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and Georgia, being administered by the.FlorIda Game and Fresh Water Fish Commission;

H. R. 11702. An act to provide for the sale

of lands in reservoir areas under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Army for

cottage site development and use;

H. R. 11709. An act to amend Public Law

506. 84th Congress, 2d session, to increase

the authorization for appropriations to the

Atomic Energy Commission for acquisition or condemnation of real property or any

facilities, or for plant or facility acquisition,

construction, or expansion, and for other

purposes;

H. R. 11834. An act to allow a charitable

deduction for certain bequests; H. J. Res. 472. Joint resolution for the relief of certain aliens;

H. J. Res. 546. Joint resolution to amend

the act of August 20, 1954, establishing a commission for the celebration of the 200th

anniversary of the birth of Alexander Hamilton;

H. J. Res. 617. Joint resolution to waive

certain subsections of section 212 (a) of the

Immigration and Nationality Act in behalf

of certain aliens, and for other purposes;

H.. J. Res. 618. Joint resolution to waive

the provision of section 212 (a) (6) of the

Immigration and Nationality Act in behalf

of certain aliens;

H. J. Res. 637. Joint resolution to waive

certain subsections of section 212 (a) of the

Immigration and Nationality Act in behalf

of certain aliens;

H. J. Res. 667. Joint resolution to provide

for the maintenance of public order and the

protection of life and property in connection

with the presidential inaugural ceremonies;

and

H. J. Res. 681. Joint resolution to waive the

provision of section 212 (a) (6) of the Immigration and Nationality Act in behalf of cer- tain aliens.

On August 7, 1956:

H. R. 3957. An act for the relief of Pauline

H. Corbett;

H. R. 7634. An act to provide that amounts

which do not exceed 60 cents shall be exempt

from the tax imposed upon amounts paid for

the transportation of persons;

H. R. 8750. An act to amend the Watershed

Protection and Flood Prevention Act;

H. R. 9874. An act to authorize Canadian

vessels to be employed in the coastwise transportation of coal to Ogdensburg, N. Y.;

H. R. 11554. An act to amend certain provisions of title XI of the Merchant Marine

Act, 1936, as amended, to facilitate private

financing of merchant vessels in the interest

of national defense, and for other purposes;

H. R. 11677. An act to provide for the advancement of Maj. Gen. Hanford MacNider,

Army of the United States (retired), to the

grade of lieutenant general on the retired

list;

H. R. 11742. An act to extend and amend

laws relating to the provision and improvement of housing and the conservation and

development of urban communities, and for

other purposes;

H. R. 11833. An act to amend the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act and

the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to

provide for a Great Plains conservation program; and

H. R. 12152. An act to amend the Internal

Revenue Code of 1954 to provide for the allowance, as deductions, of contributions to

medical research organizations.

On August 8, 1956:

H. R. 11911. An act to authorize negotiations with respect to a compact to provide for a definition or relocation of the common boundary between Arizona and California,

and for the appointment by the President of a Federal representative to the compact negotiations.

On August 9, 1956:

1. R. 10624. An act relating to intercorporate relations between the General Public

Utilities Corp., a corporation organized and

operating in the United States, and the Manila Electric Co.

On August 10. 1956:

H. R. 7049. An act to revise, codify, and

enact into law, title 10 of the United States

Code, entitled "Armed Forces," and title 32 of

the United States Code, entitled "National

Guard."

HOUSE BILLS DISAPPROVED AFTER

SINE DIE ADJOURNMENT

The message further announced that

the President had disapproved the following bills of the House; his reasons for

such actions are as follows:

IMPROVEMENT OF PRIVATE PROPERTY, DISTRICT

OF COLUMBIA

H. R. 4993. I have withheld my approval of H. R. 4993, to authorize the

Board of Commissioners of the District

of Columbia to permit certain improvements to two business properties situated

in the District of Columbia.

