APPROPRIATION BILL, 1913 HEARINGS BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE SIXTY-SECOND CONGRESS SECOND SESSION ON H. R. 24023 A BILL MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE LEGISLATIVE, EXECU- MAY 20, 1912 Dup. 19:2 WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE LEGISLATIVE, EXECUTIVE, AND JUDICIAL APPROPRIATION BILL, 1913. MONDAY, MAY 20, 1912. SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, The subcommittee met at 10 o'clock a. m. Washington, D. C. Present: Senator Warren (chairman), and Senators Wetmore, Foster, and Overman. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS. STATEMENT OF MR. HERBERT PUTNAM, LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS. The CHAIRMAN. Mr. Putnam, have you condensed what you have to say into a statement? Mr. PUTNAM. Yes; of which you have a copy. That, Mr. Chairman, groups the requests. This letter of estimates includes all that I ask for in addition to the appropriation of the present year. That granted by the House is as always checked. The CHAIRMAN. You asked for these before the House Committee? The CHAIRMAN. Did you put all these matters before them? The CHAIRMAN. And if we put in anything in addition to what the House has put in, we do it under the protest of the House; is that right, practically speaking? Mr. PUTNAM. That is a matter between the two Houses as to which I have never had any intimate knowledge, Mr. Chairman. I think it has always been understood, that, failing to get items in the House, I was at liberty to make out the best case I could before your committee. May I, Mr. Chairman, point out what the items are? The CHAIRMAN. Yes; go right through them. Mr. PUTNAM. In the first place, this statement shows that I requested 10 additional positions which were never before embodied in my estimates, and 4 which were formerly included. Of the 10 never before submitted 6 were in the copyright office, which is a self-supporting division of the library, which last year netted about $17,000. In addition, I have recommended certain increases of salaries, all of which except two in the reading room, amounting in the aggregate to $600 a year, have been submitted in prior years. submitted a provision for carrying on certain work for the benefit of the blind. I submitted an increase in the card section, which was granted. 3 I |