Mr. STEED. Off the record.

(Discussion off the record.)

Mr. STEWART. Mr. Chairman, I would like to leave for your infor

mation a complete list of the flags that have been flown.

Mr. Bow. Off the record.

(Discussion off the record.)

ADDITIONAL POSITION FOR PAYROLL OFFICE

Mr. STEWART. The next item is for one GS-5 clerk. The need for this position arises because of the heavy workload placed upon the personnel and payroll section due to two factors: (1) Enactment by the Congress of such laws as the Insurance and Health Benefits Acts; and (2) increased activity within the Architect's Office.

There are now four employees in the personnel and payroll section handling all types of personnel actions, and administration of the Retirement Act, Insurance Act, and Health Benefits Act. Preparation of payrolls has become more complicated because of frequent changes in wage schedules of blue-collar workers, the necessity of computing night-pay differentials, overtime, holiday pay, and deductions for Federal and District income taxes, and both the Government's and the employees' contributions to retirement, insurance, and health benefits. Administration of the health benefits program is particularly time consuming.

One additional employee is required in this office to make possible timely and proper processing of essential personnel, payroll, and time documents, together with the periodic reports and statistical work required.

CONTRIBUTION TO RETIREMENT FUND

The next item is contribution to retirement fund, increased from $17,700 to $18,200 an increase of $500. This item is required to cover the cost of Government contribution to retirement fund required by Public Law 854, 84th Congress, "Title IV-Civil Service Retirement Act Amendments of 1956." The additional cost results from increase in basic pay rates.

SAFETY ENGINEER AND SAFETY INSPECTORS

Mr. STEED. I think last year you asked for and we gave you two safety inspectors in addition to your safety engineer. Have you been able to obtain those men and, if so, are they working

Mr. STEWART. I will ask Mr. Roof to bring you up to date on that. Mr. Roor. Yes, Mr. Chairman. We had some difficulty in getting the second man, but we do have a full force now. We have the safety engineer and the two safety inspectors. We had the safety engineer prepare a statement of his major activities.

Mr. STEED. I think that should be in the record.

Mr. Roor. For instance, one of the recent activities has been arranging for and assisting in safety training of our supervisors; 137 supervisory personnel of the Architect of the Capitol have completed the course and they in turn will train the men under them, and this has been at no additional cost to the Government.

(The following report was submitted for the record :)

14. Hydrostatic testing of water type fire extinguishers in the Capitol, the Old Senate Office Building and both House Office Buildings. A total of 25 extinguishers were found to be defective to the point that they had to be retired from service.

15. Investigation of all fatal and lost time injuries to Government and contractor personnel.

16. Safety consultant for other members of the Architects staff. Complete accident statistics for the year 1959 and 1960 reveal that the accident frequency rate for Government employees of the Architects Office in 1960 was 16.5 percent lower than in 1959 and the severity rate 14.5 percent lower; further, the frequency rate was 41 percent of the average frequency rate for all governmental agencies; the frequency rate for all governmental agencies was 8.3 and that of the Architects Office 3.5. The average dollar cost per injury for all Government agencies was $1,239 while the average cost for injury to the Office of the Architect was approximately $500. Currently all costs of job incurred injuries and occupational diseases are back charged to the agency in which they

occur.

NOTE.-Frequency represents the number of lost time injuries per 1 million man-hours worked. Severity represents the number of days lost per 1 million man-hours worked.

Mr. STEED. Do you have any questions on this section?

Mr. Bow. Do you have any record as to the change in accident rates

since we put on the safety engineer and safety inspectors?

Mr. Roor. That is in this report, Mr. Bow.

Mr. Bow. In the report you filed?

Mr. Roor. Yes, sir.

Mr. Bow. That is all.

Mr. STEED. Proceed, Mr. Stewart.

LIMITATION ON TRAVEL EXPENSES

Mr. STEWART. The next is on page 20, "Limitation on travel expenses", page 62 of the committee print.

This is not an appropriation, but a limitation on the total amount under all funds which may be expended by the Architect of the Capitol in any 1 fiscal year for travel. It is the same amount as the limitation allowed for the fiscal year 1961.

Travel is done by architectural, engineering, and other consultants, and members of the staff of the architect of the Capitol in connection with public works and other construction projects. Travel is also done by powerplant, air conditioning, electrical, and other engineers in connection with the purchase, repair, or improvement of equipment; visits to nurseries in connection with the purchase of plant material are made by the Capitol Grounds horticulturist.

Public works projects, now in progress, are causing a material increase in the amount of travel necessary to be done at this time. Marble, granite, and other stonework must be inspected at quarries and places of fabrication and carving; equipment and fixtures must be inspected at manufacturers' plants; and other items of construction must also be inspected at points away from the building site.

Three major projects are now in progress the extension of the Capitol project, the additional House Office Building project, and the Capitol Power Plant expansion project. These projects require numerous trips to be made by construction inspectors, architects, and engineers to plants and quarries to inspect materials and equipment. With respect to the stonework being used in the extension of the Capitol interior work and the additional House Office Building construction, such stone is being furnished under various subcontracts from various States.

The stonework for the additional House Office Building is coming from the States of Georgia, Vermont, Alabama, Missouri, Tennessee, Arkansas, Minnesota, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Virginia, and Indiana.

The stonework for the interior of the extension of the Capitol is coming from Arkansas, Alabama, Colorado, Missouri, Tennessee, Vermont, Georgia, Minnesota, and New Hampshire.

For the exterior of the additional House Office Building alone, there are required 216,800 cubic feet of marble, 115,300 cubic feet of granite, and 34,400 cubic feet of limestone.

All of this stonework must be inspected, at various stages, at the quarries and fabricating plants supplying the same.

It is necessary to keep one inspector full-time at the Georgia marble quarries at Nelson and Tate, Ga., and one inspector full-time at the quarries of the Vermont Marble Co., at Proctor, Vt. Their headquarters are at those locations, from which the greatest quantity of stone is being supplied. They have to travel from their headquarters to the quarries and plants in other States supplying stonework. Travel to these points is also required to be made by other inspectors, and by consulting architects, and other members of the architect's staff.

In like manner, major items of mechanical equipment must be inspected during fabrication at various plants.

This inspection work must be carried on in the interest of the Government and it is work that cannot be curtailed without injuring the projects.

Mr. STEED. Are you using all this amount?

Mr. STEWART. I am running around $12,000 this year.
Mr. STEED. And next year will be about the same?

Mr. STEWART. I am getting to the point where there is inspection needed at more plants than this year, which has been mostly for the purpose of inspecting stone, granite, and marble.

Mr. Bow. Mr. Chairman, could we have a statement at this point of the travel?

Mr. HENLOCK. Yes, sir. Here is a statement by appropriations on projects.

Mr. Bow. This statement does not give much of a breakdown of what the travel actually is. I think we should know what the travel consists of, who did the traveling, and so forth.

Mr. HENLOCK. We can prepare it any way you like, Mr. Bow. Mr. Bow. I think you should break it down. Put this in the record at this point and then break it down.

Mr. HENLOCK. Yes, sir.

(The following statement was submitted for the record:)