The two properties involved, owned by

private corporations, are occupied as gasoline filling stations in a residential use

district. Under the zoning regulations

promulgated pursuant to the act of

March 1, 1920, as amended by the act of

June 20, 1938, the two stations may be

continued as such in the category of nonconforming uses because they were in

existence prior to the enactment of the

zoning statute. However, except under

certain conditions, these nonconforming

uses cannot be physically extended, enlarged, or improved. At present there

are approximately 5,000 nonconforming

uses in the District of Columbia.

The Board of Commissioners of the

District of Columbia and the National

Capital Planning Commission have had

underway for the past 3 years a study

looking to a complete revision of the zoning regulations for the District of Columbia. That study is almost completed,

and when completed will doubtless include provisions dealing with the problem

of nonconforming uses. We should not

single out two of these now by special

legislation and provide benefits for them

which cannot be enjoyed by any of the

other many nonconforming uses. To do

so would constitute an invitation for

other special legislative exceptions which,

if enacted, could frustrate comprehensive planning and make impossible the

orderly development of the Federal City.

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER.

THE WHITE HOUSE, July 31, 1956.

LAKE MICHIGAN, DIVERSION OF WATER

H. R. 3210. I have withheld my approval of H. R. 3210, to authorize the

State of Illinois and the Sanitary District of Chicago, under the direction of

the Secretary of the Army, to test, on a

3-year basis, the effect of increasing the

diversion of water from Lake Michigan

into the Illinois Waterway, and for other

purposes.

This bill Is substantially the same In

purpose and effect as H. R. 3300 of the

83d Congress from which I also withheld

my approval in that it would authorize

the State of Illinois and the Sanitary

District of Chicago to increase from 1,500

to 2,500 cubic feet per second the diversion of water from Lake Michigan to the

Illinois Waterway for a period of 3 years.

H. R. 3210 would also direct the Secretary

of the Army to make a study with respect

to the effect of the diversion and to make

recommendations regarding its continuance. While certain conditions and limitations are imposed that were not in

the earlier bill these do not deal with the

fundamental reasons for my withholding

approval of that measure. In my memorandum of disapproval of

H. R. 3300 I stated, among other things:

I am unable to approve the bill because

* * * (2) all methods of control of lake

levels and protection of property on the

Great Lakes should be considered before

arbitrarily proceeding with the proposed increased diversion, (3) the diversions are au- thorized without reference to negotiations

with Canada, and (4) the legitimate interests of other States affected by the diversion

may be adversely affected.

A comprehensive report by the Corps

of Engineers which will include consideration of the best methods of obtaining improved control of the levels of the

Great Lakes and of preventing recurrence of damage along the shores is nearing completion. I am asking the Secretary of Defense to expedite completion

of this report. This report Is in addition to the technical report on the effects

of an increased diversion into the Illinois Waterway which has been made by

the Joint Lake Ontario Engineering

Board to the International Joint Commission. I think it would be unwise to

proceed with the diversion in the manner proposed in H. R. 3210 until all relevant information has been obtained, particularly since objections to the proposed diversion have been registered by

the Canadian Government in its note

dated February 13, 1956, and additional

objections filed by legal advisers of the

States of Wisconsin, Ohio, and New York.

Although I am fully aware of the seriousness of some of the problems confronting the Chicago area and the State

of Illinois, the record on H. R. 3210 affords no basis for me to change my position in this matter. Accordingly, under

the circumstances, I am convinced that

the bill should not be approved.

I am asking the State Department to

engage in discussions with the Canadian

Government in an attempt to work out

a solution to these problems as soon as

all pertinent facts are available.

DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER.

THE WHITE HOUSE, August 9, 1956.

TAXES, REAL-ESTATE INVESTMENT TRUSTS

H. R. 4392. I am withholding my approval from H. R. 4392, entitled "An act

to amend the Internal Revenue Code of

1954 to provide a special method of taxation for real-estate investment trusts."

Under existing law, real-estate trusts

and associations with transferable

shares are generally taxed as ordinary

corporations on their entire taxable income. The enrolled bill would extend

to such organizations, under certain conditions, the conduit or pass-through

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