If the bill is amended in accordance with the above suggestion it then will be without objection so far as this Agency is concerned. This report has been referred to the Bureau of the Budget and that Bureau has advised that there would be no objection to its submission to the committee. Sincerely yours, ALAN JOHNSTONE, General Counsel. H. R. 2276-Keokuk bridge bill. Hon. CLARENCE F. LEA, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Washington, D. C., January 30, 1941. Chairman, Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce, House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. DEAR COLLEAGUE: As you probably recall, your committee favorably reported H. R. 5382, on the above-mentioned subject, in the Seventy-sixth Congress. It was then passed by the Congress and referred to the Senate for consideration. I recently reintroduced this measure and I will deeply appreciate it if you will place it in line for early consideration. Thanking you for your cooperation, I am THOS. E. MARTIN, M. C. о CHANGING THE DESIGNATION OF THE FORT MARION NATIONAL MONUMENT IN THE STATE OF FLORIDA MARCH 20, 1941.-Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be printed Mr. PETERSON of Florida, from the Committee on the Public Lands, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H. R. 3937] The Committee on the Public Lands, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 3937) to change the designation of the Fort Marion National Monument in the State of Florida, and for other purposes, having considered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass, and authorize the use of all parliamentary means to bring the bill before the House. STATEMENT OF FACTS An identical bill was passed by the House on July 1, 1940, and was reported to the floor of the Senate by the Senate Public Lands and Surveys Committee on September 9, 1940. The necessity and justification of this legislation is set forth in the report of this committee on the identical bill H. R. 8353, Seventy-sixth Congress. This report is herein below set forth in full and made a part of this report. [H. Rept. No. 2520, 76th Cong., 3d sess.] The Committee on the Public Lands, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 8353) to change the designation of the Fort Marion National Monument, in the State of Florida, and for other purposes, having considered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass. The report of the Secretary of the Interior is hereinbelow set forth in full and made a part of this report. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, Hon. RENÉ L. DEROUEN, Chairman, Committee on the Public Lands, House of Representatives. MY DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: Further reference is made to the request of your committee for the views of this Department on H. R. 8353, entitled "A bill to change the designation of the Fort Marion National Monument, in the State of Florida, and for other purposes." I recommend that H. R. 8353 be enacted. However, your attention is called to legislation pending before the Congress (H. R. 7068, S. 2731) which would include the Fort Marion National Monument, as well as the Fort Matanzas National Monument, in an area to be known as the St. Augustine National Historical Park. In the event such legislation is enacted, it is believed the name of Fort Marion may be changed by administrative action without further legislation. Fort Marion originally was named the Castillo de San Marcos by its Spanish builders. Begun in 1672, this fort is the oldest masonry defensive work still standing in the United States. Throughout the period of Spanish control in Florida it continued to bear the name of Castillo de San Marcos. Following the purchase of Florida by the United States, the name of the fort was changed to Marion, in honor of Francis Marion, famous soldier and patriot of the American Revolution, but the fort remained much as it was under Spain. Primarily because of its vital association for 150 years with the Spanish history of Florida, the fort, in 1924, was proclaimed by the President as the Fort Marion National Monument. I have been advised by the Director of the Bureau of the Budget that there would be no objection by that Bureau to the presentation of this report to the Congress. Sincerely yours, 1st Session No. 300 SANTA YSABEL INDIAN RESERVATION-EXCHANGE OF LAND MARCH 20, 1941.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union and ordered to be printed Mr. O'CONNOR, from the Committee on Indian Affairs, submitted the following REPORT [To accompany H. R. 3514] The Committee on Indian Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (H. R. 3514) to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to effect an exchange of certain tribal land of the Santa Ysabel Indian Reservation, Calif., for other land of equal value, having considered the same, report favorably thereon without amendment and recommend that the bill do pass. This proposed legislation was suggested by the Acting Secretary of the Interior in a communication dated February 5, 1941, addressed to the Speaker of the House of Representatives. A bill (H. R. 3514) was introduced embodying the proposed legislation submitted by the Acting Secretary of the Interior. The bill was referred to your committee for consideration. The communication of the Acting Secretary of the Interior, above referred to, follows: DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, The SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. The purpose of the proposed measure is to permit the Santa Ysabel Indians to enlarge and consolidate their fiesta grounds on the east side of a State highway and thereby eliminate the hazard created by Indian children crossing the highway. On November 17, 1939, this Department approved an application by the State of California for a public highway across allotted and tribal lands on the Santa Ysabel Reservation. The new right-of-way traverses the parcel of land used by the Indians as camp and fiesta grounds, leaving these grounds and a cemetery on the east side of the tract. Land owned by one Mr. George Sawday, comprising 4.3 acres, more or less, is also situated on the east side of the highway, adjacent to |