TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY APRIL 28, 1941.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. SMITH of Connecticut, from the Committee on Military Affairs, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H. R. 2097] The Committee on Military Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 2097) to amend the Tennessee Valley Authority Act, as amended, by striking therefrom subsection (k) of section 4 and substituting therefor a new subsection (k), having considered the same, submit the following report thereon, with the recommendation that it do pass with the following amendment: Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the following: That the Tennessee Valley Authority Act, as amended, is hereby further amended as follows: By striking therefrom subsection (k) of section 4 and substituting therefor a new subsection (k) to read as follows: "(k) Shall have power in the name of the United States to convey by warranty deed or otherwise lands, easements, and rights of way to States, counties, municipalities, railroad companies, telephone, telegraph, water and power companies where any such conveyance is necessary in order to replace any such lands, easement or right of way to be flooded or destroyed as the result of the construction of any dam or reservoir now under construction by the Corporation or subsequently authorized by the Congress, and easements and rights of way upon which are located transmission or distribution lines carrying not in excess of forty-four thousand volts, together with the power to convey or lease to the Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation of Decatur, Alabama, a tract of land to be used by said company for the construction of facilities necessary to enable it to fulfill defense contracts entered into prior to January 1, 1946. The Corporation shall also have power to convey or lease Nitrate Plant No. 1 at Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and Waco Quarry with the approval of the War Department and the President." Your committee is opposed to granting of blanket authority to the Tennessee Valley Authority to sell or lease the lands under its jurisdiction, except upon a showing of necessity therefor to the Congress. Your committee is satisfied that the limited authority contained in this bill, as amended, should be granted in the public interest. The conveying of land easements and rights-of-way to States, counties, municipalities, railroad companies, telephone, telegraph, water, and power companies where any such conveyance is necessary in order to replace any such lands, easement, or right-of-way to be flooded or destroyed as the result of the construction of any dam or reservoir now under construction by the Corporation or subsequently authorized by the Congress will expedite the program of construction of the Tennessee Valley Authority, and enable advantageous contracts for the acquisition of such rights in real property to be flooded or destroyed under the construction program of the Authority. The power to grant easements and rights-of-way on which are located transmission or distribution lines carrying not in excess of 44,000 volts is recommended to implement the program of disposal to electric cooperatives of power lines acquired by the Authority in the purchase of properties of private power companies. The power to convey or lease to the Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation of Decatur, Ala., a tract of land in the possession of the Authority, adjacent to the property of the Corporation, is desirable in order to facilitate the carrying out of defense contracts for the Government by the shipbuilding corporation, and the committee recommends that this power be granted in order that the Tennessee Valley Authority may negotiate a contract in the interest of the Government with the shipbuilding corporation. Nitrate plant No. 1 at Muscle Shoals, Ala., and Waco quarry are no longer of use to the Authority and the committee therefore recommends that power be granted to the corporation to dispose of these properties subject to the approval of the War Department and the President. In conformity with paragraph 2-a of rule 13 of the House Rules, there are herewith printed in parallel columns the provisions of the existing law and the provisions of the proposed bill: EXISTING LAW Act approved August 31, 1935 (Public, 412, 74th Cong.) (k) At any time before the expiration of five years from the date when this section, as amended, becomes law may in the name of and as agent for the United States and subject to approval of the President, dispose of any of such real property as in the judgment of the Board may be no longer necessary in carrying out the purposes of this Act, but no land shall be conveyed on which there is a permanent dam, hydraulic power plant, fertilizer plant or munitions plant, heretofore or hereafter built by or for the United States or for the Authority. PROVISIONS OF PROPOSED BILL That the Tennessee Valley Authority Act, as amended, is hereby further amended as follows: By striking therefrom subsection (k) of section 4 and substituting therefor a new subsection (k) to read as follows: "(k) Shall have power in the name of the United States to convey by warranty deed or otherwise lands, easements, and rights-of-way to States, counties, municipalities, railroad companies, telephone, telegraph, water and power companies where any such conveyance is necessary in order to replace any such lands, easement or right-ofway to be flooded or destroyed as the result of the construction of any dam or reservoir now under construction by the Corporation or subsequently authorized by the Congress, and easements and rights-of-way upon which are located transmission or distribution lines carrying not in excess of 44,000 volts, together with the power to convey or lease to the Ingalls Shipbuilding Corporation of Decatur, Alabama, a tract of land to be used by said company for the construction of facilities necessary to enable it to fulfill defense contracts entered into prior to January 1, 1946. The Corporation shall also have power to convey or lease Nitrate Plant No. 1 at Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and Waco Quarry with the approval of the War Department and the President." 1st Session No. 450 AUTHORIZING THE CONSTRUCTION OF A CRYPT APRIL 28, 1941.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. SECREST, from the Committee on the Library, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H. R. 3857] The Committee on the Library, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 3857) authorizing the construction of a crypt for the remains of Gutzon Borglum, having considered the same, report favorably thereon with an amendment and recommend that the bill H. R. 3857 as amended do pass. The amendment is as follows: Page 1, line 8, strike out the word "on" and insert in lieu thereof the word "in". Page 1, line 8, after the word "Rushmore" insert the words "National Memorial". Page 1, line 9, add the words "after consultation with the Secretary of the Interior". Mr. Borglum died March 5, 1941, in a Chicago hospital. It was proposed by the Mount Rushmore Commission, after consultation by the Commission's secretary, Mr. Russell Arundel, with Mr. Borglum's family, as to the possibility of Mr. Borglum's remains being placed in a crypt on Mount Rushmore. This proposal was satisfactory to Mrs. Borglum. Therefore it is proposed by the Mount Rushmore Commission that the Congress authorize the construction of a crypt for the remains of Gutzon Borglum, in Mount Rushmore National Memorial, as the Commission deems appropriate after consultation. with the Secretary of the Interior. The cost of the tomb, authorized by this act, shall be borne entirely from funds privately subscribed. Many friends and admirers have made the statement to the secretary of the Mount Rushmore Commission that they would welcome the opportunity to provide the necessary costs of the crypt. The tribute that has been paid to Mr. Borglum's work needs no amplifying. His work was that of a great sculptor, and he was in a |