Mr. STEED. The next item is revision of Annotated Constitution, page 130 of the justifications and page 111 of the bill. This is a new item in the amount of $34,200.

HISTORY OF PUBLICATION

When was the last issue of an Annotated Constitution?

Mr. MUMFORD. In 1952, I think.

Mr. ELSBREE. It was published in 1953 but it carried annotations to June 30, 1952.

Mr. STEED. Is this something that is done at regular intervals?

Mr. ELSBREE. There is a table in Senate Report No. 1659 of the last Congress that shows there have been five editions. It does not give the publication date but it gives the date of the latest decisions annotated. May 1, 1913 was the first; January 1, 1923 was the second; and December 1 - I think it must be 1924, although the print shows 1954; then a major revision January 1, 1938; then June 30, 1952.

Mr. STEED. Do you have any idea what the last issue cost?

Mr. ELSBREE. Yes, sir. To the Legislative Reference Service the cost was about $38,000. The report indicates the initial resolution authorized $35,000, but there was a supplemental of something over $3,000. This is exclusive of printing costs. The printing cost of the last edition is given in the Senate Report as $32,355.95.

PERSONNEL REQUIRED

Mr. STEED. How long a job is this? Are these extra employees on a temporary basis or are they brought in for this one job?

Mr. ELSBREE. We estimated that about 1 year would be needed for a staff of five people, only the GS-17, it is anticipated, would not be full time. This would be for an editor. Since the resolution calls really for a new edition in the form of a supplement, with a minimum change in text, we believe that only a part-time outside editor will be necessary. We would estimate this staff could probably do the job in a year. This is just a guess. It is not easy to estimate the actual time. However, we are asking for a no-year appropriation because we have on our staff two persons who did quite a bit of work on the digest Professor Corwin edited in 1952, and we feel it would be wasteful not to utilize, at least part time, one of these employees. If we took one or both of them out of production it would hurt us during the session. So we think we might do the job more efficiently if we spread it beyond the year.

Mr. STEED. Does this item cover just the cost of preparing it and not the printing?

Mr. ELSBREE. This has nothing to do with printing. Printing is an entirely different matter.

Mr. STEED. How is that handled? How many copies are usually printed?

Mr. ELSBREE. The resolution provides:

Such revised edition shall be printed as a Senate document, and 3,029 additional copies shall be printed, of which 2,205 copies shall be for the use of the House of Representatives and 824 copies shall be for the use of the Senate.

LEGISLATIVE AUTHORITY

Mr. STEED. I think we will include at this point in the record the resolution that authorized this.

(The resolution referred to follows:)

PUBLIC LAW 86-754 86TH CONGRESS

Joint resolution authorizing the preparation and printing of a revised edition of the Constitution of the United States of America-Analysis and Interpretation, published in 1953 as Senate Document Numbered 170 of the Eighty-second Congress.

Whereas the Constitution of the United States of America-Analysis and Interpretation, published in 1953 as Senate Document Numbered 170, Eighty-second Congress, serves a very useful purpose by supplying essential information;

Whereas such document contains annotations of cases decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952; and

Whereas many cases bearing upon the analysis and interpretation of the Constitution have been decided by the Supreme Court since June 30, 1952: Now, therefore, be it

Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Librarian of Congress is authorized and directed to have prepared a revised edition of the Constitution of the United States of America-Analysis and Interpretation, published as Senate Document Numbered 170, Eighty-second Congress, which shall contain annotations of decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States after June 30, 1952, construing the several provisions of the Constitution. Such revised edition shall be printed as a Senate document, and three thousand and twenty-nine additional copies shall be printed, of which two thousand two hundred and five copies shall be for the use of the House of Representatives and eight hundred and twenty-four copies shall be for the use of the Senate.

SEC. 2. There are authorized to be appropriated such sums to remain available until expended, as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of this joint resolution.

Approved September 13, 1960.

Mr. STEED. What is considered to be the necessity for this? Have there been a lot of basic decisions by the Supreme Court in the field of the Constitution since the last issue in 1952?

Mr. ELSBREE. There have been 9 years of Supreme Court decisions. My understanding is that the Government Printing Office is now about out of copies and I believe they were considering the question of whether to reprint. The discussion was not directly with us.

Mr. MUMFORD. The Library of Congress did not initiate this, Mr.

Chairman.

Mr. STEED. Your role in this is just as

Mr. MUMFORD. As agent.

Mr. STEED. To prepare the material?

Mr. MUMFORD. Yes.

Mr. STEED. Any questions?

Mr. Bow. No questions.

58, 783

$5, 417

73,250
3,000

34,800

27,400

37,000

6,000

3,900

117,500

220,000

654,500

67,200

193, 433

5,417

76, 250

34,800

27, 400

37,000

6,000

3,900

117,500

220,000

721, 700

Mr. STEED. The next item is the special foreign currency program, which appears on page 133 of the justifications and page 112 of the committee print.

Mr. MUMFORD. Mr. Chairman, since this is a rather involved proposal, would it be asking too much to ask for all the text material pertaining to it to be put in the record?

Mr. STEED. Because of the wide interest that has been shown, I think we should have the full text included at this point in the record. (The material referred to follows:)

1961 regular bill..... 1962 Estimate___.

+$721,700

Net increase___

+721,700

Analysis of increases

1. Acquisition of books and other library materials_

To acquire and distribute to libraries and research centers in the United States, multiple copies of publications available in 3 countries in the original or reproduction.

2. Bibliographic listings____

Lists of materials acquired in these 3 countries will be prepared and distributed to research centers in the United States to inform scholars of the range of books, serials, and other library materials available under this program.

3. Operation of centers-...

Centers staffed with foreign nationals will be set up to handle the acquisition, listing, microfilming, etc.

4. Program support (U.S. dollars)

For the salaries of U.S. personnel abroad and for the coordinating staff of 2 persons at the Library of Congress, and travel, in some instances.

+$459, 500

+47,000

+148,000

+67, 200

Net increase _____

+721,700

EXPLANATION OF PROGRAM

In accordance with section 104(n) of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (included in Public Law 85-931, approved September 6, 1958), the Librarian of Congress has been authorized to undertake an entirely new and additional program: To use foreign currencies accruing under this act to provide information of technical, scientific, cultural, or educational significance to the United States through the collection of foreign library materials and the distribution of copies thereof to libraries and research centers in the United States. While the Library of Congress will be on of the recipients, the bulk of the materials will be distributed to Federal, State, and other libraries and research centers specializing in the areas to which the material relates.

Since the early months of the fiscal year will be occupied with a preliminary survey, negotiation of contracts, and setting up of centers, actual acquisition operations are predicated on a 9-month period. Initial operations will be confirmed primarily to acquisition and bibliographic listing because these are activities in which the Library is particularly competent.

This program will be of inestimable value to librarians, scholars, and research workers, generally, and will bring into this country a wealth of material not readily available through normal book trade channels. It is considered essential that at least one copy of every foreign publication of research value be available in this country. To date this has not been possible, primarily because of financial limitations. Even this, without question, is a minimal program in view of the potential needs. The acquisition of multiple sets as provided by the act will make possible a geographical distribution that will give scholars in many parts of the country ready access to the materials.

During the first year it is planned to develop programs in three countries; namely, United Arab Republic, India, and Pakistan.