.do..... .....do..... New York to Washington, D.C., and For architectural and engineering services for the design and construc- Clarence E. Guthrie... Raymond D. Guthrie. John G. Thomasson. Clarence E. Guthrie. Laborer, gardener. Assistant labor foreman.. Laborer, gardener...... Laborer, gardener... Eggers & Higgins. Total. do.. Mario E. Campioli...... Title Destination Dates Assistant Architect of the Washington, D.C., to Philadelphia, Examining the working drawings and Sept. 9, 1959........ Capitol. Pa., and return. Purpose of trip marble samples; discussing the allo- for the alterations of the Old House Office Building. Head elevator engineer........ Washington, D.C., to New York City Consulting about new elevators for the Dec. 8, 1959... 47.83 Do....... .do.... Washington, D.C., to Dallas, Tex., Examing specifications and drawings Oct. 21-22, 1959.... and return. 164.50 Hans B. Sommer. and return. additional House Office Building. Total.... 280.69 Washington, D.C., to Boston, Mass., Witnessing demonstrations of fire Dec. 16-17, 1959--- and return. control in libraries, being staged by the Fireman's Mutual Insurance Co., in connection with the development of the safety program for the Library of Congress. Robert F. Dalrymple Safety engineer---- Amount $83.50 Mr. STEWART. The next item is "Contingent expenses," $50,000. This is the same amount as allowed for 1961. This is an item allowed for the first time in the fiscal year 1956, and is required in order to facilitate the work performed by the Architect of the Capitol in behalf of the Congress. Its purpose is to enable the Architect of the Capitol to make surveys and studies and to meet unforeseen expenses in connection with activities under the care of the Architect. As stated in previous hearings, it is considered desirable as problems arise in connection with the needs of the Congress that there be available, annually, a limited fund upon which the Architect may draw to employ necessary assistance and to incur such other expenses as may be necessary to make surveys and studies required to ascertain facts, solutions, and estimates of cost to meet such problems. As also stated in previous hearings, it is likewise considered desirable, when the work of committees and commissions of the Congress might be expedited, such as by the extension of a rostrum, rearrangement of lighting, erection of a partition, installation of a public address system, or emergency repairs to mechanical equipment, that the Architect of the Capitol be in a position to meet these conditions promptly, without waiting the delays necessarily incident to the securing of a supplemental appropriation for items costing only a few thousand dollars. Mr. STEED. Could you give us a few examples of what this fund is used for? Mr. STEED. We will now take up the Capitol Buildings, and we shall insert pages 25 through 31 of the justifications in the record. (The pages referred to follow:) 1961 appropriation in annual act Pay supplemental in Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1961- Total appropriations, 1961 حد DEDUCTIONS General annual repairs and alterations: Nonrecurring Maintenance, air-conditioning system: Nonrecurring Repairs, works of art: Nonrecurring item allowed under Replacement of wooden revolving door, west front, first floor, entrance to Capitol: Nonrecurring item dropped for 1962. 1,400 $1, 140, 000 12,000 1, 152, 000 Painted exterior of west-central section of Capitol and exterior trim of Senate and House wings: Nonrecurring item dropped for 1962 Base for 1962 9,000 31,000 -103,200 1,048, 800 |