Congress a communication from the Secretary of the Navy submitting an estimate of appropriation in the sum of $10,395.69 to pay claims which he has adjusted under the provisions of the act of December 28, 1922, Public No. 374 (42 Stat. 1066), and which require an appropriation for their payment. Respectfully, SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith for your consideration a communication from the Secretary of the Navy submitting an estimate of appropriation in the sum of $10,395.69 to pay claims for damages to or losses of privately owned property which he has considered, ascertained, adjusted, and determined under the provisions of the act of December 28, 1922, Public No. 374 (42 Stat. 1066). In accordance with the provisions of the act above cited, I recommend that this estimate be transmitted to Congress. Very respectfully, R. O. KLOEBER, Acting Director of the Bureau of the Budget. The PRESIDENT. NAVY DEPARTMENT, Washington, February 24, 1923. The DIRECTOR OF THE BUREAU OF THE BUDGET. SIR: This department has considered, ascertained, adjusted, and determined the respective amounts due claimants on account of damages for which vessels of the United States Navy were found to be responsible in the following described instances: 1. The owner of the scow Commonwealth No. 44, for damages sustained by the scow as a result of collision with a barge in tow of U. S. Navy tug Pentucket at the mouth of the Wallabout Canal, N. Y., on November 24, 1922, $596.49. The correspondence in the department indicates that the owner of the damaged scow is the Commonwealth Fuel Co. (Inc.), 497 Union Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. 2. The owner of the steam water boat Iola, for damages sustained by said boat as a result of collision with the U. S. S. Hercules in the Elizabeth River, Norfolk, Va., on April 3, 1919, $2,765.78. The correspondence in the department indicates that the owner of the damaged water boat is Hastings Bros., Norfolk, Va. 3. The owner of the coal barge Mobile, for damages sustained by said barge as a result of collision with U. S. SC-247 at the foot of East Twenty-first Street, New York City, on April 2, 1918, $1,396.50. The correspondence in the department indicates that the owner of the damaged coal barge is M. & J. Tracy (Inc.), No. 1 Broadway, New York City. 4. The owner of barge No. 453, for damages sustained by said barge as a result of collision with U. S. Navy tug Narkeeta in the Wallabout Canal on December 18, 1922, $1,835.08. The correspondence in the department indicates that the owner of the damaged barge is the Pennsylvania Railroad Co., Pennsylvania Station, New York City. 5. The owner of Pier No. 3, located at Jacksonville, Fla., for damages caused to said pier by U. S. Navy destroyer Fairfax on April 9, 1921, $2,227.84. The correspondence in the department indicates that the owner of the damaged pier is the Clyde Steamship Co., of New York, N. Y. 6. The owner of the barge Moccasin, for damages sustained by said barge as a result of collision with U. S. Navy lighter No. 462 in tow of the U. S. S. Kewaydin in the channel between Old Point Comfort and Thimble Shoal Light, Norfolk, Va., on October 5, 1920, $1,574. The correspondence in the department indicates that the owner of the damaged barge is the Southern Transportation Co., Commercial Building, Philadelphia, Pa. I have the honor to request that the amounts found due the claimants as above set forth, be reported to the Congress for payment in accordance with the provisions of the act of December 28, 1922. Public, No. 374, Sixty-seventh Congress (42 Stat. 1066). In all, $10,395.69. Respectfully, EDWIN DENBY, O 4th Session. No. 324. LIST OF JUDGMENTS RENDERED BY THE COURT OF CLAIMS. COMMUNICATION FROM THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, TRANSMITTING, PURSUANT TO LAW, A LIST OF JUDGMENTS RENDERED BY THE COURT OF CLAIMS, AMOUNTING TO $111,455.22, SUBMITTED BY THE SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY AND REQUIRING AN APPROPRIATION, TOGETHER WITH A LETTER FROM THE DIRECTOR OF THE BUREAU OF THE BUDGET AS TO THE NECESSITY FOR THE APPROPRIATION. FEBRUARY 28, 1923.-Read; referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to be printed. The PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE. THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, February 28, 1923. SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith for the consideration of Congress, in compliance with the provisions contained in the act of September 30, 1890 (26 Stat. 537), and the deficiency act of April 27, 1904 (33 Stat. 422), a list of judgments rendered by the Court of Claims, amounting to $111,455 22, which have been submitted by the Secretary of the Treasury and require an appropriation for their payment, as follows: Under the Department of the Interior.... Total...... $430.00 111, 025. 22 111, 455. 22 The foregoing are obligations of the Government lawfully imposed and (subject to the reserved right of appeal) must be paid. For this reason, and because they could not have been anticipated in the regular appropriation bills, no further explanation under section 203 (a) of the Budget and accounting act seems necessary. Respectfully, WARREN G. HARDING. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, BUREAU OF THE BUDGET, SIR: I have the honor to submit herewith for your consideration. and upon your approval for transmission to Congress, in compliance with the provisions contained in the act of September 30, 1890 (26 Stat. 537), and the deficiency act of April 27, 1904 (33 Stat. 422), a list of judgments rendered by the Court of Claims, amounting to $111,455.22, which have been submitted by the Secretary of the Treasury, with the request for an appropriation for their payment, as follows: Under the Department of the Interior... Total..... $430.00 111, 025.22 111, 455.22 Since the foregoing are obligations of the Government, lawfully imposed, and which (subject to the reserved right of appeal) must be paid, and because they could not have been anticipated in the regular appropriation acts, an appropriation for that purpose is necessary at this time. Very respectfully, H. M. LORD, Director of the Bureau of the Budget. The PRESIDENT. |