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May fren egg areas. This necessitated fairly prompt action as to tke 
Federal appropriation to afford time for the execution of contracts 
for preparation and delivery of the bait and to permit the States to 
organize for its local handling. 
At the time of the submittal of this item the Agricultural Bill 
had already passed the House and was before the Senate, and the item 
was incorporated as a Senate amendment to the bill March 8, 1932. The 
delay in the conference action on the bill led to the introduction of 
joint resolutions in both houses in an attempt to make the appropria— 
tion available earlier-—the House resolution reducing the item to $1,— 
000,000. The final attemot (May 16) to secure joint action, namely, 
by tke adoption by the House, under a suspension of the rules, of the 
Senate Joint Resolution—-the amount being reduced to conform to the 
House action--—failed by a decisive vote of 137 to 99. The practical 
effect of this is to close the door to any Federal aid in time for ef— 
fective cooreration, and the Governors of the several States have been 
notified by the Secretary (May 18) of this situation and advised that 
the full burden of grasshopper control must now be undertaken as far 
as it can be by the States, counties, and persons in interest, but 
that the Department, through the Bureau of Entomology, will be glad 
to help so far as may be possible with its limited personnel concern— 
ed in grasshoprer investigations. 
Termite—control activities.--In the last two or three years there 
has been a large development in the field of commercial control of ter— 
mites and this type of activity, in some quarters, has involved repre— 
sentations and methods which have led to demands from State officials 
and others for Federal consideration of the subject-—consideration 
which resulted in the issuance of the circular of information of August 
11, 19351. Repeated demands this present season for information of the 
character contained in this circular led to its reissuance April 15, 
1932, in slightly revised form. The purpose of this note is to ask the 
field agents of the Bureau to report any features of the termite situ— 
ation which may come to their knowledge. The Bureau has already re— 
ceived some interesting reports from field agents based on examinations 
made in response to local requests. 
Curtis P. Clausen given new assignment.—-Effective May 16, Mr. 
Clausen was transferred from the field to the departmental service. 
In the new assignment Mr. Clausen will be responsible to the Chief of 
the Bureau for coordinating work of the several divisions and coopera— 
ting States concerned with the importation of beneficial insects and 
with investigations and work concerned with the breeding up for local 
control purposes or for interstate distribution of native and long es— 
tablished beneficial insects. He will also aid the Chief in coorerat— 
ing with the Plant Quarantine and Control Administration in the en=— 
forcement of the Insect Pest Act of 1905. particularly as it involves 
the interstate shipment of beneficial insects. Mr. Clausen's wide ex— 
perience with parasites, especially his familiarity with the work in 
foreign countries, makes him well qualified to fill this new position. 
In connection with this assignment it is expected that Mr. Clausen 
will visit various field stations of the Bureau in order to become 
more familiar with the work that is being carried on. 
