78TH CONGRESS 2d Session } HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES {No. 1860 REPORT PROVIDING FOR PAYMENT OF 6 MONTHS' SALARY AND $250 FUNERAL EXPENSES TO MRS. BARBARA MCDONOUGH, WIDOW OF MICHAEL J. MCDONOUGH, LATE AN EMPLOYEE OF THE HOUSE APRIL 20, 1944.-Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed Mr. COCHRAN, from the Committee on Accounts, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H. Res. 512] The Committee on Accounts, to whom was referred the resolution (H. Res. 512) providing for the payment of 6 months' salary and $250 funeral expenses to Mrs. Barbara McDonough, widow of Michael J. McDonough, late an employee of the House, having considered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the resolution do pass. O Mr. BLOOM, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, submitted the following ADVERSE REPORT [To accompany H. Con. Res. 77) The Committee on Foreign Affairs, to whom was referred the concurrent resolution (H. Con. Res. 77), requesting certain information from the President, having considered the same, report thereon without amendment and recommend that the concurrent resolution do not pass. The action of the committee is based on the following letter from the Secretary of State dated April 14, 1944: The Honorable SOL BLOOM, House of Representatives. THE SECRETARY OF STATE, MY DEAR MR. BLOOM: I have received your letter of April 4, 1944, asking or my comment upon House Concurrent Resolution 77, which requests that the President transmit a communication advising Congress "of the terms and conditions to be imposed upon our enemies following the unconditional surrender of our enemies," and to include in such communication "information as to provisions made for the establishment of peace, and for the creation of appropriate machinery to maintain an enduring peace among the nations of the world.' I have made public, most recently in a radio address of April 9, such information and views on the questions raised in this resolution as appear at this time to be consistent with the successful prosecution of the war and the best interests of this country. I hope that it may be possible from time to time to discuss these matters further with the members of your committee. Sincerely yours, (Signed) CORDELL HULL. О 78TH CONGRESS 2d Session } HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES { REPORT No. 1362 SURVEY OF FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES BY THE FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE APRIL 20, 1944.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. BLAND, from the Committee on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany S. J. Res. 112] The Committee on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries, to whom was referred the joint resolution (S. J. Res. 112) authorizing and directing the Fish and Wildlife Service of the Department of the Interior to conduct a survey of the marine and fresh-water fishery resources of the United States, its Territories, and possessions, having considered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the joint resolution do pass. PURPOSE OF THE LEGISLATION The purpose of the bill is to authorize a survey and study by the Fish and Wildlife Service of the Department of the Interior of the marine and fresh-water fishery resources of the United States, its Territories, and possessions. Section 1 of the resolution outlines the scope of the investigation which is to extend to all aspects of the marine and fresh-water fisheries and the many uses thereof. The Fish and Wildlife Service and the former Bureau of Fisheries have conducted diversified studies of the commercial and recreational fisheries since 1871, under somewhat limited authorization and appropriations. These have not been adequate to take in all of the fishery problems and phases of fishery activity, or to permit the formulation and prosecution of a wellintegrated program fully commensurate with the magnitude and undeveloped potentialities of the aquatic resources. Only one previous appraisal of the fishery resources of the United States has been made. It is the 7-volume work entitled "The Fishery Industries of the United States," by G. Brown Goode and associates, the last volume of which was published in 1887. At the time of this survey many of our commercial fisheries were in their infancy and in some places fisheries which are very important today had not even been developed. It is felt that an over-all survey is needed now not only because of the tremendous changes that have taken place since the publication of the Goode report, but also because the impact of the war upon the fishery industries and the unprecedented demands for fishery products have emphasized the lack of a well-integrated national fishery program and policy. Section 2 directs that a report on the survey be submitted to Congress not later than January 1, 1945. This report would serve many useful purposes. Among the reasons are (1) outline opportunities of a permanent national fishery policy which would provide for coordinated activities of Federal, State, international or other fishery organizations in a program for the fisheries designed to extend their benefits to the greatest number of our citizens both as recreational and commercial pursuits; (2) provide the basis for a program of post-war economic stabilization of the fisheries in order to place them upon a more secure foundation, to improve commercial practices, and to undertake other activities that would make the fisheries occupy a more important position in our national economy; (3) indicate opportunities for the future development of the fisheries based on unutilized or underutilized species in order to relieve the strain upon heavily fished species and thus to provide for more orderly utilization and perpetuation of the basic resources; (4) consider the economic and marketing phases of fishery research and services which are in their infancy; (5) develop a program of increasing fishery resources in interior waters through artificial stocking of streams, impoundments, farm ponds, or other areas capable of supporting substantial fishery populations that may be useful commercially or recreationally. The appropriation of not to exceed $20,000 authorized by the resolution would provide for the additional statistical and clerical assistance required to consolidate information already available in the files of the Federal, State, or other agencies dealing with the various topics set forth in the resolution and for the incorporation of certain additional information that might be obtained by the regular staff of the Fish and Wildlife Service. Your committee feel that the report contemplated by the resolu tion would be a long step forward in building a comprehensive national fishery program and policy having as their objective the placing of fisheries of the United States upon a foundation without parallel elsewhere in the world. The resolution which has been considered and reported by your committee is identical with House Joint Resolution 245 and the committee requested the views of the Department of the Interior on that legislation. The letter from the Secretary of the Interior dated April 4, 1944, follows: Hon. SCHUYLER O. BLAND, THE INTERIOR DepartmENT, Chairman, Committee on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries, House of Representatives. MY DEAR MR. BLAND: On March 2 you requested this Department to report to the Committee on the Merchant Marine and Fisheries concerning the merits and propriety of passage of House Joint Resolution 245, authorizing and directing the Fish and Wildlife Service of the Department of the Interior to conduct s |